美國(guó)家庭中的電話機(jī)一般都有留言提示功能，也就是當(dāng)電話沒(méi)人接時(shí)，電話會(huì)自動(dòng)播放一段提示，內(nèi)容通常是：“抱歉，家里沒(méi)人，請(qǐng)您聽(tīng)到‘嘟'的一聲之后，將您的姓名與電話號(hào)碼留下來(lái)，我回家之后，馬上給您回電話?！庇捎谶@樣的提示過(guò)于平淡，許多美國(guó)人都自己編寫(xiě)來(lái)電提示。
Hi. I am probably home. I'm just avoiding someone I don't like. Leave me a message, and if I don't call back, it's you.
嗨，我可能在家里，但我不想給我討厭的人回電話。請(qǐng)留言吧。如果我沒(méi)有給您回電話，那么您就是我討厭的那個(gè)人
Please leave a message. However, you have the right to remain silent. If you give up the right, everything you say will be recorded and will be used by us.
請(qǐng)您留言。當(dāng)然，您有權(quán)保持沉默。如果您放棄這個(gè)權(quán)利，那么您說(shuō)的每句話都將被記錄在案，并且將被我們所利用。
Thank you for calling us. If you wish to speak to Mike, push 1, to Cathie, push 2, to Alex, push 3, to Doggie, push 4. All of this button pushing doesn't do anything, but it makes you feel like we have a big time phone system.
謝謝您給我們打電話。如果您想找Mike (我本人)，請(qǐng)按1，找Cathie (我老婆)，請(qǐng)按2，找Alex (我兒子)，請(qǐng)按3，找Doggie (我家小狗)，請(qǐng)按4。其實(shí)不管您按哪個(gè)鈕，結(jié)果都一樣(我們家只有一部電話，并沒(méi)有分機(jī))，但這會(huì)讓您感覺(jué)，我們家里好像有一臺(tái)很大的電話交換機(jī)。
Hi. I am probably home. I'm just avoiding someone I don't like. Leave me a message, and if I don't call back, it's you.
嗨，我可能在家里，但我不想給我討厭的人回電話。請(qǐng)留言吧。如果我沒(méi)有給您回電話，那么您就是我討厭的那個(gè)人
Please leave a message. However, you have the right to remain silent. If you give up the right, everything you say will be recorded and will be used by us.
請(qǐng)您留言。當(dāng)然，您有權(quán)保持沉默。如果您放棄這個(gè)權(quán)利，那么您說(shuō)的每句話都將被記錄在案，并且將被我們所利用。
Thank you for calling us. If you wish to speak to Mike, push 1, to Cathie, push 2, to Alex, push 3, to Doggie, push 4. All of this button pushing doesn't do anything, but it makes you feel like we have a big time phone system.
謝謝您給我們打電話。如果您想找Mike (我本人)，請(qǐng)按1，找Cathie (我老婆)，請(qǐng)按2，找Alex (我兒子)，請(qǐng)按3，找Doggie (我家小狗)，請(qǐng)按4。其實(shí)不管您按哪個(gè)鈕，結(jié)果都一樣(我們家只有一部電話，并沒(méi)有分機(jī))，但這會(huì)讓您感覺(jué)，我們家里好像有一臺(tái)很大的電話交換機(jī)。