Telephone Tuesday周二電話日

The day after Labor Day can be a busy timefollowing such a fun， end-of-summer holiday weekend.In fact， there is so much to do and so manycalls to make on this day that it has been dubbed1Telephone Tuesday. So get ready to make andreceive some calls on this， one of the busiest phonecall days of the year.

Even though the use of the Internet and emailhas certainly changed the way that modern2people use their phones， there are still some thingsthat have to be done with a phone call. AndTelephone Tuesday is here for it.

Just remember that the person on the otherend of the line may have a busy TelephoneTuesday， so be sure to give them some morepatience3 on this day.

Telephone Tuesday might be the perfect4 time to make a phone call， whether toa business to set up an appointment5 or call a friend just to say hello. Your family orfriends would be so happy to receive a telephone call on this day.

Those who work for a company where they receive a large number of phonecalls might find this day to be a bit challenging6！ But don’t get annoyed7 orstressed8 out by the inordinate9 number of phone calls received on TelephoneTuesday. Just take a deep breath and do your job.

For those who really enjoy talking on the phone， they can be celebrated it almostany day of the year.

在度過了如此有趣的夏末節假日周末之后，勞工節（九月第一個周一）的第二天可能會是一個忙碌的日子。事實上，在這一天有很多事情要做，有很多電話要打，所以這一天被稱為“周二電話日”。所以準備好在這一天打電話和接電話吧，這是一年中最繁忙的電話日之一。

盡管互聯網和電子郵件的使用確實改變了現代人使用電話的方式，但仍然有一些事情必須通過電話來完成。周二電話日就是為此準備的。

只要記住，電話另一端的人在周二可能會忙于接打電話，所以一定要在這一天給他們更多的耐心。

周二電話日也許是打電話的最佳時機，無論是打給一家公司來安排一個會面，或是只為問個好而打給一個朋友。你的家人或朋友會很高興在這一天接到你的電話的。

那些在接聽大量電話的公司工作的人可能會發現這一天有點挑戰性！但是，不要因為“周二電話日”接到的大量電話而感到煩惱或緊張。深呼吸，做好你的工作就行了。

對于那些真正喜歡打電話的人來說，他們幾乎可以把一年中的任何一天當成這個節日來過。

（英語原文選自：daysoftheyear.com）

▏Notes

1. dub 把……稱為

2. modern 近代的；現代的

3. patience 耐心；耐性

4. perfect 完美的；理想的；最佳的

5. appointment 約會；約定

6. challenging 有挑戰性的；困難而有趣的

7. annoyed 惱怒的；煩惱的

8. stressed 焦慮的；緊張的

9. inordinate 過度的