“Lehman Brothers was a sort of a switchboard for the industry,” says Peter Kruse of Vestas, the world’s biggest wind-turbine manufacturer, “and they didn’t pick up the phone any more.”

“雷曼兄弟就像是这个产业的电话总机，”来自世界上最大的风力涡旋机制造商Vestas的彼得•克鲁兹说，“然而现在他们已经不再接电话了。”

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"Lehman Brothers was a sort of a switchboard for the industry," says Peter Kruse of Vestas, the world's biggest wind-turbine manufacturer, "and they didn't pick up the phone any more."

“雷曼兄弟就像是这个产业的电话总机，”来自世界上最大的风力涡旋机制造商Vestas的彼得·克鲁兹说，“然而现在他们已经不再接电话了。”

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From the minute it ended, the White House switchboard was clogged with congratulatory phone calls.

从它结束的那一分钟开始，白宫的电话总机就由于祝贺的电话太多而应接不暇。

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Just a few years ago, the company switchboard might have received angry phone calls, emails might have been submitted expressing consternation, and a few people might have mailed a letter to the top executive.

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Phone requests for tickets to the show once blew out the switchboard in a small New England town.

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According to the news agency, 20 different phone lines were tapped, including not just work phones and the AP's main switchboard, but also the journalists' home and cell phones.

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