1983年美国军队入侵格林纳达时,几十名新闻记者试图通过接线员向该岛通话,但都未成功。一位有事业心的记者灵机一动,打电话到美国国会图书馆,从那儿得到格林纳达电话簿上的几个主要电话号码。凭着这些号码,那位记者接通电话并且获得引人注目的第一手新闻。 1987年,一位名叫萨姆·沃特斯顿的演员准备在一部电视连续剧中扮演美国前总统亚伯拉罕·林肯。为此,他急需了解林肯说话的口音。他 When the U.S. troops invaded Grenada in 1983, dozens of journalists attempted to call the island through the operators, but neither succeeded. A thought-provoking journalist took the time to call the United States Library of Congress and get several major phone numbers from the Grenada phone book there. With these numbers, the reporter connected to the phone and received noticeable first-hand news. In 1987, an actor named Sam Waterston was preparing to play Abraham Lincoln, former president of the United States, in a television series. To this end, he urgently needed to understand Lincoln’s speaking accent. he