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_{(I)TELEPHONING}

FocusVocabulary

telephone/phone

cmswerphom•BrEIansweringrifachineAmE

cellular(c:df)Inwhih•plume

tocall

toringsmh11p

Jophonesmb

todiu!tlplumenumber

codeBr£/ureacodeAm£

cmmtrvcode

(telephone)directoryphmwbook

_{Amodemmetropolissuggestsbusylife,longdistancesanddeficiencyinpersonalin­}

^I. _{voiV'ementSincethetelephonewasinventedbyAlexanderGrahamBell1thasneverlost}

itsroleasaneffectivemeansofcommunication_Itbringsournearestanddearestclosertous.Also,alotofbusinessisdonebytelephonenowadays.

_WordMeaning

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Note: Telephonecanbeusedasanounoraverb,ascantheshortform

phone,whichisfourtimesmorecommoninspokenEnglish

_{Ifsomeonephonesyou,youhaveorreceiveacall(NOTatelephone)fromthem.}

Ifyouwanttophoneafriendorcallthemlringthem(upjBrEIgivethemaringBrEI

acall),youdialthe1r(phone)number.

Ifyouarephoninglongdistance,youwillneedtodialthecodeBrEIareacodeAmE

fortheregionorcountrywheretheylive,aswellastheirlocalnumber.

Allthesenumbersarefoundinthephonebookordirectory.

Ifyouhaveaproblemgettingthroughtothepersonyouarephoning,youmayringthe

operatorforhelp.

Whenyouphonesomeone.theirphonewillring,andiftheyareathometheywillan­

S'Nerbypickingupthephone(ortechnicallythereceiver,oroncordlessphonesthehandset).

Iftheyarebusy,theymayaskyoutophone/calliringbacklaterorholdon.

Iftheydonotwanttospeaktoyou,orhavefinishedspeakingtoyou,theymayhangup

(=replacethereceiverorswitchoffthehandset).

_{Ifsomeoneisalreadyonthephonewhenyoucallthem,theirnumberisengagedBrE1}

busyArnE

Atelephoneinapublicplaceisapublicphoneorpayphone,oftenplacedinaphone

IcallboxBrEorphoneboothAmE.

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GuidingtheConversationontheTelephone

••PhrasesusedbythepersonwhoIsmakingthecall

Hello,thisis...MayIspeakto...?

I'dliketomakeanappointmenttosee...

CouldIleaveamessage?

Couldyouaskhimtocallmeback?

I'lltrytocallbackafterthree

I'mreturningMr 'scall

Doyouknowwhatt1meIcanreachhim?

·•Phrasesusedbythepersonreceiving(answering)thecall

Hello267890.Speaking.

Hello,theRegentHotelHowcanIhelpyou?

CanItellherwho'scalling?

Wouldyouliketoleaveamessage?She'snotinnghtnow.

Couldshecallyouback?

Doesshehaveyournumber?I'llg1veheryourmessage.

Justamoment.I'llconnectyou.

Holdon,I'llputyouthroughOnemoment,please.Pleaseholdthehne.

Canyouhold?{Wouldyouliketowait?)

Wouldyouliketocallbacklater?

CanIcallyoubacklater?ICanyoucallmebacklater?

I'mafraidyouhavethewrongnumber.

••Sayingyoucan'thearorunderstand

Couldyouspeakalittlemoreslowty,please?I'msorry,butIcan'thearyouverywell.

Couldyouspeaklouder{moreloudly),please?

Sorry.Id1dn'thearthat.

I'msorry,butcouldyouusesimplerwords?I'mnotanativespeakerofEngilsh

Wouldyoumindusingsimplerwords?Imissed...

•CorrectingMisunderstanding

Actuallymynameis

Ithinkyoumaybemistaken

Actually,Iunderstoodtheopposite.

·••Summarising

Soyousaid

IfIunderstand.

_{OkaySoyouwantmeto..}

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Isthatright?Right?

Inotherwords..

LetmeseeifIunderstand...

Tosummarise,...

, EndingTelephoneConversations

Thanksforcalling.

It'sbeengood(nice)totalktoyou.

I'mreallygladyoucalled.Let'skeepintouch.I'veenjoyedtalkingtoyou.

SorryIhavetocutthisshort,butIhavetogonow.

I'dbetterletyougonow.Right.Dave.Imustfly.I'mlateforameeting.Iknowyou'rebusy,soI'llletyougo.

WordUse

Ex.1Choosethebestwordorwords.

1.Youcan'tgetthroughonthephonebecausethenumberyouwantis

a)busy b)occupied c)Inuse

2.Youcanmakeatelephonecallfromapublic _

a)phonebox b)cabin c)cubicle

3.Someonecallsyournumberbymistake.soyousay,"Sorry! !"

a)Wrongnumberb)Mistake c)You'vemadeamistake d)Error

4.Youwanttousethephone.Youask,"CanImakea please?"

a)ring b)phone c)telephone d)call

5.Someoneanswersthephoneandyousay,"CanI_Elsa.please?''

a)speakto b)talkto c)sayto d)tell

6.Howdoyoupronouncethefirstfigureinthisnumber:0714993725? _

a)oh b)nil c)nought

WordsinContext

Beginningatelephoneconversation

Ex.2Beginningatelephoneconversationcanbedifficult!What'sthedifferencebetweenthesetwocalls?

Hello.TheRegentHotel.Kathy

speaking.HowcanIhelpyou?

Hello,267899

Ohyouknow.we'veallgottheftu,andke'ssnowedunderWhatareyouupto?

_{SkillDeveloping}

Heno,Pat.lfsme,Dave.

Notbad.How'severythmg

withyou?

Thisandthat...

Ex.3HereIsthebeginningofatelephoneconversationbetweentwopeoplewhodon'tknoweachother.PutItintherightorder.

HelloTVSComputerServices.Darrenspeaking.HowcanIhelpyou?Certainly.Whoiscalling,please?

Goodmorning.CouldIspeaktoyourcustomerservicesdepartment.please?

(pause)OK.You'rethroughnow.Goahead.

Onemoment,MrJones.I'mtryingtoconnectyou.Thankyou

Yes,please.

Th1s1sKeithJones.

I'mafraidtheline'sbusyatthemoment.Willyouhold?

Hello.Isthatcustomerservices?Iwaswonderingifyoucouldtellme...

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Endingatelephoneconversation

Ex.4Hereistheendofatelephoneconversationbetweentwoworkcolleagues,AndyandBarry.PutItIntherightorder.

A So,Barry.Itwasgoodtotalktoyou.Thanksverymuchforphoning.A Icertainlywill.Andyou'llsendmeacopyofthereport?

A That'sgreat,Barry.Haveagoodweekend!

B Mypleasure.Bytheway,how'syourgolfthesedays?Stillplaying?B Sametoyou,too!Bye,Andy.

B OK.Idon'twanttokeepyou.So,you'llgivemearingwhenyou'reback,right?A No,notmuch.Ijustdon'tseemtofindthetimethesedays.Anyway,Barry...

B It'llbeintheposttonight.

A It'strue.Right,Barry.Imustfly.I'mlateforameeting.B Whatashame!Youusedtoenjoyitsomuch.

A Bye,Barry.

Ex.5Answerthefollowingquestions.

1. Who'stryingtoendtheconversation?

2. Whowantstochat?

3. HowdoesAndytrytosignalthathewantstoendtheconversation?

_{4. Howdotheyconfirmtheirarrangement?}

	tudentA	StudentB
1.Youaregoingtophoneataxifirmtobookataxi totakeyoutotheairport.Decidewhereyou'regoing,onwhatdate,andatwhattime.Whichair­portareyougoingfrom?Whichterminal?Whattimedoestheplaneleave?Whattimedoyouneedtocheckin?Howlongdoesittaketogettotheairportfromyourhouse?Willthetrafficholdyouup?		1.YouworkforTony'sTaxis.Someoneiscallingtobookataxi.Youneedtogetthefollowinginfor­mation.Whatday?Whattime?What'sthead­dress?What'sthenameoftheperson?Wherearetheygoing?Youwillneedtodecideatimetopickup,asyouknowwhatthetrafficcanbelikeatdifferenttimesofday.Remember!Youanswerthephone.Beginbysaying:"Tony'sTaxis.HowcanIhelpyou?

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Ex.6WorkInpairs.Readtherolecardforaphoneconversation.Whenyouareready,sitbacktobackandhaveyourconversation.

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