4.1. Приложение 1. Telephoning on the phone

A. Hello.

B. Could I speak to Mr. Black?

A. Who`s calling, please?

B. This is Ivanov from the Russian Embassy.

A. Thank you. I`m putting you through.

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A. Five-seven-tree-one-nine-oh-four.

B. Good morning. Can I speak to Mr. Jones, please?

A. Sorry. Mr. Jones is on the other line. Will you hold on?

B. All right.

A Sorry to have kept you waiting. I`m putting Mr. Jones on the line.

B. Thank you.

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A. Hello.

B. Hello. Can I speak to Jo, please?

A. This is Jo.

B. Oh! Hi, Jo. This is Pat. Is Sunday still OK for tennis?

A. Yes, that`s fine.

B. Great! See you on Sunday at ten, then. Bye!

A. Bye!

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A. Hello. Is that Liz?

B. No, it isn`t. I`ll just get her.

C. Hello, Liz here.

A. Hi, Liz. It`s Tom. Listen!! There`s a party at my house on Saturday. Can you come?

C. Oh, sorry, Tom. I can`t. It`s my sister`s wedding.

A. Oh, never mind. Perhaps next time. Bye!

C. Bye!

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A. Good morning. Barclays Bank, Watford. How can I help you?

B. Good morning. Can I speak to the manager, please?

A. I`m afraid Mr. Smith isn`t in his office at the moment. Can I take a message?

B. Don`t worry. I`ll ring back later.

A. All right. Goodbye.

B. Goodbye.

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Rick: Hello.

Louise: Hi, Rick. It`s Louise.

Rick: Oh, hi, Louise. How are you doing with the move.

Louise: Well, Rick, That`s what I`m calling you about. We could really use some help. Do you think you could lend us your truck Saturday morning?

Rick: Sure. What time?

Louise: Seven o`clock?

Rick: Seven o`clock! Well, OK. I guess I can get up that early.

Louise: Oh, great. Thanks a lot. See you then.

Rick: OK, bye.

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A. Good morning.

B. Oh, hello. Could I speak to Mrs. Howard, please?

A. Yes, speaking.

B. Oh, hello, Mrs. Howard, it`s John Cudmore from BF here.

A. Oh, hello. How are you?

B. I`m fine, thanks. I`m just ringing to arrange our meeting.

A. Oh, yes. How about sometime next week?

B. Well, I`m afraid I have to go to Paris tomorrow, and I`ll be away till the weekend. But how about Thursday the 24^th ? Is that convenient for you?

A. Um, let me just look in my diary.

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J - Jeff, P - Pat

J. Hello.

P. Hello, is Annie there?

J. No, I`m sorry, she is out. I`m expecting her back in about an hour.

P. Jeff, this is Pat.

J. Oh, hi, Pat.

P. Hi, how are you? Oh, look, could you give Annie a message for me?

J. Sure. Let me find a piece of paper here. Wait a second. Oh, I got one. What`s the message?

P. I`m supposed to be meeting Annie for lunch at Greenbeans restaurant. Would you ask her to look and check if she has my French - Italian dictionary if she does - tell her to bring it along.

J. All right, bring your dictionary if she has it.

P. Right. Thanks, Jeff. How are you doing?

J. Oh, not bad. My knee hurts a lot after we played tennis lot, how are you?

P. Ok. I`m busy now. I`m very busy in the office. Oh, Jeff. I almost forgot. Look, I`m running a little late this morning. Tell Annie that I can`t meet her until 1.30.

J. Ok. 1.30 I`ll tell her.

P. Good, look, I got another call on another line. I`ve got to got.

J. Ok. Take care! Bye.

P. Bye. Thanks.

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Receptionist 1.Parnell Investment Company.

Frank. Hello, I`d like to speak to Wally, please.

Receptionist 1.And your name, sir?

Frank. This is Frank. Frank Baxter.

Receptionist 1.One moment, Mr. Baxter.

Mr. Parnell. Yes, what is it?

Receptionist 1.Frank Baxter is on line two.

Mr. Parnell. Tell him, I`ll call him back.

Receptionist 1.Yes, Mr. Parnell. I`m sorry, Mr. Baxter. Mr. Parnell is out right now. Can he call you back?

Frank. No ... no, that`s all right. Tell him I`ll call back later. Thank you. Frank called more old friends.

Receptionist 2.I`m sorry. Mr. Baxter, Mr. Franklin is away on business. Can I take a message?

Receptionist 3.I`m sorry Mr. Baxter. Trilling is in a meeting. Would you like to leave your name and number?