A voicemail message

Listen to a voicemail message and answer the questions to practise your listening skills.

Do the preparation task first.

Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.

Preparation

Transcript

John: Hi, this is John. Thanks for calling. I'm not here at the moment, so please leave a message and I'll call you back.

Marina: Hi, John, this is Marina Silva calling from Old Time Toys. Your colleague Alex gave me your phone number. She said you can help me.

I need some information on your new products. Could you please call me when you are back in the office? My phone number is 0-2-0-8, 6-5-5-7-6-2-1.

Also, can you please email me your new brochure and information about your prices? My email address is Marina, that's M-A-R-I-N-A, dot Silva, S-I-L-V-A, at O-L-D-T-I-M-E hyphen toys dot com.

Thanks a lot. I look forward to hearing from you.

Task 1

Exercise

Task 2

Exercise

Discussion

Do you ever make phone calls or leave voicemail messages in English?

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I never left a voicemail message for anyone, but last week i randomly chat with stranger in instagram (just a little) because i want buy her cheesecake but i didnt checked her country first. we are not in the same countries..

I make phone calls, the operation of leaving voicemail messages is rarely used in my country

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It is diffult for me to find order. What should I do?

I usually make phone calls and I don't like to leave voicemail messages. Whenever I have something to say, I call to my friends or my parents. But sometimes they are not free I leave a message to call me when they are back.

Well I have never left messages, but voice notes but only to a friend but I would not dare to do it formally because I am afraid to speak, I still do not have fluent English.

Yes, but i feel nervious, and ask myself if they understand my pronunciation, is a good practice