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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every day a make phone calls, this is a part of my job

never do that.i m from myanmar.voice massage is not almost used in my country. especially we call directly.if can't,call back later.

2.Do you ever make phone calls or leave voicemail messages in English? I usually make phone calls, so I will be able to explain exactly what I want, where and from who. I think communication through phone is the best way to receive accurate information and to give. Just a few times I left a voicemail message when i wasn't able to reach my friends, but i made sure to be clear and to follow the information in detail.

I never made a call in English.

This is great listening exercise to improve brain memory even though I forget because of I am not sharp in memory to keep soon in my mind but I will get gradually.

Never

No,I didn't. I think I would be embarrassed,if it happen. I'm silly, I know. But it's so that.

never at all .but i wish after improve my self in english . i can do

I come from Vietnam and I have never use voicemail here for it is only popular these days and we always have our phones with us. I just want to talk directly to anyone so if they are not there, I will call back after.

I am always doing calls because I am a bank attendant and a need to talk with my clientes.