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A voicemail message

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

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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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Submitted by HNIN HNIN AYE on Fri, 18/12/2020 - 08:53

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No,I don't leave voice massage in English.

Submitted by Manal on Tue, 15/12/2020 - 05:02

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actually, I didn't do it ever due we don't this feature in my country.

Submitted by Tatiana barrera on Tue, 15/12/2020 - 04:02

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no, I don´t give number telephonic in Eglish, I know how to do it but I haven't had the opportunity to give them. The voicemail messages in English are a lot difficult for me yet.

Submitted by Andycivita on Mon, 14/12/2020 - 17:29

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Yes, sometimes i like make phone calls to my friends and more frecuently to my parents but i don´t usually leave voicemails

Submitted by Pann Nilar Htun on Mon, 14/12/2020 - 13:51

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I always make phone calls but never leave voice message,

Submitted by LAE on Mon, 14/12/2020 - 02:05

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Yes, I did it when I worked at a Tours Company.

Submitted by bexzod on Wed, 09/12/2020 - 11:12

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unfortunately, I did not leave voice massages in english. I had not opportunity for that. But I hope when my english will be fluently or enough for good speaking, at that time i will send my voice masages.

Submitted by MJH on Thu, 03/12/2020 - 20:50

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No, I don´t. For me is very hard to listen or to talk in English.