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.

Discussion

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

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cristianandres.16210's picture cristianandres.16210 replied on 24 June, 2020 - 18:20 Colombia

I never made a call in English.

Karan Narang's picture Karan Narang replied on 24 June, 2020 - 04:30 India

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.

Sandy Analy Once Santos's picture Sandy Analy Onc... replied on 22 June, 2020 - 03:20 Ecuador

Never

Caterina Siligardi's picture Caterina Siligardi replied on 20 June, 2020 - 16:57 Italy

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

Ragdaalamin's picture Ragdaalamin replied on 19 June, 2020 - 00:33 Sudan

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

joshnamep's picture joshnamep replied on 18 June, 2020 - 14:42 Japan

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.

Martha Bessa's picture Martha Bessa replied on 18 June, 2020 - 00:15 Brazil

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

Hennadii's picture Hennadii replied on 16 June, 2020 - 19:20 United Kingdom

I've never left a voice message in any language. Actually, I don't like this kind of communication at all. I don't think nowadays you need to disturb people with voice messages. Just write text message via Viber or Skype or Telegram any other messager.

joshnamep's picture joshnamep replied on 18 June, 2020 - 14:45 Japan

you've got my point, let's imagine after along day, you come back home and receive a bunch of voice messages include for boss :))

Khaled Thrwat Idrees's picture Khaled Thrwat Idrees replied on 13 June, 2020 - 14:39 Syria

Unfortunately I didn't that , I will do this today .

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