A voicemail message
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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.
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I have never left a voicemail message before, but I often make phone calls in English, especially at work.
Yes, I have made a phone call with my customer but I never left a voicemail.
Actually I have never do that before, but I'm planing to make answer machine with my voice when I learn the language well and be more confident
Yes, I make phone calls and leave voicemail messages, but at first I asked my husband to make them. Because of the language barrier, it was difficult to get out of my comfort zone. But now I’ve mustered up my courage and do my best.
Yes, I sometimes make phone calls or leave voicemail messages in English.
For example, when I call a doctor’s office, I often need to leave a voicemail message. I need clear pronunciation of my first and last name.
I also call a pharmacy every month to give my details and ask when I can pick up my medication or how long I need to wait.
Actually, I've never left a voicemail either in my native language or in English. I think maybe it's because of the living habit. Telecommunication technology developed so fast over the past twenty years. But in China, it only slowly become popular after 1990s, before that telecommunication was expensive and rare for ordinary people. So just when everyone had gotten used to making phone calls, the internet emerged, and then smartphone and instant messaging APPs appeared. So we just skipped the stage when the people in developed countries were using the voicemail function, and as a result most Chinese didn't form the habit of leaving voicemail.
No, I don't, but I did it a lot in my mother language, to be honest calls are something scaring to gen z :)... no I just kidding!
Great Lesson.
Do you ever make phone calls or leave voicemail messages in English?
Yes, when I'm very busy with work and need information that isn't very important or urgent.
I usually call in English, when I worked in Chemical Industry, but a little language