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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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Transcripts

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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Discussion

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

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slimanes74's picture slimanes74 replied on Algeria

never, maybe in the future when I'll be good in English ❤️

DzanaP's picture DzanaP replied on Norway

No. I don't do that.

Bmorales's picture Bmorales replied on Venezuela

No :( I have never called in English. This is a good time to start :)

EdithF's picture EdithF replied on Mexico

I rarely leave voice messages in english, I rather wait to have a phone call to prevent misunderstandings. :)

Mahfuzur Rahman's picture Mahfuzur Rahman replied on Bangladesh

Now, sending Voice messages is so much easy. Because Whatsapp and Messenger came.

KATIELLE RAIANE VIEIRA GIOVANNUCCI's picture KATIELLE RAIANE... replied on United Kingdom

No. I only leave messages when the subject is urgent!

Nsradeen's picture Nsradeen replied on Libya

Thank you it's very beneficial

Antonio Alves's picture Antonio Alves replied on Brazil

No, I never had need to make voice phone calls or leave voicemail messagens in English, but now the company where I work have new costumers that comunicate in English.

saeedebrahimip's picture saeedebrahimip replied on Italy

Yes.I've sent voice message in the social networks a lot.

Andrea Valencia's picture Andrea Valencia replied on Colombia

No, I never make phone calls or leave voice mails in English.

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