can I take a message.doc

森博国际教育（simple international education）
Can I Take a Message?
Pronunciation
-tory (-tary): /tərɪ/ / tri / factory secretary
-tion: /ʃən/ action communication

Words & Expressions

3

Message信息
Take a message捎口信
Leave a message留口信
Retrieve接收
Cancel取消
Get a hold of
By 4 o’clock到四点钟的时候
Hold on别挂断
Busy占线
Extension分机
Answer the phone/door接电话

Can (May) I speak to (talk to )……
Is …there?
Who’s that? / Who’s speaking?
This is ….here/speaking.
He’s not here/in. Can I take a message? Or could you leave a message?
There’s no Lily here, you must have a wrong number.
Could you please tell John there’s a party at my home today?
Does he know your number?
Could you please put me to Mr. Zhang?
I’m sorry, Mr. Zhang is not in his office.
May I ask who I am talking to?
Could you hold the line?
I’m calling to tell him that the meeting is canceled.
Do you happen to know……

Dialogue
A: Hello.
B: Hello. Is John there please?
A: No, he’s not here right now.
B: This is Mark, John’s classmate from university.
A: Oh. Hi, Mark.
B: Do you happen to know where he went?
A: He said he would go downtown to do some shopping.
B: Do you know when he’ll be back?
A: He told me he would be back by 4 o’clock. Can I take a message? (Do you wanna leave a message?)
B: Yes. Please tell him there is a party tonight. And could you tell him to call when he gets in?
A: Sure. Does he know how to get a hold of you?
B: I’m at Harold’s Department Store right now. My number is 250-684-3234.
A: All right. I’ll tell him you called.
B: Thanks a lot. Bye.

Now that you’ve finished calling all of your friends go back to your home and retrieve the messages that your friends left for you. Use this dialogue as a guide.

C: Hi. I’m home.
B: Hi. Did you have a good day?
C: Yeah. Did anybody call while I was out?
B: Yes. While you were gone Mark called and said that there was a sales at Harold’s department store.
C: Did he leave a message?
B: Yes. He’s at the department store right now and his number is 250-684-3234.
C: Did anybody else call?
B: Yes…….