Tham khảo tài liệu 'spelling hypens 2', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 257 341 341 telephoning 1 We usually answer a private phone like this Hello. Abingdon three seven eight double two. 37822 Some people give their names. Hello. Albert Packard. 2 We ask for a person like this Could I speak to Jane Horrabin 3 We can identify ourselves with the word speaking. Could I speak to Jane Horrabin Speaking That s me. 4 Note the difference between this the speaker and that the hearer . This is Corinne. Is that Susie Americans use this for both speaker and hearer. 5 We ask for a number like this Could I have Bristol three seven eight seven eight Could I have extension two oh four six 2046 6 The telephonist may say One moment please. Hold on a moment please. Trying to connect you. The number s ringing for you. Putting you through now. I m afraid this number is engaged busy. I m afraid this number is not answering there s no reply from this extension. Will you hold Will you wait9 A possible answer to the last question No I ll ring again later. OB I ll ring back later. 7 If somebody IS not there I m afraid she s not in at the moment. Can I take a message Yes. Could you ask her to ring me back this evening 8 Other expressions I m afraid you ve got the wrong number. I m sorry. I ve got the wrong number. Could you speak louder It s a bad line. Could I possibly use your phone What s the code for London How do I call the operator 342 258 I d like to make a reversed charge call transferred charge call to Washington 348 6767. The person at the other end pays. Americans call this a collect call. 342 telling the time 1 There are two ways of saying what time it is. five past three three five ten past three three ten a quarter past three three fifteen twenty past three three twenty half past three three thirty twenty-five to four three thirty-five a quarter to four three forty-five five to four three fifty-five three minutes to four three fifty-seven 2 In conversation we do not usually use the twenty-four hour clock . We can make a time more precise by saying
