Telephone-Messages

WritingTelephoneWritingTelephoneMessagesMessagesTelephoneMessagesAbouttelephonemessagesTelephonemessagesorslipsareakindofnotes(fornotes,pleaserefertothePracticeWritinginUnit3&4),includingvisitorslips,appointmentslips,asking-for-a-leaveslips,messageslips,etc.Telephoneslips,aswellasothernotes,arewrittenfortheconvenienceofthepeoplewhoaretemporarilyoff.Theyarenotsentthroughthepost,butareleftforpeopletoread,orsenttopeoplebyhand.Theyareoftenwrittenininformalstyle,exceptthattheyarewrittenforasuperiortoread,whenthestylemaybecomeformal.Telephoneslipsmaybedesignedandprintedasstandardofficeslips(asinsample1,2)orwritteninacasualway(asinsample3,4).SampleReadingSample1&2aretwostandardtelephonemessages.Thepersonwhoanswersthetelephoneisjustrequiredtofilltheblanks.Accordingly,suchinformationas“whocalled”,“towhom”,“thecaller’stelephonenumber”,“whoputdownthemessage”andwhenthemessageisrecordedaretheessentialpartsofatelephoneslip.Meanwhile,thelanguageofthemessageiscomparablyconciseandsimple.Sample3isatelephoneslipvirtuallymadeupofasinglesentencewithsuchastructureas“Pleasecall…at…about…”,evenwithoutsignatureandtime.Sample4seemsalittlemoreformalthanthepreviousone.TelephoneMessageTo:__________________________________________________inyourabsenceMr/Mrs/Miss_________________________________________of___________________________________________________TelephoneNo.:________________________________________andleftthefollowingmessage_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Signed:______________________Date:_________________Time:_________________Sample1给某某人的留言来电者的个人信息（电话留言内容）留言记录者签名您离开办公室的时候记录电话留言的日期留下以下消息TelephoneMessageTo:__________________________________________________inyourabsenceMr/Mrs/Miss_________________________________________of___________________________________________________TelephoneNo.:________________________________________andleftthefollowingmessage_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Signed:______________________Date:_________________Time:_________________Sample1Sample2TELEPHONENOTESTo___________________________________________________________Date_______________________Time_____________________________WHILEYOUWEREOUTMr/Mrs/Ms___________________________________________________Of__________________________________________________________PhoneNo.____________________________________________________□TELEPHONED□WILLCALLAGAIN□CALLEDTOSEEYOU□PLEASECALLHIM/HER□WANTSTOSEEYOU□URGENTMessage____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Sample3译文Pleasecallsb.at…aboutsth.请打电话给某人，关于某事，他/她的电话号码是······Sample4这是某某给你的留言如果······，请给他回电他要你（某某时候）去他的办公室是Usefulpatterns1.Sb.hasjustrungupsayingthat…2.Sth.about…3.Pleasecallsb.at(telephonenumber)aboutsth.4.Hereisamessagefromsb.foryou5.Hesaidhewouldringlateragain.6.Pleaseringhimassoonaspossible……1.某人刚刚来电话说······2.关于······3.请打电话给某人，关于某事，他/她的电话号码是······4.这是某某给你的电话留言。5.他说他会再打电话过来。6.请尽快给他回电。……Exercises-ADirections:Readtheinformationbelowcarefullyandusetheproperinformationtofilloutthetelephonemessageform.Pleasekeepthefollowingquestionsinmindwhiledoingit.Questions:“Whocalled?”,“Towhom?”,“Whatisthecaller’stelephonenumber?”,“Whotookthemessage”“Whenthemessageisrecorded”and“Whatisthephonecallfor?”Blankfilling–Ex.ATelephoneMessageTo:_______________________________________________Date:_____________________________________________Message____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Messagetakenby:_________________________________Mr.BushJuly.4th,2004Mr.PeterSchulzcalledfromVienna.Pleasecallhimtodaybefore4:00pmoranytimetomorrowon01-4659924.Hewouldliketonegotiatethediscountwithyou.BarbaraSandersDirections:Writeatelephonemessageinnoteformbyusingtheinformationprovidedbelow.Exercises-BNote:Aninformaltelephonenoteisstrikingforitssimplicityintheuseoflanguage.名人名言Readingmakesafullman；conferenceareadyman;andwritinganexactman.读书使人充实，讨论使人机智，笔记使人准确。--培根SamplewritingforEx.BExercises-CTHANKYOU