许多常用的电话用语一点都不难,只要记住几个常用用语,就能够自信战胜全英语电话,一起来学吧!
电话响了,人在国外的你,是否会心头一惊,害怕听到对方一连串霹雳啪啦的英文而无法完美应对。小编今天要让大家认识从电话铃声响起到电话挂上的学问,让你下次能完美接招、应对如流!
一、basic telephone vocabulary 基础电话相关词汇
- cell phones or mobile phones 手机
- smart phone 智慧型手机
- pay phones or public phones 公共电话
- landline 固定电话(通常为家用)
- cordless phone 无线电话(多用于室内)
二、From start to end 从电话开始至结束相关片语
1. Make a phone call. 打电话
例句:When you make a phone call, introduce yourself first.
2. The phone is ringing. 电话响了
3. Pick up the telephone 接起电话
同义词:Answer the telephone / pick the phone up
4. get through to 通话
例句:If you can't get through to the person you want to talk to, you might be able to leave a message asking them to call you back.
5. Leave a message on an answering machine or voicemail. 在电话留言机或语音信箱留言
6. Call somebody back 回电
同义词:Return the call
例句:I'll call you back tomorrow morning when I get more information.
7. dialing the number 播打电话
例句:She is dialing the number to her grandmother.
8. busy signal 忙线的声音
例句:I’ve been trying to call her, but I keep getting a busy signal.
9. Put (someone) through 接通电话
例句:When talking to a receptionist, secretary or switchboard operator, they may ask you to hang on while they put you through.
10. hang on / Someone put you on hold 等待片刻(使不挂断电话)
例句:Hang on, I'll give you some important information.
11. Hang up 挂断电话
注意:不要与hang on (= hold on )搞混了!
同义词: put the phone down / ring off
反义词:ring up / ring somebody up (= make a phone call)
接着看看,关于打电话的日常用语有哪些吧!一起加油!
三、Common phrases 关于打电话的日常用语
Answering the phone 接电话 |
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Asking for the caller’s name 询问来电者姓名 |
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Introducing yourself 自我介绍 |
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Asking for someone 找某人 |
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Explaining absence 解释缺席状况 |
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Problems问题 |
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Putting someone on hold请对方稍待片刻 |
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Putting someone through (connecting someone)为对方转接 |
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Taking a message记下留言 |
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Finishing a conversation结束对话 |
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◎最后,请记得两件事情!!
1. Immediately ask the person to speak slowly.
如果对方讲太快,请他讲慢点总是比全部都听不懂还好!
2. When taking note of a name or important information, repeat each piece of information as the person speaks.
如果要记下重要资讯或名字,重复再说一次给对方听是最保险的作法!
※加映场:
商用英文─电话沟通技巧
讲电话
(Telephone English - Telephone English Vocabulary - Business Phone Conversations)
作者:Sylvia Chu Source : Speakspeak espressoenglish BBC Learning English
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