Online Class Notes (Tibo) (S)

Today we focused on:


We practiced phone calls

Homework


Go through the document phone calls

Next Class Focus


one more phone call role play + meeting role-play

Speaking exercise

can you leave a message for me -> can you take a message?

I’ve got a business thing I wanna contact John,  an engineer in your company -> I have some business  to discuss with him / can you please transfer me to John?

if you have a room in may first -> on May 1

Vocabulary

to influence : to push for an idea
He was influenced by his father and became a soldier like him.

to infect : affect with a sickness
Many people were infected by the disease.

take a message ( the one calling tells the receiver to take a message)
Can you please take a message? Please tell John than Wei called about the marketing report.

leave a message ( the receiver asks the person calling for a message)
I’m sorry John isn’t here right now,  do you want to leave a message?

small talk : things people talk about to break the ice
we always have 5 min of small talk before the meeting