Unit 33
Hold on please
海外生活/日常溝通
Oversea life /Daily communication
BRAIN STORM
Share your ideas with your teacher and try to make sentences.
Recall your recent phone call. Did your call go through or was it put on hold?
VOCABULARY
Repeat these sentences after your teacher.
1. speaking (adj.) 我是……（電話用語）
Hello! This is Melanie speaking.
你好！這是梅拉尼亞（Melania）在講話。
2. mommy (n.) 媽媽（幼兒用語）
My mommy always picks me up at school.
我媽媽總是在學校接我。
3. pick up (n.) 接（電話）
Pick up the phone.
接起電話。
4. hold on (v.) 等一下
Hold on a second, I’ll be right back.
等一下，我馬上回來。
5. voicemail (n.) 語音留言
She is busy so please leave a voicemail.
她很忙，所以請留言。
6. call you back (phr.) 给你回電話
Can you call me back tomorrow?
你明天可以給我回電話嗎？
7. right now (adv.) 現在
I am sorry. I am busy right now.
我很抱歉。我現在很忙。
8. try you again (phr.) 再打给你
I will call and try you again later.
我會打電話給您，稍後再試。
Dialogue
Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.
Good afternoon. Kevin speaking.
下午好，我是Kevin。
Hi, Kevin. Is your mommy home?
嗨，Kevin。你媽媽在家嗎？
Yeah. I’ll ask her to pick up the phone. Hold on, please.
在的，我叫她接電話，請稍等一下。
Thanks! Tell her it’s her friend Hank calling.
謝謝！告訴她是她朋友Hank打來的。
Hey, Hank. I got your voicemail. Sorry I didn’t call you back!
Hank。我收到你的語音留言了。抱歉我還没给你回電話！
No worries. Is this a good time to talk?
没事。現在方便說話嗎？
No, sorry. I can’t talk right now. I must go. I’m late for work.
我剛辭職。下個月我要去西雅圖攻讀博士學位。
Sorry. I’ll try you again later. Bye.
不好意思，我之後再打给你，拜拜。
Let's Practice
Make it right.
A : ______.
B :Hi, Kevin. Is your mommy home?
1.Good afternoon. Kevin speaking, where’s your friend?
2.Her friend Hank calling.
A :I’ll ask her to pick up the phone. Hold on, please.
B : ________.
1. I got your voicemail.
2.Thanks! Tell her it’s her friend Hank calling.
Hi, Kevin. Is your __________ home?
1.mommy
2.mummy
Tell her it’s _______ friend Hank calling.
1.his
2.her
Hi, home? Kevin. mommy your Is
_____________________________________________
talk? Is this time to good a
____________________________________
DISCUSSION
Make a conversation with your teacher.
1.Do you have a phone call that you want to make? What would your phone call be all about?
