Call 4

Call 4 is longer and it is therefore difficult to retain the message. One reason is that Colin includes unnecessary information (e.g. I’m traveling to a meeting with a client). The purpose of the call comes rather late and the sentences are very long, with more than one idea in each. It may be more helpful to leave his number at the end rather than near the beginning of the message. Once again, it may be helpful to say exactly when he rang.
Call 5
Once again, Call 5 is quite long. Steve uses many of the features of British English mentioned in the article: understanding (e.g. a little bit on the optimistic side), get used with different meanings (e.g. which I’ll get off to you today), and a generally idiomatic approach to language. Again, Colin could say when he called and give a telephone or extension number.
Taking messages
1. trade fair
2. S126 25
3. 3
4. Tuesday 23 / 23 November
5. (Kati) Gersel
聽力基礎知識講評：
Names
在我們對姓名做講解之前，我們先來熟悉一下有關姓名的幾組詞匯。
Ø 姓名，全名 （full）name
Ø 姓 family name/ surname/last name
Ø 名 given name/ first name
6. the/ your message
7. cancelled
8. not available
9. 27 November
10. confirm
get back to somebody phrasal verb事后告知某人
to talk to someone or telephone them later in order to answer a question or give them information
I'll find out the prices and get back to you. 我會找到價格并馬上告知你。
available adjective
1 something that is available is able to be used or can easily be bought or found 可以用的，可以得到的
Tickets are available from the box office. 你可以從票房買到票。
No figures are available for the number of goods sold. 沒有已銷售商品數量的數據。
There are plenty of jobs available in the area. 這個地方有很多就業機會。
2 [not before noun] someone who is available is not busy and has enough time to talk to you 有時間
Collins was not available for comment on Thursday night. 克林斯不能在周四晚上發表評論。
ￚavailability noun [uncountable]
姓名前的稱呼 Title
在與人初次見面時，如果在非常正式的場合下是不應該直接稱呼對方姓名的，而應該稱呼對方為某某先生、某某女士等等。所以這里就需要給大家介紹有關在姓名前如何稱呼對方。稱呼一般有以下幾種：
Mr. 這是專門稱呼男士的，無論對方是已婚還是未婚。意思是XX先生。
Mrs是稱呼已婚女士的，意思是XX太太。
Miss是稱呼那些未婚女士的，意思是XX小姐。有時我們并不方便先去了解一下對方的婚姻狀況，所以我們就可以采用Ms這種稱呼，意思是XX女士。
Dr.是對某人學歷上的認可，意思是某某博士。
Dates
British English英國英語 US English美國英語
Spoken表達 the twenty-sixth of OctoberOctober the twenty-sixth twenty-sixth OctoberOctober twenty-sixth
Written書寫 文字形式：26(th) October October 26(th)數字形式：26/10/01 文字形式：26(th) October 數字形式：10/26/01
從上面可以看出，英國英語表達時間通常是日、月、年的結構，美國英語是先說月份，然后是日期，最后是年份。這點請大家注意。
說明：
1．在書寫日期時，可以將表示序數詞標志的st, nd, rd 或者th省略掉。這里也建議大家不要寫出來，因為有很多人在書寫時會將它們混淆。比如正確的寫法是：
1號 1st
21號 21st
31號 31st
2號 2nd
22號 22nd
3號 3rd
那么，11號、12號和13號怎么寫呢？有很多人自認為已經搞明白了，就自作主張，大筆一揮寫成是11st、12nd和13rd了。其實
11號 11 th （eleventh）
12號 12th （twelfth）
13號 13th （thirteenth）
2．在閱讀日期時，如果寫成日月的順序，英國英語的讀法是讀出定冠詞the和介詞of來。但是在書寫時一定要注意不要寫出來。同樣道理，如果寫成是月日的順序的話，在口語表達時，要讀出定冠詞the來，但是書寫時就沒有了。
IV. Vocabulary Consolidation on Unit 1b (page 163)
V. Self-study 1b