Telephoning: Opening Calls and Taking Messages
This is an intermediate level Business English Podcast on making telephone calls in English. Some of the key language phrases we cover in this episode are: identifying yourself and the caller, stating the purpose of your call and leaving a message.

這篇是關于打電話方面的中級商務英語播客。在這節課中我們要涉及到的要點是：理解你自己和打電話的人之間的關系，陳述打電話的目的并留言。

These telephone calls are about a contract between a large aircraft company and one of its suppliers, also known as a subcontractor. The contracts department from the client is calling to ask about a proposal it is expecting from the supplier for a new contract. Time is very short for all the proposals to be received, and so far, the aircraft company hasn’t received anything from this supplier.

錄音中的電話交談是在一家大的航空公司和它的供應商之間關于合同的天談話。航空公司的簽署合同的部門打電話來詢問有關想與供應商重新簽署新合同的提議，接受提議的時間很緊迫，但是目前為止，航空公司還沒有收到供應商的信息。