그러나 좋은 방법이 있습니다. 시험문제의 예상문제를 먼저 풀어본다면 본시험을 치루게 될때에 훨씬 자연스럽게 대응할 수 있습니다. 조금더 완벽하게 준비한다면 미국인 어나운서의 녹음을 들어볼 수 있는 기회가 있다면, 더욱더 좋습니다.
다음은 전화 받을때의 대화내용입니다. A; Hello, This is ABC Company Tom speaking, Can I help you? or (How can I direct your call?) B; I'd like to speak to Sales department. or ( Mr.Stevenson) A; I'm sorry, he's not in at this moment,(or right now) may I take your masage? or What is your name and phone number? or What is regarding for? or May I help you? instead of him.
A; good morning, thank you to calling AT & T. how can I help you?
B; extension 122, please.
A; all right. Hold on moment , please.
I’m so sorry but the line is busy. Please stay on the line. I will try to connect your call again when he is done.
B; OK. I’ll wait .
C; hello.
B; hello. Can I speak to Joon Park?
C; this is he. May I ask who’s calling, please?
B’ oh, Joon. This is Alice . how have been?
A; Hello, this is Richard Chung
B; May I talk to Mr. Robert Kim?
A; I’m sorry but Mr. Kim is not available at the moment. He’s in meeting. Would you like to leave a message?
B; Yes, please. My name is Alice Jensen..
Please ask him to call me back. I’ll be in my office all day.
A; OK. Thanks for calling. Good-bye.
B; Good-bye.
그리고 본인이 부재중일 경우에 대비해서 레코딩 메세지를 남길경우.
A; Hello, you’ve reached Kim’s residence. I’m sorry I can’t come to the phone right now. Please leave your name, number, and a brief message after the tone. We’ll get back you as soon as possible. Thanks, bye.
B; Hello. This is Alice. If you are there, can you answer the phone? Um…OK. Won’t you give me a call when you get a change, OK? Bye.
미국의 관공서나 은행등 공공기관에 전화할 경우 나오는 메세지를 잘 못듣는경우도 있습니다. 그 메세지의 script 를 읽어보면 간단히 이해할 수 있는것도 전화를 통해서 듣는것은 어렵습니다.
thank you to calling Hanmi bank.
All our representatives are serving other customers now.
Your calling is very important to us. Please stay on the line, because it’s much faster than hanging up and redialing.
Our customer representatives will be with you shortly. Thank you.