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49 Communications

Letters
date

letter post box

address 46 Falcon
Banbvy
Oxfordshire
OX16 F
Don’t forget to put a stamp
on the envelope.

Don’t forget to post the letters. envelope
Telephone and fax

answerphone “ (tele)phone

Juan makes a lot of phone calls. He phones his girl friend every day.
Jill sent me a fax yesterday.
What is your phone/fax number?
330718 (= double three oh seven one eight)

A typical phone conversation
SUE: Two three four six five oh.
NICK: Hello. It’s Nick here. Can I speak to John, please.
suE: I’m sorry, he isn’t here at the moment. Can I take a message?
NICK: Thanks. Could you just tell him Nick called. Pll call back later.
SUE: OK. J’ll tell him. Goodbye.
NICK: Bye.

computer screen

Anne gets a lot of e-mails from New York.
What is your e-mail address?
Mollflanders@cup.cam.ac.uk (= Moll Flanders at C-U-P dot C-A-M dot A-C dot U-K)

Tip: If possible, get an example of a letter and an e-mail in English. Write down any
useful words or phrases in them.

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