Can you make a telephone call? Of course you make it in Chinese. But the call in English is quite different from the one in Chinese. If you want to ask somebody to answer the telephone, you cannot say, “ Please ask Mr/Mrs/Miss… to answer the telephone.” Instead, you must say, “ May I speak to Mr/Mrs/Miss…, please?” If you want to ask who is answering the telephone, you should say “ Who is that?” or “ Is that …( somebody ) speaking?” instead of “ Who are you ?”. If you want to tell the other one who you are, you should say, “ This is …( somebody ) speaking.”
The call in English is __________ from the one in Chinese.
A.hard | B.difficult | C.same | D.different |
If you want to ask Mr. Li to answer the telephone, you should say, “________”
A.Who are you ? |
B.Ask Mr. Li to answer the telephone, please. |
C.May I speak to Mr. Li, please? |
D.Where is Mr. Li, please? |
If you want to ask who is answering the telephone, you can’t say, “________”
A.Who is that? |
B.Is that Mr…? |
C.Is that Mr… speaking? |
D.Who are you ? |
If you want to tell the other one you are Jim Green, you can’t say, “_________”
A. I am Jim Green.
B. This is Jim Green.
C. This is Jim Green speaking.
D. Both B and C.
The title for this passage should be __________.
A.A Story about Mr. Li and Jim Green |
B.How to Make a Call in English |
C.A Story about Telephone |
D.A Call in Chinese |