9: hello and welcome to our second class of
12: telephone English in this class we will
15: look at the phrases we need when we make
17: a phone call let's start hi it's john
22: from IBM hi it's john from IBM when we
30: make a phone call and when we give our
33: name we use its its we don't use i'm ok
39: when we make a phone call we don't use
42: I'm we use it or we can also use this is
48: this is listen hello this is John from
54: IBM hello this is John from IBM so we
61: have the option of its or this is but
66: never I did you notice that when John
71: gave the name of his company he used the
74: preposition from this is john from IBM
79: this is john from IBM and we can also
83: use the preposition from to give our
86: department or office so we could say
91: this is john from the finance department
95: or this is john from the madrid office
101: now all of this is quite easy no but
105: when we vote a company normally is to
109: talk to one person in particular let's
112: see the question that we need to ask
116: could I speak to Sarah Smith please
120: could I speak to Sarah Smith please
128: John said could I speak to could I speak
132: to we can also use can I speak to can I
137: speak to and the two phrases in this
141: context are the same could I speak to
144: can I speak to now let's listen to all
149: the phrases of the video again hi it's
154: john from IBM hello this is john from
159: IBM could I speak to Sarah Smith please
165: could I speak to Sarah Smith please okay
173: I hope you found the class useful there
176: was another short class we're currently
178: making a much bigger course on telephone
181: English which will be available here of
185: course if you have any questions you can
188: send us a message or you can leave a
191: comment in the section below thank you
195: for watching and see you in the next
197: video
How to make a phone call in English.
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