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How to record my message to an answering machine (An English speaking test)
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Examiner: Now, you're inviting Tom, one of your friends, to a Japanese restaurant next Saturday, at one pm. Unfortunately Tom is out, so please leave a message on the answering machine in 30 sec after the beep sound.
"This is 012-345-6789. I'm not here. Please leave a message after the beep sound. Beeeeep:"
(My answer) "Hi, Tom. This is Desperate Beagle. Are you there?
.....Okay, it's 7 pm on Monday, the 30th of July now. I found a cool Japanese restaurant. How about going there with me next Saturday at one p.m?
Just call me back when you listen to this recording.
My telephone number is 090-8124-1200, See you."
The examiner requests a colloquial expression between friends.
It would be appreciated if you change it as colloquial as possible.
Thank you.
"This is 012-345-6789. I'm not here. Please leave a message after the beep sound. Beeeeep:"
(My answer) "Hi, Tom. This is Desperate Beagle. Are you there?
.....Okay, it's 7 pm on Monday, the 30th of July now. I found a cool Japanese restaurant. How about going there with me next Saturday at one p.m?
Just call me back when you listen to this recording.
My telephone number is 090-8124-1200, See you."
The examiner requests a colloquial expression between friends.
It would be appreciated if you change it as colloquial as possible.
Thank you.
"You’ve reached 012-345-6789.
Please leave a message at the sound of the tone.*
* That’s what I usually hear on answering machines.
(My answer) "Hey*, Tom.
* More colloquial.
Okay, it's 7 pm on Monday, July 30.*
* “The 30th of July” is correct, but “July 30” is the format that I usually use with friends.
Get back to me as soon as you can.
More informal. Also, “when you listen to this recording” is correct, but it means nothing to me. I mean, he couldn’t reply to the message unless he listened to it anyway!
My telephone number is 090-8124-1200. Talk to you soon.*"
* “See you” is perfectly correct; I’m just offering you an equally informal alternative. Both are correct and one is not better than the other.
The examiner requests the type of colloquial language used between friends.
It would be appreciated if you change it to sound as colloquial as possible.
It helped me a lot!
BTW, I can't see your avatar which is moving right now. Are you changing it? Or does my computer go wrong, and it isn't able to show your avatar?
I removed my avatar because it's against the rules of Lang-8 to use a character protected by copyright as your avatar. I don't know what I should use now! :(
Pretty tough talk.
Hey! Why not write it with your own hand?
It must not be against the rules of Lang-8.
I did it. ^^
How to Record a Message to an Answering Machine (An English Speaking Test)
Usually when we write titles we capitalize the initial letter on each word except for small words e.g in at on etc. (Unless they are at the start of the sentence...).
Please leave a message after the beep sound.
Minus the word sound, this sounds veeeeeeeeeery natural.
Okay, it's 7 pm on Monday, the 30th of July now.
I think you don't need to tell him the exact time of the message, but that's just me.
My telephone number is 090-8124-1200, Talk to you soon!"
See you is OK. But Talk to you soon is a little more natural.
The examiner requests the kind of colloquial expressions that are used between friends.
It would be appreciated if you change it to sound as colloquial as possible.
Niiiice, your English is awesome!