Call 4

Call 4 is longer and it is therefore difficult to retain the message. One reason is that Colin includes unnecessary information (e.g. I’m traveling to a meeting with a client). The purpose of the call comes rather late and the sentences are very long, with more than one idea in each. It may be more helpful to leave his number at the end rather than near the beginning of the message. Once again, it may be helpful to say exactly when he rang.
Call 5
Once again, Call 5 is quite long. Steve uses many of the features of British English mentioned in the article: understanding (e.g. a little bit on the optimistic side), get used with different meanings (e.g. which I’ll get off to you today), and a generally idiomatic approach to language. Again, Colin could say when he called and give a telephone or extension number.
Taking messages
1. trade fair
2. S126 25
3. 3
4. Tuesday 23 / 23 November
5. (Kati) Gersel
听力基础知识讲评：
Names
在我们对姓名做讲解之前，我们先来熟悉一下有关姓名的几组词汇。
Ø 姓名，全名 （full）name
Ø 姓 family name/ surname/last name
Ø 名 given name/ first name
6. the/ your message
7. cancelled
8. not available
9. 27 November
10. confirm
get back to somebody phrasal verb事后告知某人
to talk to someone or telephone them later in order to answer a question or give them information
I'll find out the prices and get back to you. 我会找到价格并马上告知你。
available adjective
1 something that is available is able to be used or can easily be bought or found 可以用的，可以得到的
Tickets are available from the box office. 你可以从票房买到票。
No figures are available for the number of goods sold. 没有已销售商品数量的数据。
There are plenty of jobs available in the area. 这个地方有很多就业机会。
2 [not before noun] someone who is available is not busy and has enough time to talk to you 有时间
Collins was not available for comment on Thursday night. 克林斯不能在周四晚上发表评论。
ￚavailability noun [uncountable]
姓名前的称呼 Title
在与人初次见面时，如果在非常正式的场合下是不应该直接称呼对方姓名的，而应该称呼对方为某某先生、某某女士等等。所以这里就需要给大家介绍有关在姓名前如何称呼对方。称呼一般有以下几种：
Mr. 这是专门称呼男士的，无论对方是已婚还是未婚。意思是XX先生。
Mrs是称呼已婚女士的，意思是XX太太。
Miss是称呼那些未婚女士的，意思是XX小姐。有时我们并不方便先去了解一下对方的婚姻状况，所以我们就可以采用Ms这种称呼，意思是XX女士。
Dr.是对某人学历上的认可，意思是某某博士。
Dates
British English英国英语 US English美国英语
Spoken表达 the twenty-sixth of OctoberOctober the twenty-sixth twenty-sixth OctoberOctober twenty-sixth
Written书写 文字形式：26(th) October October 26(th)数字形式：26/10/01 文字形式：26(th) October 数字形式：10/26/01
从上面可以看出，英国英语表达时间通常是日、月、年的结构，美国英语是先说月份，然后是日期，最后是年份。这点请大家注意。
说明：
1．在书写日期时，可以将表示序数词标志的st, nd, rd 或者th省略掉。这里也建议大家不要写出来，因为有很多人在书写时会将它们混淆。比如正确的写法是：
1号 1st
21号 21st
31号 31st
2号 2nd
22号 22nd
3号 3rd
那么，11号、12号和13号怎么写呢？有很多人自认为已经搞明白了，就自作主张，大笔一挥写成是11st、12nd和13rd了。其实
11号 11 th （eleventh）
12号 12th （twelfth）
13号 13th （thirteenth）
2．在阅读日期时，如果写成日月的顺序，英国英语的读法是读出定冠词the和介词of来。但是在书写时一定要注意不要写出来。同样道理，如果写成是月日的顺序的话，在口语表达时，要读出定冠词the来，但是书写时就没有了。
IV. Vocabulary Consolidation on Unit 1b (page 163)
V. Self-study 1b