Telephoning: Opening Calls and Taking Messages
This is an intermediate level Business English Podcast on making telephone calls in English. Some of the key language phrases we cover in this episode are: identifying yourself and the caller, stating the purpose of your call and leaving a message.

这篇是关于打电话方面的中级商务英语播客。在这节课中我们要涉及到的要点是：理解你自己和打电话的人之间的关系，陈述打电话的目的并留言。

These telephone calls are about a contract between a large aircraft company and one of its suppliers, also known as a subcontractor. The contracts department from the client is calling to ask about a proposal it is expecting from the supplier for a new contract. Time is very short for all the proposals to be received, and so far, the aircraft company hasn’t received anything from this supplier.

录音中的电话交谈是在一家大的航空公司和它的供应商之间关于合同的天谈话。航空公司的签署合同的部门打电话来询问有关想与供应商重新签署新合同的提议，接受提议的时间很紧迫，但是目前为止，航空公司还没有收到供应商的信息。