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16 Communications

A Letters
address
stamp

date envelope
letter
letter box
Don’t forget to put a stamp on the envelope.
Don’t forget to post the letters.

B Email and Internet

computer screen keyboard mouse laptop memory stick

Olivia gets a lot of emails from New York.
You have to be careful what information you give people online.
What’s your email address? Moll@cup.com (= Moll at C-U-P dot com /kɒm/)

C Telephones and mobile devices

mobile device mobile telephone phone box

Juan makes a lot of phone calls. He phones his girlfriend every day.

I always take my smartphone with me. I never turn it off.
What’s your phone number? What’s your mobile number?
066530718 (= oh six six five three oh seven one eight / oh
double six five ...)
He’s not answering his phone. I’ll leave a voicemail and I’ll
text him / send him a text (message).

D Expressions

Sue Hello.
Nick Hello. It’s Nick here. Can I speak to Ahmed, please?
Tip
Sue I’m sorry, he’s not here at the moment. Can I take a message?
Use a search engine to find an
Nick Thanks. Could you just tell him I called. I’ll call back later. example of a letter and an email

Sue OK. I’ll tell him. Goodbye. in English. Write down any useful
words or phrases in them.
Nick Bye.

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