If someone’s important person has passed away, say:
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Telephone messages usually also include requestinformation from the caller, for example:
We also use reported speech in writing the content or the message from the caller, for example:
- She said that she will call you tonight. - Mrs. Hapsari asked you to postpone the meeting tomorrow.
- He says that he studies Dentistry. - Nafisah wants you to attend the seminar.
Read the following conversation between Santi Hadi and a pharmacy technician PT adapted from Task 4. Write the proper telephone message.
It was on May 28
th
, 2016, at 10:20 A.M.
Santi Hadi : Hello. I’m Santi Hadi. May I speak to the pharmacist, Mrs. Renggani?
PT : I’m really sorry but Mrs. Renggani is not here at the moment. She went
to the seminar. Santi Hadi
: I see. PT
: Would you like to leave a message? I’ll tell her later. Santi Hadi
: Yes, please. Tell her that the medicine she gave me yesterday did not work much. My asthma is getting worse by now.
PT : Sure. I will tell her to call you back when she’s here. Could I have
your phone number, please?
Santi Hadi : It is 085743347580. Thank you very much.
Adapted from: www.twominenglish.comvideo419-leaving-messages-in-business-english
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Picture 2. 12
Read the following situations below. Choose one and make your telephone message. You may look at the telephone messages from the previous tasks.
1. Santi is a pharmacy technician of Simforiana Pharmacy. This morning, at 09:00 A.M., she received a call from dr. Anggih Pratiwi. The doctor wanted
to tell Chawarizmi, the pharmacist of Simforiana Pharmacy to attend the seminar on antibiotics use tomorrow. She wanted Chawarizmi to call her
immediately when she’s back. Her number is 0274 010894.
2. Mrs. Siti Harisah, Apt., the owner of Mayang Sehat Pharmacy wanted to tell Nrangwesthi, the pharmacy technician to send the documents of Mr.
Wibisono’s medication to her email. Tonny, a pharmacy technician who was available at the moment received the call while Nrangwesthi is out buying
medicine packages. It was on October 31
st
, 2016, at 08:00 P.M.
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In this chapter, you have learned: