I'm Jason from ITI, TAITRA.

我是外貿協會培訓中心的 Jason

Welcome to Everyday English.

歡迎收看生活英文

Today I'm going to talk to you about

今天我要來談談

how you can ask for someone on the telephone.

如何用英文打電話

Many second language speakers of English

很多英語學習者

find it difficult talking on the phone,

覺得用英文講電話很困難

and you may wonder how you can ask for someone

你可能會想，到底該如何表達

when you call somewhere.

當你要用英文打電話找人時

Well, I'm happy to tell you it's much easier than it seems.

我很開心能告訴大家，其實這比想像中簡單

When you want to talk to someone on the phone,

當你打電話要找人時

there are some easy phrases you can use.

有些簡單的句子可以用

First, you can say, “May I speak with so and so?”

首先，你可以說 "May I speak with so and so?"

Let's see an example:

讓我們看個例子：

Cory: Hello.

Cory: 嗨

Jason: Hello. May I speak with Cory please?

Jason: 嗨！請找 Cory

Cory: Speaking.

Cory: 我就是

You can also say, “I'd like to speak with so and so.”

你也可以說 "I'd like to speak with so and so."

Let's see an example for this one.

我們看另一個例子

Cory: Hello.

Cory: 嗨

Jason: Hello. I'd like to speak with Chris, please.

Jason: 嗨！我想跟 Chris 通電話

Cory: Hold on. I'll put you through.

Cory: 請稍等，我為你轉接

There's also one more phrase you can use

另外，還有一個句子也可用

and that's "I'm trying to reach so and so."

就是 "I am trying to reach so and so."

Let's see how this one is used.

來看這個句子該怎麼用

Cory: Hello.

Cory: 嗨

Jason: Hello. I'm trying to reach Brent.

Jason: 嗨！我想找 Brent

Cory: I'm sorry, but he's busy at the moment.

Cory: 我很抱歉，但他目前忙碌中

I hope this helps!

希望這對大家有幫助

Thanks for watching.

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