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Business English/Telephone English – Customer service vocabulary


00:00:02finished okay

00:00:04hi hi now you’re wondering why am I

00:00:14wearing a suit and tie today is it

00:00:16because you go into a funeral notice

00:00:18there’s a formal lesson the student is

00:00:20formal but you’re wearing a black tie

00:00:23black ties formal for a funeral

00:00:34ah reports reports a man’s done finished

00:00:40send hi why am i wearing a suit and tie

00:00:46today Tom’s right because today is a

00:00:51formal English lesson

00:00:52now speak English on the phone is much

00:00:55more difficult than face to face you

00:00:56can’t see the person’s face you can’t

00:00:58see their lips you can’t use body

00:01:01language sometimes you can’t hear what

00:01:04they’re saying because words are not

00:01:06normal so here’s some common expressions

00:01:13people using customer service situations

00:01:28good afternoon proper teach me this is

00:01:30Claire how can I help

00:01:31ah Buju I am looking for information

00:01:36about English classes there with me I’ll

00:01:42see if mr. Williams or mr. Turner are

00:01:44available please hold

00:01:54okay Susan hello hello I am waiting to

00:02:06be put through to mr. Williams or mr

00:02:10Turner please hold

00:02:12oui I am holding now imagine you’re an

00:02:25employee working in customer services

00:02:32good morning superhero clothing this is

00:02:35John speaking how can I help

00:02:37imagine you’re a customer and you’ve

00:02:39bought something from the company but

00:02:41there’s a problem

00:02:42hi I’m calling regarding an item I’ve

00:02:45ordered from you you’re going to watch a

00:02:47typical conversation in a customer

00:02:49service environment remember we using

00:02:53okay can I just take the order number

00:02:56please is that the same as the reference

00:02:58yes it is it’s 69 okie dokie this is the

00:03:04order for red pants yes okay and what

00:03:10seems to be the problem sir they’re the

00:03:14wrong color they’re ripped and they’ve

00:03:18got a hole in them

00:03:24they’re far too big they’ve got a stain

00:03:27in them oh I am sorry to hear that we’ll

00:03:32send a replacement pair straight away

00:03:34that’s great I really appreciate your

00:03:36help you’re welcome sir and is there

00:03:39anything else I can help you with today

00:03:41no that’s everything thank you okay well

00:03:44thanks very much for shopping at

00:03:45superhero clothing

00:03:46good bye sir goodbye

00:04:12mr. Williams mr. Tom I’m gonna shoot off

00:04:16now

00:04:16did either of you speak to the French

00:04:18guy yeah it’s always gonna do it in a

00:04:29minute okay

00:04:48share this with your friends

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