Crank Calls

Telephone conversations to help improve your listening skills. Here are some more crank calls - those funny telephone calls that are designed to wind people up. Have fun listening to these two.(US English spelling)

Crank Call I: The News Agency

For this call we phoned up a news agency with some exclusive news relating to Prince Charles. Listen to this conversation and answer this question: In your opinion, why won’t the editor pay us for our exclusive news story?

Victim: News National editing desk. Angie Parkes here. Hot: Oh, hello. I have a story I thought you might be interested in. Victim: OK, who’s involved? Is it a named personality? Hot: Yes, it’s a very important dignitary. Victim: Who are we talking about? Hot: Erm, his Royal Highness, Prince Charles. Victim: What have you got on him? Hot: I have a very, very interesting story concerning him. Victim: OK? What’s it about? Hot: I want three hundred dollars. Victim: I’m not paying anything until I know what it’s about. Hot: OK, I’ll scramble it to you across the phone… (scrambling noise) Did you get that? Victim: Nope! I didn’t hear anything. Hot: Oh, right, I’ll do it again. (scrambling noise) So, how much are you going to pay me? Victim: I didn’t hear anything. We’re not paying for that. Hot: Oh no, you can’t do that. You owe me three hundred dollars. Victim: I don’t owe you anything. Hot: Yes you do. Victim: No, I don’t. Hot: Yes, you do. Victim: Get lost! Hot: Oh, OK. Bye.

Crank Call II - The Electrical store

For this call we phoned up a shop with a very unusual request. Listen to the conversation and answer these two questions: 1. What ordinary request do we make? 2. What unusual request do we make?

Victim: Eddie’s Electrical Store, how may I help you? Hot: Oh, hi there, I was phoning up to see whether you sold hi-fi speakers. Victim: Sure do, sir. Were you looking for any particular make? Hot: Erm, Sony. Do you have any Sony speakers? Victim: Yep. We stock Sony. Hot: Erm, when are you open till? Victim: We’re open all day till 8. Hot: Great. Erm, I was just wondering, would you like to go for a drink when you get out? Victim: What? Hot: I was wondering whether you’d like to go for a drink with me. Victim: No, no thanks. Hot: Oh, OK, bye.

G L O S S A R Y

to wind someone up phr vb to irritate someone and make them angry who’s involved? exp this means: “who is in the story?” a named personality n a famous person a dignitary n a royal person er/erm exp this is the noise that people make as they are thinking what to say next what have you got on him? exp this means: “what information do you have about him?” to scramble vb to put a message into code and to send it over the radio nope exp inform no to owe vb if you “owe” someone some money, you must pay money to that person get lost exp inform this expression is used to show anger. It is like saying, “go away!” hi-fi speakers n boxes that are connected to a stereo system. Sound comes out of them sure do exp inform US this means: “of course” a make n a product that is produced by a company yep exp inform yes to stock vb if a shop “stocks” a product, they sell that product

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