answer the phone; to lift the telephone; to pick up the telephone; get on the phone;

具體例子如下：

Will you answer the telephone if it rings? 電話鈴聲響時請你接電話好嗎?

He was too lazy to bestir himself even to answer the telephone. 他懶得甚至不願接電話.

I telephoned, but nobody answered the telephone. 我打了電話，但沒有人來接電話。

Smith was laughing up his sleeve when Joe answered the phone because he knew the call would be a joke. 喬接電話時，史密斯在偷笑，因為他知道那是一個開玩笑的電話。

He is in conference and cannot come to the telephone. 他在開會，沒空來接電話。

Your name你的名字。

The company you are calling from 你的公司。

A brief description about why you are calling 簡明扼要概述你為什麼打電話。

A call to action 希望得到的迴應（是回撥給你，還是預告下午你再打來，又或是希望得到郵件回覆）。

A contact telephone number or e-mail 一個可聯絡的電話號碼或者郵箱地址。