情景英语口语100主题 023post office邮局

023 post office
Words
Post office parcel letter send stamps airmail surface mail registered¹ mail envelop² counter philately postman/woman deliver(y) letterbox queue
Phrases
Send a parcel
Seal an envelop
Weigh a parcel
Check the weight
Pay postage³
Surface mail
Registered parcel
Welfare benefits

Beginner
A: I’d like to send this parcel to Australia.
B: certainly. Could you put it on the scales, so I can check the weight?
A; sure. It’s not very heavy.
B: that’s 850 grams. The coasts depends on how you would like to send it.
A: I see. What are the options? I suppose airmail is faster and more expensive than surface mail.
B: that’s right. Sending it by airmail will cost twelve dollars and sending it by surface mail will cost eight dollars.
A; how long will it take to get there?
B: airmail should take four or five days and surface mail should take about two weeks.
A: it that case, I’ll send it by airmail. I’d like to send it as a registered parcel.
B: no problem. That’s one dollar extra.
A: no problem. There’s thirteen dollars.
B: there’s you receipt⁴. Goodbye.

Intermediate⁵
A; post office offer lots of services nowadays, don’t they? Years age, you only really used the post office to send mail, save money, and send or collect money.
B: nowadays, they offer so many services, you hardly know which one to choose. Take mailing for example. Do you send something first class or second class or do you use EMS?
A: I save money in a post office saving⁶ account. There used to be just one kind of account, but now there are several. They each have different conditions and interest rates.
B; you can buy things at post office that were never sold there before. You can buy sweets and chocolates, newspapers ,birthday and Christmas cards…..
A: post offices are still the place to go to collect welfare benefits, like unemployment benefit and child support benefit. The queue are very long on the days when people collect those payment⁷.
B: my son likes going to the main post office. They have a philately counter where he can buy stamps for his collection.
A: do you think that the service at post offices has improved?
B; I think it’s better for some things, like sending and receiving money, but if you need to post something it sometimes takes longer than it used to.
A: I like being able to buy newspapers and magazines at the post office. It means that I don’t need to go to two places

1 registered   

adj.登记的，注册的

参考例句：

• Ships were registered abroad to circumvent employment and safety regulation. 船只在外国注册以逃避有关雇佣和安全的规定。
• In former times, only property owners could be registered as voters. 从前，只有有财产的人才能登记作选民。

2 envelop   

vt.包，封，遮盖；包围

参考例句：

• All combine to form a layer of mist to envelop this region.织成一层烟雾又笼罩着这个地区。
• The dust cloud will envelop the planet within weeks.产生的尘云将会笼罩整个星球长达几周。

3 postage   

n.邮费，邮资

参考例句：

• This dictionary is 100 yuan,postage included.这本词典连邮费共100元。
• All letters must be stamped with the correct postage.任何信件都应该按所需邮资贴邮票。

4 receipt   

n.收据，收条；收到，接到

参考例句：

• We are in receipt of your letter of the 10th.我们收到了您十日的来函。
• I asked for a receipt.我要一张收据。

5 intermediate   

adj.中间的，居间的，中级的；n.中间体，媒介物

参考例句：

• This country is now at an intermediate stage of development.这个国家目前正处于发展的中间阶段。
• Gray is intermediate between black and white.灰色介于黑色和白色之间。

6 saving   

n.节省，节约；[pl.]储蓄金，存款

参考例句：

• Energy saving is term strategic policy of our country.节约能源是我国长期的战略国策。
• Old-fashioned housewives were usually very saving.旧时的家庭主妇通常都很节俭。

7 payment   

n.付款，支付，偿还，偿还，报应

参考例句：

• I gave ten pounds in payment for the goods I bought.我买那些东西付了10英镑。
• This last payment will wipe out your debt to me.这最后一笔付款将了结你欠我的债务。