15、 At the Post Office 在郵局

A: Good morning. I’d like ten airmail stamps, please.

早上好。我要買十枚航空郵票。

B: That’s 50 cents a stamp. Anything else?

每枚5毛。還要別的嗎?

A: Yes, this letter needs to go by registered mail.

是的，這封信要寄掛號。

B: Where’s it going?

寄哪兒?

A: To the New York State Department of Taxation.

紐約州稅務(wù)部。

B: You’ll want to make sure that gets there on time!

Fill out this form and sign at the bottom.

你可不想讓這封信遲到了!填好這張表，然后在下面簽字。

A: Here you go. How much will that be?

給。多少錢?

B: OK, that’s 29 cents for the stamp and $2.00 to send it by registered mail. Is that it?

郵票是2毛9，掛號信2塊。就這些嗎?

A: Not really. The next thing on my list is a money order.

不，還有。我還要買張匯票。

B: Let me fill out the order form. Who is the addressee?

讓我把表填好。收件人是誰?

A: English Language Textbooks

.英語教科書。

B: And the address?

地址是?

A: 250 5th Avenue New York, New York 12644.

紐約第五大街250號，郵編紐約12644。

B: And the amount of the money order?

匯票金額多少?

A: $15.7515.75元

B: We charge $1.50 per money order, so it comes to $17.25 total. Anything else on your list?

每張匯票我們收費(fèi)1.5元，合計(jì)是17.25元。你單子上還有別的嗎?

A: One more thing. This letter is urgent. What’s the best way to send it?

還有，這封信很緊急。怎么寄最快?

B: If you send it express mail it’ll be $9.7 for the first 12 ounces.

如果你寄特快專遞，12盎司收費(fèi)9.70元。

A: Fine. It’s only a letter, it doesn’t weigh much.

好的。只不過一封信，不會有多重的。

B: Fill out the form, and put the letter inside this express mail envelope.

填好這個表，把信放在這個特快專遞信封里。

A: Thanks. That’s all. You’ve been a big help.

謝謝。就這些了。你幫了我大忙。

B: Now, here’s the bad news: your total is $34.

我要告訴你個壞消息了，你總共要付34元錢。

額外成就感

registered mail 掛號信

* When you send a letter via registered mail, the addressee must sign for it.

你要是寄掛號信的話，收件人一定要簽收。

* Please send your application by registered mail.

請把你的申請寄掛號信。

money order 匯票

* They don’t take checks, cash, or credit cards, they only accept money orders.

他們既不收支票、現(xiàn)金，也不收信用卡，只收匯票。

* It’s much safer to send a money order than cash through the mail.寄匯票比寄現(xiàn)金安全多了。

urgent 緊急的，緊迫的

* It’s urgent, it must be there by 10:00a.m. tomorrow!

這個很緊急，明天早上10點(diǎn)之前必須要到!

* I have an urgent problem that I need to talk to you about.

我有點(diǎn)急事要跟你談。

express mail 特快專遞

* Express mail is the fastest way to send a letter.

寄信最快的方式就是寄特快專遞。