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。