在郵局如何將包裹寄到澳大利亞？現在郵局提供了哪些服務

今天的這段對話，在討論郵局，

在郵局如何將包裹寄到澳大利亞？現在郵局提供了哪些服務

來聽今天的講解:

Beginner

A: I’d like to send this parcel to Australia.

我想把這個包裹寄到澳大利亞。

B: certainly. Could you put it on the scales, so I can check the weight?

當然可以。你能把它放在磅秤上嗎？這樣我就可以檢查一下重量了？

A: sure. It’s not very heavy.

當然。不是很重。

B: that’s 850 grams. The coasts depends on how you would like to send it.

那是850克。海岸線取決于你想怎么寄。

A: I see. What are the options? I suppose airmail is faster and more expensive than surface mail.

我明白了。有什么選擇？我想航空郵件比平郵更快、更貴。

B: that’s right. Sending it by airmail will cost twelve dollars and sending it by surface mail will cost eight dollars.

是的。航空郵寄要十二美元，平郵要八美元。

A: how long will it take to get there?

到那里需要多長時間？

B: airmail should take four or five days and surface mail should take about two weeks.

航空郵件需要四五天，平郵大約需要兩周。

A: it that case, I’ll send it by airmail. I’d like to send it as a registered parcel.

如果是這樣的話，我會用航空郵件寄。我想把它作為掛號包裹寄。

B: no problem. That’s one dollar extra.

沒問題。那是額外的一美元。

A: no problem. There’s thirteen dollars.

沒問題。這有十三美元。

B: there’s you receipt. Goodbye.

這是收據，再見。

Intermediate

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.

現在郵局提供很多服務，不是嗎？幾歲了，你才真正用郵局寄郵件、省錢、寄錢或收錢。

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?

現在，他們提供的服務太多了，你幾乎不知道該選擇哪一種。以郵寄為例。你是寄頭等艙還是二等艙的東西，還是用EMS？

A: I save money in a post office saving account. There used to be just one kind of account, but now there are several. They each have different conditions and interest rates.

我把錢存在郵局的儲蓄賬戶里。過去只有一種賬戶，但現在有幾種。它們都有不同的條件和利率。

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…..

你可以在郵局買到以前從未賣過的東西。你可以買到糖果、巧克力、報紙、生日卡和圣誕卡…

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 payment.

郵局仍然是領取福利金的地方，比如失業(yè)救濟金和兒童撫養(yǎng)費。在人們領取這些福利金的日子里，排隊的隊伍很長。

B: my son likes going to the main post office. They have a philately counter where he can buy stamps for his collection.

我兒子喜歡去主要的郵局。那里有一個集郵柜臺，他可以在那里買郵票收藏。

A: do you think that the service at post offices has improved?

你認為郵局的服務有改善嗎？

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.

我認為這對某些事情更好，比如收發(fā)錢，但如果你需要發(fā)布一些東西，有時需要比過去更長的時間。

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.

我喜歡在郵局買報紙和雜志。這意味著我不需要去兩個地方。