Daily Life - At The Post Office (C0201)

A:

Welcome to the National Post. How may I help you?

B:

Hi, I would like to send this package to China, and these postcards as well.

A:

Very well. You will need some stamps for the postcards and I need to weigh that package, too.

B:

Great. How much is this going to cost?

A:

Well, it depends. Do you want to send it via priority, express or standard mail?

B:

What's the difference?

A:

Well, standard mail can take up to fifteen working days . Priority is a bit faster and will arrive in about five to eight working days. Express is the fastest, but it's also the most expensive. It only takes three days and you can track your package online.

B:

I see. Well, there's no rush. Please send it via priority mail. Please be extra careful, the contents of the package are fragile.

Key Vocabulary

weigh

to find the weight of something

up to

at least

take

cost or require

rush

to be in a hurry

fragile

easily broken or damaged

via

travelling through a place on the way to somewhere

priority

to be treated as more important than something els

express

a service for carrying things faster than usual

standard

usual or ordinary

Supplementary Vocabulary

parcel

something wrapped up; a package

forwarder

an agent that facilitates and assures the passage of received goods to their destination.

postage

the charge for delivering a piece of mail

P.O Box

a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for

ship

to place, transport, or travel on any conveyance, esp aboard a ship

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