Grace: excuse me, could you tell me which line I’m supposed to stand in to buy bubble wrap and to post a package?
Alexander: you can buy the bubble wrap here, but you’ll have to stand in line over here to post your paskage.
G: that’s a really long line. How long do you think it’ll take to get through all those people?
A: it takes about 3 minutes per person, so it’ll probably be about an hour’s wait.
G: can I buy stamps here?
A: sure. How many would you like?
G: I need 30 for my Chrismas cards.
A: are you sending them abroad?
G: twenty of them are going abroad to China to America.
A: do you have any going anywhere in the EU? If you do, those are less expensive.
G: no.
A: ok, here you go. That will be 18 pounds and seventy two pence.
G: and the bubble wrap?
A: that’s another quid.
G: thanks a lot. You’ve been very helpful.
打扰一下,请问我要排哪条队伍可以买到气泡衬垫包装纸,然后寄包裹?
你可以在这儿买气泡衬垫包装纸,但是要寄包裹的话得去那边排队。
那条队可真长啊。你觉得我得需要多长时间?
每个人大概需要三分钟左右,所以您得等一个小时。
邮票是在这儿买吗?
没错。要买多少?
我要寄圣诞卡,大概需要三十张。
都是寄到国外去的吗?
其中有20张是寄到中国和美国的。
有没有寄到欧洲去的?如果没有寄到那边的,邮费没那么贵。
没有。
好的,给你。一共是18英镑72便士。
气泡衬垫包装纸是多少钱?
还要额外再加1英镑。
非常感谢。你帮了不少忙。
以下列出在邮寄时需要的很实用的单词
Post/send/mail 寄
Do you mind posting a letter for me?
你能帮我寄封信吗?
Letter/mail 信
Signature 签名
Petitions bearing nearly a half-million signatures were sent to the White House.
有将近五十万人签名的请愿书被送到白宫。
Post/zip code 邮编
Overweight 超重
Envelope 信封
By ordinary mail/by surface mail 平邮
Parcel/package 包裹
This parcel came in the mail today.
这个包裹是今天邮来的。
Letter box 邮筒
注:letter box主要用于英式英语中,在美式英语中的对应表达是"mailbox".
Registered mail 挂号信
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