English Conversation - IN THE POST OFFICE

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Vikram : goes to the post office to buy letter forms and to register a letter.
Vikram : (At the stamp selling counter). I want twenty inland letter forms, please.
Clerk : (Counting off twenty letter forms) Here you are.
Vikram : How much do they cost?
Clerk : Each inland letter form is for 75 paise. So twenty inland letter forms will be worth rupees fifteen.
Vikram : Here are fifteen Rupees. Where do I register this letter?
Clerk : please go to the Registered letters counter.
Vikarma: (Going up to the Registered letter Counter) I want to register this letter, please.
Clerk : Have you given the complete address of the addressee and also the sender’s address?
Vikram : Yes, Sir.
Clerk: Right. Now let me weigh the letter. (Put the letter on the scale) That’ll be Rs 2.75 worth of stamps. Please go back to the stamps counter, buy stamps worth two rupees and seventy-five paise, stick them on this envelope and then come back to me.
Vikram buys the stamps and comes back to the Registered Letters counter.
Vikram: Here you are. The stamps have been affixed.
Clerk : That’s good. Now I’ll give you a receipt and frank the stamps on the envelops. There you are, here is your receipt.
Vikram: Thank you. What else can you send from here?
Clerk : I also register parcels. And the gentleman at the other end of the room sends off elegrams.
Vikram : (walking over to the telegram counter). How do I send a telegram, Sir?
Clerk : You fill out this form. Fill in the name and address of the person to whom you want to send the telegram. Then you write out the message. Finally you write your own name and address.
Vikram: Do I have to put stamps on the telegram?
Clerk : No. You pay us for every word used in the telegram. The rates per word for ordinary and urgent telegrams are different.
Vikram : Thank you.
Vikram: goes back to the stamps vendor’s counter.
Vikram : Excuse me sir, can I write a letter to my pen friend in England on this Inland Letter form?
Clerk : No. For writing a letter to a person who lives outside India, you have to pay more money. If you write a letter enclosed in an envelope, you have to pay Rs.6.50 for stamps, if the letter is sent by air-mail. If you buy an Airmail letter form, that will cost you Rs 4.50.
Vikram : What is the Airmail Letter form?
Clerk : It is just like the Inland letter form except that it is used for writing letters to people outside the country.
Vikram : It seems to be very expensive to write to friends abroad.
Clerk: You could right by sea-mail. That would be cheaper but your letter will take longer to each your friend.
Vikram : I think I’ll write to my friend by airmail. Can you give me one such form?
Clerk : Certainly. Here you are.
Vikram: And I’ll pay you Rs.4.50.

(B) VOCABULARY

scales money –order
letter-box postcard

Phrases

fill in postal order
to make a phone call to post a letter

Meanings

scale: weighing machine
postal order: a form for sending money by post.
fill in: write the necessary information
addressee: the person to whom the letter is addressed
frank: to stamp over
vendor: seller

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Dialogue : At the post office

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Listen to it in English

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Questions:


-I would like to send this ______________________________ ( T  E T R E L  E  T E R L T )
to Japan by ______________________________ (  I M I A R A L  A M L I R A  I ). How much is the charge?

-It's £1.20, do you need ______________________________ ( R  M P E A A   T T S X S  T T A E M  X S  A P R  S) ?

-I do, I've been also expecting a ______________________________ ( P A G  E A C K  A C G A E K P  ) from New-York.

Here is my ______________________________ ( I R E I D  N  T D Y  C A T  I E T C Y  D T   R N I A D)
and the ______________________________ ( T R C  I P E E  R T I P  E E C ).

-Would you mind ______________________________ ( N  G G S I I N  N G N S I I  G )
this ______________________________ ( M O F R   F R M  O )? Here is the package.

-Finally, I would like to send this ______________________________ ( G  T  S T E I L D R E E  R R E T E  R E I  E T T D E T R S R L E G  E ) to London.

-Please fill in the complete ______________________________ ( D A S D  R S E  E D S R S  D A ) in capital letters

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ANSWERS:

letter
airmail
extra stamps
package
identity card
receipt
signing
form
registered letter
address

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The post office is usually a very busy place. There are usually many people waiting in line. They all want to do different things. Some people want to buy stamps. Some people want to send packages.

Adela needed to buy some stamps and to send a package. At the post office she talks to the clerk. The clerk was very helpful. It is her Mother’s birthday soon. She bought some stamps for her mother’s birthday card. She bought her mother a present and sent it in a package. She bought her Mom a cookbook. Adela hopes her Mom likes the card and present.

Adela is at the post office. She is talking to the clerk.

Clerk: May I help you?

Adela: Yes, please. I need some stamps for this card.

Clerk: Let me weigh it for you. That is one dollar and fifty cents.

Adela: Okay. Thank you.

Clerk: Do you need anything else?

Adela: Yes, please. I also need to send this package(或者 parcel).

Clerk: Let me weigh it for you. That is three dollars and ten cents.

Adela: Here you are. That is four dollars and sixty cents.

Clerk: Thank you.Is that all?

Adela: Yes it is. Thanks for all your help.

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