情景英语 第一讲.pptVIP

情景英语 第一讲 Post Office words post office 邮局 postman/woman:邮递员，邮差 parcel:包裹 by parcel post包裹当寄 air mail 航空(邮件) surface mail: 普通邮件〔与航空邮件相对〕也称平邮= an ordinary mail registered mail: registered post [〔美国〕 mail]挂号邮件 EMS: Express Mail Service 特快专递邮件服务 letterbox=mail box 邮箱 Useful phrases send a parcel 寄一个包裹 put it on the scales 把它放到秤上 weigh a parcel check the weight depend on pay postage 付邮费 Text Beginner A: I’d like to send this parcel to Australia. B: certainly. Could you put it on the scales, so I can check the weight? A; sure. It’s not very heavy. B: that’s 850 grams. The cost depends on how you would like to send it. A: I see. What are the options? I suppose airmail is faster and more expensive than surface mail. B: that’s right. Sending it by airmail will cost twelve dollars and sending it by surface mail will cost eight dollars. A; how long will it take to get there? B: airmail should take four or five days and surface mail should take about two weeks. A: it that case, I’ll send it by airmail. I’d like to send it as a registered parcel. B: no problem. That’s one dollar extra. A: no problem. There’s thirteen dollars. B: there’s you receipt. Goodbye. Learn it sentence by sentence parcel 包裹 The postman has brought a parcel for you. 邮递员给你送来了一个包裹 In America we can also use the word “Package” scales 天平 磅秤 a pair of scales 一台天平 bathroom scales 浴室磅秤 但是需要注意 当 用其单数形式 既 scale 时 则表示 either of the two pans on a balance 天平盘 A: sure. It’s not very heavy. B: that’s 850 grams. The cost depends on how you would like to send it.  gram 克 kilogram 千克 kilo- 前缀表示千的意思 For instance: meter 米 kilometer 千米(公里) 怎样区分 cost and price price and cost 均指购买某物时所需要的钱数 price 一般指商品的售价 cost 通常指服务收费或进行某程序所需要的费用 For example: the price of vegetables, houses, land 蔬菜, 房屋, 土地的价格 the cost of growing vegetables, decorating the house, building on land 栽培蔬菜, 装修房屋, 建筑施工所需要的费用 A: I see. What ar