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Unit Eleven At the Post Office Warming-up Questions (1) How many means of communications are available today? What are they? (2) Among so many means of communications, which is the most efficient? (3) What businesses are there in the post office? Part I Culture Background In Britain, post offices normally open on weekdays from 8:30 or 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 or 6:00 p. m. Pillar-boxes in streets are painted red. Postal service can be divided into two classes: first-class mail and second-class mail. The former enjoys great priority but its rates are higher. The advantage is that the delivery is quicker. The latter is usually delivered 24 hours later than the former. If you like, you can send postcards. They can be sent by either service at letter rate. Do remember not to send parcels by letter post because it is very expensive. You can send your parcel by parcel post. It is slower but it is much cheaper. Telegrams can be sent by telephone at any time of the day or night. There is no need to go to a post office or a railway station. You can read out message to telegraph operator and he counts the number of words. After he tells you the charge, you just put money into the coin-box. But you need to get lots of coins ready before sending a telegram from a telephone call box. Part II Functional Language Would you please tell me how to post a letter abroad?How long does it take by regular mail?May I send this letter by registered post?May I send this letter by airmail?Approximately how long does it take for a letter to go airmail from here to Beijing? What’s the airmail rate to Europe?What’s the postage for an air-letter to Paris?Can I buy some commemorative stamps here?How much postage does it need to Vancouver, please? Can I send it as printed matter?Do you have insured mail for this?What’s the insurance fee?What do I have to do to send a money order?What’s the upper limit, if I want to wire some money off?Is fax