每天说半小时英语口语063

A:I have a package to post today.
我今天要寄个包裹。

B:Yes,what's in the package,madam?
是的，包裹里有什么，女士？

A:Well,it has a cassette record.....a cassette tape.
额，有一盒盒式录音带…盒式磁带。

B:How would you like to send it?
你要用什么寄？

A:By airmail please.
通过航空邮件。

B:Do you want to insure it?
你要买保险吗？

A:Yes,I'd like to insure it for 20 dollars.How much shall I pay altogether?
是的，我想为它买20美元的保险。我总共要付多少钱？

B:3 dollars.
3美元。

邮局的职能

It is very difficult to imagine what modern communications would be like without the postal service.Once you go abroad,post office will be the necessary place you should go to, and the most common form of modern communication is still the letter.We write letters both for business and keeping in touch with friends and relatives.After we have written the letter,we have to mail it and for that we need stamps .Selling stamps and delivering letters are some of the major tasks of post office.
没有邮政服务，我们很难想象现代通信会怎么样。当你出国的时候，邮局将会是你必须去的地方，最常见的现代通信方式仍然是信件。我们为了商务、联系亲友而写信。我们写信之后，我们必须寄出去，因此我们需要邮票。卖邮票和寄信是邮局的一些主要任务。

In addition to mailing letters and selling stamps,the post office also accepts and delivers packages,handles money and so on.
除了寄信和卖邮票，邮局也接收、递送包裹，处理金钱等等。