At the Post-Office (2)
I like to go to the post-office because post is one of the
things that link people living in different cities and countries.
There are some counters at the post-office. At one of them
you can buy envelopes, stamps, post cards. You can write a
letter right there and post it or you can write it at home and then
throw it into one of postboxes throughout the city. It is very
convenient because you don't have to go to the post office again.
At another counter you can send a telegram. To do this,
you need to fill in the form, give it to the clerk and pay the
sum according to the number of words in your telegram.
At another counter you can send or get parcels. To send a
parcel you have to bring it to the post-office, the clerk will
weight it and tell you how much money you have to pay. To
get a parcel, you need to show your passport, so that the post-
office clerk were sure that it is really you who is to receive the
parcel.
At the next counter you can make a subscription to newspapers
and magazines. You need to pay certain amount of
money, which is stated in the catalog, and your favourite
newspapers and magazines will be delivered directly to your
home.
At the post-office, there are also P.O. boxes. P.O. box
means post office box, it is a numbered box to which someone's
mail can be sent and from which they can collect it.
Questions:
1. Where can envelopes and stamps be bought?
2. Do you need to go to the post-office again if you want
to send a letter which you wrote at home?
3. What do you need to do to send a telegram?
4. How can you send a parcel?
5. Is it possible that your favourite newspapers and
magazines were delivered directly to your home?
6. What is a P.O. box?
Vocabulary:
counter — стойка
envelope — конверт
stamp — марка
post card — открытка
to post — отправлять
parcel — посылка
clerk — служащий
subscription — подписка
to deliver — доставать
P.O. box -- абонентский ящик
to collect — собирать
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