在邮局如何将包裹寄到澳大利亚？现在邮局提供了哪些服务

今天的这段对话，在讨论邮局，

在邮局如何将包裹寄到澳大利亚？现在邮局提供了哪些服务

来听今天的讲解:

Beginner

A: I’d like to send this parcel to Australia.

我想把这个包裹寄到澳大利亚。

B: certainly. Could you put it on the scales, so I can check the weight?

当然可以。你能把它放在磅秤上吗？这样我就可以检查一下重量了？

A: sure. It’s not very heavy.

当然。不是很重。

B: that’s 850 grams. The coasts depends on how you would like to send it.

那是850克。海岸线取决于你想怎么寄。

A: I see. What are the options? I suppose airmail is faster and more expensive than surface mail.

我明白了。有什么选择？我想航空邮件比平邮更快、更贵。

B: that’s right. Sending it by airmail will cost twelve dollars and sending it by surface mail will cost eight dollars.

是的。航空邮寄要十二美元，平邮要八美元。

A: how long will it take to get there?

到那里需要多长时间？

B: airmail should take four or five days and surface mail should take about two weeks.

航空邮件需要四五天，平邮大约需要两周。

A: it that case, I’ll send it by airmail. I’d like to send it as a registered parcel.

如果是这样的话，我会用航空邮件寄。我想把它作为挂号包裹寄。

B: no problem. That’s one dollar extra.

没问题。那是额外的一美元。

A: no problem. There’s thirteen dollars.

没问题。这有十三美元。

B: there’s you receipt. Goodbye.

这是收据，再见。

Intermediate

A: post office offer lots of services nowadays, don’t they? Years age, you only really used the post office to send mail, save money, and send or collect money.

现在邮局提供很多服务，不是吗？几岁了，你才真正用邮局寄邮件、省钱、寄钱或收钱。

B: nowadays, they offer so many services, you hardly know which one to choose. Take mailing for example. Do you send something first class or second class or do you use EMS?

现在，他们提供的服务太多了，你几乎不知道该选择哪一种。以邮寄为例。你是寄头等舱还是二等舱的东西，还是用EMS？

A: I save money in a post office saving account. There used to be just one kind of account, but now there are several. They each have different conditions and interest rates.

我把钱存在邮局的储蓄账户里。过去只有一种账户，但现在有几种。它们都有不同的条件和利率。

B: you can buy things at post office that were never sold there before. You can buy sweets and chocolates, newspapers ,birthday and Christmas cards…..

你可以在邮局买到以前从未卖过的东西。你可以买到糖果、巧克力、报纸、生日卡和圣诞卡…

A: post offices are still the place to go to collect welfare benefits, like unemployment benefit and child support benefit. The queue are very long on the days when people collect those payment.

邮局仍然是领取福利金的地方，比如失业救济金和儿童抚养费。在人们领取这些福利金的日子里，排队的队伍很长。

B: my son likes going to the main post office. They have a philately counter where he can buy stamps for his collection.

我儿子喜欢去主要的邮局。那里有一个集邮柜台，他可以在那里买邮票收藏。

A: do you think that the service at post offices has improved?

你认为邮局的服务有改善吗？

B: I think it’s better for some things, like sending and receiving money, but if you need to post something it sometimes takes longer than it used to.

我认为这对某些事情更好，比如收发钱，但如果你需要发布一些东西，有时需要比过去更长的时间。

A: I like being able to buy newspapers and magazines at the post office. It means that I don’t need to go to two places.

我喜欢在邮局买报纸和杂志。这意味着我不需要去两个地方。