生活英语情景口语:在邮局

Grace: excuse me, could you tell me which line I’m supposed to stand in to buy bubble wrap and to post a package?
Alexander: you can buy the bubble wrap here, but you’ll have to stand in line over here to post your paskage.
G: that’s a really long line. How long do you think it’ll take to get through all those people?
A: it takes about 3 minutes per person, so it’ll probably be about an hour’s wait.
G: can I buy stamps here?
A: sure. How many would you like?
G: I need 30 for my Chrismas cards.
A: are you sending them abroad?
G: twenty of them are going abroad to China to America.
A: do you have any going anywhere in the EU? If you do, those are less expensive.
G: no.
A: ok, here you go. That will be 18 pounds and seventy two pence.
G: and the bubble wrap?
A: that’s another quid.
G: thanks a lot. You’ve been very helpful.


打扰一下,请问我要排哪条队伍可以买到气泡衬垫包装纸，然后寄包裹？
你可以在这儿买气泡衬垫包装纸，但是要寄包裹的话得去那边排队。
那条队可真长啊。你觉得我得需要多长时间？
每个人大概需要三分钟左右，所以您得等一个小时。
邮票是在这儿买吗？
没错。要买多少？
我要寄圣诞卡，大概需要三十张。
都是寄到国外去的吗？
其中有20张是寄到中国和美国的。
有没有寄到欧洲去的？如果没有寄到那边的，邮费没那么贵。
没有。
好的，给你。一共是18英镑72便士。
气泡衬垫包装纸是多少钱？
还要额外再加1英镑。
非常感谢。你帮了不少忙。
以下列出在邮寄时需要的很实用的单词

Post/send/mail  寄
Do you mind posting a letter for me?
你能帮我寄封信吗?

Letter/mail  信

Signature  签名
Petitions¹ bearing² nearly a half-million signatures were sent to the White House.
有将近五十万人签名的请愿书被送到白宫。

Post/zip code  邮编

Overweight  超重

Envelope  信封

By ordinary mail/by surface mail  平邮

Parcel/package  包裹
This parcel came in the mail today.
这个包裹是今天邮来的。

Letter box  邮筒
注:letter box主要用于英式英语中,在美式英语中的对应表达是"mailbox".

Registered mail  挂号信

 

1 petitions   

（许多人签名的向当权者提出某种要求的）请愿书( petition的名词复数 )； 上诉状； 申诉书； 申请书

参考例句：

• Our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. 我们屡次的请求，所得到的答复是屡次的伤害。
• Petitions bearing nearly a half-million signatures were sent to the White House. 有将近五十万人签名的请愿书被送到白宫。

2 bearing   

n.关系，影响，举止，姿态，方位，方向

参考例句：

• What you said had not much bearing on the problem.你说的话跟这个问题没有多大关系。
• He preserved his grave and dignified bearing.他保持庄重威严的仪态。