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U.S. Postal Service

Date: Aug 26 2004

Intro

1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.

2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.

This week, Sara needs some advice about sending a package. Sometimes, it helps to get advice from people before you do new things, so you know what to expect. The Post Office can be intimidating, but really it’s pretty easy to get something sent. Check it out!

Dialog

1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.

2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Steph

Sara

Steph: So, you need to send a package?

Sara: Yeah. I need to send a package and I haven’t done a lot of it. So, if you could kind of explain how to do it, that would be great!

Steph: OK. Well, the first thing you wanna do is make sure that you don’t go to the Post Office at lunch time because the line will be really, really long.

Sara: Oh. Because everybody has lunch breaks, so they go the Post Office?

Steph: Right.

Sara: OK.

Steph: Then, if it’s, if you need it to get there fast, you can send it, I think, priority.

Sara: OK.

Steph: But if you don’t need it to go so fast, you can send it what’s called first class.

Sara: Does it cost more money to send it priority?

Steph: A little bit. But if you need it to get there fast, it’s worth it.

Sara: OK. How do you get the postage? Do you ask them for it?

Steph: Well, you take your package and make sure it’s already all taped up. And you can write the person’s address right on the box. And then you stand in line. And then the person at the counter will tell you what to do and how much it costs.

Sara: Oh. OK. And then they just mail it for you?

Steph: They just take it from you and then that’s it.

Sara: Wow. That sounds pretty easy.

Steph: It’s pretty easy. But you have to make sure and tape up the box before you go.

Sara: So everything doesn’t fall out?

Steph: Right.

Sara: Are they nice?

Steph: Yeah.

Sara: Yeah?

Steph: They are.

Sara: Not so bad?

Steph: They’re very nice.

Sara: OK. Well, thanks! I’m gonna go try.

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Discussion

When I was in college, I studied abroad in France. After just a few months there, I had somehow acquired a lot of crap. Crap which was very important to me at that time. There was enough crap to put into a box to send home. The problem was, I was totally scared to go to the Post Office. I was afraid that they wouldn’t understand what I needed. In the end, I went to the Post Office. I got my French crap in the mail a couple of weeks later and happily showed it to my friends. Look at all the cool French crap I got, I said. They didn’t care. I threw the crap away.

Comments

john

United States

there's always a line at the post office!

selimkiymaz

Turkey

perfect

阿D

China

really!

阿D

China

really!

irinaKr

Russian Federation

I have a lot of problem ,when I need to sent a packadg.

earth_um

Thailand

Sorry. I am new user in this site. If I want to listening the dialogue, How I can do?

Andika

Hungary

I sent a pakage to my friend to another country but he didnt get it yet. :(

giska

Congo, Democratic Republic Of The

I learn so much with "Real life". In my country Post Office doesn't work out. We usually use private agence.

Thanks to Ebaby !

cheer^_^

China

thank u~`

nellis

Indonesia

we still need the post office to send a pakage to a friend who live a broad the cost is cheap but it take along time to arrive at the source, the post office is not popular recently because everyone can send a message via internet

zairulyani

Malaysia

At my place, we have to avoid to go there during pay day and a few days after. So many customers line up to pay their bills, renewal taxes, postal order and so forth.