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AbbreviationofPostOffice. Apostofficeisaplacewhereyou canbuystamps,sendlettersand parcels,collectmoneygiventoyou, changemoneyandalsobuypaper andwritingmaterials. Thecompanythatorganizesthe serviceforcollectingnddelivering postintheUKiscalledtheROYAL MAIL. Letters,parcelsetcthatare deliveredbythepostofficeeveryday. TheusualBritishwordispost. THEPOSTOFFICEANDPOSTVOCABULARY MAIL PARCEL Somethingwrappedinpaperorina largeenvelopetobesentbypost. PO POSTMASTER POSTMISTRESS Amanorawomanwhosejobis tomanage apostoffice. SORTINGOFFICE Abuildingwherepostoffice workersputpostinto differentboxesaccordingto thetown,areaorstreetthat itisgoingto. THEBOSS
Howmuchisafirst/ second classstamp? Thesephraseswillhelpyouinapostofficewhenyouneed to buystamps,sendmailoruseotherservices... I'dlike... CouldIhave,,, I'dliketosendthis letter/parcelto Italy. RECORDED DELIVERY I'dliketosendthisletter byrecordeddelivery/ specialdelivery,please. SPECIAL DELIVERY signaturerequired ondelivery guaranteednextdaydeliveryinthe UK,withcompensationforlossor damage. ENGLISHPHRASESTOUSEATTHEPOST OFFICE. anenvelope apacketofenvelopes afirstclassstamp ,please? Howmanystamps wouldyoulike? Howmuchwillitcostto sendthislettertoFrance? Canyouputiton thescales,please? Whereisthe postbox? Ihavecome tocollecta parcel. Whatisthelastday Ican postthistoParistoarrive intimeforChristmas? Canyoufillinthisform,please?
CONVERSATIONATTHEPOSTOFFICE.
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Karen is going to the post office to post a parcel to Thailand. When Karen is at the post office she has a conversation with thepostofficeclerk,whotalksKarenthroughtheprocedure.
POST OFFICE CLERK: Good morning, what can I do for you today?
KAREN: Good morning. I have to send this parcel to Thailand, please.
POST OFFICE CLERK: OK, pass me the parcel through the opened window and let's see how much it weights. It weights 3 kilos. You need to send it by airmail, it will get there in about 7 days.Youalsohavetheoptionofusinginternationalsignedfor.
KAREN:Whatisthat?
POST OFFICE CLERK: Same as airmail, but the person in Thailandhastosignforitwhenthepostmandeliversittothem. KAREN:Howmuchdoesthatcost?
POST OFFICE CLERK: An extra five pounds and fifteen pence) anditisinsureduptofiftypounds.
KAREN:It's OK., 7 days by airmail is fine. How much will sending theparcelbe?
POST OFFICE CLERK: Ten pounds and fifteen pence. Do you needanythingelse?
KAREN: Oh! I nearly forgot. I need to buy two books of stamps,onefirstclassandtheothersecondclass.
POST OFFICE CLERK: OK, that will be fifteen pounds and thirtyfivepence.
POSTVOCABULARY 1.LETTER 2.POSTCARD 3.AIRLETTER 4.PACKAGE/PARCEL 5.FIRSTCLASS 6.AIRMAIL 7.PARCELPOST 8.THIRDCLASS 9.REGISTEREDMAIL 10.EXPRESSMAIL 11.STAMP 12.SHEETOFSTAMPS 13.ROLLOFSTAMPS 14.BOOKOFSTAMPS 15.MONEYORDER 16.CHANGE-OF-ADDRESSFORM
17.SELECTIVESERVICE REGISTRATIONFORM 18.ENVELOPE 19.ADDRESS 20.ZIPCODE 21.RETURNADDRESS 22.STAMP/POSTAGE 23.POSTMARK 24.MAILSLOT 25.WINDOW 26.POSTALWORKER 27.SCALE 28.STAMPMACHINE 29.MAILTRUCK 30.MAILBOX 31.LETTERCARRIER 32.MAILBAG
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- 31 8 7 When sending parcels from the UK, they will find out the requiered form. Do not worry about this as they ask you what isinside becauseofsecurityreasons. Doyousellboxeshere? Iwouldliketobuyoneofthosesmallboxes. Doyouhavealargerbox? Howmucharetheboxes? Askingquestionsaboutboxesforyouritems. VERYUSEFULATTHEPOSTOFFICE Howdoyouwanttosendyourparcel? Whatisinsideyourparcel? Doyouhaveanyperishablefooditemsin yourparcel? Doesyourparcelhaveanyfragile items? Would you like insurance for your parcel? Questionstheywillaskyou. Howmuchisitforairmail? Whatisthecheapestwaytosendit'? Howmuchistheinsuranceformyparcel? Whattimedoyouclose? Can you tell me how much it costs to send thislettertoFrance? Questionsyoumayask
Clickonthepicturestobrowse... It is an interesting online stamp shop in the UK with all periods of Great Britain being covered. IGSTAMPS WEBSITESTHATMAYINTERESTYOU... Itistheprimarypostalservice intheUnitedKingdom. It provides postal delivery services to all 64 million inhabitantsoftheBritishIsles. WhatisRoyalMail? ROYALMAIL IGSTAMPS In this family-friendly museum showcases how sending, deliveringandreceivingmessages viapostrevolutionizedourlives. THEPOSTALMUSEUMINLONDON. THEPOSTAL MUSEUM TITANIC Rare postcard from the Titanicsent at the beginning of voyage; ship "A peach" in New York "Next Tuesday". TITANICPOSTCARD
