純正地道美語 第197期(外教講解):在郵局

A: Welcome to the National Post. How may I help you?

B: Hi, I would like to send this package to China, and these postcards as well.

A: Very well. You will need some stamps for the postcards and I need to weigh that package, too.

B: Great. How much is this going to cost?

A: Well, it depends. Do you want to send it via priority, express or standard mail?

B: What’s the difference?

A: Well, standard mail can take up to fifteen working days. Priority is a bit faster and will arrive in about five to eight working days. Express is the fastest, but it’s also the most expensive. It only takes three days and you can track your package online.

B: I see. Well, there’s no rush. Please send it via priority mail. Please be extra careful, the contents of the package are fragile.

weigh v.稱重

via prep 通過

priority 優先郵遞

express 特快郵遞

standard 普通郵遞

take v.花費

up to 至少

rush n. 着急

fragile adj.容易破碎的

A: 歡迎來到國家郵政。你需要什麼服務？

B: 你好，我想把這個包裹寄到中國，還有這些明星片。

A: 好的，有明星片需要買郵票，我也需要稱下這個包裹。

B: 好的，這要多少錢？

A: 那看要情況而定。你想要優先郵遞，特快郵遞還是普通郵遞？

B: 有什麼區別？

A: 普通郵遞需要至少15個工作日。優先郵遞能快些，在5至8個工作日內能到。特快郵遞是最快的，但也是最貴的。只需要3天，而且可以在網上查詢投遞情況。

B: 我明白了，我並不着急。選優先郵遞寄吧。但是請格外小心，包裹裏的東西東西時易碎品。