Презентация "At the post office"

At the Post office

Fix – фиксировать, прикреплять

Subscribe to – подписываться на

Counter – стойка, прилавок

Money order – денежный перевод

Registered letter – заказное письмо

Envelope – конверт

Stamp – марка

Postcard – открытка

Parcel – посылка

Weigh – взвешивать, weight - вес

Scales – весы

Vice versa – наоборот

According to – в соответствии с

Deliver - доставлять

1. Fix

2. Subscribe to

a. a card, often with a photograph or picture on one side, that can be sent without an envelope

b. a package

3. Counter

c. to pay money to an organization to receive a product, use a service regularly, or support the organization

4. Money order

5. Registered letter

d. to have a heaviness, or to measure the heaviness of an object:

e. used to say that what you have just said is also true in the opposite order

6. Envelope

7. Stamp

f. a letter that is recorded and tracked throughout its time in the mail system and requires the mailman to obtain a signature in order to deliver it.

g. how heavy somebody/something is, which can be measured in, for example, kilograms or pounds

8. Postcard

h. a document that can be bought at a post office as a way of sending money through the mail

9. Parcel

10. Weigh

i. to take goods, letters, parcels, etc. to people's houses or places of work

11. Weight

j. a small piece of paper with a picture or pattern on it that is stuck onto a letter, to show that the cost of sending it has been paid:

12. Scales

k. to put something in a place so that it will not move

l. a device for weighing things or people

13. Vice versa

14. Deliver

m. a long, flat, narrow surface or table in a shop, bank, restaurant, etc. at which people are served

n. a flat, usually square or rectangular, paper container for a letter

Scales, envelope, stamps, subscribes to, delivered, counter, registered letter, postcard

• She _________ ____several women's magazines.
• Could I have three first-class________, please?
• Don’t forget to put a stamp on the _________.
•   On the website of the Russian Post, you can track each stage of sending a _______ ______.
• Put this parcel on _________ to find out its weight.
• Mail is ____________to our office twice a day.
• Send us a __________ from Venice!
• I asked the post office clerk behind the _____________ if they had any postcards.

You are at the post office and you need to send/receive a parcel or a letter to/from your friend. Complete the following sentences to ask a postal worker for help:

• I need to send a letter to my friend. First, I need to buy a __________.

• I need to ________ to this magazine. Can you tell me how?
• I need to send a ______ ____. How much will it cost?
• Do you have the tracking number for your ________? You can check its location online.
• I want to sent my important documents by a _______ ________. It's safer that way.
• These ______are broken. They're giving the wrong _____.
• _______ ___ price tag, the price should be lower. Can you check it, please?
• Excuse me, which _______ do I need to go to for sending parcels abroad?
• Can you ________ it to my friend’s house?

You are at the post office. Student A is a customer who needs to send two things. Student B is the post office worker who helps the customer.

• The Customer A:

• The Post Office Worker B:

You want to:

Your job is to help the customer.

• Send a  parcel  to your friend in another city. You don't know how much it  weighs .
• Send a  registered letter  to your cousin. You also want to know if your cousin can send a reply to you

• Tell the customer you need to  weigh  the parcel on the  scales  at the  counter .
• Tell the customer the  weight  of the parcel and the price to send it.
• Explain that for the  registered letter , they need to fill out a form and buy a  stamp . You can also offer them a  money order  if they need to send money.
• Answer their question about sending letters. Explain that both people can send letters to each other.

After the customer says hello, you say: "Of course. How can I help you today?"

• Words you can try to use: parcel, weigh, weight, registered letter, vice versa, envelope, stamp.

To start the conversation, you say: "Hello, I need some help, please."