Unit 9. The post office

The class is divided into two teams.
Each team in turn chooses a number at
random and do the task requested, if
the
answer is correct, ONE POINT is
scored.
In case the answer is wrong, the other
team can answer .
If a LUCKY NUMBER is chosen, ONE
POINT is given without the answer,
and
the team continues choosing another




Vietnamese equivalences for some
postalService:
services:
Chuyển thư và bưu phẩm
1. Mail and Parcel
Chuyển thư nhanh
2. Express Mail service:
Chuyển tiền
3. Express money transfer:
Phát hành báo chí
4. Press Distribution:
Điện hoa
5. Flower Telegram Service:
Điện thoại và fax

6. Phone calls and Faxes:
loại thẻ gọi điện
7. Phone cards & internetCác
cards:
thoại & internet

Tiết kiệm bưu điện
8. Postal savings:


VOVABULARY
1. spacious /'spei∫əs/ (a) :large and with a lot of space
2. courteous /'kə:ti.əs/ (a) : polite and respectful,
well-mannered
3. surface /'sə:fis/
surface mail: a way of sending letters, parcels, etc.
by road, sea or train and not by aircraft
4. parcel /'pɑ:s(ə)l/ (n) : package
5. express /iks'pres/ (a): moving or being sent very
fast
6. recipient /ri'sipiənt/ (n): a person who receives sth


VOVABULARY
7. transfer /træns'fə:/ (v): to move s.o or sth from one
place to another
transfer /'trænsfə:/ (n)
8. facsimile /fæk'simili/ (n): an exact copy, especially
of a document
9. subscribe /səb'skraib/ (v) : to pay money to an

organization in order to receive a product, use a
service regularly or support the organization



Task 1: Find evidence in the text to support these
statements.
1. You
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make
offers
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Ba Post
which is
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a parcel
time.
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15 kg.
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- We
the offer
money
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you competitive
send them today.
rate for parcels under 15kg

- We offer a speedy and secure service of transferring in
less than 24 hours.


Task 2: Circle the letter (A, B, C or D) before the word
1. Thanh Ba Post Office has a spacious and pleasant front
that has the opposite meaning to the italicised word.
office.
A. large

B. beautiful

C. cramped

D. open

2. Our well-trained staff are always courteous to customers.
A. helpful

B. rude

C. friendly

D. open

3. This speedy & secure service of transferring money can
be useful.
A. rapid

B. hurried

C. careful

D. slow

4. If you want to send a document and do not want to lose its
original shape, send it by a fax machine.
A. unique

B. outdated

C. changed

D. imaginative


Task 3: Answer the following questions.
1. What is Thanh Ba Post Office equipped with?
2. What services are offered at Thanh Ba Post Office?
3. According to the text, What are the three different
ways of sending a letter?
4. What is the Messenger Call Service used for?
5. What will you have to do if you want to get your
newspapers and magazines delivered to your
house?


1. What is Thanh Ba Post Office equipped with?
- Thanh Ba Post Office is equipped with advanced
technology and has a spacious and pleasant front

office.
2. What services are offered at Thanh Ba Post Office?
- Mail and Parcel Service, Express Money Transfer,
Phone Calls and Faxes, Press Distribution.
3. According to the text, What are the three different
ways of sending a letter?
- They are: air mail, surface mail and EMS.


4. What is the Messenger Call Service used for?
- It is used for notifying the recipient of the time and
place to receive the call.
5. What will you have to do if you want to get your
newspapers and magazines delivered to your
house?
- We will have to subscribe to our favourite
newspapers and magazines.


AFTER YOU READ
Work in groups. Answer the following questions:
1. Which service provided by Thanh Ba Post
Office do you think is the most important?
Why?
2. What services do you think Thanh Ba Post
office should have in the future?


• Prepare Speaking lesson.

:2
You’ve just lost
half of your
points!

You are unlucky!


What is the synonym of
“One moment, please”?
- Hang on!


________________
The post office is the
organization which is in
charge of the postal
service


This is a piece of information
that you leave to S.O when
you
cannot
speak to them.
- Message

This means “telephone somebody

again or telephone somebody
who
telephoned you earlier”

- call somebody back.


This is a seven-letter
word which means
details of where
somebody lives or
works and where
letters, etc. can be sent.

- address.


A small piece of paper with a
picture or pattern on it which
is stuck onto a letter or parcel
before it is posted to show
that postage has been paid
for. What is it?

- a stamp


X

2

Lucky
number!