Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 11 - Unit 9: The post office (Reading) (Phùng Thanh Xuân)

Pre p are d  b y  te ac he r : Phung  Thanh 
Xuan



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 
  number to answer.
The team getting more points is the winner.


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


3. ______________
The post office is the
organization which is in charge of
the postal service


4. Choose the correct response:
- “Hello. Could I speak to Mr
J ohnson, please?
a Speaking. Who’s that?
a.
b. Hello, that is Mr J ohnson.



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


7. This means “telephone S.O

again or telephone S.O who
telephoned you earlier”
- call S.O back.


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



10. 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


UNIT 9
 THE POS T OFFICE
LES S ON 1: R EADING


BEFORE YOU READ


Vietnamese equivalences for some postal services:

1. Mail and Parcel Service:  Chuyển thư và bưu phẩm
2. Express Mail service:  Chuyển thư nhanh 
3. Express money transfer:  Chuyển 
tiền
4. Press Distribution: Phát hành báo 
chí
5. Flower Telegram Service: Điện hoa
6. Phone calls and Faxes:   Điện thoại và fax
                                               Các loại thẻ gọi 
7. Phone cards & internet cards:
điện      
                                               thoại & internet
8. Postal savings:  Tiết kiệm bưu điện


WHILE YOU READ


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: do the tasks below.
Read the text silently,
then
Pick out three things people send:
letters
1. ___________________________________
2. ___________________________________
money
a document
3. ___________________________________
Pick out three things the post office offers:
the best services
1. ___________________________________
2. ___________________________________
a very competitive rate

a speedy and secure service
3. ___________________________________


Task 2: You are in the post office. Which service
would you choose if you wanted to :
1. send a parcel? Mail and Parcel Service.
2. send your relatives some money?
Express Money Transfer.
3. make a phone call? Phone Calls and Faxes
4. send a document? Facsimile Service
5. subscribe to a newspaper?
Press Distribution Service.


Task 3: Find evidence in the text to support these
statements.
3.
office
offers
a special
mail
service
1. The
You post
cannot
make
a phone
call at
Thanh

Ba which
Post is
particularly
fast.
office at 10p.m.
-- We
Express
and
your EMS
The also
posthave
officethe
opens
dailyMail
fromService
7 a.m. to
9 p.m.
mail can
will be
delivered
in the shortest
possible
time.
2. You
save
some money
if you send
a parcel
which
4. Your

relatives
is under
15 kg.do not have to wait till tomorrow to get

the offer
money
you competitive
send them today.
- We
a very
rate for parcels under 15kg

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


Task 4: 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