Unit 09 the post office reading 2

Prepared by teacher : 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


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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
Johnson, please?
a
a. Speaking. Who’s that?
b. Hello, that is Mr Johnson.



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 POST OFFICE

LESSON 1: READING


BEFORE YOU READ


Vietnamese equivalences for some
postalService:
services:
Chuyển thư và bưu
1. Mail and Parcel
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

phẩm
Chuyển thư
Express Mail service:
nhanh
Chuyển
Express money transfer:
tiền
Phát hành
Press Distribution:
báo chí
Điện
Flower Telegram Service:

hoa
Điện thoại
Phone calls and Faxes:
và fax
Phone cards & internet cards: Các
loại thẻ gọi điện

thoại &
Tiết kiệm bưu điện
8. Postal
savings:
internet


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.
The cannot
post office
offers
a special
mail
service
which is
1. You
make
a phone
call at
Thanh
Ba Post
particularly

fast.
office at 10p.m.
-- The
We also
Express
and
your EMS
posthave
officethe
opens
dailyMail
fromService
7 a.m. to
9 p.m.
mail can
will be
delivered
in the ifshortest
possible
time.
2. You
save
some money
you send
a parcel
which
4. Your
relatives
do not have to wait till tomorrow to get
is under

15 kg.
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