Unit 9. The post office

The class is divided into two teams Each team in turn chooses a number at random and 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 bưu phẩm Mail and Parcel Chuyển thư nhanh Express Mail service: Chuyển tiền Express money transfer: Phát hành báo chí Press Distribution: Điện hoa Flower Telegram Service: Điện thoại fax Phone calls and Faxes: loại thẻ gọi điện Phone cards & internetCác cards: thoại & internet Tiết kiệm bưu điện Postal savings: VOVABULARY spacious /'spei∫əs/ (a) :large and with a lot of space courteous /'kə:ti.əs/ (a) : polite and respectful, well-mannered surface /'sə:fis/ surface mail: a way of sending letters, parcels, etc by road, sea or train and not by aircraft parcel /'pɑ:s(ə)l/ (n) : package express /iks'pres/ (a): moving or being sent very fast recipient /ri'sipiənt/ (n): a person who receives sth VOVABULARY transfer /træns'fə:/ (v): to move s.o or sth from one place to another transfer /'trænsfə:/ (n) facsimile /fæk'simili/ (n): an exact copy, especially of a document 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 You The cannot post office make offers a phone a special call at mail Thanh service Ba Post which is office at 10p.m particularly fast - The We also posthave officethe opens Express dailyMail fromService a.m to and p.m your EMS You mail can will be save delivered some money in the ifshortest you send possible a parcel time which Your is under relatives 15 kg not have to wait till tomorrow to get - We the offer money a very 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 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 Our well-trained staff are always courteous to customers A helpful B rude C friendly D open This speedy & secure service of transferring money can be useful A rapid B hurried C careful D slow If you want to send a document and 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 What is Thanh Ba Post Office equipped with? What services are offered at Thanh Ba Post Office? According to the text, What are the three different ways of sending a letter? What is the Messenger Call Service used for? What will you have to if you want to get your newspapers and magazines delivered to your house? 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 What services are offered at Thanh Ba Post Office? - Mail and Parcel Service, Express Money Transfer, Phone Calls and Faxes, Press Distribution 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 What will you have to 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: Which service provided by Thanh Ba Post Office you think is the most important? Why? What services 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 Lucky number! ... support the organization Task 1: Find evidence in the text to support these statements You The cannot post office make offers a phone a special call at mail Thanh service Ba Post which is office. .. imaginative Task 3: Answer the following questions What is Thanh Ba Post Office equipped with? What services are offered at Thanh Ba Post Office? According to the text, What are the three different... groups Answer the following questions: Which service provided by Thanh Ba Post Office you think is the most important? Why? What services you think Thanh Ba Post office should have in the future?