Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 11 - Unit 9: The post office (Reading) được biên soạn bởi giáo viên Phùng Thanh Xuân nhằm hướng dẫn học sinh kỹ năng đọc chi tiết để nắm vững những thông tin về các dịch vụ trong ngành bưu chính.
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 10 What is the synonym of “One moment, please”? - Hang on! The post office is the organization which is in charge of the postal service 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 This is a piece of information that you leave to S.O when you cannot speak to them - Message 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 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: the tasks below Read the text silently, then Pick out three things people send: letters _ _ money a document _ Pick out three things the post office offers: the best services _ _ a very competitive rate a speedy and secure service _ Task 2: You are in the post office Which service would you choose if you wanted to : send a parcel? Mail and Parcel Service send your relatives some money? Express Money Transfer make a phone call? Phone Calls and Faxes send a document? Facsimile Service subscribe to a newspaper? Press Distribution Service Task 3: Find evidence in the text to support these statements office offers a special mail service 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 a.m to p.m mail can will be delivered in the shortest possible time You save some money if you send a parcel which 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 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 5: Answer the following questions services is Thanh are Batext, Post offered Thanh equipped Ba Post with? Office? What According What is will the you toMessenger the have to What doOffice Call if at you are Service want the three used to get different for? your newspapers Thanh Mail and Parcel Post Office Service, is equipped Express Money with Transfer, ways It is used of Ba sending for and notifying magazines a letter? the recipient delivered of the toadvanced your timehouse? and technology and has Faxes, a spacious Press Distribution and pleasant front - Phone place They You will are: toCalls have receive airand mail, to the subscribe surface call to mail your and favourite EMS office 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? GOODBYE! SEE YOU ... ? ?The? ?team getting more points is? ?the? ?winner 1 10 What is the synonym of “One moment, please”? - Hang on! The post office is the organization which is in charge of the postal service Choose the correct response: -. .. 5: Answer the following questions services is Thanh are Batext, Post offered Thanh equipped Ba Post with? Office? What According What is will the you toMessenger the have to What doOffice Call... 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