One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six Translation | Key Points
Dialogue Four   At the Post office
A: Next please. Good afternoon! Is there anything I can do for you?
B: I'd like to send this letter to a friend in Sydney, Australia, and that parcel back home in America.
A: How would you like to send the letter? I mean, if it is urgent, we can send it by express. 
B: Well, actually, there is nothing urgent. Please send it as an ordinary mail.
A: Yes, sir. How about that parcel?
B: Oh, I must make sure that the parcel reaches home at May 10.
A: In that case, I would recommend sending it by air, because it will take too long, say, three weeks to go surface mail from here to America.
B: Very good! I’ll send it by air then. Could you tell me the postage, please?
A: It’s $1 by ordinary mail. I think I’d better weight the parcel first, Anything else?
B: No, thanks.