UNIT 9. THE POST OFFICE
READING 1
Week 19. Period 55
Nhóm giáo viên :
Lê Thị Hồng Quế
Nguyễn Thái Phương
Trương Thị Hồng Thảo
Preparation day : January 10th, 2022
BEFORE YOU READ
1. How far is it from your house to the nearest post office?
2. How often do you go to the post office? What for?
3. What services do you think the post office offers?
NEW WORDS
Equip (v):
Staff (n):
Courteous (adj.):
Service (n):
Parcel (n):
Facsimile (n):
Deliver (v):
Notify (v):
Distribution (n):
Subscribe (v):
Trang bị
Đội ngũ nhân viên
Lịch sự
Dịch vụ
Bưu kiện
Bản fax
Phân phát
Lưu ý
Sự phân phối
Đăng ký
WHILE YOU READ
Read the text which introduces the services provided by Thanh Ba Post Office, and then do the task that follow.
(Open daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m)
Thanh Ba Post Office is equipped with advanced technology and has a spacious and pleasant front office. We offer the best services with a well-trained staff, who are always thoughtful and courteous to customers.
Mail and Parcel Service
You can choose to send your letters by air or surface mail. We also have the Express Mail Service and your EMS mail will be delivered in the shortest possible time.
The maximum weight limit of a parcel is 31.5 kg. We offer a very competitive rate for parcels under 15 kg.
Express Money Transfer
Just imagine your relatives are living over one thousand kilometres away from you and you want to send them some money quickly. This speedy and secure service for transferring money can be useful. The money will be sent to your relatives in less than 24 hours.
Phone Calls and Faxes
Besides the ordinary telephone call service, our Post Office provides the Messenger Call Service. This service helps you to notify the recipient of the time and place to receive the call.
If you want to send a document and do not want to lose its original shape, our facsimile service will help you. Fax transmission has now become a cheap and convenient way to transmit texts and graphics over distances.
Press Distribution
Don`t bother to go out early to buy your daily newspapers. Just subscribe to your favourite newspapers and magazines and we will have them delivered to your house early in the morning.
Circle the letter (A, B, C or D) before the word that has the opposite meaning to the italicised word
1. Thanh Ba Post Office has a spacious and pleasant front office
Task 1
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 and 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. outdate
C. changed
D. imaginative
Rộng rãi ≠ chật hẹp
Lịch sự ≠ thô lỗ
Nhanh chóng ≠ chậm chạp
Nguyên bản ≠ thay đổi
1. What is Thanh Ba Post Office equipped with?
3. According to the text, what are the three different ways of sending a letter?
2. What services are offered at Thanh Ba Post Office?
4. What is the Messenger Call Service used for?
5. What will you have to do if you want to get your newspapers and magazines delivered to your house?
Read the text again and then answer the following questions.
Task 2
(Open daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m)
Thanh Ba Post Office is equipped with advanced technology and has a spacious and pleasant front office. We offer the best services with a well-trained staff, who are always thoughtful and courteous to customers.
Mail and Parcel Service
You can choose to send your letters by air or surface mail. We also have the Express Mail Service and your EMS mail will be delivered in the shortest possible time.
The maximum weight limit of a parcel is 31.5 kg. We offer a very competitive rate for parcels under 15 kg.
Express Money Transfer
Just imagine your relatives are living over one thousand kilometres away from you and you want to send them some money quickly. This speedy and secure service for transferring money can be useful. The money will be sent to your relatives in less than 24 hours.
Phone Calls and Faxes
Besides the ordinary telephone call service, our Post Office provides the Messenger Call Service. This service helps you to notify the recipient of the time and place to receive the call.
If you want to send a document and do not want to lose its original shape, our facsimile service will help you. Fax transmission has now become a cheap and convenient way to transmit texts and graphics over distances.
Press Distribution
Don`t bother to go out early to buy your daily newspapers. Just subscribe to your favourite newspapers and magazines and we will have them delivered to your house early in the morning.
1. What is Thanh Ba Post Office equipped with?
(Open daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m)
Thanh Ba Post Office is equipped with advanced technology and has a spacious and pleasant front office. We offer the best services with a well-trained staff, who are always thoughtful and courteous to customers.
Mail and Parcel Service
You can choose to send your letters by air or surface mail. We also have the Express Mail Service and your EMS mail will be delivered in the shortest possible time.
The maximum weight limit of a parcel is 31.5 kg. We offer a very competitive rate for parcels under 15 kg.
Express Money Transfer
Just imagine your relatives are living over one thousand kilometres away from you and you want to send them some money quickly. This speedy and secure service for transferring money can be useful. The money will be sent to your relatives in less than 24 hours.
Phone Calls and Faxes
Besides the ordinary telephone call service, our Post Office provides the Messenger Call Service. This service helps you to notify the recipient of the time and place to receive the call.
If you want to send a document and do not want to lose its original shape, our facsimile service will help you. Fax transmission has now become a cheap and convenient way to transmit texts and graphics over distances.
Press Distribution
Don`t bother to go out early to buy your daily newspapers. Just subscribe to your favourite newspapers and magazines and we will have them delivered to your house early in the morning.
2. What services are offered at Thanh Ba Post Office?
(Open daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m)
Thanh Ba Post Office is equipped with advanced technology and has a spacious and pleasant front office. We offer the best services with a well-trained staff, who are always thoughtful and courteous to customers.
Mail and Parcel Service
You can choose to send your letters by air or surface mail. We also have the Express Mail Service and your EMS mail will be delivered in the shortest possible time.
The maximum weight limit of a parcel is 31.5 kg. We offer a very competitive rate for parcels under 15 kg.
Express Money Transfer
Just imagine your relatives are living over one thousand kilometres away from you and you want to send them some money quickly. This speedy and secure service for transferring money can be useful. The money will be sent to your relatives in less than 24 hours.
Phone Calls and Faxes
Besides the ordinary telephone call service, our Post Office provides the Messenger Call Service. This service helps you to notify the recipient of the time and place to receive the call.
If you want to send a document and do not want to lose its original shape, our facsimile service will help you. Fax transmission has now become a cheap and convenient way to transmit texts and graphics over distances.
Press Distribution
Don`t bother to go out early to buy your daily newspapers. Just subscribe to your favourite newspapers and magazines and we will have them delivered to your house early in the morning.
3. According to the text, what are the three different ways of sending a letter?
(Open daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m)
Thanh Ba Post Office is equipped with advanced technology and has a spacious and pleasant front office. We offer the best services with a well-trained staff, who are always thoughtful and courteous to customers.
Mail and Parcel Service
You can choose to send your letters by air or surface mail. We also have the Express Mail Service and your EMS mail will be delivered in the shortest possible time.
The maximum weight limit of a parcel is 31.5 kg. We offer a very competitive rate for parcels under 15 kg.
Express Money Transfer
Just imagine your relatives are living over one thousand kilometres away from you and you want to send them some money quickly. This speedy and secure service for transferring money can be useful. The money will be sent to your relatives in less than 24 hours.
Phone Calls and Faxes
Besides the ordinary telephone call service, our Post Office provides the Messenger Call Service. This service helps you to notify the recipient of the time and place to receive the call.
If you want to send a document and do not want to lose its original shape, our facsimile service will help you. Fax transmission has now become a cheap and convenient way to transmit texts and graphics over distances.
Press Distribution
Don`t bother to go out early to buy your daily newspapers. Just subscribe to your favourite newspapers and magazines and we will have them delivered to your house early in the morning.
4. What is the Messenger Call Service used for?
(Open daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m)
Thanh Ba Post Office is equipped with advanced technology and has a spacious and pleasant front office. We offer the best services with a well-trained staff, who are always thoughtful and courteous to customers.
Mail and Parcel Service
You can choose to send your letters by air or surface mail. We also have the Express Mail Service and your EMS mail will be delivered in the shortest possible time.
The maximum weight limit of a parcel is 31.5 kg. We offer a very competitive rate for parcels under 15 kg.
Express Money Transfer
Just imagine your relatives are living over one thousand kilometres away from you and you want to send them some money quickly. This speedy and secure service for transferring money can be useful. The money will be sent to your relatives in less than 24 hours.
Phone Calls and Faxes
Besides the ordinary telephone call service, our Post Office provides the Messenger Call Service. This service helps you to notify the recipient of the time and place to receive the call.
If you want to send a document and do not want to lose its original shape, our facsimile service will help you. Fax transmission has now become a cheap and convenient way to transmit texts and graphics over distances.
Press Distribution
Don`t bother to go out early to buy your daily newspapers. Just subscribe to your favourite newspapers and magazines and we will have them delivered to your house early in the morning.
5. What will you have to do if you want to get your newspapers and magazines delivered to your house?
You cannot make a phone call at Thanh Ba Post Office at 10 p.m.
You can save some money if you send a parcel which is under 15 kg.
The Post Office offers a special mail service which is particularly fast.
Your relatives do not have to wait till tomorrow to get the money you send them today.
Find evidence in the text to support these statements
Task 3
(Open daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m)
Thanh Ba Post Office is equipped with advanced technology and has a spacious and pleasant front office. We offer the best services with a well-trained staff, who are always thoughtful and courteous to customers.
Mail and Parcel Service
You can choose to send your letters by air or surface mail. We also have the Express Mail Service and your EMS mail will be delivered in the shortest possible time.
The maximum weight limit of a parcel is 31.5 kg. We offer a very competitive rate for parcels under 15 kg.
Express Money Transfer
Just imagine your relatives are living over one thousand kilometres away from you and you want to send them some money quickly. This speedy and secure service for transferring money can be useful. The money will be sent to your relatives in less than 24 hours.
Phone Calls and Faxes
Besides the ordinary telephone call service, our Post Office provides the Messenger Call Service. This service helps you to notify the recipient of the time and place to receive the call.
If you want to send a document and do not want to lose its original shape, our facsimile service will help you. Fax transmission has now become a cheap and convenient way to transmit texts and graphics over distances.
Press Distribution
Don`t bother to go out early to buy your daily newspapers. Just subscribe to your favourite newspapers and magazines and we will have them delivered to your house early in the morning.
You cannot make a phone call at Thanh Ba Post Office at 10 p.m.
(Open daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m)
Thanh Ba Post Office is equipped with advanced technology and has a spacious and pleasant front office. We offer the best services with a well-trained staff, who are always thoughtful and courteous to customers.
Mail and Parcel Service
You can choose to send your letters by air or surface mail. We also have the Express Mail Service and your EMS mail will be delivered in the shortest possible time.
The maximum weight limit of a parcel is 31.5 kg. We offer a very competitive rate for parcels under 15 kg.
Express Money Transfer
Just imagine your relatives are living over one thousand kilometres away from you and you want to send them some money quickly. This speedy and secure service for transferring money can be useful. The money will be sent to your relatives in less than 24 hours.
Phone Calls and Faxes
Besides the ordinary telephone call service, our Post Office provides the Messenger Call Service. This service helps you to notify the recipient of the time and place to receive the call.
If you want to send a document and do not want to lose its original shape, our facsimile service will help you. Fax transmission has now become a cheap and convenient way to transmit texts and graphics over distances.
Press Distribution
Don`t bother to go out early to buy your daily newspapers. Just subscribe to your favourite newspapers and magazines and we will have them delivered to your house early in the morning.
2. You can save some money if you send a parcel which is under 15 kg.
(Open daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m)
Thanh Ba Post Office is equipped with advanced technology and has a spacious and pleasant front office. We offer the best services with a well-trained staff, who are always thoughtful and courteous to customers.
Mail and Parcel Service
You can choose to send your letters by air or surface mail. We also have the Express Mail Service and your EMS mail will be delivered in the shortest possible time.
The maximum weight limit of a parcel is 31.5 kg. We offer a very competitive rate for parcels under 15 kg.
Express Money Transfer
Just imagine your relatives are living over one thousand kilometres away from you and you want to send them some money quickly. This speedy and secure service for transferring money can be useful. The money will be sent to your relatives in less than 24 hours.
Phone Calls and Faxes
Besides the ordinary telephone call service, our Post Office provides the Messenger Call Service. This service helps you to notify the recipient of the time and place to receive the call.
If you want to send a document and do not want to lose its original shape, our facsimile service will help you. Fax transmission has now become a cheap and convenient way to transmit texts and graphics over distances.
Press Distribution
Don`t bother to go out early to buy your daily newspapers. Just subscribe to your favourite newspapers and magazines and we will have them delivered to your house early in the morning.
3. The Post Office offers a special mail service which is particularly fast.
(Open daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m)
Thanh Ba Post Office is equipped with advanced technology and has a spacious and pleasant front office. We offer the best services with a well-trained staff, who are always thoughtful and courteous to customers.
Mail and Parcel Service
You can choose to send your letters by air or surface mail. We also have the Express Mail Service and your EMS mail will be delivered in the shortest possible time.
The maximum weight limit of a parcel is 31.5 kg. We offer a very competitive rate for parcels under 15 kg.
Express Money Transfer
Just imagine your relatives are living over one thousand kilometres away from you and you want to send them some money quickly. This speedy and secure service for transferring money can be useful. The money will be sent to your relatives in less than 24 hours.
Phone Calls and Faxes
Besides the ordinary telephone call service, our Post Office provides the Messenger Call Service. This service helps you to notify the recipient of the time and place to receive the call.
If you want to send a document and do not want to lose its original shape, our facsimile service will help you. Fax transmission has now become a cheap and convenient way to transmit texts and graphics over distances.
Press Distribution
Don`t bother to go out early to buy your daily newspapers. Just subscribe to your favourite newspapers and magazines and we will have them delivered to your house early in the morning.
4. Your relatives do not have to wait till tomorrow to get the money you send them today.
Work in group. Answer the following questions.
Which service provided by Thanh Ba Post Office do you think is the most important and why?
What services do you think Thanh Ba Post Office should have in the future?
AFTER YOU READ
HOME WORK
-copy all the lesson into your notebooks.
- Learn all the new words by heart.
Prepare UNIT 9. READING 2
Thanks for your attention!