UNIT 09: THE POST OFFICE
A – READING

Designed by Tc. Le Cong Duc
Duc Tri High School

BEFORE YOU READ
1. How far is it from your home 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?
Express money transfer
Mail and parcel service
Phone calls and faxes
Press Distribution
New vocabulary
Advanced technology (n)
Well-trained staff (n)
Parcel (n)
Subscribe (v)
Subscription (n)
Task 1: Circle the OPPOSITE MEANING of the italicised word.
1. Thanh Ba Post office has a spacious and pleasant front office.
2. Our well-trained staff are always courteous to customers.
3. This speedy and secure service of transferring money can be useful.
4. If you want to send a document and do not want to lose its original shape, send it by a fax machine.
cramped
rude
slow
Changed
Task 2: Read the text and answer the following questions
1. What is Thanh Ba Post Office equipped with?
2. What services are offered at Thanh Ba Post Office?
3. According to the text, what are the three different ways of sending a letter?
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?
It is equipped with advanced technology and has spacious and pleasant front office.
It offers Mail and Parcel Service, Express Money Transfer, Phone Calls and Faxes, Press Distribution
They are air mail, surface mail and EMS.
It is used for notifying the recipients of the time and place to receive the call.
You will have to subscribe your favorite newspapers and magazines
Task 2: Find evidence in the text to support these statements
1. You cannot make a phone call at Thanh Ba P.O at 10 p.m.
2. You can save some money if you send a parcel which is under 15 kg.
3. The post office offers a special mail service which is particularly fast.
4.Your relatives do not have to wait till tomorrow to get the money you send them today.
The post office opens daily from 7 a.m – 9 p.m.
We offer a very competitive rate for parcels under 15 kg.
We also have the Express Mail Service (EMS) and your EMS mails will be delivered in the shortest possible time.
We offer a speedy and secure service of transferring money less than 24 hours.