Unit 9. the post office
Part A. Reading
Before you read
Work in partner. Ask and answer the following questions.
1. How far is it from your house to the nearest post office? 
2. How often do you so to the post office?
3. What services do you think the post office offers?
                                                                     



1. The nearest post office is about 2km from my house.
2. I often go to the post office once a month to buy Television Magazine. Sometimes I also go there to send letters to my friends in other provinces.
3. I think the post office offers many services such as mail and parcel service, SMS, money transfer service, press distribution, flower telegram service, telephone and fax service, phone cards and internet cards distribution, postal savings and so on.
Speedy (adj) [`spi:di] nhanh chóng
Secure (adj) [si`kjuə] an toàn, bảo đảm
Security (n) [si`kjuərəti] sự bảo đảm
Transfer (v/n) [`trænsfə:] di chuyển
Transferable (adj) có thể di chuyển
Transmission (n) [trænz`mi∫n] sự truyền phát
Ordinary (adj) [`ɔ:rdəneri] thông thường
Recipient (n) [ri`sipiənt] người nhận
Original (adj) [ə`ridʒənl] nguyên bản
Shape (n) [∫eip] hình dạng
Bother (v) [`bɔđə] làm phiền
Staff (n) [stɑ:f] nhân viên
Thoughtful [`θɔ:tfl] ân cần, chu đáo
Parcel (n) [`pɑ:s(ə)l] bưu kiện
Facsimile (n/v) [fæk`siməli] bản sao, sao chép
graphic (n) [græfik] hình ảnh
Deliver (v) [di`livə] phân phát, giao
Notify (v) [`noutifai] thông báo
Equip (n) [i`kwip] trang bị
Advanced (adj) [əd`vɑ:nd] tiến bộ
Spacious (adj) [`spei∫əs] rộng rãi
Pleasant (adj) [`pleznt] vừa ý
-> pleasure (adj)
Courteous (adj) /ˈkɜː.ti.əs/ lịch sự
- Phone Call and Faxes (n):
Dịch vụ điện thoại và fax
- Express Money Stransfer (n):
Dịch vụ chuyển tiền
- Mail and parcel Service (n):
Dịch vụ chuyển thư và quà
- Press Distribution (n):
Dịch vụ phát hành báo chí
(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 serv ices 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.
Task 1. Circle the letter (A, B, C or D) before the word that has the opposite meaning to the italicized word.
1. Thanh Ba Post Office has a spacious and pleasant front office.
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. outdated    C. changed   D. imaginative
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 question.
Task 2
Read the text again and then answer the following question.
Task 2
1. What is Thanh Ba Post Office equipped with?
Thanh ba Post Office equipped with advanced technology and a spacious and pleasant front office.
2. What services are offered at Thanh Ba Post Office?
Mail and Parcel Service, Express Money Transfer, Phone Calls and Faxes, Press Distribution.
3. According to the text, what are the three different ways of sending a letter?
They are air Mail, surface mail and the Express Mail Service (ESM)
Read the text again and then answer the following question.
Task 2
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.
5. What will you have to do if you want to get your newspapers and magazines delivered to your house?
You will have to subscribe to your favourite newspapers and magazines.
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 relative do not have to wait till tomorrow to get the money you send them today.
Find evidence in the text to support these statement
Task 3
1. You cannot make a phone call at Thanh Ba Post Office at 10 p.m.
The post office opens daily from 7 a.m to 9 p.m.
2. You can save some money if you send a parcel which is under 15 kg.
We offer are very competitive rate for parcels of under 15kg.
3. The post office offers a special mail service which is particularly fast.
 We also have the Express Mail Service and your EMS mail will be delivered in the shortest possible time.
4. Yours relatives do not have to wait till tomorrow to get the money you send them today.
 We offer a speedy are secure service of transferring money in less than 24 hours.
Part E. Language focus
/sp/ - /st/ - /sk/
spaceship
spider man
stamps
sky
disk
Listen and repeat
Practice reading aloud the dialogue
The words that containing the clusters:
/sp/ : speak, speech,
/st/ : Stanley, stand, stop
/sk/ : school
Defining – Non-defining relative clauses
Grammar
1.Defining clauses (mệnh đề xác định)
Đây là loại mệnh đề mà chủ ngữ chưa được xác định rõ ,nên phải cần có mệnh đề này làm rõ chủ ngữ hơn.
Ex1: The man who is my brother stands over there.
Ex2: That is the book that I like best.
Ex3: The book which you lent me
is very interesting
2.Non-defining clauses(mệnh đề không xác định)
Đây là loại mệnh đề mà chủ ngữ đã được xác định rõ ,nên không cần phải có mđ này làm rõ chủ ngữ nửa, mà mệnh đề này chỉ để bổ sung thông tin cho chủ ngữ.

Ex1: Mr John, who is a world population expert,is teaching at this school.
Ex2:Her son, who gave you my address, is my uncle.
Ex3: Harry Porter, which is the best seller ,is very interesting
3.Notes about non-defining relative clause
The pronouns that can be used in non-defining relative clauses are: Who for a person, Which for a thing and Whose to show belonging
You cannot use “that” instead of who, whom or which.
Ex: Harry Porter, that is the best seller is very interesting
You cannot leave out the relative pronoun
Ex: Rosy, teaching me English is quite short.
Wrong
Wrong
Grammar
The defining and non-defining relative clauses
Examples:
Hanoi, which is the capital city of Vietnam, lies on the Red river.

Vietnam is the country which hosted APEC 2006.

Lang Son, which I love so much, is my hometown.

The girl whom you met yesterday is my sister.
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Examples
A girl was injured in the accident. She is now in hospital.
The girl who was injured in the accident is now in the hospital.
 the defining relative clause
I met Jane’s father. He works at the university.
 I met Jane’s father, who works at the university.
 the non-defining relative clause
A man answered the phone. He told me you were away.
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2. Peter is studying French and German. He has never been abroad.
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3. A waitress served us. She was very impolite and impatient.
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4. You’ve all met Michael Wood. He is visiting us for a couple of days.
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A building was destroyed in the fire. It has now been rebuilt.
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The man who answered the phone told me you were away
Peter, who is studying French an German, has never been
abroad
The waitress who was very impolite an impatient served us
You’ve all met Michel Wood, who is visiting us for a couple
of days
The building which was destroy in the fire has now been
rebuilt
6. We are moving to Manchester. Manchester is in the north-west.
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7. Some people were arrested. They have now been released.
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8. I ‘ll be staying with Adrian. His brother is one of my closest friends
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9. A bus goes to the airport. It runs every half an hour.
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10. John Bridge is one of my oldest friends. He has just gone to live in Canada.
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We are moving to Manchester, which is in the north-west
The people who were arrested have now been released
I’ll be staying with Adrian, whose brother is one of my
closet friends
The bus which goes to the airport runs every half an hour
John Bridge, who is on of my oldest friends, has just gone
to live in Canada
Exercise 3 + 4: Using who, that, which and whose to join the sentences.
Who is used for man.

Which is used for thing.

That is used for both man and thing.

Whose is to express possessive.
Exercise 2 complete each sentence using
who, whom or whose
We use: + whom (s+ v)
when the noun to be modified is the object of the main verb is the relative clause.
+ who + v
when the noun to be modified is the subject of the relative clause.
+ whose +N : to express possessive
Example: What’s the name of the man whose
car you borrowed?
A pacifist is a person…………..believes that all wars are wrong.
An orphan is a child…………..parents are dead.
I don’t know the name of the woman………. I met yesterday.
This school is only for children………….first language is not English.
The woman…………..I wanted to see was away on holiday.
Who
Whose
Whom
Whose
Whom