Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 11 - Unit 9: The post office - Lesson: Reading 2 - Phùng Thanh Xuân

one S.O who 
 telephoned you earlier” 
	- call S.O back. 
8. This is a seven-letter word 
 which means details of where 
 sb lives or works and where 
 letters, etc. can be sent. 
	- address. 
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 POST OFFICE 
LESSON 1: READING 
BEFORE YOU READ 
Vietnamese equivalences for some postal services : 
1. Mail and Parcel Service: 
2. Express Mail service: 
3. Express money transfer: 
4. Press Distribution: 
5. Flower Telegram Service: 
6. Phone calls and Faxes: 
7. Phone cards & internet cards: 
8. Postal savings: 
Chuyeồn thử vaứ bửu phaồm 
Chuyeồn thử nhanh 
Chuyeồn tieàn 
Phaựt haứnh baựo chớ 
ẹieọn hoa 
ẹieọn thoaùi vaứ fax 
 Caực loaùi theỷ goùi ủieọn 
 thoaùi & internet 
Tieỏt kieọm bửu ủieọn 
WHILE YOU READ 
VOVABULARY 
 1. spacious / 'spei∫əs / (a) : large and with a lot of space 
 2. courteous / 'kə:t i. əs / (a) : polite and respectful, 
 well-mannered 
 3. surface / 'sə:fis / 
 surface mail: a way of sending letters, parcels, etc. 
 by road, sea or train and not by aircraft 
 4. parcel / 'pɑ:s(ə)l / (n) : package 
 5. express / iks'pres / (a): moving or being sent very 
 fast 
 6. recipient / ri'sipiənt / (n): a person who receives sth 
VOVABULARY 
 7. transfer / trổns'fə: / (v): to move s.o or sth from one 
 place to another 
 transfer / 'trổnsfə: / (n) 
 8. facsimile / fổk'simili / (n): an exact copy, especially 
 of a document 
 9. subscribe / səb'skraib / (v) : to pay money to an 
 organization in order to receive a product, use a 
 service regularly or support the organization 
LISTEN TO THE TAPE 
Read the text silently, then do the tasks below. 
Task 1 : 
	Pick out three things people send: 
	1. ___________________________________ 
	2. ___________________________________ 
	3. ___________________________________ 
	Pick out three things the post office offers: 
	1. ___________________________________ 
	2. ___________________________________ 
	3. ___________________________________ 
letters 
money 
a document 
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 : 
 1. send a parcel? 
 2. send your relatives some money? 
 3. make a phone call? 
 4. send a document? 
 5. subscribe to a newspaper? 
Mail and Parcel Service. 
Express Money Transfer. 
Phone Calls and Faxes 
Facsimile Service 
Press Distribution Service. 
Task 3 : Find evidence in the text to support these statements. 
1. You cannot make a phone call at Thanh Ba Post 
 office at 10p.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 a very competitive rate for parcels 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. Your relatives do not have to wait till tomorrow to get 
 the money you send them today. 
 - 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 that has the opposite meaning to the italicised 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 & 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 
Task 5 : Answer the following questions