You’ve Got Mail

1. You’ve Got Mail By Christine Hsieh

2. Outline • Starting Questions • Different Types of Mails • Sample Conversation • Vocabularies • References

3. Starting Questions • Have you ever been to a post office when you went abroad? If yes, what was your experience? If no, please try to imagine how can you get your mail/package delivered in a post office? • E-mail is a popular form of correspondence nowadays. Do you think sending someone a letter by mailing is outdated? Why or why not? • What can you do after you send a package by express?  You can check on the delivery status of your mailing by the label or receipt number.

4. Mailing options: Regular mail < Priority mail < Express mail < Overnight guarantee package International & domestic mails International mails By sea By air Basic information to put on an envelope: Zip code Address to/P.O Box … Attention to … Different Types of Mails

5. Sample Conversation- In a Post Office (A man wants to send some urgent mails and he takes a number and waits. ) • C: Can I help the next person, please. • M: Yes, I want to send some registered mails. • C: O.K. What are they? • M: They are books. • C: You can mail them as printed matter. It would be cheaper. • M: That’s very nice of you. I also want to mail them by express. • C: O.K. That will be 215 NT dollars. • M: Here you are. May I have a receipt? • C: Sure, wait a moment please. • M: Thank you. • C: Here is your change and receipt. Have a nice day.

6. Vocabularies • regular mail 平信 • overnight mail 隔夜送達 • Priority mail 限時郵件 • domestic mail 國內郵件 • international mail 國際郵件 • registered mail 掛號信 • express 快遞 • printed matter 印刷品 • change 零錢 • receipt 收據 • postage rate 郵資

7. References • Taiwan Post http://www.post.gov.tw/post/index.jsp • USPS (United States Postal Service) http://www.usps.com/welcome.htm?from=global&page=0001home2