Grace: excuse me, could you tell me which line I’m supposed to stand in to buy bubble wrap and to post a package?

Alexander: you can buy the bubble wrap here, but you’ll have to stand in line over here to post your paskage.

G: that’s a really long line. How long do you think it’ll take to get through all those people?

A: it takes about 3 minutes per person, so it’ll probably be about an hour’s wait.

G: can I buy stamps here?

A: sure. How many would you like?

G: I need 30 for my Chrismas cards.

A: are you sending them abroad?

G: twenty of them are going abroad to China to America.

A: do you have any going anywhere in the EU? If you do, those are less expensive.

G: no.

A: ok, here you go. That will be 18 pounds and seventy two pence.

G: and the bubble wrap?

A: that’s another quid.

G: thanks a lot. You’ve been very helpful.

打扰一下,请问我要排哪条队伍可以买到气泡衬垫包装纸，然后寄包裹?

你可以在这儿买气泡衬垫包装纸，但是要寄包裹的话得去那边排队。

那条队可真长啊。你觉得我得需要多长时间?

每个人大概需要三分钟左右，所以您得等一个小时。

邮票是在这儿买吗?

没错。要买多少?

我要寄圣诞卡，大概需要三十张。

都是寄到国外去的吗?

其中有20张是寄到中国和美国的。

有没有寄到欧洲去的?如果没有寄到那边的，邮费没那么贵。

没有。

好的，给你。一共是18英镑72便士。

气泡衬垫包装纸是多少钱?

还要额外再加1英镑。

非常感谢。你帮了不少忙。

Post/send/mail 寄

Do you mind posting a letter for me?

你能帮我寄封信吗?

Letter/mail 信

Signature 签名

Petitions bearing nearly a half-million signatures were sent to the White House.

有将近五十万人签名的请愿书被送到白宫。

Post/zip code 邮编

Overweight 超重

Envelope 信封

By ordinary mail/by surface mail 平邮

Parcel/package 包裹

This parcel came in the mail today.

这个包裹是今天邮来的。

Letter box 邮筒

注:letter box主要用于英式英语中,在美式英语中的对应表达是"mailbox".

Registered mail 挂号信