情景对话 —— Dialogue 1

A:

Three twenty-five cent stamps, please.

请给我三张25分的邮票。
B:

Here you are. Seventy-five cents, please.

好的。请给我75分。
A:

And please send this letter by registered mail.

还要寄这封挂号信。
B:

Is there anything valuable in it?

里面有什么重要的东西吗？
A:

There’s a check for two hundred dollars and a photograph.

里面有一张200元的支票及一张照片。
B:

Shall I make out a receipt?

您需要开一张收据吗？
A:

No, don’t bother.

不用了，不用麻烦。
B:

That will be ninety-five cents in all.

那总共需要95分。

A:

Next, please! Hello, may I help you, sir?

下一位，您好！先生，能为您做什么吗？
B:

Yes, I want to send a registered airmail letter to France.

是的，我想往法国寄一封航空挂号信。
A:

O.K. That comes to four dollars twenty cents.

好的，总共要4美元20分。
B:

Here is five dollars.

给您5美元。
A:

Here is your change. Please wait for your receipt of the registered mail.

这是您的零钱，请等一下您的挂号收据。
B:

I also want to pick up my package. This is the notice.

我还想取包裹，这是通知单。
A:

Let me see…Hmm…Just a minute. Here it is. We need your signature on this note.

让我看一看……嗯……等一会儿，给您，我们需要您在这张票据上签名。
B:

Oh, one more thing. Where can I mail this letter?

哦，还有一件事，我在哪儿投这封信？
A:

Drop it in the mail box marked “Out of town” at that corner.

把它扔进那个角落里标有“外埠”的邮箱。
B:

Thank you very much.

非常感谢。
A:

You’re welcome.

很愿意为您服务。

A:

Would you please weigh this letter to see what the postage is?

麻烦您称一下这封信，看看需要多少邮资，好吗？
B:

Do you want to send it by ordinary or registered mail?

您是要寄普通信还是挂号信？
A:

By ordinary air mail, please.

请给我寄普通航空信。
B:

Anything of value in it?

里面有什么值钱的东西吗？
A:

A postal order for four hundred dollars.

一张400美元的邮政汇票。
B:

In that case, you’d better have it registered.

既然那样，您最好寄挂号信。
A:

Will I be informed when my friend gets the letter?

当我朋友收到这封信后，我会被通知吗？
B:

Yes, when your friend gets it, he’ll sign a receipt, which will be sent to you by mail. Then you can be sure it’s been received.

是的，当您的朋友收到信后，他将签一张收据，这张收据会寄给您，您就可以确定他收到了。
A:

All right, I’ll have it registered, then.

好，那我就寄挂号信。

A:

Would you tell me how I should send this parcel to Shanghai, China? It contains only books.

您能告诉我如何把这个包裹邮寄到中国上海吗？里面只有书。
B:

You might send it as “Printed Matter”.

您可以作为“印刷品”邮寄。
A:

I wonder if I could have it insured here?

我想知道可否对此投保？
B:

Of course. How much would you want to insure these books for?

当然，您想为这些书投保多少？
A:

Let me see… I think I can have them insured for five hundred dollars.

我看看……我想我能投保500美元。
B:

Five hundred dollars, so you pay ten dollars for the insurance, that’s two percent of the total value of the article…

500美元，您付10美元保险金，那是物品价值的2％。
A:

Here’s a check for ten dollars.

这是一张10美元的支票。
B:

Here’s your receipt. Now, please have it well wrapped and sealed.

这是您的收据，现在，请您把它包起来，捆好。

Dialogue 1