AT THE POST-OFFICE (2)

        I like to go to the post-office because post is one of the things that link people living in different cities and countries.

        There are some counters at the post-office. At one of them you can buy envelopes, stamps, post cards. You can write a letter right there and post it or you can write it at home and then throw it into one of postboxes throughout the city. It is very convenient because you don’t have to go to the post of­fice again.

         At another counter you can send a telegram. To do this, you need to fill in the form, give it to the clerk and pay the sum according to the number of words in your telegram.

        At another counter you can send or get parcels. To send a parcel you have to bring it to the post-office, the clerk will weigh it and tell you how much money you have to pay. To get a parcel, you need to show your passport, so that the post-of­fice clerk was sure that it is really you who is to receive the parcel.

        At the next counter you can make a subscription to news­papers and magazines. You need to pay certain amount of mo­ney, which is stated in the catalog, and your favourite news­papers and magazines will be delivered directly to your home.

        At the post-office, there are also P.O. boxes. P.O. box means post office box, it is a numbered box to which some­one’s mail can be sent and from which they can collect it.

QUESTIONS:

1. Where can envelopes and stamps be bought?

2. Do you need to go to the post-office again if you want to send a letter which you wrote at home?

3. What do you need to do to send a telegram?

4. How can you send a parcel?

5. Is it possible that your favourite newspapers and maga­zines were delivered directly to your home?

6. What is a P.O. box?

VOCABULARY:

counter — стойка

envelope — конверт

stamp — марка

postcard — открытка

to post — отправлять

parcel — посылка

clerk — служащий

subscription — подписка

to deliver — доставать

P.O. box — абонентский ящик

to collect — собирать