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Sending Telegtams 拍發(fā)電報(bào)
Key Sentences(重點(diǎn)句子)
733.What kind of cable do you want to send, ordinary or urgent?
你想發(fā)哪一種電報(bào),是普通電報(bào)還是加急電報(bào)?
734.What are the rates?
費(fèi)用怎么算?
735.I'd like to send an express telegram.
我想拍一份加急電報(bào)。
736.Here is the telegram form.
這是電報(bào)紙。
737.Would you please fill it out in block letters?
請(qǐng)用大寫字母書寫,好嗎?
738.When will the telegram get there?
電報(bào)什么時(shí)候能收到?
739.I want to send a cable first then send an invoice.
我想先發(fā)一份電報(bào),然后再寄張發(fā)票。
740.Will you please give me a blank?
請(qǐng)給我一張電報(bào)紙好嗎?
741.If it's urgent, the rate will be doubled.
如果加急的話,郵費(fèi)要加一倍。
742.I suppose you would like to have it registered.
我想你會(huì)愿意寄掛號(hào)郵件的。
743.I want it to reach our client as early as possible.
我希望我們的客戶能盡快收到。
744.Money is no object.
錢不是問題。
745. In that case, I'd suggest you send it special delivery or express.
如果那樣的話,我建議你寄快遞或限時(shí)專遞。
746.Have you brought with your ID card?
你帶身份證了嗎?
Dialogue A
。∕iss Zhong, the secretary, is sending an international telegram in the post office. )
(A: a clerk; B: Miss Zhong)
A: Good afternoon. May I help you?
B: Yes, I want to send a telegram to New York.
A: What kind of cable do you want to send, ordinary or urgent?
B: What are the rates?
A: It's one Yuan and thirty fen a word for ordinary telegram and two Yuan and sixty Fen for express telegrams.
B: I'd like to send an express telegram.
A: Here is the telegram form. Would you please fill it out in block letters?
B: All right…。 Here is the message.
A: Excuse me. Is this one word or two separate words?
B: one word.
A: You have put punctuation marks in the message. The charge for each mark is the same as one word. Do you want to cable the marks, then?
B: Oh, no.
A: In that case, you've got twenty words in all. That comes to fifty two Yuan.
B: Here is the money. By the way, when will the telegram get there?
A: It will take about four or five hours.
Dialogue B
。–: the clerk; Y: Miss Yang)
C: Good morning, madam. What can I do for you?
Y: I want to send a cable first then send an invoice. Will you please give me a blank? What's the rate?
C: If you send your cable full rate, it's 20 cents Per word, minimum charge one dollar; if it's urgent, the rate will be doubled.
Y: I'll send it as urgent.
C: By the way, please write them in block letters.
Y: All right. IS it OK? How much is it?
C: That will be$ 3. 2. Anything else I can do for you?
Y: Yes, This invoice is very important and I want to send it to a company in London.
C: I suppose you would like to have it registered.
Y: Yes. How long will it take?
C: About a week.
Y: Oh no, it's too late. Any other faster means? I want it to reach our client as early as possible. Money is no object.
C: In that case, I'd suggest you send it special delivery or express By special delivery, it takes about only one day.
Y: That's good. I'll send it special delivery. What's the postage?
C: $30 for the invoice, $3. 2 for the cable. All together is $ 33. 2.
Y: OK, by the way, I have a money order to cash.
C: Sign your name here, madam. Have you brought your ID card with you?
Y: Yes, here you are.
Notes 注釋
1.cable 電報(bào)
2.ordinary telegram 普通電報(bào)
3.express telegram 加急電報(bào)
4.block letters 大寫字母文字
5.punctuation marks 標(biāo)點(diǎn)符號(hào)
6.registered 掛號(hào)郵件
有關(guān)的郵政術(shù)語還有:
urgent 加急
express 限時(shí)專遞
an air letter 航空信
surface 平寄
the last pick-up 最后一班郵車
Parcel post 包裹郵遞
special delivery 快遞
postage paid 郵資已付
7.no object 無障礙;不重要
如: Distance is no object.
距離不成問題。
8.in this/that case若是這樣(那樣)的話
in case 萬一;以防
如: In case I forget, please remind me of my promise.
萬一我忘了,請(qǐng)?zhí)嵝盐以S下的諾言。
in any case無論如何
in no case 決不
9.cash a money order 兌現(xiàn)匯款單
10.ID card=Identification card 身份證
Words and Expressions
telegram/'teligr$m/ n. 電報(bào)
cable/keibl/ n. 電報(bào)
blank/bl$Rk/ n. 電報(bào)紙
minimum charge 最低收費(fèi)
punctuation/p)Rktju'eiM+n/ n. 標(biāo)點(diǎn)
mark/ma: k/ n. 符號(hào);標(biāo)志
double/d)bl/ v. 使加倍
block letter 大寫字母
register/'red{ist+/ v. 登記
postage/'p+ustid{/ n. 郵資
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