实战口语情景对话：邮局 Post Office

Todd: OK, Laura, I'm going to ask you questions about the post office in Hong Kong. OK, or just sending letters. How often do you write letters?

Laura，我想问你些关于香港邮局的问题，嗯，或者说就是寄信。你多久写一次信?

Laura: Well, when I was young, I wrote quite often to my pen pals, but right now, instead of sending a letter I usually send my friends e-mails.

嗯，在我小的时候，我经常跟我的笔友写信，但现在，我们通常是互发电子邮件。

Todd: Yeah! Me, too. How much does it cost to send a postcard in Hong Kong overseas?

对呀!我也是。在香港向海外寄张明信片要花多少钱?

Laura: Well, to Asian countries, it costs about two dollars, two Hong Kong dollars. To European countries it costs about three dollars.

嗯，寄向亚洲国家，要花两港币。寄向欧洲国家要花三港币。

Todd: OK, and when you send mail in Hong Kong, do you send it from your house, or do you..

好的，那在香港寄邮件的时候你是从你家寄过去还是……

Laura: Well, we have to go the post office in order to send letters or parcels.

寄信寄包裹的话我们只能去邮局。

Todd: Really, OK! Cause it's so crowded in Hong Kong that...

是嘛!那好!因为香港人真的是太多了……

Laura: Well, Yes, Yes!

恩，是，是!

Todd: OK, and in Japan do you receive a lot of mail?

那你在日本收过信件吗?

Laura: Right now, no. Well, because it's so convenient to use the e-mails or instant communication or telephone.

还没有。因为使用电子邮件或即时通信再或电话会很方便。

Todd: Yeah, OK last question. What time do post offices open and close?

是的，好，最后一个问题。邮局的工作时间是几点到几点?

Laura: Well, it depends on the size of the post office. For large one, so, they work longer. Like from nine in the morning until six, so for a smaller one, from nine to five.

嗯，那要取决于邮局的规模了。大一些的，工作时间会长一点，大概是从早九点到晚六点;然后小一点的是从早九点到晚五点。