Unit 02 :
Mail 郵件

Vocabulary

Let’s learn about different kinds of mail!

Part 1

1. address /ˈæd.res/
(n.) 地址
the number of the house, name of the road, and name of the town where a person lives or works, and where letters can be sent
(v.) 對…講話，對…發表演說，致辭；給…寫信，致函
to speak or write to someone

email address
電子郵件地址

2. airmail /ˈer.meɪl/
(n.)航空郵政
a system of sending letters and parcels by aircraft

If you send it (by) airmail, it’ll be very expensive.
如果空郵，價格就會很貴。

3. code /koʊd/
(n.)密碼、代碼
a system of words, letters, or signs used to represent a message in secret form, or a system of numbers, letters, or signals used to represent something in a shorter or more convenient form
(v.)用密碼寫
to represent a message in code so that it can only be understood by the person who is meant to receive it

4. correspondence /ˌkɔːr.əˈspɑːn.dəns/
(n.)信件、信函（尤指公函或商業信函）
letters, especially official or business letters

Any further correspondence should be sent to my new address.
以後來信請寄到我的新地址。

5. deliver /dɪˈlɪv.ɚ/
(v.)遞送，投遞
to take goods, letters, parcels, etc. to people’s houses or places of work

Mail is delivered to our office twice a day.
郵差每天給我們辦公室投遞兩次郵件。

6. dispatch /dɪˈspætʃ/
(v.)發送；派遣
to send something, especially goods or a message, somewhere for a particular purpose
(n.) 發送；派遣
the act of sending someone or something somewhere

Two loads of cloth were dispatched to the factory on 12 December.
12月12日兩車布料被發到工廠。

7. domestic /dəˈmes.tɪk/
(adj.)本國的，國內的
relating to a person’s own country
(n.)傭人，保姆
someone paid to do work, such as cleaning and cooking, in someone else’s house

domestic airlines/flights
國內航空公司／航班

8. envelope /ˈɑːn.və.loʊp/
(n.)信封
a flat, usually square or rectangular, paper container for a letter

9. express /ɪkˈspres/
(v.)快遞郵寄
to send something somewhere very quickly
(adj.) 快速的；快遞的
moving or being sent fast

Your order will be expressed to you within 24 hours. 
您訂的貨將在24小時內快遞送到。

10. first class /ˌfɝːst ˈklæs/
(n.) (優先投遞的)第一類郵件the post-service that most people use for sending letters, etc.
(adj.) 優秀的；第一流的excellent

First class costs more, but it will arrive tomorrow.
選擇第一類郵寄要貴一些，但是明天就可以到達。

Exercise 1

Read these short dialogues with your tutor.

Dialogue 1
Customer: What’s the fastest way to send this Letter?
Clerk: By Express Post, but it’ll be expensive.

Dialogue 2
Customer: Do you sell envelopes here?
Clerk: Only envelopes with stamps printed on them.

Part 2

11. foreign /ˈfɔːr.ən/
(adj.) 外國的
belonging or connected to a country that is not your own

12. form /fɔːrm/
(n.)表，表格
a paper or set of papers printed with spaces in which answers to questions can be written or information can be recorded in an organized way
(v.)（使）出現，（使）形成，（使）産生
to begin to exist or to make something begin to exist

Please fill in/out the form with black ink.
請用黑色墨水填寫表格。

13. freight /freɪt/
(n.)貨物；貨運
goods, but not passengers, that are carried from one place to another, by ship, aircraft, train, or truck, or the system of transporting these goods
(v.) 運送（貨物）
to send goods by air, sea, or train

Will the goods be sent by air or sea freight?
這些貨物要空運還是海運？

14. international /ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈnæʃ.ən.əl/
(adj.) 國際的
involving more than one country
(n.)國際比賽
a sports event involving more than one country, or a person who competes in it

15. junk mail /ˈdʒʌŋk ˌmeɪl/
(n.) 垃圾郵件
letters or emails, usually advertising products or services, that are sent to people although they have not asked to receive them

16. letter /ˈlet̬.ɚ/
(n.) 信，信件
a written message from one person to another, usually put in an envelope and sent by post

I got a letter from the bank this morning.
今天早晨我收到了一封銀行的來函。

17. letterhead /ˈlet̬.ɚ.hed/
(n.) 抬頭，信頭（印於信紙上方的名稱和地址）
the top part of a piece of writing paper where the name and address of a person or business is printed

18. mail /meɪl/
(n.)信件，郵包
the letters, etc. that are sent to or from people, or the system for sending letters, etc. from place to place
(v.) 郵寄；把…寄出
to send a letter, etc. or to email something

She mailed it last week but it still hasn’t arrived.
上周她就把它寄出了，但還沒有寄達。

19. mail carrier /ˈmeɪl ˌker.i.ɚ/
(n.) 郵遞員
a postman noun

20. mailbox /ˈmeɪl.bɑːks/
(n.)郵筒
a metal container in the street or other public place in which you can put letters for them to be collected and sent to someone else

Exercise 2

Guess what is this woman doing?
Have you ever had this kind of experience?

Part 3

21. package /ˈpæk.ɪdʒ/
(n.) 包裹
an object or set of objects wrapped in paper, usually in order to be sent by post
(v.) 把…打包（或裝箱）
to put goods into boxes or containers to be sold

The courier has just delivered a package for you.
送遞急件的信差剛剛送來一個包裹給你。

22. parcel /ˈpɑːr.səl/
(n.) 包裹，郵包
an object or collection of objects wrapped in paper, especially so that it can be sent by post

The parcel was wrapped in plain brown paper.
那個包裹是用普通牛皮紙包著的。

23. post /poʊst/
(n.) 郵件
letters, etc. that are delivered to homes or places of work
(v.) 郵寄
to send a letter or parcel by post

Did you remember to post my letter?
你有記得幫我寄信嗎？

24. post office /ˈpoʊst ˌɑː.fɪs/
(n.) 郵局
a place where stamps are sold and from where letters and parcels are sent

25. postage /ˈpoʊ.stɪdʒ/
(n.) 郵資
the money that you pay for sending letters and parcels through the post

26. postcard /ˈpoʊst.kɑːrd/
(n.)明信片
a card, often with a photograph or picture on one side, that can be sent without an envelope

27. stamp /stæmp/
(n.) 郵票
a small piece of paper with a picture or pattern on it that is stuck onto a letter or package before it is posted, to show that the cost of sending it has been paid

28. wrap /ræp/
(v.) （用紙、布或其他材料）包，裹
to cover or surround something with paper, cloth, or other material
(n.) 包裹物
material that is used to cover or protect objects

29. zone /zoʊn/
(n.) 地區
an area, especially one that is different from the areas around it because it has different characteristics or is used for different purposes

30. zip code /ˈzɪp ˌkoʊd/
(n.) 郵政編碼
in the US, a series of numbers that forms part of an address, used to help organize post so that it can be delivered more quickly

Exercise 3

Match the correct meaning to each vocabulary.

  1. parcel__   2. post office __   3. postcard __  

a) a place where stamps are sold and from where letters and parcels are sent

b) a card, often with a photograph or picture on one side, that can be sent without an envelope

c) an object or collection of objects wrapped in paper, especially so that it can be sent by post