【2007-06-04，一】ESL Podcast 274 – Buying Stamps at the Post Office

Need to mail a letter? Find out how to order stamps in English in this episode. Tags: Daily Life Audio Index: Slow dialog: 1:08 Explanations: 3:30 Fast dialog: 15:55 Clerk: Can I help you? Tamika: I’d like to buy some stamps. Clerk: In what denomination? Tamika: I’m not sure. I need them for sending regular letters and for Priority Mail. Clerk: The current rate for sending a first-class letter is 41 cents. With first- class service, your letter will get there in three to seven days for domestic mail. Tamika: For the first-class stamps, how many come in a book or a roll? Clerk: There are 20 in a book and 100 in a roll. To send a Priority Mail envelope, you can get $4.05 stamps, and delivery is usually in two to three days. How many would you like of each? Tamika: I’ll take one book of the stamps and four Priority Mail stamps. Can I buy stamps to send an Express Mail envelope, too? Clerk: You can. Those are $14.40 each. Tamika: Could you add one of those, too? And how much is it to send a postcard? I don’t need any stamps for those today, but I’m just curious. Clerk: It’s 24 cents to send a postcard. Okay, that’s a book of 41-cent stamps, four Priority Mail stamps, and one Express Mail stamp. Anything else? Tamika: Could I pick the design of the first-class stamps? Clerk: Yes. You can choose from these commemorative ones or the standard flag design. Tamika: I’ll take the commemorative ones. Clerk: Your total comes to $38.80. Tamika: Here’s $40. Clerk: Here’s your change and your stamps. Have a nice day. Tamika: Thanks. You, too. Script by Dr. Lucy Tse