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Express in one word.

1) money paid for a place to live 2) money paid to the government 3) money paid for the professional services 4) money in coins and notes, not cheques 5) money paid to workers by hour or week 6) money paid as charges on the money you borrow 7) money paid to workers for a month's or year's work 8) money paid to older people who no longer work 9) money returned to you after you pay too much 10) money paid for a journey by bus, train or plane a) fees b) interest c) taxes d) wages e) salary f) rent g) pension h) fare i) cash j) change

 

13. Which of these countries do you think have or had "dollars", "francs", "pesos" and "pounds" as their currency? Austria, Belgium, Britain, Canada, Cuba, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, USA.

AT THE POST-OFFICE

1. Read the text and tell the class about your last visit to the post-office. You wanted to pay rental services / to send a greeting telegram / some books / a parcel by post.

At the Post-office

The Post-office is a great service industry in Britain and one of the biggest employers in Europe. It employs about one in sixty of all workers in this country (17,000 staff). It's made up for four large businesses, Posts, Telecommunications, Giro, and Data Processing Services.

The post-office gives the services which customers require. Its main task is to deliver mail: newspapers, magazines, telegrams, parcels. Here you can also buy envelopes, stamps, postcards, pay communal services. At a post-office you can have some services similar to those available in banks known as the "National Savings Bank".

You can find post-office in every town and city, but there are numerous sub post-offices in suburbs and in smaller places. Sub post-offices are smaller and are often part of a general store, but they offer all the usual services.

Now let us pay a visit to a local post-office. There are many of windows with a notice in big letters showing the operation handled. The first one is marked "Parcel Post", the next one is "Money Orders". Then there's one marked "Post Restante" (Am. - "General Delivery"). Going down the line you will see: "Stamps", "Post Cards", "Stamped Envelopes", "Registered Letters", "Air Mail". In some conspicuous places you will find a board with the postal rates. This will give you information about how many stamps are needed for inland and foreign letters, that is how much postage must be paid on those letters. Then somewhere near the entrance you will see a notice giving the hours of delivery. The windows marked "Parcel Post" handles all parcels or packages. Don't forget to insure your parcel if you've got something really valuable in it. This cost to buy a trifle, but makes delivery double sure. The larger post-office even maintains a wrapping and packing service.



If you want to send printed matter (newspapers, magazines, books) you'll have to go to the window marked "Book Post".

The "Post Restante" window keeps mail until it is called for. The post-office maintains this service for those who prefer to pick up their mail in person.

If you are in a hurry to post a letter and have no stamps at the moment, that does not keep you from sending it. Just mark it "Collect and the addressee pays the postage due".

When sending a letter of particular value you should have it registered (with or without declared value). The advantage of this service is that registered letters are not left with the ordinary mail in the letter box, delivered personally (the addressee has to sign them). The sender is given a receipt at the post-office so he can always trace a letter. Of course, there will be a special charge.

The "Money Orders" window needs almost no explanation. You may send money orders by mail or by telegram and whatever you do, don't lose the receipt.

 


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