At the Post Office
A: Wô yào jì zhè fëng hángköng xìn dào Mêiguó, yào tië duö shâo qián de yóupiào?
B: Nî jì píngxìn háishi guàhào xìn?
A: Guàhào xìn bî píngxìn kuài Ma?
B: Bù yïdìng, yôushíhou guàhào xìn bî píngxìn màn.
A: Nàme, wô jì píngxìn.
B: Zhè fëngxìn chäozhòngle, yào tië liù kuài sì de yóupiào.
A: Hâo, wô hái yào jì yíge bäoguô, dào Rìbên, wô yào jì guàhào.
B: Zhège bäoguô lî yôu shénme?
A: Liâng jiàn chènshän hé yï tiáo kùzi.
B: Nî tiánle bäoguôdän méiyôu?
A: Tiánle, bäoguôdän zài zhèr.
B: Zhège bäoguô yào èrshíyï kuài bä.
A: Zhège bäoguô duö jiû néng dào Rìbên?
B: Chàbuduö yï xïngqï ba. Hái yào biéde ma?
A: Wô hái yào mâi shí zhäng wû kuài de yóupiào hé liâng zhäng wû máo de yóupiào.
B: Zhè shì nîde yóupiào, yïgòng shì qïshíjiû kuài liâng máo.
A: Hâo, zhè shì bäshí kuài.
B: Zhâo nî bä máo.
甲：我要寄这封航空信到美国，要贴多少钱的邮票？
I want to send this letter to America by air-mail, what value stamps do I need to put on it?
乙：你寄平信还是挂号信？
Do you want to send it by ordinary mail or as a registered letter?
甲：挂号信比平信快吗？
Is sending by registered mail quicker than by ordinary mail?
乙：不一定，有时候挂号信比平信慢。
Not really, sometimes slower.
甲：那么，我寄平信。
I’ll send it by ordinary mail then.
乙：这封信超重了，要贴六块四的邮票。
This letter is overweight, you’ll have to stick on 6.4 Yuan in stamps.
甲：好，我还要寄一个包裹，到日本，我要寄挂号。
All right. I also want to send a package to Japan, I’ll send this by registered mail.
乙：这个包裹里有什么？
What is in it?
甲：两件衬衫和一条裤子。
Two shirts and a pair of trousers.
乙：你填了包裹单没有？
Have you filled in the package form?
甲：填了，包裹单在这儿。
Yes, here it is.
乙：这个包裹要二十一块八。
This package will cost you 21.8 Yuan.
甲：这个包裹多久能到日本？
How long will this package take to get to Japan?
乙：差不多一星期吧。还要别的吗？
It will be about one week. Is there anything else?
甲：我还要买十张五块的邮票和两张五毛的邮票。
I also want ten 5 yuan and two 5 mao stamps.
乙：这是你的邮票，一共是七十九块两毛。
Here are they. Altogether it comes to 79.2 Yuan.
甲：好，这是八十块。
Okay, here’s 80 Yuan.
乙：找你八毛。
Your change is eight mao.
Part 2 shëngcí (生词) – new words 
