The document is a reading passage about the services provided by Thanh Ba Post Office in Vietnam. It details the post office's mail and parcel delivery services, money transfer services, telephone and fax services, and newspaper delivery services. It also provides vocabulary words and questions to test comprehension of the passage.

2. EAR TO ALL TEACHERS AND STUDENTS !!

3. Look at these pictures and answer the following
questions

4. 1. What are the pictures about?
2. Where can you you post these things?

5. 3. How far is it from your house to the nearest post
office?
4. How often do you go to the post office? What for?
5. What services do you think the post office offers?

6. THE POST OFFICE
UNIT 9
A. READING
I. Before reading

9. Read the text which introduces the services
provided by Thanh Ba Post Office, and then do
the task that follow.

10. (open daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.)
Thanh Ba Post Office is equipped with
advanced technology and has a spacious
and pleasant front office. We offer the best
services with a well-trained staff, who are
always thoughtful and courteous to
customers.

11. Mail and Parcel Service
You can choose to send your letters by air
or surface mail. We also have the Express
Mail Service and your EMS mail will be
delivered in the shortest possible time.
The maximum weight limit of a parcel is
31,5 kg. We offer a very competitive rate
for parcels under 15 kg.

12. Express Money Transfer
Just imagine your relatives are living over one
thousand kilometres away from you and you
want to send them some money quickly. This
speedy and secure service for transferring
money can be useful. The money will be sent
to your relatives in less then 24 hours.

13. Phone Calls and Faxes
Besides the ordinary telephone call
service, our Post Office provides the
Messenger Call Services. This services
helps you to notify the recipient of the
time and place to receive the call.
If you want to send a document and
do not want to lose its original shape, our
facsimile service will help you. Fax
transmission has now become a cheap
and convenient way to transmit texts and
graphics over distances.

14. Press Distribution
Don’t bother to go out early
to buy your daily newspapers. Just
subscribe to your favourite
newspapers and magazines and we
will have them delivered to your
house early in the morning.

15. Equip [i'kwip]
Advance [əd'v :ns]ɑ (adj)
Ex: The army is equiped with
modern weapons
(v) trang bị (cho
ai... cái gì)
Tiến bộ, hiện đại
VOCABULARY

16. Spacious ['spei∫əs] (adj)
→ a very spacious kitchen
rộng rãi
một nhà bếp rất rộng rãi

17. Pleasant ['pleznt] (adj)
Pleasant front office:
làm thích ý, vừa ý
không gian sạch đẹp

18. Staff [st :f]ɑ (n)
Well- trained staff:
nhân viên
đội ngũ nhân viên được đào
tạo chuyên nghiệp

19. Thoughtful ['θ :tfl]ɔ (adj): ân cần

20. Courteous ['kə:tjəz] (adj):
lịch sự, nhã nhặn
= polite

21. Parcel ['p :s(ə)l]ɑ (n) bưu kiện

22. EMS Mail (n) Dịch vụ thư chuyển phát nhanh

23. Facsimile (adj) [fæk'siməli]
bản sao, bản fax

24. Transmisson [trænz'mi∫n] (n) sự truyền, sự phát

25. graphic [græfik] (n) hình ảnh

26. Deliver [di'livə] (v) phân phát, giao

27. Notify ['noutifai]
(v) thông báo

28. Speedy ['spi:di] (adj) nhanh chóng
Secure [si'kjuə] (adj) an toàn, bảo đảm
→ Security [si'kjuərəti] (n) sự bảo đảm
Transfer ['trænsfə:] (v) di chuyển
→ Transfer (n) sự di chuyển
→ Transferable (adj) có thể di chuyển
Ordinary [' :rdəneriɔ ] (adj) thông thường
Recipient [ri'sipiənt] (n) người nhận
Original [ə'rid ənl]ʒ (adj) nguyên bản
Shape [∫eip] (n) hình dạng
Bother ['b đə]ɔ (v)

29. Notify ['noutifai]
Deliver [di'livə] (v)
graphic [græfik] (n)
Transmisson [trænz'mi∫n] (n)
Facsimile (adj) [fæk'siməli]
Parcel ['p :s(ə)l]ɑ (n)
Courteous ['kə:tjəz] (adj):
Thoughtful ['θ :tfl]ɔ (adj):
Staff [st :f]ɑ (n)
Practice pronouncing new words

30. THE POST OFFICE
UNIT 9
A. READING
I. Before reading
II. While reading

31. Cricle the letter (A, B, C or D) before the
word that has the opposite meaning to the
italicised word
1. Thanh Ba Post Office has a spacious and pleasant
front office
A. large B. beautiful C. cramped D. open
2. Our well-trained staff are always courteous to
customers.
A. helpful B. rude C. friendly D. open
3. This speedy and secure service of transferring
money can be useful
A. rapid B. hurried C. careful D. slow
4. If you want to send a document and do not want to
lose its original shape, send it by a fax machine.
A. unique B. outdate C. changed D. imaginative

32. 1. What is Thanh Ba Post Office equipped with?
3. According to the text, what are the three different
ways of sending a letter?
2. What services are offered at Thanh Ba Post Office?
4. What is the Messenger Call Service used for?
5. What will you have to do if you want to get your
newspapers and magazines delivered to your
house?
Read the text again and then
answer the following question.

33. Read the text again and then answer the
following question.
1. What is Thanh Ba Post Office equipped with?
Thanh ba Post Office equipped with advanced
technology and a spacious and pleasant front office.
2. What services are offered at Thanh Ba Post Office?
Mail and Parcel Service, Express Money Transfer,
Phone Calls and Faxes, Press Distribution.
3. According to the text, what are the three different
ways of sending a letter?
They are air Mail, surface mail and the Express Mail
Service (ESM)

34. Read the text again and then answer the
following question.
4. What is the Messenger Call Service used for?
It is used for notifying the recipient of the time and
place to receive the call.
5. What will you have to do if you want to get your
newspapers and magazines delivered to your
house?
You will have to subscribe to your favourite
newspapers and magazines.

35. 1. You cannot make a phone call at Thanh Ba
Post Office at 10 p.m.
2. You can save some money if you send a
parcel which is under 15 kg.
3. The Post Office offers a special mail service
which is particularly fast.
4. Your relative do not have to wait till
tomorrow to get the money you send them
today.
Find evidence in the text to support these
statement

36. 1. You cannot make a phone call at Thanh
Ba Post Office at 10 p.m.
The post office opens daily from 7 a.m to
9 p.m.
2. You can save some money if you send a
parcel which is under 15 kg.
We offer are very competitive rate for
parcels of under 15kg.

37. 3. The post office offers a special mail service which is
particularly fast.
 We also have the Express Mail Service and your EMS
mail will be delivered in the shortest possible time.
4. Yours relatives do not have to wait till tomorrow to get
the money you send them today.
 We offer a speedy are secure service of transferring
money in less than 24 hours.

38. • Work in group. Answer the following
questions.
1. Which service provided by Thanh Ba Post Office
do you think is the most important and why?
2. What services do you think Thanh Ba Post
Office should have in the future?
THE POST OFFICE
UNIT 9
A. READING
I. Before reading
II. While reading
III. After reading