Fill in the prepositions if necessary

1. Different ways … transportation are widely used … carrying mail.

2. Post-offices close … a certain time every day.

3. At every post-office you can find a board … the postal rates.

4. Never forget to ensure your parcel if you’ve got something valuable … it.

5. The sender is given a receipt … the post-office, so he can always trace … the letter.

6. You may send money orders … main or … telegram.

7. Sometimes people choose to send their letters … reply pre-paid.

8. There are three types … telegram service in our country.

9. If you are not sure whether the person still resides … the particular address, you add … your envelope: “Please Forward”.

10. If you don’t know the proper telephone number, look … it … the telephone directory.

11. When you want to make a call you take … the receiver and wait … the signal.

12. If you hear a prolonged buzzing, hold … the wire and your number will answer … a moment.

13. If the line is engaged, you must put … the receiver and wait … a couple … minutes.

14. While talking … the phone, do not shout … and take your cigarette … of your mouth.

15. If you have a visitor do not carry … a long chat.

 

Learn the following words and expressions and make up short dialogues.

Speaking, This is … calling, Who’s calling, please? Could you put me through to …? I’m putting you through, The line is engaged. Can you hold on? Sorry to have kept you waiting, I’m putting … on the line, Could I leave a message? Hold in moment, please, … is not available, Is there any message? I’ll call back later, right, Hold the line, please, There is no reply (answer) at this number, You’ve got the wrong number, Sorry to have troubled (bothered) you, There is no one by name of … here, this is a private residence, I’m sorry to have bothered you, That’s quite all right, Could you speak, please? Your voice is fading and there’s some background noise interfering, We had a very bad connection, We could scarcely hear each other, Then we were cut off completely, I want to book a call to … for … p.m., I want to place a call at … for … p.m., What number are you calling at? I can’t get through, Go ahead, please.

 

Word list and word combinations on the subject “The Post-Office. Telephone”

Post-Office

General Post-Office – головпоштамп

letter-box, pillar-box – поштова скринька

to deliver – доставляти

mail – пошта(особливо заморська)

express mail – термінова пошта

wire – телеграма (термінова)

to fill in – заповнювати

postcard – поштовалистівка

envelope – конверт

stamp – марка

General Delivery – « Дозапитання »

Parcel Post – відділвідправленняпосилок

Money Orders – відділ « Грошовіперекази »

Registered Letter – відділ « Рекомендованілисти »

Book Post – відділвідправленнябандеролей

to hand – вручати

to weigh – зважувати

weight – вага

postal order – поштовийгрошовийпереказ(наневеликусуму)

money order – грошовийпереказ

to pay (paid, paid) – сплачувати

payee – одержувачгрошовогопереказу

to cash – одержуватигроші(запереказом, почеку)

cash on delivery – післяплатою, зі сплатою при доставці

printed form – бланк

addressee – одержувач, адресат

sender – відправник

by airmail – авіапоштою

to obliterate – гасити, штемпелювати

receipt – квитанція

reply-paid telegram – телеграмазоплаченоювідповіддю

insured and otherwise – із заявленою цінністю і без заявлено цінності

to send (sent, sent) – посилати, відправляти

parcel / package – посилка

Telephone

Receiver – телефонна слухавка

to dial – набирати номер

the Local Telephone Exchange – комутатор

extension – додатковий номер

telephonist, operator – телефонист, оператор

wall set telephone – настінний телефон

desk set telephone – настільний телефон

telephone extension or hand-phone – переносний телефон

stationary telephone – стаціонарний телефон

dial [tele]phone (automatic telephone) – автоматичний телефон

house phone (interphone) – телефон внутрішнього зв’язку

to have a telephone installed in one’s house – установити вдомателефон

call box; telephone booth (Am.) – телефонна будка (автомат)

on the phone – по телефону

at the phone – у телефона

to speak (to talk) to someone on (over) the telephone – розмовляти зким-небудь по телефону

to phone (to ring up, to call up, to make a call) – дзвонити кому-небудь по телефону

emergency call – екстрений виклик

to ring back (to call back, to ring up again) – передзвонити, зателефонуватизнову

dialing tone – гудок

to dial a number, to ring the number – набирати номер

To lift the receiver

To lift the phone

To take up the tube

to take up (off) the receiver зняти слухавку

To take the phone