EP60 快递 Express Delivery

 Chinese 101: Accepting a package and paying the delivery fee

 

Grammar: Verbing briefly with "一下yi xia"

 

Language Tips: Courier services in China

 

Story of the Day：Extreme Joy Begets Sorrow 乐极生悲 lè jí shēng bēi

 

 

Dialogue:

 

A：您好，请问是王小姐吗？有您的快递。

 

nín hǎo ，qǐng wèn shì wáng xiǎo jiě ma ？yǒu nín de kuài dì 。

 

Hello, excuse me? Is this Miss Wang? Here’s a delivery for you!

 

B：不好意思，我现在不在公司。我让同事帮我下去领一下。

 

bù hǎo yì sī ，wǒ xiàn zài bú zài gōng sī。wǒ ràng tóng shì bāng wǒ lǐng yī xià 。

 

I’m sorry, I’m out of my company right now.

 

I will ask my colleague to go down and get it for me. 

 

A：到付，邮费二十元。

 

dào fù，yóu fèi èr shí yuán 。

 

This is a “freight collect” package, I need to get 20yuan from you.

 

B：好的，您稍等。

 

hǎo de ，nín shāo děng。

 

Sure, please wait a moment.

 

Words & expressions:

 

【快递】kuài dì：express delivery

 

【不好意思】bù hǎo yì sī：sorry

 

【公司】gōng sī：company

 

【代】dài：instead

 

【领】lǐng：get, take, bring

 

【同事】tóng shì：colleague

 

【到付】dào fù：freight collect

 

【邮费】yóu fèi：shipping fee

 

【稍等】shāo děng：wait a moment

 

Hosts: Liu Min & Jessica

 

Programme Editor: Wang Xiaoyu

 

Producer: Lu Chang