Chinese 101: Accepting a package and paying the delivery fee
Grammar: Verbing briefly with "一下yi xia"
Language Tips: Courier services in China
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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
