在邮局
A：Would you tell me how I should send this parcel to Shanghai, China? It contains only books.
您能告诉我如何把这个包裹邮寄到中国上海吗？里面只有书。
B：You might send it as “Printed Matter”.
您可以作为“印刷品”邮寄。
A：I wonder if I could have it insured here?
我想知道可否对此投保？
B：Of course. How much would you want to insure these books for?
当然，您想为这些书投保多少？
A：Let me see… I think I can have them insured for five hundred dollars.
我看看……我想我能投保500 美元。
B：Five hundred dollars, so you pay ten dollars for the insurance, that’s two percent of the total value of the article…
500 美元，您付10 美元保险金，那是物品价值的2％。
A：Here’s a check for ten dollars.
这是一张10 美元的支票。
B：Here’s your receipt. Now, please have it well wrapped and sealed.
这是您的收据，现在，请您把它包起来，捆好。
名词包袱，包裹; （土地的）一块; 一批，一群; （货物的）一宗
及物动词分，区分; 把…划成部分后分配; 给…打成包裹; 把…拼在一起
parcel
1. part and parcel of : 不可缺少的一部分, ...的重要部分, ...的组成部分；