Read the text below, paying close attention to the words in red.
Ellen: I want to send this parcel to my friend Johan overseas. Will it be expensive?
Clerk: It depends on how much it weighs and whether you are sending it surface or airmail.
Ellen: It weighs a lot. I could barely carry it over here.
Clerk: Then you should probably send it surface. Air mail will cost an arm and a leg. But it could take two or three months to get there.
Ellen: But Johan needs these books for school next semester!
Clerk: Oh! If there are only books in the package, you can send it by air. The book rate is much cheaper.
Parcel
Package.
Overseas
Abroad.
Surface
By land or sea.
Airmail
By airplane.
Cost an arm and a leg
Be very expensive.
Book rate
Special (lower) price for sending books.
Quiz
1. He doesn't miss home even though he has been living _____ for 10 years.
2. I sent my daughter two letters and a _____ with cookies in it.
