Dialogue 5

Would you tell me how I should send this parcel to Shanghai,China?

您能告诉我如何把这个包裹邮寄到中国的上海吗？

It contains only books.

里面只有书。

You might send it as"Printed Matter".

您可以将其作为“印刷品”邮寄。

I wonder if I could have it insured here?

我想知道可否对比投保？

Of course.How much would you want to insure these books for?

当然，您想为这些书投保多少？

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。

Five hundred dollars,so you pay ten dollars for the insurance,

500美元，您付10美元保险金，

that's two percent of the total value of the article.

那是物品价值的2%。

Here's a check for ten dollars.

这是一张10美元的支票。