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At the post office   »  
En la oficina de correos

59 [fifty-nine]

At the post office

At the post office

59 [cincuenta y nueve]

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En la oficina de correos

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Where is the nearest post office? ¿D---- e--- l- o------ d- c------ m-- c------? ¿Dónde está la oficina de correos más cercana? +
Is the post office far from here? ¿E--- m-- l---- l- o------ d- c------ m-- c------? ¿Está muy lejos la oficina de correos más cercana? +
Where is the nearest mail box? ¿D---- e--- e- b---- m-- c------? ¿Dónde esta el buzón más cercano? +
     
I need a couple of stamps. Ne------ u- p-- d- s-----. Necesito un par de sellos. +
For a card and a letter. Pa-- u-- p----- y p--- u-- c----. Para una postal y para una carta. +
How much is the postage to America? Sí- ¿c----- c----- e- f------- p--- A------? Sí, ¿cuánto cuesta el franqueo para América? +
     
How heavy is the package? ¿C----- p--- e- p------? ¿Cuánto pesa el paquete? +
Can I send it by air mail? ¿P---- m------- p-- c----- a----? ¿Puedo mandarlo por correo aéreo? +
How long will it take to get there? ¿C----- t---- e- l-----? ¿Cuánto tarda en llegar? +
     
Where can I make a call? ¿D---- p---- h---- u-- l------? ¿Dónde puedo hacer una llamada? +
Where is the nearest telephone booth? ¿D---- e--- l- c----- d- t------- m-- p------? ¿Dónde está la cabina de teléfono más próxima? +
Do you have calling cards? ¿T---- (u----) t------- d- t-------? ¿Tiene (usted) tarjetas de teléfono? +
     
Do you have a telephone directory? ¿T---- (u----) u-- g--- d- t--------? ¿Tiene (usted) una guía de teléfonos? +
Do you know the area code for Austria? ¿S--- (u----) c--- e- e- c----- p--- l----- a A------? ¿Sabe (usted) cuál es el código para llamar a Austria? +
One moment, I’ll look it up. Un m------- v-- a m----. Un momento, voy a mirar. +
     
The line is always busy. La l---- e--- s------ o------. La línea está siempre ocupada. +
Which number did you dial? ¿Q-- n----- h- m------? ¿Qué número ha marcado? +
You have to dial a zero first! ¡P------ h-- q-- m----- u- c---! ¡Primero hay que marcar un cero! +
     

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Feelings speak different languages too!

Many different languages are spoken around the world. There is no universal human language. But how is it for our facial expressions? Is the language of emotions universal? No, there are also differences here! It was long believed that all people expressed feelings the same way. The language of facial expressions was considered universally understood. Charles Darwin believed that feelings were of vital importance for humans. Therefore, they had to be understood equally in all cultures. But new studies are coming to a different result. They show that there are differences in the language of feelings too. That is, our facial expressions are influenced by our culture. Therefore, people around the world show and interpret feelings differently. Scientists distinguish six primary emotions. They are happiness, sadness, anger, disgust, fear and surprise. But Europeans have different facial expressions to Asians. And they read different things from the same expressions. Various experiments have confirmed this. In them, test subjects were shown faces on a computer. The subjects were supposed to describe what they read in the faces. There are many reasons why the results differed. Feelings are shown more in some cultures than in others. The intensity of facial expressions is therefore not understood the same everywhere. Also, people from different cultures pay attention to different things. Asians concentrate on the eyes when reading facial expressions. Europeans and Americans, on the other hand, look at the mouth. One facial expression is understood in all cultures, however… That is a nice smile!