Do you remember that? Long long time ago, before e-mail

還記得吧？很久以前 那時還沒有email

Before text messaging and before the internet.

也沒有簡訊 沒有網路

People used to correspond or speak to each other, communicate through mail and letters.

大家都用傳統信件和彼此交流溝通

When I was a child, that had a couple of pen pals in Scotland.

小時候 我有幾個蘇格蘭的筆友

And they write me letters. Oh so exciting.

他們會寫信給我 哇 超開心！

Now, we don't have to be bother with that because we have email and internet.

現在 有了網路和email 我們不太寫信了

But if you have to send someone a letter or package,

但如果想寄信或包裹給別人

the addresses and the way we write addresses in Canada and in the United States

美國和加拿大的地址寫法

Are probably very different from how they written in your country.

可能和你國家的很不一樣

So this lesson is …dah dah dah dah…

所以呢 這堂課要教的是～噹噹噹～

how to write an address. How to mail a letter.

如何寄信和寫英文地址

So there are two differences between American and Canadian addresses which we will go through in the video.

這次會提到美加地址的兩個不同點

But they are really similar. So it shouldn't be a problem.

其實兩國寫法很像 不用擔心

The very first thing you need is a name.

寫信首先必備的 是姓名

Do you know your name? perfect.

你知道自己的名字吧？很好

You need to put a person's name that you're sending it to very very formally,

你得把收件者的名字 寫得很正式

cause I told you this is an old fashion kind of thing.

因為寫信這種事其實有點老派

You had to have the title of the person.

你需要寫上收件者的稱謂

The title means either mr., mrs., ms., or miss.

稱謂就是先生 太太 女士 小姐等

Mister is always going to be for a man.

先生是男生專用的稱謂

It doesn't matter if the man is married, not married,

不管這男生是已婚還是未婚

if it's a five year-old man or if it's a five thousand year-old man.

不管他是五歲還是五千歲

Shouldn't be writing him a letter.

好像不太可能五千歲…

You are going to put in mister.

總之 男生就用先生

For the ladies, it gets a little bit more complicated.

女生的稱謂比較複雜

If the woman that you are sending the letter or package to is married,

如果收件者是位已婚女性

you're going to have to put mistress. M-R-S.

就要加上女士(Mrs.)

So this is for married lady.

所以這是已婚婦女的稱謂

If the person is single or very young,

如果要寄給單身或年輕女生

like a young girl or child, a girl-child?

像是少女 小孩 或小女孩？

You are going to have to put miss.

就要加上小姐 (Miss)

So this is for single or we last.

所以這是單身或年輕女生的稱謂

And then we have ms.

再來還有女士(Ms.)

The pronunciation is like mizz.

發音是mizz

And ms. Maybe you don't know this person, maybe you haven't met the person.

如果你不認識收件者 沒見過她

You don't know if they're married or not. You don't know how old they are.

不知道她結婚了沒 也不知她幾歲

So you're just going to put ms.

那稱謂用女士就好

The all. And all of everything.

這樣就可以了

So man is mr. and then you have the three choices for the ladys.

總之 男生就用先生 女生則有三個選擇

Ms. Being the most safe, the safest for your bet.

女士是最安全的選擇 真的

Okay. So then what you're going to do is you need to know where the people live.

好 接下來 你要知道收件者住在哪裡

Where do you live? What's your address? You need to get the person's address.

你住在哪？地址是？你要拿到他的地址

So in Canada, we always write the person's house number, the building number.

在加拿大 我們通常會先寫門牌號碼

For example, 42.

像是 42

Then we have the name of the street that they live on.

再來是他們住的街道名稱

For example, Queef.

像是 Queef

Sometime, we have avenue which is shorten to ave.

街名有時候會是大道 簡寫為ave.

Sometime, we call a street a drive which is shorten to dr.

有時候我們會用車道 簡寫是dr.

St. is the short form for actually street.

st.則是街的簡稱

And then, we have this blud. Boulevard. Which is another word for street.

再來還有blud. 是大道的另一個說法

So in north America, all of these symbols which represent for street. Okay.

在北美 這些都是街道的意思 好

Maybe your person that you're sending to lives in apartment

有時收件者可能住在公寓

or they do not live in an individual house.

房子裡住的不只有他們

No problem. What you're gonna do is you're gonna put the apartment number.

沒關係 只要加上公寓的號碼就好

So 42 is the number of the building or the house.

所以 房子或建築物號碼是42

The street is Queef Dr.

街名是 Queef Dr.

And this person lives in unit 2A.

那人是住在2A室

or sometime it's call apartment.

有時是住在公寓裡

Some houses is separated to upper and lower apartment.

有些房子會分成上下兩戶

Or, sometime, people like to be fancy and call it a suite.

有些人喜歡說套房(suite) 聽起來比較高級

But basically, these all means the same. They just tell you the number that the person lives in.

基本上意思都一樣 就是房號

No problems. So up until this point this is gonna be the same with Canadian and American addresses.

到目前為止美加的地址寫法都一樣

Now, this is how it differs. In Canada, we always have the cities that you're going to.

接下來就不同了 在加拿大 城市之後

We do not have states in Canada. We have a province. And then you're gonna put the country.

寫的是省 不是州 最後才寫國名

In the United States of the America, we're gonna put the city and the state.

美國的地址 城市之後 是州

Basically, the city and the state. Sorry the province and the state are the same thing.

基本上城和州 抱歉 是省和州 都一樣

Except, in Canada, we used the word province for territory.

在加拿大 我們說省

And in United States of America, they use states.

在美國 他們說州

Then after you're gonna put the country.

最後就放上國名

So I have, for example, city is Toronto.

舉個加拿大的地址 先寫多倫多市

The province in Canada is Ontario.

再來是 安大略省

And the country is Canada.

最後是國名 加拿大

If it was an American address, for example, you'll have Elizabeth would be the name of the city.

這是美國地址的話 伊麗莎白就是市名

NJ. Stands for the state of New Jersey.

NJ.代表新澤西州

And then we have USA. The United States of America. Got it?

最後寫USA 美國 懂了嗎?

And then we have in Canada. What we called the postal code. The postal code will always have

在加拿大 郵遞區號叫做postal code

One, two, three, four, five, six. Six characters.

一、二、三、四、五、六，總共六碼

It will be always letter, number, letter number, letter, number. This does not change.

組合都是字母 數字 字母 數字 不會變

This is once again, in Canada called postal code.

這就是加拿大的郵遞區號

In USA, it's different. They call it zip code. A zip code. I don't know why.

美國就不同了 他們說zip code 不知為啥

The zip code has one, two, three, four, five. Only five numbers.

總共有 一 二 三 四 五 只有五個數字

So, very famous television show 90210 is actually the zip code. Isn't that cool?

有個很有名的影集叫90210 就是郵遞區號 酷吧

Do you watch 90210? It's a zip code.

你看過90210嗎? 那是郵遞區號喔

So differences between sending letter to or an address in America and differences between Canada.

所以寄信時 美國和加拿大不同的地方

Two. Canada, we use provinces. United States, they use a state.

有兩點 加拿大用省 美國用州

Canada, we use a postal code. And then, United States they use a zip code.

加拿大是postal code 美國是zip code

So let's go to a little example of an envelope. Exciting.

來看點信封的小例子吧 耶 開心

You gonna go to the post office.

你要去郵局

And you're gonna have to buy stamp.

買張郵票

You buy lick it, stick it, Done.

舔一舔 黏上去 搞定!

So this is an example of a Canadian address.

這是加拿大地址的範例

We have our name Mr. Phil McKracken. We have his address.

收件者是Mr. Phil McKracken 地址是

42, Queef Dr. apartment 2, Toronto, Ont

安大略省多倫多市Queff路2號公寓之42

We like to shorten all of our provinces. To say, ont.

我們省名通常都用縮寫

Then have the country of Canada. Then I have my postal code. Okay.

再來是國名加拿大 再寫上郵遞區號 好了

The magic thing about the postal code or the zip code is this tells people exactly where's it going.

郵遞區號很神奇 能讓人知道信該送到哪

Because sometime people have the really bad hand writing. And this might all be a blur.

有時候 可能字跡太潦草 或是筆跡糊掉

But as long as you have the code or the number.

但只要有寫上郵遞區號

It will be really really easy to get to the location.

信就能輕易送到了

As long as you buy stamp.

前提是有貼郵票

As the example for the American letter,

這是美國信封的例子

again, we have the name ,the address with the street. Apartment number.

一樣 寫上名字 街名 公寓號碼

We have this city, the state, and then we have the country.

還有市名 州名 最後是國名

And of course, we have the five digi zip code.

當然 還有郵遞區號 是五個數字

One more really important thing on your letter.

另外還有一點很重要 那就是

Is you're going to want to put a return address.

要寫上返信地址

The return address means your address.

也就是你自己的地址

Just in case, the letter doesn't make it.

以防信沒順利寄達

All of our postal system in Canada is terrible, it's awful.

加拿大的郵政系統很糟糕

It can take five days for me to send a letter in the same city.

在同一個城市 寄封信要花五天才到

They lose mail. They forget to mail it. It's horrible.

還會把信弄丟 或忘記寄 超糟糕的

I recommend driving somewhere instead of sending a post in Canada.

在加拿大 與其寄信 不如自己開車去送信

But if it must be done, you're gonna put your return address on the top left corner.

如果非寄不可 要記得在左上寫返信地址

Of the envelope. The stamp should be actually right here.

郵票應該要貼在這裡

Your return address should be here.

返信地址則要在這裡

And you can write this in whatever the style you want. Whatever you're from.

這裡你想怎麼寫都可以

Make sure you put on your secret number.

記得寫上這個神秘小號碼

And then, the recipient address is here.

再來 收件者地址要寫在這裡

If you want to send me a letter, do you want to send me a letter?

如果你想寄信給我的話 你想寫信給我嗎?

It will take too long. How about you write me a comment.

那太花時間了 還是寫個留言就好吧

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去engvid.com 做測驗題

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