2022_실생활영어회화

Culture in Everyday Life Look at the pictures below. Why is the word FOREVER printed on the stamps? A With your partner, search the Internet to find out another interesting fact related to a postal service of another country. Then present it to the class. C Read the passage and check whether your guess is correct. B Forever Stamps USPS Forever Stamps are First-Class stamps (stamps for standard letters) issued by the United States Postal Service. What makes them special is that you can buy them at the current First-Class postage rate, and they remain valid even if that rate rises in the future. Forever Stamps don’t have a dollar amount printed on them. Instead, they’re worth whatever the First-Class postage rate for a one-ounce envelope is on any given day. Forever Stamps are easy to use. Simply buy stamps at the current First-Class rate, and you don’t have to worry about how much sending a standard letter costs. Stick a Forever Stamp on a standard envelope, drop your letter in the mailbox, and then you’re done. 84 Lesson 5