These days the Net, which has already re-made such everyday pastimes as buying books and sending mail, is reshaping Donovan's vocation as well.

如今，互联网已经改变了寄信这样的日常活动，也正在改变多诺汶曾经从事的这个职业。

" Oh, I've been underground, " said Lupin. " Almost literally. That's why I haven't been able to write, Harry; sending letters to you would have been something of a giveaway."

“哦，我在地下工作，”卢平说，“几乎真是地下。所以我没能写信，哈利。寄信给你会暴露的。”

Before, you had to go to the post office to… post your letters.

以前post的用法是，去邮局寄信。

OK, or just sending letters. How often do you write letters?

嗯，或说就是寄信。你多久写一次信？

Whether it's sending a letter or lighting your home. Networks make it happen.

从寄信的邮政网到电的电网幕后功臣都是网。

But it doesn't have to be as high friction as mailing snail mail to someone.

但其实不一定要这么麻烦，不一定要寄信。

An envelope is a flat paper container used to send a letter.

信封指平板纸容器，用来寄信。

He sent letters that he demanded be printed in the newspaper.

他寄信要求在报纸上刊登。

He headed to the post office to mail the letter.

他到邮局去寄信。

He forgets to send letters or gifts to his parents.

他忘记给父母寄信或寄礼物。

I was just helping sister Mary with the mailings for the fund-raiser.

我在帮Mary修女给助寄信。

He sent me that when he got out.

一出狱就寄信给我。

" Ah, you are sending off a letter, Princess? I have already dispatched mine. I have written to my poor mother, " said the smiling Mademoiselle Bourienne rapidly, in her pleasant mellow tones and with guttural r's.

“哦，您要寄信吗，公爵小姐？我已寄过信了。我给我可怜的母亲写了信。”布莉恩小姐满脸笑容，声音悦耳地匆匆说。

We're stopping in Port Lockroy which has the world's southern most post office and apparently there's a little gift shop there where you can buy postcards and postage and mail letters.

我们将在洛克罗伊港停留，那里有世界上最南端的邮局，当然，那还有一家小礼品店，可以购明信片、邮资寄信。

I'm just going to Hay to post a letter, and I'll be happy to take a message for you.'

我正要去海依寄信，我能帮您带个口信吗？”

Alright, if you're writing an address on an envelope to send a letter, you'll need a little more than just the street name and a number.

好的， 如果你要在信封上写地址寄信，仅仅街道名称门牌号是不够的。

The cost was to be paid by the sender by placing a small piece of black paper on the letter.

费用由寄信人通过在信上粘贴一张黑色小纸支付。

You 'll have to put another stamp on it." Man: " What's the good of that?

你需要再贴一张邮票。” 寄信人：“那样做有什么好处？

Their research team tries to track the letters by post marked zip code, but sometimes even that's not enough.

他们的研究小组试图通过追踪信件的邮区编号字母查明寄信地址，但不总是能成功。

That was all; it did not say who it was from. There was no stamp on it either.

只此而已，没有写寄信人的名字，也没贴邮票。