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笔记摘抄 Behind the clouds is the sun still shining 日历 TAG 登录 搜索 最后更新 最新评论 存档 链接 访问统计： 2006-01-14 Lesson 40 Describing People (Ⅳ) 描述人物(四) TAG： 口语 Conversation A: In a Western Clothing Store MARTIN: Hello, I'm Martin Learner. I phoned this morning. I want to speak to the manager. MANAGER: Good afternoon. I'm the manager. MARTIN: I'm happy to meet you. I want to talk to you about your clothing store. I'm writing a story. MANAGER: You told me. Are you writing about the store? MARTIN: I write about people. I want to write about the shoppers in your store. MANAGER: Fine. What do you want to know? MARTIN: What's your name? MANAGER: I'm Penny Byrd. MARTIN: May I call you Penny? MANAGER: Of course. MARTIN: Thanks. Do you sell men's clothing? MANAGER: Yes. We sell women's and men's clothing. The men's clothing is over there. MARTIN: What do you sell? MANAGER: We sell only Western clothing. MARTIN: Western clothing. What does that mean? MANAGER: The Western United States. People in the Western United States wear this clothing. Now many people like it. MARTIN: Do all people wear this clothing? MANAGER: No. Only some people wear this clothing. It's casual clothing. MARTIN: Is it cowboy clothing? MANAGER: Sometimes. Cowboys wear some of this clothing. MARTIN: OK. Now, let's look at some shoppers. Do you see that tall woman? MANAGER: Yes, I know her. She shops here often. She likes Western clothing. She's tall and thin. She looks very nice in Western shirts and pants. MARTIN: She doesn't look like a cowboy. MANAGER: No, she doesn't. MARTIN: Do you know the other woman? MANAGER: Yes, that's her daughter. MARTIN: She's very pretty. MANAGER: She works in a jewelry store. She likes long dresses for work. Her legs are long. She's very tall. She's big. She likes Western clothing. Come see the men's clothing. MARTIN: This shirt is nice. MANAGER: Do you like these things? Do you wear Western clothing? MARTIN: No. I'm not tall and thin. MANAGER: You're not short. And you're not fat. MARTIN: I'm average. I'm not tall and I'm not short. I'm not thin and I'm not fat. MANAGER: You have nice hair. MARTIN: It's average. It's not dark and it's not light. It's average brown. I'm only average. Practice 1：依照会话A回答下列问题： 1.Why does Martin come to the store? 2.What does Martin want to write in his story? 3.What does the manager sell? 4.Do only cowboys wear Western clothing? 5.What does she look like? 6.Where does she work? Conversation B MANAGER: Do you like this shirt? MARTIN: Yes, I do. I like blue. MANAGER: You have blue eyes. MARTIN: They're not blue. They're gray. MANAGER: They look blue. Are your arms long? MARTIN: They're not very long. They're not short. Let's talk about other people. MANAGER: Of course. MARTIN: Do you see that woman in the green dress? MANAGER: Yes, she often shops here. MARTIN: She's not very tall. And she's not fat. MANAGER: She looks very nice. Practice 3：依照会话B回答下列问题： 1.How does the manager try to persuade Martin to buy the shirt? 2.Does the woman in the green dress often shop in this store? Conversation C MARTIN: May I talk to some of the shoppers? MANAGER: Of course. MARTIN: Excuse me. May I ask some questions? MANAGER: This is Martin Learner. He's a reporter. FEMALE: OK. MARTIN: Do you like this clothing? FEMALE: Yes. MARTIN: What do you like? FEMALE: I like the shirts. I like the pants. I like the skirts. I like everything. MARTIN: Do you like the colors? FEMALE: Yes. See this blue dress. It's very nice. MANAGER: You look wonderful in blue. FEMALE: I'm very big. I'm tall and I'm big. I like the outdoors. This clothing is good outdoors. MANAGER: The clothing is strong. FEMALE: And I'm strong. MARTIN: Are you a farmer? FEMALE: No, but I work outdoors. I'm a gardener. I like to work in my garden. MARTIN: Do you wear this in the garden? FEMALE: Not only in the garden. MARTIN: Thanks. Practice 4：照会话C回答下列问题： 1.What kind of Western clothing does the female shopper like? 2.How does the shopper talk about herself? 3.What does she do? 4.Does she wear Western clothing only in the garden? Conversation D MANAGER: Good morning. May I help you? MAN: Yes. I want a hat. MANAGER: Let me show you these hats. MARTIN: Excuse me. I'm a reporter. I want to ask some questions. MAN: A reporter! MANAGER: He's writing a story about Western clothing. MARTIN: That's right. Do you wear Western clothing? MAN: Sometimes. It's good casual clothing. I want a Western hat. MANAGER: Do you like this one? MAN: I have a large head. MANAGER: This is a large hat. MAN: Let me try it. MARTIN: Do you like it? MAN: No, I don't. My face is very round. I don't like the hat. MANAGER: Try this one. MAN: My head looks very big. MARTIN: You look tall. MAN: I like that. I'm not very tall. MANAGER: You're not very short. MAN: I'm average. MARTIN: I'm only average. We're both average. Do you like this clothing? MAN: Yes. MARTIN: Are you a cowboy? MAN: A cowboy! I'm not a cowboy. MARTIN: Are you a farmer? MAN: I'm a lawyer. My home is in the city. This is casual clothing. It isn't clothing for work. How do I look?  MANAGER: You look very nice. MAN: My head is very big. I'm not very tall. My arms are short. My legs are short and I'm fat, but the hat is nice. Practice 5：依照会话D回答下列问题： 1.Does the man wear Western clothing? 2.Why doesn't the man like the hat the manager has chosen for him? 3.How tall is the man? 4.Is the man a cowboy or a farmer since he likes Western clothing so much? Practice 6：描述自己 Examples: FEMALE: I'm very big. I'm tall and big. I'm strong. MAN: My head is very big. I'm not very tall. My arms are short. My legs are short. And I'm fat. Conversation E MANAGER: Mr. Learner, do you see that woman over there? MARTIN: I see three women. Which one? MANAGER: Do you see the one with small feet? MARTIN: Small feet? Maybe. MANAGER: She has small feet and small hands. MARTIN: Is she short? MANAGER: Yes, she is. She has a small face. It's not a round face. MARTIN: Does she have blonde hair? MANAGER: Yes, that's the woman. She is on television. MANAGER: She reads the news on television. MARTIN: And she likes Western clothing. MANAGER: Of course. Practice 7：依照会话E回答下列问题： 1.What does the woman the manager is referring to look like? 2.What is her profession?  ■ baoer @ 22:56:45 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 39 Describing People (Ⅲ) 描述人物(三) TAG： 口语 Conversation A : At a Football Game MARTIN: Hello, Lee. How are you? LEE: Fine, thanks. How are you? MARTIN: Fine, thanks. You're early. Who was that young man with you? LEE: He's my son. MARTIN: How old is he? He's very big. LEE: He's fifteen. He wants to play football. MARTIN: Does he play now? LEE: Yes, he does. He plays in school. He's sitting with my brother. MARTIN: Which man is your brother? LEE: He has curly brown hair. MARTIN: Is he on the left? LEE: Yes, he's the one. MARTIN: His hair is black. LEE: No, it's dark brown. Here's Waleed. WALEED: Hi. MARTIN: Good afternoon, Waleed. LEE: How are you? WALEED: Fine, thanks. How are you, Lee? LEE: Fine. WALEED: How are you, Martin? MARTIN: I'm OK. Sit here, Waleed. WALEED: Thanks. Who is that? LEE: Which one? WALEED: Do you see that very tall man? LEE: I see two tall men. Which one? WALEED: He has light brown hair. LEE: Does he have very big feet? WALEED: Yes, he does! He has very big feet. LEE: Is that the coach? MARTIN: Yes, it is. WALEED: Where is the other coach? LEE: He's over there. Do you see that man with blond hair? WALEED: Is he short? LEE: Yes. He has a black book. WALEED: Yes, I see. Is your son here? LEE: Yes, he is. he's sitting with my brother. WALEED: Where? LEE: Over there. WALEED: What does he look like? MARTIN: He's big. WALEED: How old is he? LEE: He's fifteen years old. MARTIN: He has dark brown hair. LEE: No, he doesn't. He has black hair. My brother has dark brown hair. MARTIN: He has straight black hair. WALEED: Is it long? LEE: It's not very long. WALEED: What does your brother look like? MARTIN: He has curly brown hair. LEE: That's right. WALEED: I see them. Your son is very handsome. LEE: Thanks. He wants to play football. Practice 1： 1.How old is Lee's son? 2.What does he want to do? 3.What color is Lee's brother's hair? 4.Where is he sitting? 5.Who is the very tall man with light brown hair and big feet? 6.Does the other coach also have light brown hair? 7.Is he tall or short? 8.What does he have with him? Practice 2：问某人长相如何可用：What does he/she look like?他/她长得什么样? Examples: WALEED: What does he look like? MARTIN: He's big. WALEED: What does your brother look like? MARTIN: He has curly brown hair. Conversation B WALEED: Lee, does your son play football now? LEE: Yes, he does. He plays in high school. MARTIN: Does he want to go to college? LEE: Yes, he does. He wants to play college football. WALEED: Lee, who is that woman with your brother? LEE: I can't see. What does she look like? WALEED: She has long blonde hair. MARTIN: She's very tall and thin. LEE: Is she pretty? WALEED: She's very pretty. MARTIN: She's sitting behind your brother. LEE: Oh. I see. That's my sister. Practice 3：依照会话B回答下列问题： 1.Where does Lee's son play football? 2.What does she look like? Conversation C WALEED: Lee, your son is very handsome and your sister is very pretty. LEE: We're a handsome family. MARTIN: Some are handsome and some are not. LEE: Do you see that player over there? MARTIN: The very big player? LEE: Yes. He's the one with long legs and big arms. WALEED: This is a football game. There are many players with long legs and big arms. LEE: I know. Do you see that short player? Look behind the short player. Now do you see the one with long legs and big arms? MARTIN: Maybe. LEE: Who is he? WALEED: He's a new player. MARTIN: I don't know his name. He came from Dallas. LEE: Would you like something to eat? WALEED: Something to drink. Practice 4：依照会话C回答下列问题： 1.Are there many players with long legs and big arms? 2.Where is the new player from? ■ baoer @ 22:54:33 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 38 Describing People (Ⅱ) 描述人物(二) TAG： 口语 Conversation A : At a Concert  CARA: That was beautiful. Did you like it, Martin? MARTIN: It was wonderful. CARA: Did you like it, Howard? HOWARD: Of course. CARA: Now, Howard, which one is your sister? HOWARD: That woman playing the violin. CARA: Which one? HOWARD: She has a black dress. MARTIN: They all have black dresses. HOWARD: She has red hair. CARA: Oh, I see. She has beautiful hands. She has long fingers. MARTIN: Yes, she does. I like her hair. Your hair isn't red. HOWARD: Our father's hair is red. He doesn't like his red hair. CARA: Does your sister like her hair? HOWARD: Yes, she does. CARA: It's very nice. MARTIN: Is her violin old? HOWARD: Yes, it is. It's very old. CARA: Martin, who is that man over there? MARTIN: Which man? CARA: He's sitting behind that tall man. MARTIN: The man with white hair? CARA: No, no. Look to the right. Do you see that tall man? MARTIN: Maybe. CARA: Who is the man sitting behind the tall man? MARTIN: I can't see his face. CARA: Now look. HOWARD: Is he the man with the large head? CARA: Yes. He has a round face and brown hair. MARTIN: He's a Senator. HOWARD: What's his name? MARTIN: I don't know. CARA: Where is he from? MARTIN: I don't know. Practice 1：依照会话A回答下列问题： 1.How do they like the music? 2.How is Howard's sister different from other players. 3.Does Howard have red hair like his sister? 4.What color is Howard's father's hair? 5.Is his sister's violin new or old? 6.What does the Senator look like? Conversation B MARTIN: Your sister is wonderful, Howard. CARA: Yes, she is. She's very pretty, too. HOWARD: Thank you. CARA: Is she very tall? HOWARD: Yes, she is. CARA: She has long arms and long fingers. MARTIN: You're not tall. Is your father tall? HOWARD: No, he's short. My mother is short. I'm short, too. HOWARD:But my sister and brother are tall. CARA: What color are her eyes? HOWARD: They are blue. CARA: I like red hair and blue eyes. HOWARD: Don't you like my hair? MARTIN: You don't have any hair. HOWARD: I have some hair. CARA: You have very nice blue eyes, too. Practice 2：描述人的外貌特征。 Examples: HOWARD: She has red hair. CARA: She has beautiful hands. She has long fingers. MARTIN: Your hair isn't red. HOWARD: My father's hair is red. HOWARD: Is he the man with the large head? CARA: Yes. He has round face and brown hair. Conversation C CARA: Howard, your sister is very beautiful. Is your brother handsome? HOWARD: Of course. We're all handsome. But he has hair. MARTIN: Would you like a drink? CARA: Yes, please. Anything. HOWARD: May I help? MARTIN: No, thanks. I'm going to get them. CARA: Howard, do you see that large woman? HOWARD: The one behind Martin? CARA: No, no. The one with brown hair. HOWARD: The one with the white dress? CARA: Yes. Who is she? HOWARD: She works in our building. CARA: Where does she work? HOWARD: Upstairs. She knows Martin. They're talking. CARA: Do you know her? HOWARD: Yes. She's very interesting. MARTIN: How are you, Helen? HELEN: Fine, thanks. Do you like the concert? MARTIN: Yes. Very much. Do you like the music? HELEN: Yes, I do. Who is that woman with Howard? MARTIN: She's Cara Guiterrez. HELEN: She has a very nice face. But she's very thin. MARTIN: Come meet her. MARTIN: Here you are. CARA: Thank you, Martin. HOWARD: Thanks. MARTIN: Cara, this is Helen Stockdale. CARA: Hello. I'm Cara Guiterrez. HELEN: Martin told me. I'm happy to meet you. Hello, Howard. How are you? HOWARD: Fine, thanks. How are you? HELEN: Fine, thanks. Do you like the concert, Howard? HOWARD: I love it. CARA: His sister is playing. HELEN: That's wonderful. Which one is she? MARTIN: She plays the violin. HOWARD: She's very tall. She has red hair and blue eyes. CARA: She has long arms and long fingers. HELEN: Yes, I know. CARA: Helen, do you know that man? He has gray hair and gray eyes. HELEN: I don't see him. CARA: He's behind that fat woman. HELEN: Is she short? CARA: Yes. She has a very round face. MARTIN: What color are her eyes? CARA: I can't see her eyes. HELEN: Does she have black hair? CARA: Yes, she does. HELEN: That's Mrs. Van Wolk. She has a cafe on M Street. CARA: Oh, yes. Now I see. HELEN: I don't know the man. CARA: When is the concert finished? HOWARD: At 10：30. Practice 3：依照对话C回答下列问题。 1.Are Howard's sister and brother and he himself all good-looking? 2.Who is going to get some drinks? 3.How does Howard comment on the large woman? 4.Who is the large woman? 5.Do Helen and Martin both like the concert?  6.What does Helen think of Cara's look? 7.Who is the fat woman? 8.What does she do? Practice 4：描述人的外貌特征。 Examples: CARA: Howard, your sister is very beautiful. Is your brother handsome? HOWARD: We're all handsome. CARA: Do you see that large woman? The one with brown hair? HELEN: She has a very nice face. But she is very thin. CARA: She has long arms and fingers. HOWARD: She has red hair and blue eyes. CARA: He has gray hair and gray eyes. ■ baoer @ 22:51:33 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 37 Describing People (Ⅰ) 描述人物(一) TAG： 口语 Conversation A : At a Beach SUE: Daddy, when are you going to come in the water? MARTIN: Not now. Maybe later. SUE: May I go in the water? MARTIN: Where is Alan? Is he in the water? SUE: No, he's talking to that girl. MARTIN: Which one? SUE: The tall girl. MARTIN: They are all tall. Which one? SUE: She's the one with black hair. MARTIN: Who is that girl? SUE: She's in Alan's class at school. MARTIN: Do we know her? SUE: I know her. MARTIN: Do I know her parents? What's her name? SUE: I don't know her name. MARTIN: Where is your mother? SUE: She's talking to those women. MARTIN: Where? SUE: Over there. See? She's talking to that short woman. MARTIN: I see. Yes, that woman is very short. I don't know her. SUE: Mama works with her. MARTIN: Oh. Where are your friends? SUE: They're not here. MARTIN: When are they coming? SUE: They're coming this morning. But they're not here yet. See that man? He's my teacher. MARTIN: Which man? SUE: He's the tall one. He has blue eyes. MARTIN: I can’t see his eyes. What color is his hair? SUE: His hair is brown. MARTIN: I see two men with brown hair. Is he thin? SUE: No, he's very big. He's big and tall. MARTIN: And he has brown hair. I see him. What color is his swim suit?  SUE: It's red. EILEEN: Hello. You aren't swimming, Sue. SUE: Daddy doesn't want to swim. EILEEN: Can't you watch, Martin? MARTIN: I don't want to move. SUE: Mama, you come in the water. EILEEN: Wait a minute. Who is that girl? MARTIN: Which girl? EILEEN: The girl is talking to Alan. MARTIN: Which girl is talking to Alan? EILEEN: The tall one. MARTIN: Does she have black hair? EILEEN: Yes. MARTIN: She's a girl in Alan's school. EILEEN: She's very pretty. SUE: She's beautiful. I want black hair. EILEEN: Your hair is very pretty. MARTIN: Yes, your hair is nice. SUE: When can we go in the water? EILEEN: Let's go now. Practice 1：依照会话A回答下列问题： 1.What is Alan doing? 2.What does the girl with Alan look like? 3.What is Sue's mother doing? 4.How do you describ the woman Sue's mother is talking about? 5.How does Sue' mother know her? 6.When are Sue' friends coming? 7.What does Sue's teacher look like? 8.What color is Sue’s teacher’s swim suit? Practice 2：用形容词来描述人的外表。 Examples: SUE: The tall girl. MARTIN: They are all tall. SUE: She's the one with black hair. She's talking to that short woman. MARTIN: Yes, that woman is very short. SUE: He's the tall one. He has blue eyes. MARTIN: What color is his hair? SUE: His hair is brown. MARTIN: Tall. Tall girl. Black. Black hair. Short. Very short. Very short woman. Tall. Tall one. Blue. Blue eyes. Brown. Brown hair. Conversation B ALAN: Hi, Dad. Where is Sue? MARTIN: She's with your mother. They went swimming. ALAN: I'm too late. MARTIN: Yes, you are. ALAN: Where you they? MARTIN: Look out there. Can you see them? ALAN: Where? MARTIN: Can you see two people there? ALAN: Maybe. Oh, yes. I see Sue's blonde hair. MARTIN: Sue's a good swimmer. ALAN: And mother is, too. MARTIN: Who were those girls? ALAN: Which girls? MARTIN: The girls over there. You were talking to them. ALAN: They're friends. MARTIN: Are they from your school? ALAN: Some are from school. MARTIN: Which ones? ALAN: Do you see the tall girl? She has black hair. She has a small head and big brown eyes. MARTIN: Were you talking to her? ALAN: Yes, I was. MARTIN: Yes, I see her. ALAN: She's in my class at school. Do you see that woman behind the girls? MARTIN: Is she sitting? ALAN: Yes, she is. She's sitting with a little boy. She's that girl's mother. And the boy is her brother. MARTIN: Where is the father? ALAN: He's bringing food. Do you see that short girl? MARTIN: The one with brown hair? ALAN: No, the one with blonde hair. MARTIN: Yes. She's standing beside the tall girl. ALAN: She's in my school, too. She's not in my class. Her mother and father are here too. Do you know them? MARTIN: I don't know. who are they? ALAN: Mr. and Mrs Kovisar. MARTIN: I know the name. Where are they? ALAN: Mr. Kovisar is that fat man. MARTIN: He's not very fat! He's only big. ALAN: He's fat. He's short and fat. MARTIN: Which woman is Mrs. Kovisar? ALAN: I don't see her. MARTIN: Who are the other girls? ALAN: They're not from my school. I only met them today. Do you want to swim? MARTIN: Maybe later. You go. Sue likes swimming with you. ALAN: OK. See you later. Practice 3：依照对话B回答下列问题： 1.Where is Sue? 2.What are Sue and her mother doing? 3.Who were those girls Alan was talking to? 4.How does Alan describe one of the girls? 5.What does Alan say about her family? 6.How is Martin's opinion different from his son's about Mr. Kovisar's phsical characteristics? 7.Who are the other girls? 8.Does Martin want to swim this time? Practice 4：用形容词描述人的整体或部位。 Examples:  ALAN: I see Sue's blonde hair. Do you see the tall girl? She has black hair. She has a small head amd big brown eyes. She's sitting with a little boy. Do you see that short girl? The one with blonde hair. Mr Kovisar is that fat man. He's short and fat. MARTIN: Blonde. Blonde hair. Tall. Tall girl. Black. Black hair. Small. Small head. Big. Brown. Big brown eyes. ■ baoer @ 22:49:13 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 36 Expressing Time 表示时间 TAG： 口语 Conversation A : On a University Campus MARTIN: Hello. I'm Martin Learner. I'm a reporter. Who are you? NANCY: I'm Nancy Kibelstis. MARTIN: May I talk to you? I want to ask some questions. NANCY: Maybe. MARTIN: Are you a student? NANCY: Yes. MARTIN: What are you studying? NANCY: Elementary education. MARTIN: Are you going to be a teacher? NANCY: Of course. JACKIE: Good morning. I'm Jackie. MARTIN: What are you doing here, Jackie? JACKIE: I'm a student. I'm studying history. MARTIN: What are you doing here today? JACKIE: Oh, We're demonstrating. MARTIN: When is the demonstration? JACKIE: In the afternoon. NANCY: No, it isn't. It's this morning. MARTIN: Let's ask those students. Practice 1：依照会话A回答下列问题： 1.What does Nancy do? 2.What is she studying at the university? 3.Why are they both on campus? 4.When is the demonstration? Conversation B CARA: Good morning. I'm Cara Gutierrez. I'm a reporter. May I ask you some questions? VINCE: OK. Where are you from? CARA: I'm a reporter for the Voice of America. Who are you? VINCE: I'm Vince Anzalone. CARA: Are you a student? VINCE: Yes. I'm a student at the university. CARA: Are you a student at this university? VINCE: Of course. CARA: Are all these people students? VINCE: Yes. They are not all from this university. CARA: Where are they from? VINCE: I don't know. CARA: What are you studying? VINCE: I'm studying biology. CARA: What is this demonstration? VINCE: It's about pollution. CARA: What do you mean? VINCE: Pollution. You know-pollution. CARA: What kind of pollution? VINCE: Environmental pollution. Pollution in the river. CARA: When is the demonstration? VINCE: It's now. This is the demonstration. CARA: What are the students going to do? VINCE: They're going to talk. They're going to sing. Some are going to speak. Some are going to read things. They're going to demonstrate. CARA: When is someone going to speak? VINCE: Before lunch. Maybe after lunch, too. CARA: Are they going to the river? VINCE: Yes. We're going to walk to the river. We're going to look at the pollution. CARA: When are you going to the river? VINCE: At twelve o'clock. We want everyone to see the river. Practice 2：依照会话B回答下列问题： 1.Where and what is he studying? 2.Are all the students from the same university? 3.What is this demonstration? 4.When is the demonstration? 5.What are the students going to do ? 6.When are they going to speak and going to the river? Practice 3： When 用来问时间时，其回答可以是大致时间，也可以是确切时间。 Examples: MARTIN: When is the demonstration? NANCY: In the afternoon. JACKIE: No, it isn't. It's in the morning. CARA: When is the demonstration? VINCE: It's now. CARA: When are you going to the river? VINCE: At twelve o'clock. Conversation C CARA: Hello, Martin. MARTIN: Hello, When is the demonstration? I've been talking to some students. They don't know. CARA: I talked to one student. The demonstration is now. This is the demonstration. Practice 4：依照会话C回答下列问题： 1.Does Martin known the time for the demonstration? 2.When is the demonstration? Conversation D MARTIN: What are you doing? PETE: I'm demonstrating. MARTIN: What's that? PETE: It's a story. It's a story about pollution. It's a story about the river. The river was clean. MARTIN: When was the river clean? PETE: Many years ago. Now the environment is polluted. Here, read the story. MARTIN: The river is polluted. PETE: Of course. Our environment is polluted. MARTIN: What are you going to do? PETE: We're going to clean it up. MARTIN: You're going to clean up the river? PETE: We're going to clean up everything. MARTIN: When are you going to clean up the river? PETE: This year. CARA: Hi, I'm Cara. Who are you? HEATHER: I'm Heather. ALISHA: I'm Alisha. Are you a student? CARA: No, I'm a reporter. HEATHER: Good. Where are you from? CARA: Washington. HEATHER: What newspaper are you from? CARA: I'm not from a newspaper. I'm from the Voice of America. ALISHA: What are you doing here? CARA: I want to talk to students. I want to write a story about the demonstration. What are you doing here? HEATHER: We're demonstrating! I don't like pollution! ALISHA: Look at the river. It's polluted. I want to clean up the river. CARA: What are you going to do? ALISHA: We're going to work. We're going to talk. HEATHER: And write. And speak. MARTIN: Hello, Cara. This is Vince. He's going to show me the river. Can you come? CARA: Yes. This is Heather. And this is Alisha. ALL: Hello. Hi. I'm happy to meet you. CARA: May I come with you? VINCE: Of course. Do you want to come? HEATHER: I can't. I'm going to meet someone. ALISHA: When are you going to meet them? HEATHER: Before lunch. VINCE: Come with us. We're going to come back. HEATHER: When are you going to come back? VINCE: In a few minutes. CARA: I want to see the river. ALISHA: We want to clean up the river. HEATHER: We want to clean up the city. We want to clean up everything. VINCE: We have to clean up the environment. Practice 5：用大致的时间来回答以 When 开头的问句。 Examples: MARTIN: When was the river clean? PETE: Many years ago. MARTIN: When are you going to clean up the river? PETE: This year. ALISHA: When are you going to meet them? HEATHER: Before lunch. ■ baoer @ 22:46:07 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 35 Asking Questions About Specific Time 询问确切时间 TAG： 口语 Conversation A : Buying Tickets  MALE: Good morning. MARTIN: Good morning. I want to buy a train ticket to Baltimore. What time is the train? MALE: There is a train at four-fifteen. There is another train at six forty-five. MARTIN: I want the six forty-five train. What time does it arrive in Baltimore? MALE: At eight-thirty. Here you are. FEMALE: Good afternoon. May I help you? MARTIN: Hello. I want to buy some tickets to the concert. FEMALE: What night do you want? MARTIN: Next Wednesday please. FEMALE: How many tickets do you want? MARTIN: I want four tickets. FEMALE: I don't have tickets for Wednesday night. Do you want another night? MARTIN: Do you have tickets for Thursday night? FEMALE: Let me see. Yes, I have four tickets for Thursday night? MARTIN: Where are the seats? FEMALE: Look here. They are right here. MARTIN: That's very good. I want those tickets. What time is the concert? FEMALE: At eight o'clock. MARTIN: What time does the concert finish? FEMALE: At ten-fifteen. Here are your tickets. MARTIN: Thanks. MARTIN: Hello. MALE: Hi. MARTIN: I want some tickets for the ball game. MALE: When? MARTN: For next week. MALE: What day? MARTIN: For Sunday. MALE: Sunday afternoon?  MARTIN: Yes. MALE: How many? MARTIN: Three. MALE: Let me see. OK. I have three tickets for Sunday afternoon. MARTIN: Where are the seats? MALE: Right here. Behind the batter. Is that OK? MARTIN: Good. I want those. What time is the game on Sunday? MALE: It's at twelve-thirty. MARTIN: What time does the game finish? MALE: I don't know. Maybe it will finish at four or four-thirty. MARTIN: OK. Thanks. MALE: Wait! Here are your tickets. Practice 1： What time (=when)用来询问确切的时间。 Example One: MARTIN: What time is the train? MALE: At four-fifteen. MARTIN: What time does it arrive in Baltimore? MALE: At eight-thirty. MARTIN: What time is the concert? FEMALE: At eight o'clock. MARTIN: What time does the concert finish? FEMALE: At ten- fifteen. MARTIN: What time is the game on Sunday? MALE: At twelve-thirty. MARTIN: What time does the game finish? MALE: At four or four-thirty. Example Two: MARTIN: I'm going to the concert on Thursday. FEMALE: What time is the concert? Conversation B  FEMALE: Good afternoon. May I help you? MARTIN: Yes, please. I want to buy a ticket for the movie. FEMALE: For today? MARTIN: Yes. What time is the movie? FEMALE: At two o'clock, four o'clock, seven-thirty, and nine-fifteen. MARTIN: I want a ticket for four o'clock. FEMALE: How many? MARTIN: Only one. FEMALE: For today? MARTIN: Yes, for today, at four o'clock. FEMALE: I'm sorry. I don't have any tickets for four o'clock. Do you want another time? MARTIN: What time do you have tickets for? FEMALE: Two o'clock and nine-fifteen. Do you want a ticket? MARTIN: No, thank you. FEMALE2: Hi.  MARTIN: Hello. I want to buy a ticket for the movie. Do you have any tickets? FEMALE2: Yes, I do. What time do you want? MARTIN: What time is the movie? FEMALE2: Twelve-thirty, three-fifteen, five-thirty, eight o'clock, and ten o'clock, What time do you want? MARTIN: Five-thirty. FEMALE2: Which movie do you want?  MARTIN: Pardon? FEMALE2: Which movie do you want? There are three movies. MARTIN: I don't know. MALE: May I help you? MARTIN: Do you have tickets for tonight? MALE: No, I don't. MARTIN: When do you have tickets for?  MALE: I have tickets for next week. MARTIN: Which day?  MALE: Tuesday night. MARTIN: Who is playing next week? MALE: Baltimore and New York. MARTIN: What time is the game? MALE: It's at eight o'clock. MARTIN: What time does the game finish? MALE: It sometimes finishes at ten or ten -thirty. MARTIN: Do you have three tickets? MALE: Of course. Do you want three tickets? MARTIN: Yes. Where are the seats? MALE: Here. Or here. Or here. Which seats do you want? MARTIN: Right here. That's very good. I want three tickets. MALE: OK. Wait a minute. MALE2: Good evening. MARTIN: Good evening. I want to buy a ticket. MALE2: Where are you going? MARTIN: I'm going to Philadelphia. What time is the train to Philadelphia? MALE2: The next train is at two forty-five. MARTIN: I'm not going today. What time is the train tomorrow. MALE2: At two forty-five. The train to Philadelphia is at two forty-five every day. MARTIN: Is that the only train? MALE2: No. MARTIN: What time are the other trains? MALE2: At six-fifteen in the morning. At two forty-five in the afternoon. And ten-thirty at night. Do you want a ticket? MARTIN: I don't want a ticket today. Thanks. MALE2: You're welcome. Practice 2：用 what time 询问确切时间。 Examples: MARTIN: What time is the movie? What time do you have tickets for? FEMALE: What time do you want? MARTIN: What time is the game? What time does the game finish? ■ baoer @ 22:43:41 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 34 Expressing Both Specific and General Time 表示确切时间和大致时间 TAG： 口语 Conversation A : At the Train Station EILEEN: What time does the train go? MARTIN: At nine-fifteen. EILEEN: What time does it arrive in Pittsburgh? MARTIN: I don't know. EILEEN: When is your meeting? MARTIN: I have many meetings. They are in the afternoon. EILEEN: When are you coming home? MARTIN: Tonight. EILEEN: We're going to meet the train. MARTIN: Is Alan going to come with you? EILEEN: Yes, he is. MARTIN: When is his game? EILEEN: Tomorrow evening. MARTIN: Isn't the game this evening? EILEEN: No, it isn't. It's tomorrow evening. MARTIN: When was it last week? EILEEN: It was on Wednesday. It's on Thursday this week. MARTIN: I see. What time is the game? EILEEN: Is't at seven-thirty. MARTIN: Good. I'm going to go. EILEEN: That's wonderful. He wants you to go. MARTIN: When are you going to your office? EILEEN: After lunch. I worked late last night. MARTIN: What time are you going to go? EILEEN: At one-thirty. What time is the train tonight? MARTIN: It arrives at eight-forty-five. EILEEN: OK. Sue can come, too. Can you eat on the train? MARTIN: Yes, I can. But I'm going to eat in Pittsburgh. EILEEN: Good. Sue can finish her homework before dinner. MARTIN: What time are you going to have dinner? EILEEN: At seven o'clock. MARTIN: When are you going to come to the train station? EILEEN: At eight o'clock. Practice 1：如果不必说明确切的时间，可以用比较笼统的方式表示时间。 Examples: MARTIN: In the afternoon. Tonight. EILEEN: Tomorrow evening. On Wednesday. On Thursday. After lunch. Last night. Before dinner. MARTIN: At nine-fifteen. EILEEN: At seven-thirty. At one-thirty. MARTIN: At eight-forty-five. EILEEN: At seven o'clock. At eight o'clock. Conversation B EILEEN: Martin, when did you first visit Pittsburgh? MARTIN: In 1975. I wrote a story about Pittsburgh ten years ago. I wrote a story three years ago. And I visited last year, too. EILEEN: When did you first visit Washington? MARTIN: I don't know. Many years ago. Practice 2：表示过去的事件或活动的时间短语，常常是由“表示时间的名词(词组)+副词 ago”构成，也可由“形容词 last+表示时间的名词”或“in+年代”构成。 Examples: MARTIN: Three years ago. Ten years ago. Many years ago.  In 1975.Last year. Conversation C MARTIN: Are you going shopping today? EILEEN: Yes. MARTIN: When are you going shopping. EILEEN: After work. I must buy some food. MARTIN: Please buy some coffee. EILEEN: Don't we have coffee? MARTIN: No, I finished the coffee. EILEEN: When? MARTIN: This morning. I made coffee for breakfast. When did you buy coffee? EILEEN: I bought coffee last week. Are you drinking too much coffee? MARTIN: I like coffee. EILEEN: When do you drink so much coffee? MARTIN: In the morning. I like coffee in the morning. EILEEN: What time is it. Martin? MARTIN: It's nine-twenty. EILEEN: What time is the train to Pittsburgh? MARTIN: At nine-thirty. EILEEN: May I buy a newspaper? I didn't read the newspaper this morning.  MARTIN: I don't know. Can you wait? EILEEN: When can I buy the newspaper? MARTIN: In a few minutes. I'm going in a few minutes. EILEEN: Martin, are you going to work on Saturday? MARTIN: No, I don't like to work on weekends. EILEEN: Can you take Sue and her friends to the park? MARTIN: When? EILEEN: In the afternoon. There is band concert. MARTIN: What time is the concert? EILEEN: The concert is at two-fifteen. MARTIN: What band is playing? EILEEN: There are three school bands playing. Some of Sue's friends are playing in the band. MARTIN: What time are they going to finish? EILEEN: At four o'clock. I want to work on Saturday. MARTIN: Do you want to work at home? EILEEN: No, I can't. I want to work at the office. VALERIE: Eileen? Hi. How are you? EILEEN: Hello! What are you doing here, Valerie? Martin, this is Valerie McCormick. MARTIN: Hello. Eileen told me about you. I'm happy to meet you.  VALERIE: How are you?  MARTIN: Fine, thanks. EILEEN: Where are you going? What are you doing here? VALERIE: I'm going home. I brought my husband to the train. EILEEN: What time is his train? VALERIE: It was at nine-ten. It left. MARTIN: Where is he going? VALERIE: He's going to Hartford, Connecticut. Where are you going?  EILEEN: Martin is going to Pittsburgh. VALERIE: What time is your train? MARTIN: It's at nine-thirty. I'm going now. Good-bye. EILEEN: Good-bye. Be careful. VALERIE: Good-bye. Martin. Practice 3：巩固确切时间及大致时间的表达法。 Examples: MARTIN: At nine-thirty. EILEEN: At two-fifteen. At four o'clock. EILEEN: After work. MARTIN: This morning. EILEEN: Last week. MARTIN: In the morning. In a few minutes. EILEEN: In the afternoon. ■ baoer @ 22:41:20 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 33 Stating the General Time of Your Activities 表示活动的大致时间 TAG： 口语 Conversation A : At the Office CARA: Hello, Martin. Did you finish your story? MARTIN: Yes, I did. I worked on Saturday. CARA: When did you finish? MARTIN: I finished in the evening. WALEED: Hello, Cara, Martin. CARA: Hi, Waleed. MARTIN: Good morning, Waleed. How are you? WALEED: Fine, thanks. Did you have a nice weekend? CARA: Wonderful. MARTIN: I worked. WALEED: Did you work at the office? MARTIN: No, I worked at home. I finished a story. WALEED: I can't work on the weekend. The children are very noisy.  MARTIN: I don't like to work on weekends. CARA: Martin, when are you going to Pittsburgh? MARTIN: On Tuesday. WALEED: Are you working on a story? MARTIN: Yes, I'm writing a story about Pittsburgh. WALEED: Didn't you write a story about Pittsburgh last year? MARTIN: Yes, I did. I wrote a story three years ago, too. I visit Pittsburgh often. sometimes I write a story. I want to see the changes. WALEED: Has it changed? MARTIN: Yes, it has changed. I wrote a story ten years ago, too. WALEED: Pardon? MARTIN: Ten years ago. CARA: When did you first visit Pittsburgh? MARTIN: In 1975. I went with my father to a baseball game. HOWARD: Good morning, everybody. OTHERS: Good morning, Howard. Hi. Good morning. How are you? HOWARD: Where are you going this week, Martin? MARTIN: Pittsburgh. HOWARD: When are you going? MARTIN: I'm going on Tuesday. CARA: I'm going to work now. There's meeting this morning. HOWARD: When is the meeting? CARA: It's at eleven forty-five. WALEED: Eleven forty-five? When is our meeting, Martin? MARTIN: Our meeting is at eleven forty-five. WALEED: Can we change our meeting? MARTIN: Of course. What time do you want to meet? WALEED: Can we meet at eleven o'clock? MARTIN: Yes, we can. Do you want to meet in your office? WALEED: Can we meet in your office? MARTIN: When are we going to finish? WALEED: Before the other meeting. Practice 1：“介词 at+几点钟”表示特定某点时间，介词 on, in, before, ago 等与时间名词搭配表示某段时间。 Example One: MRTIN: At seven o'clock. CARA: At eleven forty-five. WALEED: At eleven o'clock. MARTIN: At four o'clock. CARA: At ten-thiry. Example Two: MARTIN: On Saturday. In the evening. WALEED: On the weekend. MARTIN: On Tuesday. WALEED: Last year. MARTIN: Three years ago. Ten years ago. In 1975. WALEED: Before the other meeting. Conversation B CARA: When are you going to have lunch? WALEED: I'm not going to have lunch. HOWARD: After I finish my work. MARTIN: At twelve-thirty. MARTIN: Cara, when are you going to Europe? CARA: We're going next month. WALEED: Can we go to lunch now? CARA: Howard isn't here. WALEED: When is he coming? MARTIN: In a few minutes. WALEED: Where are you going in Europe? CARA: We're going many places. WALEED: Are you going to Bulgaria? CARA: Yes, we are. WALEED: When are you going there? CARA: Let me see. In about three weeks. WALEED: I have an uncle in Bulgaria. Can you phone him? CARA: Of course. Please give me his phone number. WALEED: OK. I'm going to bring it next week. MARTIN: When did your uncle go to Bulgaria? WALEED: Many years ago. He was a student. He studied engineering. MARTIN: Did he stay there? WALEED: Yes, he did. He married. He had children. MARTIN: When did you see him? WALEED: Twenty years ago. He came to see my father. WALEED: He is my father's brother. HOWARD: I'm here. WALEED: Good, Can we go now? HOWARD: Were you waiting for me? WALEED: Of course. HOWARD: Yes, let's go. CARA: Martin, when are we going to Georgetown University? MARTIN: Next week. The demonstration is on Wednesday. HOWARD: What demonstration is that? CARA: It is Environmental Day. There is a big demonstration. WALEED: What is Environmental Day? MARTIN: The students are having a demonstration about environmental problems. Cara and I are going to write a story. WALEED: What problems are they demonstrating about? CARA: Many problems. MARTIN: We're going to write about river pollution. CARA: Yes. The university is on the river. We want to listen to the speeken. We want to write about pollution. MARTIN: We had a story about ocean pollution. WALEED: When? CARA: A few weeks ago. We visited the Atlantic Ocean. HOWARD: When did you go to the Atlantic Ocean? MARTIN: In the summer. WALEED: Did you see pollution in the ocean? CARA: Yes, we did. We saw pollution in some places. MARTIN: We saw pollution in the river, too. HOWARD: When? MARTIN: Last week. Last month. Last year. We want to write about pollution. Practice 2：表示一段时间的短语有些是表示过去的时间，有些是表示将来的时间，有些既能表示将来也能表示过去。 Example One: (表示过去) WALEED: Many years ago. Twenty years ago. CARA: A few weeks ago. MARTIN: Last week. Last month. Last year. Example Two:(表示将来) CARA: Next month. MARTIN: In a few minutes. CARA: In about three weeks. WALEED: Next week. Example Three: (表示将来及过去) WALEED: For three years. MARTIN: On Wednesday. In the summer. ■ baoer @ 22:39:16 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 32 Giving the Specific Time of Events 表示事件的确切时间 TAG： 口语 Conversation A : At Home in the Evening  EILEEN: Did you finish your work? MARTIN: Yes, I did. Where are the children? EILEEN: Sue is reading. Alan is dressing. MARTIN: Dressing? EILEEN: For the party. He's going to a party tonight. MARTIN: Oh, yes. That's right. When is the party? EILEEN: The party begins at ten o'clock. MARTIN: Is he dressing now? It's only seven o'clock. EILEEN: I know. But he's dressing. The party is important. Martin, are you going to take Sue to the movies tomorrow? MARTIN: I can. Does she want to go tomorrow? EILEEN: Yes, she does. When is your meeting tomorrow? MARTIN: In the morning. EILEEN: When is the meeting? MARTIN: At eleven o'clock. EILEEN: Can you go to the movies in the afternoon? MARTIN: Yes, I can. When? EILEEN: At four o'clock. MARTIN: OK. EILEEN: Sue wants to go to Jennifer's house tomorrow. She can go in the morning. MARTIN: When is dinner? EILEEN: You didn't eat lunch. Do you want dinner? MARTIN: Very much! EILEEN: Dinner is at seven-thirty. SUE: Hi. May I come in? MARTIN: Of course. SUE: Did you finish your work? MARTIN: Yes, I did. SUE: Can we go to the movies tomorrow? MARTIN: Yes, we can. SUE: When? MARTIN: In the afternoon. SUE: Can we go at six o'clock? I want to go to Jennifer's house. MARTIN: That's very late. You have school on Monday. Let's go at four o'clock. SUE: When can I go to Jennifer's house? EILEEN: You can go to Jennifer's house in the morning. SUE: May I phone Jennifer now? EILEEN: No. It's time for dinner. SUE: When may I phone her? EILEEN: After dinner. SUE: When is dinner? EILEEN: At seven-thirty. MARTIN: Dinner In a few minutes. SUE: OK. I'm going to read. EILEEN: I'm going to finish dinner. Come help me. MARTIN: OK. Practice 1：情态动词 may 和 can 在构成疑问句时，都用倒装句型，移到主语之前，有时都可表示“可以”的意思，但 may 有“许可”的含义，can 有“能够”的含义。 Examples: SUE: May I come in? MARTIN: Of course. SUE: May I phone Jennifer now? EILEEN: No. It's time for dinner. SUE: Can we go to the movies tomorrow? MARTIN: Yes, we can. SUE: Can we go at six o'clock? MARTIN: No, that's very late. SUE: When can I go to Jennifer's house? EILEEN: You can go to Jennifer's house in the morning. Practice 2：比较笼统的时间用语，一般表示一段时间。确切的时间用语常常由一个数字，后面加上 o'clock(点钟)构成。 Example One:EILEEN: Tonight.Tomorrow. MARTIN: In the morning. EILEEN: In the afternoon. MARTIN: On Monday. EILEEN: After dinner. MARTIN: In a few minutes. Example Two:MARTIN: At seven o'clock.At eleven o'clock. EILEEN: At four o'clock.At seven-thirty. SUE: At six o'clock. MARTIN: At four o'clock. Conversation B  EILEEN: I'm going to call children. MARTIN: I'm going to get some water. EILEEN: OK. Alan! Sue! EILEEN: Did you finish your book, Sue? SUE: Yes, I did. ALAN: Did you like it? I read that book four years ago. SUE: Yes, I liked it. ALAN: That book is for boys. SUE: No, it isn't. ALAN: Yes, it is. EILEEN: No, it isn't, Alan. I read that book many years ago. ALAN: Dad? MARTIN: Don't ask me. I don't want to say. I read it, too. Alan, when are you coming home? ALAN: In the morning. At nine o'clock. EILEEN: Are you going to have breakfast? ALAN: Yes. EILEEN: When are you going to have breakfast? ALAN: We're going to have breakfast there, in the morning. When is your meeting, Dad? MARTIN: The meeting is at eleven o'clock. ALAN: May I come home at eleven o'clock? You can meet me at the Itoh's house. MARTIN: No. You come home at nine o'clock. I want you to come before my meeting. ALAN: OK. SUE: Alan, can you come to the movies with us? ALAN: When are you going to the movies? SUE: At four o'clock. ALAN: What movie are you going to see? SUE: We're going to see the Walt Disney movie. ALAN: That's for children. SUE: Daddy's going with me. ALAN: I don't want to see a movie for children. EILEEN: Alan, it's not for children. ALAN: I have to study in the afternoon. SUE: Can you study in the evening? ALAN: I have to study in the afternoon and in the evening. SUE: When are you going to study? ALAN: I'm going to study after lunch and after dinner. EILEEN: When are you going to work? ALAN: I'm not going to work tomorrw. I have to work on Monday. EILEEN: When are you going to work on Monday? ALAN: At seven-thirty. MARTIN: In the evening? ALAN: No. In the morning. EILEEN: Before school? ALAN: Of course. I'm going to work at seven-thirty and then I'm going to school at eight-thrity. MARTIN: I don't like you to work in the morning. ALAN: I'm going to work only this week. Practice 3：时间短语通常由介词或副词与表示时间的名词一起构成。表示“几点几分”用英文“小时+连字符+分钟”表示，也可以用阿拉伯数字“小时+：+分钟”表示。表示“在几点几分”，用介词 at。 Example One:  ALAN: Four years ago. EILLEN: Many years ago. ALAN: In the morning. MARTIN: Before my meeting. ALAN: In the afternoon. In the evening. After lunch. After dinner. Tomorrow. On Monday. EILEEN: Before school. ALAN: This week. Example Two: ALAN: At nine o'clock. MARTIN: At eleven o'clock. SUE: At four o'clock. ALAN: At seven-thirty. (At 7：30) ALAN: At eight-thirty. (At 8：30) ■ baoer @ 22:37:16 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 31 Events and Activities That You Don't Like 不喜欢的事件和活动 TAG： 口语 Conversation A : At Home  MARTIN: Alan! Alan! ALAN: What? MARTIN: Turn off that music. I don't like that music. I'm working. EILEEN: Did you call, Martin? MARTIN: No, I didn't. I mean I called Alan. I didn't call you. EILEEN: Do you want Alan? MARTIN: No, I don't want him. I wanted him to turn off the music. I'm working. I'm writing. I didn't want that music. EILEEN: You often play music. MARTIN: I don't play that music. I don't like that music. EILEEN: OK. I'm going to tell him. MARTIN: I told him. He turned off the music. EILEEN: Oh, yes, he did. I'm going to make some tea. Do you want some? MARTIN: No, thanks. May I have some coffee? I don't like tea in the morning. EILEEN: I'm going to bring coffee. MARTIN: Sue! Sue! Eileen! EILEEN: Did you call? MARTIN: Is Sue listening to television? EILEEN: Yes. She often listens on Saturday morning. MARTIN: May I speak to her? EILEEN: Of course. I'm going to get her. SUE: Did you want me, Daddy? MARTIN: Yes, I did. What are you doing? SUE: I'm watching TV. MARTIN: Do you like TV. SUE: Of course. Don't you like TV? MARTIN: I don't like loud TV. I want to work today. I can't work with loud TV. SUE: Do you want me to turn off the TV? MARTIN: No, I don't want you to turn it off. Can you turn it down? I cant' write with loud TV. SUE: What are you writing? MARTIN: I'm writing a story about football. SUE: You wrote about baseball. You wrote about tennis. Now you're writing about football. MARTIN: Don't you like sports? SUE: I don't like some sports. MARTIN: What sports don't you like? SUE: I don't like ball games. MARTIN: What sports do you like? SUE: I like swimming. What sports don't you like? MARTIN: I don't like racing. SUE: You don't like horses?! Yes, you do. MARTIN: I don't like car racing. SUE: Oh. MARTIN: And I don't like loud TV. SUE: TV isn't a sport! MARTIN: I don't like it. SUE: OK. Is it too loud now? MARTIN: No, it isn't. I want to finish this story today. EILEEN: Here's the coffee. Do you want some cake? MARTIN: No, thanks. Only coffee. Practice 1：“不喜欢”的表达法 don't like sth. Examples: MARTIN: I don't like that music. I don't like tea in the morning. I don't like loud TV. I don't like racing. Conversation B SUE: Daddy, can we go to the movies today? MARTIN: I don't know. I want to write this story today. I don't like to go on Saturday. Can we go tomorrow? SUE: No, I can't. I want to go to Jennifer's house tomorrow. MARTIN: I don't like to stop my work. Can your mother take you? SUE: I didn't ask. MARTIN: Please ask her. I don't want to ask now. SUE: She's making lunch. MARTIN: Now? I don't want to eat now. I don't want to stop my writing. Please tell her. SUE: OK. EILEEN: Martin. Come to lunch. MARTIN: No, thank you. I don't want to eat. EILEEN: You have to eat! MARTIN: I want to write. EILEEN: You can't stop eating. MARTIN: I don't want to stop now. I don't like to stop. EILEEN: But you can't write all day. MARTIN: I'm going to finish this story. EILEEN: OK. MARTIN: Oh, hello, mother. No, I'm not eating lunch. I don't like to stop writing. I know. I can't stop eating. I'm going to eat later. What? No, I don't like going to the office on Saturday. I like to work at home on Saturday. No, I don't like to drive on Saturday. Mother, how is father? Good. Is he at home? No, I don't like to stop work. I'm going to see him next week. OK. Good-bye. ALAN: Hi, Dad. May I come in? MARTIN: Yes. You are in. ALAN: Dad, may I go to a party tonight? MARTIN: I don't know. Where is the party? ALAN: It's going to be at Billy's house. MARTIN: Who is Billy? ALAN: Billy Itoh. MARTIN: Excuse me. ALAN: Billy Itoh. MARTIN: Spell it for me. ALAN: I-T-O-H. Itoh. MARTIN: Who is Billy Itoh? ALAN: He's a boy in my class. His parents are from Japan. MARTIN: What do they do? ALAN: His father has a business downtown. MARTIN: What kind of business? ALAN: Electronics. Billy's mother works in the business, too. MARTIN: When is the party? ALAN: Tonight. MARTIN: What time? ALAN: Ten o'clock. MARTIN: Ten o'clock. That's very late. I don't like late parties. ALAN: It's Saturday night. There is no school tomorrow. MARTIN: When is it going to finish? ALAN: I don't know. In the morning? MARTIN: The party is all night?! I don't like all-night parties, you are too young. ALAN: I'm not young. I don't like to be called young. MARTIN: You are young. ALAN: Oh, Dad. I'm not very young. Sue is young. I'm not young. MARTIN: Are Billy's parents going to be there? ALAN: Of course. MARTIN: Did you ask your mother? ALAN: Of course. MARTIN: What did she say? ALAN: She doesn't like late parties. She doesn't like all-night parties. MARTIN: Excuse me. ALAN: She doesn't like all-night parties. ALAN: May I go, Dad? MARTIN: I want to talk to your mother. Please tell her. ALAN: OK. I know you don't like parties, but I want to go. MARTIN: Eileen, do you know the Itoh family? EILEEN: Yes, I do. Very very nice family. MARTIN: OK. Alan can go to the party. Please tell him. ■ baoer @ 22:35:06 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 30 Expressing Wants 表达愿望 TAG： 口语 Conversation A : In the Locker Room  MARTIN: Coach Havranek, thanks for meeting with me. May I ask you some questions? COACH: Yes. I have about ten minutes now. MARTIN: The team looks very good. Are you happy? COACH: Yes, I'm very happy. The game is too slow. I want to see more action, but I'm happy. MARTIN: I don't want to talk only about this game. I want to talk about coaching. COACH: OK. MARTIN: Did you want to be a university football coach? COACH: First, I wanted to be a professional football player. MARTIN: Did you play professional football? COACH: I played for two years. MARTIN: What happened? COACH: I broke my leg. MARTIN: In a football game? COACH: No, in an accident. I fell out of a tree. MARTIN: A tree?! COACH: It's funny now. But it wasn't funny then. I was playing with my children. I wanted to get a ball in the tree. I went up the tree. And the limb broke. I broke my leg in three places. MARTIN: And no more football. COACH: That's right. I wanted to play, but my wife didn't want me to play. My leg wasn't good. MARTIN: Now you're a coach. COACH: It's funny. I played football for ten years. I never had an accident. MARTIN: Do you like coaching? COACH: Very much. I wanted to play football. But I like coaching very much. I'm very happy. MARTIN: You played professional football. You coach university football. Did you want to coach professional football? COACH: No. I wanted to work with younger men. First. I wanted to coach high school football. I like to work with young men and women. MARTIN: Did you want to teach? COACH: Coaching is teaching. I wanted to see the young men and women grow. I liked to watch my children grow, and I wanted to watch other children grow. MARTIN: Do girls play football? COACH: My girls did. They were very good. Some schools have football for boys and girls. MARTIN: You wanted to coach high school, but you are coaching university men now. COACH: That's right. The university wanted me. They asked me. MARTIN: What do you want to see this year? COACH: I want to see my men grow. We're going to work very hard. MARTIN: What do you mean “grow”? COACH: They were good last year. I want them to learn. I want them to become better. Practice 1：want 除了用来表示想要某物外，还表示可以做某事，即： want to do (sth.) Examples: MARTIN: I want to talk about coaching. I want to talk. COACH: I want to get a ball. I want to get. COACH: I want to play football. I want to play. COACH: I wanted to work with younger men. I wanted to work. Conversation B  MARTIN: That was a wonderful game. Coach Havranek. Are you happy? COACH: I'm very happy! I wanted to win, and we did! MARTIN: Was this an important game? COACH: Yes, it was an important game. It was the first game this year. That's very important. It's important to win the first game. MARTIN: What did you want to learn in this game? COACH: I wanted to learn where we have problems. I wanted to see the new men play. I wanted to know the men better. MARTIN: Weren't the men all good? COACH: They were good. I want them to be better. I want them to be very good. MARTIN: What did you see? COACH: I saw some slow men. I saw some men with problems. I want to work very hard tomorrow. I want the men to work hard. We're going to work tomorrow. MARTIN: What are you going to do? COACH: I want to Practice, Practice, Practice. MARTIN: What do you want to Practice? COACH: I want to Practice running. The team is very slow. They can't run fast.I want them to run very fast. MARTIN: What are you going to do? COACH: We are going to run every day. And we're going to talk. MARTIN: Can the team be better? COACH: Of course. They can be better. They can grow. MARTIN: Do you like coaching? COACH: Of course. I love coaching. MARTIN: Do you want to coach here? COACH: Yes. I like coaching here at the university. MARTIN: What do you want to do in five years? COACH: Coach. MARTIN: Do you want to coach here? COACH: Yes. MARTIN: What do you want to do in ten years? COACH: Coach. MARTIN: Here? COACH: I don't know. I want to coach high school. I want to teach younger boys and girls. MARTIN: Do you want to live here? COACH: I want to see in ten years. I want a small school. I want to know every boy and girl. MARTIN: Are you going to coach football? COACH: I can teach many sports. I like football, but I know soccer, baseball, softball. I know many sports. MARTIN: Can you teach basketball? COACH: I don't want to teach basketball. I don't like basketball. MARTIN: You're a very good coach. COACH: Thank you. I had good teams. I had good men. PLAYER: Excuse me, Coach. We're going to a party. Do you want to come? COACH: I don't know. Martin, do you want to go to a party? MARTIN: I want to talk. Can we talk at the party? COACH: I don't know. Where are we going? PLAYER: We're going to the River Hotel. COACH: Who is going? PLAYER: I don't know. The team. All the players. COACH: We can talk at the hotel. MARTIN: I want to come. COACH: Good. I'm going to Fort Worth tomorrow. We can talk tonight. Let's go. MARTIN: Thanks. COACH: Do you have a car? MARTIN: Yes, I do. COACH: Let's take your car. ■ baoer @ 22:33:10 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 29 Shopping 购 物 TAG： 口语 Conversation A: In the Downtown Area  EILEEN: Let's walk on this street. I want to buy a new dress. MARTIN: Do you want a dress for work? EILEEN: Yes, I want a dress for the office. Stop. Look at that dress in the window. Do you like that dress? MARTIN: No, I don't. It's too green. I don't like green dresses. EILEEN: OK. Let's look over there. MARTIN: Do you like green? EILEEN: Green dresses? I don't know. Sometimes. MARTIN: I want to buy a shirt. EILEEN: Do you want a shirt for work? MARTIN: No, I want a shirt for tennis. EILEEN: Do you want a white shirt? MARTIN: I don't know. No, I don't like white. EILEEN: What color do you want? MARTIN: I don't know. What don't you like? EILEEN: I don't like red tennis shirts. I like blue or green. Do you like green shirts? MARTIN: No, I don't. I like blue. EILEEN: Let's look for blue. EILEEN: Oh, look! See those yellow pants? MARTIN: In the window? Yes, I see them. EILEEN: Do you like them? MARTIN: Yes, I do. Do you want those pants? EILEEN: I don't know. MARTIN: Do you want them for work? EILEEN: Do you really like them? MARTIN: They're OK. EILEEN: OK? You don't like them. MARTIN: Yes, I do. I really like them. Let's go inside. CLERK: May I help you? EILEEN: I want to buy some yellow pants. CLERK: Here. Loot at these. EILEEN: No, I don't like those. CLERK: Do you want another color? These green pants are very beautiful. EILEEN: No, thank you. My husband doesn't like green. MARTIN: I like green. EILEEN: You didn't like the green dress. MARTIN: That's right. I didn't like the green dress. But I like green. CLERK: Do you like these green pants? MARTIN: They're OK. EILEEN: He doesn't like them. MARTIN: Do you like them? EILEEN: No, I don't. I don't like them for work. CLERK: Do you want another color? EILEEN: I like the yellow pants in the window. CLERK: Oh, yes. They are very nice. Wait a minute, please. I'm going to get them for you. EILEEN: Do you really like them, Martin? MARTIN: Yes, I do. EILEEN: Do you like them for the office?  MARTIN: I don't know. EILEEN: I don't like them for the office. Thank you very much. I’m going to look some more. CLERK: You're welcome. Practice 1：want 想要，需要。句型结构与 like 一样，后接名词形式或不定式结构，即“want+名词或 want+to+原形动词”。 Examples: I want a dress. I want to play tennis. Conversation B  MARTIN: Let's look on this street. Do you see that store? I bought some clothes there last year. EILEEN: Oh, I like those shirts. Let's go inside. CLERK: May I help you? MARTIN: I want to buy a shirt. CLERK: Do you want a dress shirt or a casual shirt? MARTIN: I want a tennis shirt. CLERK: Casual shirts are over there. Come with me, please. MARTIN: I want a blue shirt. CLERK: The blue shirts are here. Do you like these? MARTIN: I don't know. Do you like these, Eileen? EILEEN: Not very much. CLERK: I have some very nice blue and white shirts. Do you like these? MARTIN: Yes, I do. I like these very much. EILEEN: They're very nice. Look at this one. Do you like it? MARTIN: It has too much white. I want a shirt with more blue. EILEEN: This one? Do you like it? CLERK: I likt it. It's very nice. MARTIN: Yes, I like it. I want to buy this shirt. CLERK: OK. Come with me. MARTIN: Do you want to buy a dress or pants? EILEEN: I want to buy a dress. Let's look upstairs. MARLIN: Do you want me to come with you? EILEEN: Of course. I want you to look, too. I want you to help. MARTIN: Where are we going? EILEEN: Over there. See those dresses. Come with me. MARTIN: There are too many dresses! CLERK: Hello. EILEEN: Hello. CLERK: May I help you? EILEEN: I want to look at dresses. I want to buy a dress for the office. CLERK: These dresses are very beautiful. EILEEN: This is my size. CLERK: What color do you want? EILEEN: I don't know. Any color. My husband doesn't like green. MARTIN: I like green. EILEEN: You didn't like that green dress. MARTIN: I know. I didn't like that green dress in the window. CLERK: You don't want green. Do you like yellow? EILEEN: Yes, I like yellow. CLERK: Does your husband like yellow? EILEEN: Martin? MARTIN: Yes, I like yellow. CLERK: This is a very nice black and white dress. MARTIN: I like that very much. EILEEN: I'm going to try it. MARTN: Good. EILEEN: I want a pair of pants, too. CLERK: What color do you want? EILEEN: Brown or black. MARTIN: Do you want two pairs of pants? CLERK: Do you want one brown pair and one black pair? EILEEN: No, I want only one pair. I want to look at these. MARTIN: I want some coffee. EILEEN: I want some coffee, too. MARTIN: I want to find a coffee shop. Do you see one? EILEEN: There is a coffee shop on Tenth Street. MARTIN: Where is Tenth Street? EILEEN: Straight ahead. MARTIN: Do you want to go there? EILEEN: Of course. They have very good cake, too. I want some cake. Do you like your new shirt? MARTIN: Yes, I like it. I want to wear it next week. I’m going to play tennis on Thursday evening. I’m going to wear it then. Practice 2：用 want 谈论想要的东西。 Examples: MARTIN: I want to buy a shirt. What do you want to buy? EILEEN: I want to buy a new dress. Do you want a casual shirt? MARTIN: Yes, I want a tennis shirt. MARTIN: Do you want a dress for the office? ■ baoer @ 22:32:32 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 28 Expressing Dislikes 表达不喜欢 TAG： 口语 Conversation A : At Yellowstone National Park  GUIDE: Good morning. I'm Judy. I'm your guide. This is Martin. He's a reporter. He's writing a story about visitors to the park. He's going to ask some questions. MARTIN: Good morning. GROUP: Good morning. Hi. How are you? Hello. GUIDE: We are going to walk for three hours this morning. Are you ready? GROUP: Yes. OK. Let's go. GUIDE: Please stay together. I want to see all of you. Let's go. MARTIN: Judy, do you like your work? GUIDE: Of course. I like the country. I like the forests. I like the mountains and rivers. I like the clean air. MARTIN: Where are you from? GUIDE: I'm from Los Angeles. I don't like cities. I don't like hot places. MARTIN: When did you come here? GUIDE: Four years ago. I lived in Denver for two years. I didn't like Denver. It's a very big city. MARTIN: Do you like being a guide? GUIDE: Very much. I'm outside all day. I don't like being inside. MARTIN: Where do you live? GUIDE: I live near the park. Please stay with me. MARTIN: I'm going to talk to some of the other people. See you later. MARTIN: Hi. Is this your first visit to the park? MALE: Yes, it is. MARTIN: Do you like parks? MALE: Yes, we like parks. We live in the East, but we like the parks in the West. This is my wife. MARTIN: Hello. How are you? FEMALE: Fine, thanks. MARTIN: What do you like here? FEMALE: I like the animals. MARTIN: What don't you like? FEMALE: I don't like the people. MALE: There are many people. FEMALE: I don't like the bugs. MARTIN: What don't you like? MALE: I don't like camping. FEMALE: But I like camping. Do you like camping? MARTIN: No, I don't like camping. FEMALE: Men like camping. MALE: I don't. MARTIN: I don't. Practice 1：动词 like 表示“喜欢”，“不喜欢”就是 don't like。 Examples: GUIDE: I don't like cities. I don't like hot places. I don't like Denver. I don't like being inside. MARTIN: What don't you like? FEMALE: I don't like the people. I don't like bugs. Do you like camping? MARTIN: No, I don't like camping. Conversation B  MARTIN: Hello. How are you? 2ND FEMALE: I don't like walking. MARTIN: Don't you like the park? 2ND FEMALE: I love the park. But I don't like walking. I like driving. 2ND MALE: She doesn't like walking. She likes sitting. 2ND FEMALE: He doesn't like the park. He likes cities. MARTIN: See you later. MARTIN: Good afternoon. GUIDE: Did you like your walk this morning? MARTIN: Yes, I did. Do you walk every day? GUIDE: Yes. I take visitors. MARTIN: Do you like it? GUIDE: Of course. I like being outside. MARTIN: Are you going to walk this afternoon. GUIDE: Yes. I'm going to take some people to the river. MARTIN: May I go with you? GUIDE: Of course. Come with me now. I'm going to meet them over there. MARTIN: Thanks. GUIDE: I don't like being late. Good afternoon. I'm Judy. I’m your guide this afternoon. We’re going to have a fast walk to the river. MALE: I can't walk fast. GUIDE: Don't you like to walk fast? MALE: I like to, but I can't walk fast. GUIDE: OK. We won't walk too fast. This is Martin. He's a reporter. MARTIN: Good afternoon. I want to ask some questions. May I walk with you? MALE: I don't like reporters. MARTIN: Oh? MALE: They ask too many questions. FEMALE: You don't know any reporters. MALE: I know the reporters on TV. I don't like them. MARTIN: What questions don't you like? MALE: I don't like questions about my family. I don't like questions about my work. FEMALE: That's everything! MARTIN: I'm not going to ask about your family or your work. MALE: Good. FEMALE: I like reporters. You can ask my anything. MARTIN: Where are you from? FEMALE: We're from St Louis. MARTIN: Do you like cities? FEMALE: I like St Louis. I don't like New York. I don't like Detroit. I like some cities. MARTIN: What do you like? MALE: I like fishing. MARTIN: Do you like fishing in the ocean? MALE: I don't like fishing in the ocean. There is no ocean is St Louis. I like fishing the river. FEMALE: He doesn't like fishing in small rivers. He likes fishing in big rivers. MARTIN: Do you like fishing in the Mississippi River? MALE: Of course. I live in St Louis. Slow down, please. GUIDE: OK. We're almost there. MALE: Where? FEMALE: At the river. MARTIN: I like this. FEMALE: It's beautiful! Isn't it beautiful? MALE: Yes, it is. Look, look at the fish! GUIDE: Do you like fishing? MALE: Yes, I do. GUIDE: I don't like fishing. I like walking. I like moving. I don't like sitting. FEMALE: I don't like fishing. I can't talk. I like talking. MARTIN: Are we going to sit here? MALE: Let's watch the river. Practice 2：用 like 或 don't like 回答提问。 Examples: MARTIN: Do you like cities? FEMALE: No, I don't like cities. MARTIN: Don't you like St Louis? FEMALE: Yes, I do. But I don't like New York. MARTIN: What do you like? MALE: I like fishing. MARTIN: What don’t you like? MALE: I don’t like running. MARTIN: Don’t you like sports? MALE: No, I don’t. ■ baoer @ 22:29:46 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 27 Expressing Likes 表达喜欢 TAG： 口语 Conversation A : At a Tennis Match MARTIN: Thank you for talking with me, Daoud. DAOUD: You're welcome. These are my friends. This is Juma. And this is Mona. MARTIN: Hello. I'm Martin Learner. DAOUD: Martin is writing a story about me. He's a reporter. MONA: Hi. JUMA: Hello. What newspaper do you write for? MARTIN: I'm not a newspaper reporter. I'm a radio reporter. JUMA: Oh, I see. Do you like tennis? MARTIN: Yes, I do. I play tennis. But I don't play very well. Do you play tennis? JUMA: No, I don't. MARTIN: Mona, do you like tennis? MONA: I like to watch. I don't play. Daoud is the only tennis player. MARTIN: Daoud, do you like other sports? DAOUD: I like some sports. MARTIN: What sports do you like? DAOUD: I like to watch track. I like the running and jumping. MARTIN: Do you like track, Juma? JUMA: Yes, I do. I was a runner in school. MARTIN: Do you run now? JUMA: No, I don't. I like to watch running. MARTIN: Do you like other sports, Mona? MONA: I like to watch. I don't do anything. MARTIN: You don't swim or run, or play tennis? MONA: No, I don't do anything. MARTIN: What do you like to watch? MONA: I like to watch tennis. I like basketball. MARTIN: What other sports do you play, Daoud? DAOUD: I run. MARTIN: Do you like running? DAOUD: Sometimes. I run every day. It's good for my tennis. JUMA: I run with Daoud sometimes. MARTIN: Do you run, Mona? MONA: No, I don't run. MARTIN: What do you like to do? MONA: I like to read. I like to cook. I like to travel. I like to shop. JUMA: Yes, she likes to shop. MARTIN: What do you like to shop for? MONA: I like to shop for clothes. Daoud likes to shop, too. MARTIN: What do you like to shop for, Daoud? DAOUD: I like to shop for clothes, too. MARTIN: Daoud, you're a very good tennis player. When did you begin? DAOUD: I began when I was 10 years old. I live in Virginia. I began in school. MARTIN: Did you like to play tennis? DAOUD: Sometimes. MARTIN: You liked to play sometimes? DAOUD: I liked other sports, too. I liked swimming in the summer. And I liked running. And other things. Practice 1：用 like 谈论喜欢的事情、活动及人。 Examples: JUMA: Do you like tennis? MARTIN: Yes, I do. Mona, do you like tennis? MONA: I like to watch. MARTIN: Daoud, do you like other sports? DAOUD: I like some sports. MARTIN: I like to watch track. I like the running and the jumping. MARTIN: Do you like track, Juma? DAOUD: Yes, I do. Conversation B MARTIN: What tennis players do you like, Daoud? DAOUD: I like many tennis players. I like Jimmy Connors. I like Andre Agassi. MARTIN: What tennis players do you like, Mona? MONA: I like Daoud. JUMA: We all like Daoud! MARTIN: Do you like women tennis players? DAOUD: Of course, I like women tennis players. MARTIN: Who do you like? DAOUD: I like Stefi Graf. She's very good. I like Monica Seles. I like Martina Navratilova. MONA: I like Martina, too. MARTIN: Mona, do you like music? MONA: Yes, I do. MARTIN: What kind of music do you like? MONA: I like old music. MARTIN: What do you mean? Old music? MONA: I like Elton John. JUMA: I like Elvis Presley. MARTIN: Daoud, do you like music? DAOUD: Sometimes. I listen to music on the radio. I like some new music. MARTIN: Do you like classical music? DAOUD: Opera? Symphony? MARTIN: Yes, that kind of music. DAOUD: No, I don't like that kind of music. I don't understand that kind of music. I like popular music and folk music. MARTIN: What kind of folk music do you like? DAOUD: I like music from my country. MONA: Your country is the United States. DAOUD: I know. I mean my parents' country. MARTIN: Where did your parents come from? DAOUD: They came from Afghanistan. MARTIN: Did you travel last year? DAOUD: Yes, I did. I went to many cities in the United States. I traveled to Europe. And I traveled to Asia. MARTIN: Did you go to Afghanistan? DAOUD: No, I didn't. I traveled to Australia, too. I like Australia. JUMA: I like Australia, too. I went with Daoud last year. MARTIN: Did you go to Australia, Mona? MONA: No, I didn't. I'm going to go to Europe next year. MARTIN: What countries are you going to visit? MONA: I don't know. I want to visit France and Italy. MARTIN: Juma, what do you do? JUMA: I'm an engineer. MARTIN: When did you meet Daoud? JUMA: We went to school together. Mona went with us, too. MARTIN: Where did you go to school? JUMA: In Virginia. We lived in Arlington, Virginia. Mona and I are cousins. MARTIN: Is Daoud your cousin? JUMA: No, he isn't. He's only a friend. DAOUD: My father and Juma's father were friends, too. They went to school together in Afghanistan. MARTIN: Did you like school? DAOUD: Yes, I did. MARTIN: What did you like? DAOUD: I liked science and sports. MARTIN: Juma, do you like your work? JUMA: Yes, I do. I like engineering. MARTIN: Mona, what do you do? MONA: I'm a social worker. MARTIN: Where do you work? MONA: I work in Arlington. MARTIN: Where do you live? MONA: I live with my parents. MARTIN: Do you like your work? MONA: Yes, I do. MARTIN: Thanks for your time, Daoud. Let's watch the tennis match. Thanks, Juma. Thank you, Mona. Practice 2：用 like to do sth. 结构回答问题；用 what+名词+do you like 结构提问。 ■ baoer @ 22:27:30 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 26 Leisure Time Activities 消遣活动 TAG： 口语 Conversation A : On the Train FEMALE: Good afternoon. May I sit here? MARTIN: Of course. Please. FEMALE: I am Dr Darejan Mamoulishvili. MARTIN: I'm Martin Learner. FEMALE: Are you going to New York, Mr Learner? MARTIN: Yes, I am. I have some work there. FEMALE: What do you do? MARTIN: I'm a reporter. FEMALE: Very nice. MARTIN: What do you do? FEMALE: I'm a doctor. MARTIN: Are you a medical doctor? FEMALE: Yes. I'm a children's doctor. MARTIN: Wonderful! Are you going to New York? FEMALE: Yes, I am. MARTIN: Do you have work there? FEMALE: No, I don't. I am on vacation. MARTIN: Where are you from? FEMALE: I am from Georgia. MARTIN: Are you from Atlanta? You don't sound Georgian. FEMALE: No, I am not from Georgia in America. I am from Georgia in Europe. MARTIN: Where are you from in Georgia? FEMALE: I'm from Tbilisi. MARTIN: Do you work in Tbilisi? FEMALE: Sometimes. I worked in Moscow last month. FEMALE: I worked in Kiev last year. MARTIN: Do you have friends in New York? FEMALE: Yes, I do. I worked in New York. MARTIN: How long did you work in New York. FEMALE: Only one year. MARTIN: When did you work in New York? FEMALE: Five years ago. But I visited New York, too. MARTIN: When did you visit New York? FEMALE: Ten years ago. Three years ago. And last year. MARTIN: Who do you visit? FEMALE: I visit my doctor friends. I visit hospitals. MARTIN: You have a working vacation. FEMALE: That's right. I was working in Atlanta. MARTIN: Atlanta, Georgia? Georgia in the United States? FEMALE: That's right. Georgia in America. MARTIN: When were you in Georgia? FEMALE: I was in Georgia last week. I visited the Centers for Disease Control. MARTIN: Who did you visit? FEMALE: It was a meeting. I met with children's doctors. We talked about children's diseases. MARTIN: When did you meet? FEMALE: We met last Thursday and Friday. Practice 1：when 引导的过去时的特殊疑问句，回答时常用过去的时间短语，如“five years ago(一段时间名词+ago)，last year(last+点时间名词)”。 Examples: MARTIN: When did you work in New York? FEMALE: Five years ago. But I visited New York, too. MARTIN: When did you visit New York. FEMALE: Ten years ago. MARTIN: When were you in Georgia? FEMALE: I was in Georgia last week. MARTIN: When did you meet? FEMALE: We met last Thursday. Conversation B MARTIN: When did you come to the United States? FEMALE: I came last month. MARTIN: What are you going to do in New york? FEMALE: I'm going to visit friends. And I'm going to visit hospitals. MARTIN: When do you visit family? FEMALE: I don't have any family in America. MARTIN: When do you visit family in Georgia? FEMALE: I visit family during my vacation. MARTIN: When is your vacation? FEMALE: Sometimes my vacation is in the summer. MARTIN: When did you visit your family? FEMALE: I visited my family last summer. I worked in Kiev last year I visited my family during my vacation. MARTIN: What do you like to do during your vacation? FEMALE: I like to swim. I like to walk in the mountains. MARTIN: Do you have mountains in Georgia? FEMALE: Of course. We have many mountains and rivers. FEMALE: When do you go on vacation? MARTIN: I go on vacation during the summer. MARTIN: Sometimes I go during the winter. FEMALE: What do you like to do? MARTIN: I like to walk in the mountains, too. My wife likes to hear music and see plays. FEMALE: When does she see plays? MARTIN: She went to see a play last week. FEMALE: Where did she see the play? MARTIN: She saw the play in Baltimore. We live in Baltimore. She saw the play in New York, too. FEMALE: When? MARTIN: Last month. FEMALE: Do you like music? MARTIN: Yes, I do. FEMALE: When do you listen to music? MARTIN: I listen on the radio. I go to concerts. FEMALE: When do you go to concerts? MARTIN: I went to a concert last month. FEMALE: Do you like sports? MARTIN: Yes, I do. I like baseball. Do you like baseball. FEMALE: No, I don't. When do you go to baseball. MARTIN: We say baseball games. FEMALE: You go to baseball games. MARTIN: That's right. FEMALE: When do you go to baseball games? MARTIN: In the summer. FEMALE: Did you go last summer? MARTIN: Of course. I went with my family. I went with my friends, too.FEMALE: Do you like reading? MARTIN: Yes, I do. FEMALE: I like reading very much. MARTIN: When do you like to read? FEMALE: I like to read in the winter. I read Tolstoy in Kiev. MARTIN: When did you read Tolstoy? FEMALE: Last winter. MARTIN: Do you read English books? FEMALE: Sometimes. I like American books. I read Mark Twain. MARTIN: When did you read Mark Twain? FEMALE: Oh. Fifteen years ago. I was in school. FEMALE: When did you play baseball? MARTIN: Last summer. I played with my son and his friends. Do you like to travel? FEMALE: Yes, I do. I meet new friends. I study. I work with new children. I like to travel. MARTIN: Do you like sports? FEMALE: Yes, I do. I like to play tennis. MARTIN: I like to play tennis, too. When do you play? FEMALE: I play when I travel. I played in Atlanta. I'm going to play in New York. MARTIN: Would you like some coffee? FEMALE: No, thank you. I don't like coffee. Practice 2：when 引导的过去时的特殊疑问句结构是：“when+did+主语+动词原形+其它”。 Examples: FEMALE: I studied in Moscow. MARTIN: When did you study in Moscow? ■ baoer @ 22:24:52 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 25 Traveling 旅行 TAG： 口语 Conversation A : On the Plane  ATTENDANT: Please fasten your seat belt. May I take those for you?MARTIN: Yes, please. Thanks. ATTENDANT: You're welcome. MARTIN: Good morning. I'm Martin Learner. KARL: Good morning. I'm Karl Musholt. MARTIN: Where are you going? KARL: I'm going to San Antonio. Where are you going? MARTIN: I'm going to Dallas. KARL: Do you live in Dallas? MARTIN: No, I live in Baltimore. I'm going to write a story. KARL: About Dallas? MARTIN: No, I'm going to write a story about football. KARL: Ah-the Dallas Cowboys. MARTIN: That's right. KARL: Do you like airplanes? MARTIN: Umm-They're OK. KARL: I don't like airplanes. They make me nervous. KARL: Do they make you nervous? MARTIN: No, they don't. KARL: Do you fly very often? MARTIN: Yes, I do. I travel very often. KARL: What do you do? MARTIN: I'm a reporter. What do you do? KARL: I'm a coach. MARTIN: Are you OK? KARL: Yes. I'm OK. MARTIN: That wasn't too bad. ATTENDANT: Would you like something to drink? KARL: Yes, please. ATTENDANT: What would you like? KARL: Coffee. MARTIN: Coffee, please. What do you coach? KARL: I coach track. I coach runners. MARTIN: Where are you from? KARL: I'm from Germany. But I live in Colorado now. MARTIN: Do you coach at a university? KARL: No, I don't. I have a camp for runners. MARTIN: Do you travel very often? KARL: Yes. I do. MARTIN: Do you like to travel? KARL: Yes, I do. I don't like to fly. MARTIN: Where do you like to travel? KARL: I like to visit family. MARTIN: How do you travel? KARL: I travel by car very often. My family lives in the West. MARTIN: Do you like to drive? KARL: Yes. My children like to drive, too. KARL: They often drive. Do you like to travel? MARTIN: I have to travel. KARL: I have to travel, too. MARTIN: I like to travel in the country. I live in the city. My home is in Baltimore. KARL: My home is in the country. My camp is in the country. How do you travel MARTIN: I travel by train very often. Practice 1：用 how 来提问旅行方式。常用结构是：How do you travel?Examples: MARTIN: How do you travel? KARL: I travel by car very often. How do you travel? MARTIN: I travel by train very often.  Conversation B  ATTENDANT: What are you going to eat? KARL: Nothing. ATTENDANT: Would you like more coffee? KARL: Yes, please. ATTENDANT: What are you going to eat? MARTIN: Nothing, thank you. ATTENDANT: Would you like more coffee? MARTIN: No, thank you. Do you like coaching? KARL: Yes, I do. MARTIN: Were you a runner? KARL: Yes, I was. I ran in school. I was in the Olympics. MARTIN: That's interesting. MARTIN: Where does your family like to travel? KARL: My wife likes cities. She likes New York and Washington D C. My children like the country. They like rivers and mountains. MARTIN: You have rivers and mountains in Colorado. KARL: Oh, yes. But my children like the rivers and mountains in Idaho.MARTIN: My family lives in the East. They like to travel in the West. KARL: Does your family like to travel by plane? MARTIN: Yes, they do. They don't travel very often. KARL: Do they like to travel by train? MARTIN: Yes, they do. They like to travel by car, too. KARL: Do you travel by bus? MARTIN: No, I don't. I live in Baltimore. I work in Washington D C. MARTIN: The train is very good there. KARL: We don't have a train. MARTIN: Do you have a bus? KARL: No, we don't. We travel by car. My daughter likes to travel by horse.MARTIN: That's very nice in the country. KARL: It's very slow. MARTIN: My daughter likes animals. KARL: Does she like horses? MARTIN: Yes, she does. We don't have a horse. KARL: We have four horses. KARL: Where does you wife like to travel? MARTIN: She likes to visit her family. KARL: Where does her family live? MARTIN: Her mother lives in Indianapolis. Her father lives in Florida. KARL: Does she have aunts and uncles? MARTIN: Yes. KARL: Where do they live? MARTIN: New York, Boston, Los Angeles. KARL: Do you visit them? MARTIN: Yes, we do. My wife likes to visit family. KARL: How do you travel to Los Angeles? MARTIN: We travel by plane. KARL: How do you travel to New York. MARTIN: We take the train. It's very fast. KARL: That's nice. How do you travel to Indianapolis? MARTIN: We travel by car. We like to have the car with us. ATTENDANT: May I get you something? KARL: May I have more coffee, please? ATTENDANT: Of course, May I get you something? MARTIN: No, thank you. KARL: I'm going to San Antonio for a track meet. MARTIN: Do you have runners in the track meet? KARL: Yes, I do. MARTIN: How many runners do you have in the meet? KARL: Only three. They run very well. MARTIN: How do they travel? KARL: They travel by plane. MARTIN: Are they here? KARL: No, they aren't. They're going to travel on Tuesday. You're going to write about football players. Do you write about runners? MARTIN: I can write about runners. I write about sports often. I'm going to write about swimming. KARL: I'm going to travel to the East. MARTIN: Where are you going? KARL: First, I'm going to New Jersey. MARTIN: Come to Baltimore. KARL: Thanks. ■ baoer @ 22:23:35 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 24 Activities in the Future 将来的活动 TAG： 口语 Conversation A : In the Office  HOWARD: Excuse me, Martin. MARTIN: Good morning, Howard. Good morning, Waleed. HOWARD: Can we talk to you?  MARTIN: Sure. Come in. WALEED: We're going to watch baseball tonight. Can you go with us?MARTIN: Not tonight. I'm going to take the children to their grandparents.HOWARD: Aren't they in Chicago? MARTIN: My parents are in Chicago. My wife's parents are in Ocean City. We’re going to Ocean City. WALEED: Are the children going to stay in Ocean City?  MARTIN: Yes. They're going to stay for five days. HOWARD: That's nice. WALEED: Does your son like that? MARTIN: Oh, yes. His friends are there. WALEED: My son doesn't like visiting his grandparents. They live in the country. MARTIN: His friends are here. WALEED: That's right. HOWARD: Doesn't he like his family? WALEED: Yes, he likes them. He likes his friends, too. HOWARD: You can't go with us tonight. WALEED: Can you go on Thursday. MARTIN: Sure. WALEED: OK. Let's go on Thursday? MARTIN: Are you going to watch tonight? HOWARD: Sure. And we're going to watch on Thursday. WALEED: See you later. MARTIN: Good-bye. CARA: Hello, Martin. May I come in? MARTIN: Of course. CARA: Do you and your wife like swimming? MARTIN: Yes. CARA: Do you like to watch swimming? MARTIN: On television? CARA: No. My daughter is going to swim in Baltimore on Saturday. Can you come to watch? MARTIN: Is it a swim meet? CAREA: Yes, it is. She's going to swim tonight, too. MARTIN: Sit down. Please. I'm going to phone my wife. CARA: Thanks. MARTIN: Hello, Eileen. What are we going to do on Saturday? Cara's daughter is going to swim in Baltimore on Saturday. Cara, in the afternoon? CARA: Yes, she's going to swim in the afternoon. MARTIN: She's going to swim in the afternoon. It's a swim meet. OK. Good-bye. MARTIN: We can come on Saturday. CARA: Can your daughter come? MARTIN: No, she's visiting her grandparents in Ocean City. Can you come to our house after the meet? CARA: No, thank you. We have to come home. She has a meet here on Sunday. MARTIN: OK. CARA: Thank you. MARTIN: See you on Saturday. WALEED: Martin, Howard and I are going to eat. Can you come? MARTIN: Yes. I'm going to finish this story later. Conversation B : In a Restaurant  HOWARD: What are you going to eat? WALEED: I'm going to have a sandwich. HOWARD: Martin, what are you going to have? MARTIN: I'm going to have a bowl of soup. HOWARD: What are going to drink? WALEED: I'm going to have coffee. MARTIN: I'm going to have coffee, too. HOWARD: Let's sit here. WALEED: Are you going to play softball on Friday night. HOWARD: No, I'm going to play on Saturday morning. My son is going to Play on Friday night. What are you going to do on Friday night? WALEED: I'm going to a movie. MARTIN: Do you like movies? WALEED: Yes, I like movies. HOWARD: Did you go to a movie last night? WALEED: Yes, I did. HOWARD: My son and I went on Saturday. WALEED: Did you like it? HOWARD: He liked it. I didn't like it. MARTIN: Where is your family, Waleed? WALEED: They're in Lebanon. MARTIN: What are they doing there? WALEED: My wife's family lives there. Her mother and father live there.MARTIN: Does she have brothers and sisters? WALEED: She has two brothers. They live in the United States. HOWARD: Did your children go with her? WALEED: Yes, they went, too. They're going to come home next month. What are you going to do on Saturday, Martin? MARTIN: I'm going to a swim meet. Cara's daughter is going to swim in Baltimore. My wife and I are going to watch. Do you like music, Waleed? WALEED: Oh, yes. I like jazz. MARTIN: What are you going to do next Sunday? WALEED: Nothing. MARTIN: Can you come to Baltimore? We're going to have jazz at the harbor. WALEED: OK. In the afternoon? MARTIN: Yes. WALEED: Thanks. MARTIN: Can you come, Howard? HOWARD: No, I can't. We're going to visit family. WALEED: Where are you going? HOWARD: We're going to visit my sister. WALEED: Did you go last week? HOWARD: No, we didn't. MARTIN: Excuse me. I'm going to work. HOWARD: OK. WALEED: See you later. LEE: Excuse me, Martin. May I come in? MARTIN: Yes. Please. Sit down. LEE: Listen. I have a problem. MARTIN: Tell me. LEE: My wife is singing in Dallas this week. I'm going to Miami on Saturday. Can my son come to stay with your son Saturday and Sunday? MARTIN: My son is visiting his grandparents. Does your son like swim meets? LEE: He likes swimming. MARTIN: My wife and I are going to a swim meet on Saturday. Does he like jazz? LEE: He plays jazz in high school. MARTIN: We're going to hear some jazz on Sunday. LEE: Where? MARTIN: At the harbor. Waleed is going to come with us. Lee, your son can come with us. LEE: Does Waleed like children? MARTIN: He has two children. Practice 2：用 be going to 结构回答将要发生的事情或活动。 Examples: HOWARD: I'm going to play on Saturday. MARTIN: Cara's daughter is going to swim in Baltimore. My wife and I are going to watch. WALEED: They're going to come home next month. MARTIN: I'm going to work. ■ baoer @ 22:21:40 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 23 Activities in the Present and in the Past 过去和现在的活动 TAG： 口语 Conversation A On the Phone  EILEEN: Hello. MARTIN: Hello, Eileen. EILEEN: Martin! Hello. MARTIN: How are you? EILEEN: Fine. How are you? MARTIN: OK. What are you doing? EILEEN: We're eating. MARTIN: Can you talk now? EILEEN: Oh, sure. Where are you? MARTIN: I'm in Boston. I'm coming home on Thursday. EILEEN: Wonderful. What are you doing? MARTIN: I'm watching television. EILEEN: Did you go to the baseball game? MARTIN: I went to the baseball game on Sunday afternoon. EILEEN: Did you talk to the players? MARTIN: Yes. I talked to some players. It was very interesting. I recorded some players. EILEEN: Are you writing your story? MARTIN: I wrote it on Monday. May I speak to the children? EILEEN: Of course, Just a minute. Alan, it's your father. ALAN: Hi, dad. MARTIN: Hi, Alan. What are you doing? ALAN: Nothing. MARTIN: Nothing? What did you do on Sunday? Did you go to the movies?ALAN: No, we didn't go. I didn't have any money. MARTIN: What did you do? ALAN: We watched television. MARTIN: What did you do on Monday? ALAN: I worked. MARTIN: Did you go swimming? ALAN: Yes. We went swimming in the evening. MARTIN: Who went swimming? ALAN: I went with my friends. MARTIN: Did Sue go swimming? ALAN: No, she didn't. MARTIN: What did you do today? ALAN: I worked in the morning? MARTIN: Do you like your work? ALAN: It's OK. MARTIN: What are you doing now? ALAN: We're eating. MARTIN: May I talk to Sue? ALAN: Sure. Sure! Dad wants to talk to you. Bye, dad. MARTIN: Good-bye. I'm coming home on Thursday. SUE: Hello, Daddy. MARTIN: Hi, Sue. How are you? SUE: Fine. MARTIN: What are you doing? SUE: We're eating. MARTIN: What are you eating? SUE: I don't know. MARTIN: You don't know! SUE: Let's see. Green beans. MARTIN: That's all?! SUE: No. We have meat and potatoes. We had pizza last night. MARTIN: And you were very happy. SUE: Yes. I love pizza. MARTIN: Sue, may I speak to your mother? SUE: OK. Bye, Daddy. MARTIN: Good-bye. EILEEN: Hi. MARTIN: What did you do on Monday? EILEEN: I worked. I went to the shopping mall in the evening. MARTIN: Did you buy anything? EILEEN: Yes. Sue went with me. We bought some clothes. MARTIN: I went to the movies last night. EILEEN: Did you go to the museum? MARTIN: No, I didn't. Are you going to meet me at the airport on Thursday?EILEEN: Yes. MARTIN: OK. Good-bye. EILEEN: Good-bye.  Conversation B MOTHER: Hello. MARTIN: Hello, mother. MOTHER: Martin! This is a nice surprise! MARTIN: How are you? MOTHER: Fine. How are you? MARTIN: Fine, thanks. How is father? MOTHER: He's fine. MARTIN: Is he there? MOTHER: Yes. How is Eileen? MARTIN: She's fine. MOTHER: How are the children? MARTIN: They're fine. MOTHER: May I talk to them? MARTIN: No. I'm not at home. MOTHER: Where are you? MARTIN: I'm in Boston. I'm writing a story about baseball. MOTHER: That's very nice. Did you talk to the players? MARTIN: Yes, I did. What are you doing? MOTHER: We're painting the house. MARTIN: Who is painting? MOTHER: Your father is painting outside. I'm painting inside. MARTIN: Can you do that? MOTHER: Yes. It's small house. MARTIN: But you're not young. MOTHER: Your brother Philip is coming on Saturday. He's going to help.MARTIN: That's good. Did you go to the park last week? MOTHER: No, we didn't. It's too expensive. We worked in the garden.MARTIN: I phoned on Saturday. Where were you? MOTHER: We went shopping. MARTIN: What did you buy? MOTHER: We bought paint. MARTIN: May I talk to father? MOTHER: Yes. Here he is. FATHER: Hello, Martin. MARTIN: Hello, how are you? FATHER: Fine. Are you coming to visit? MARTIN: No. I'm working. FATHER: Where are you? MARTIN: I'm in Boston. I'm writing a story about baseball. FATHER: Boston? I like Chicago. MARTIN: I know. Did you see the baseball game on Saturday? FATHER: Yes. I watched the game on television. MARTIN: Did you like the game? FATHER: No!! FATHER: Martin, how are the children?  MARTIN: They're fine. FATHER: How is Eileen? MARTIN: She's fine. How is Philip? FATHER: He's OK. He's coming on Saturday. We're going to paint. MARTIN: Are you painting? FATHER: Yes, I am. MARTIN: Can you do that? FATHER: Yes, I can. I'm fine. Philip's going to help. Did you go to California? MARTIN: No, I didn't. FATHER: Did you go to Nebraska? MARTIN: No, I didn't. I went to Iowa. FATHER: You went to lowa, but didn't come to Chicago? MARTIN: I came to the airport. I was going to Iowa. FATHER: You didn't phone. MARTIN: No, I didn't. FATHER: Excuse me. Your mother wants to talk. Here she is. Good-bye.MARTIN: Good-bye, father. MOTHER: Martin, tell Eileen to phone. MARTIN: You can phone her. MOTHER: Is she working? MARTIN: Of course. She doesn't work in the evening. MARTIN: You can phone in the evening. MOTHER: OK. Can I phone this evening? MARTIN: Sure. MOTHER: OK. Good-bye. MARTIN: Good-bye. ■ baoer @ 22:19:34 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 22 Likes and Dislikes 好恶 TAG： 口语 Conversation A : In a Recording Studio MARTIN: Wonderful! Very nice. LUIS: Do you like rock music? MARTIN: Yes, I do. I like all music. What do you like? LAURI: Everything. LUIS: No, she doesn't. She doesn't like opera. MARTIN: Let's talk about music. First, let's talk about your music. Lauri, you're a singer. LAURI: That's right. But I'm a musician, too. MARTIN: Do you play an instrument? LAURI: Yes, I do. LUIS: She plays several instruments very well. MARTIN: What do you play, Lauri? LAURI: I play the guitar. I play the piano, but not very well. I play the fluteLUIS: She plays many flutes. MARTIN: What do you mean? LUIS: She can play wooden flutes, bamboo flutes, classical flutes. Everything LAURI: I like the flute. I play folk music on the flute. Do you like folk music MARTIN: Yes, I do. Let's listen to some folk music. LUIS: That's very nice. LAURI: I like that. MARTIN: OK. You like folk music. You like the flute. You play the guitar. You play the piano. You sing. Do you like to sing? LAURI: Oh, yes! LUIS: She sings very well. We need a singer. MARTIN: Of course. But you sing, Luis. LUIS: Not very well. I like to sing. But I don't sing very well. Lauri sings very well. LAURI: Thank you. That's nice. LUIS: My mother is an opera singer. But I can't sing very well. MARTIN: Does your mother like your music? LUIS: No, she doesn't. MARTIN: Do you like opera? LUIS: Yes, I do. MARTIN: You play the guitar. Can you play other instruments? LUIS: Yes, I can. We need a guitar. I play the guitar very well. Lauri plays the guitar, too. LAURI: We both sing. MARTIN: Do you like this music? Listen. Do you like that music? LUIS: I like it. LAURI: I love it! LUIS: Love it? LAURI: Yes. LUIS: It's OK. MARTIN: One likes it. One loves it. Luis, do you play the keyboard? LUIS: No, I don't. MARTIN: Lauri, do you play the keyboard? LAURI: I don't play it very well. LUIS: Stacy plays the keyboard. MARTIN: Stacy plays with your band. LAURI: He's a wonderful musician. MARTIN: Where is Stacy today? LUIS: He's visiting his family. MARTIN: Where is his home? LAURI: He lives in Detroit. Practice 1：like 喜欢，love 爱，喜欢的程度更深一步。 Examples: LUIS: Yes, I do. I like all music. LUIS: She doesn't like opera. MARTIN: Do you like opera? LUIS: Yes, I do. MARTIN: Do you like that music? LUIS: I like it. LAURI: I love it. Conversation B LUIS: That's beautiful. Do you like classical guitar? MARTIN: Yes, I do. Do you play classical guitar? LUIS: Yes, I do. I play rock guitar in the band. LAURI: He plays classical guitar at home. LUIS: We study classical guitar. LAURI: Yes, we both play. MARTIN: I want to talk about your families. Luis, your mother is an opera singer. Where does she sing? LUIS: South America. Central America. Mexico. She teaches singing, too.MARTIN: Where is she from? LUIS: She's from Spain. MARTIN: Where is your father from? LUIS: He's from New York. MARTIN: Is he a musician? LUIS: No, but he loves music. LAURI: His mother and father met at the opera. MARTIN: That's interesting. LUIS: My father loves music from Spain. MARTIN: Does he like your music? LUIS: No. LAURI: He likes classical guitar. LUIS: Of course. It's from Spain. MARTIN: Let's listen to more music. MARTIN: Lauri, you sing and play the guitar. Lauri, you sing and play the guitar. Stacy plays the keyboard. LUIS: That's right. MARTIN: Who plays the drums? LUIS: That's Ricky. MARTIN: Does he sing, too? LUIS: Of course. Stacy sings, too. MARTIN: Are there more musicians? LAURI: No, only four musicians travel. MARTIN: Do you record your music? LUIS: No, we don't record. LAURI: We want to record. MARTIN: Lauri, were your parents musicians? LAURI: No, but they liked music. They liked folk music. They liked jazz, too.MARTIN: Do you like jazz?  LAURI: Yes, I do. MARTIN: Do you play jazz? LUIS: We don't play jazz very well. Lauri plays jazz flute. LAURI: I studied jazz flute. MARTIN: Where did you study? LAURI: I studied in New York. MARTIN: Let's listen to some jazz. Did you like that? LAURI: I loved that. MARTIN: Lauri, did you and Luis meet in New York? LAURI: Yes, we did. I studied there for three years. We met the second year. We married in New York. MARTIN: Do you have brothers and sisters? LAURI: Yes, I do. I have two brothers.  MARTIN: Are they musicians? LAURI: No, they aren't. They like music.  MARTIN: Do they like your music? LAURI: They like it. They don't love it.  Practice 2：用“Do you like+名词”结构询问别人对音乐的好恶。 Examples: MARTIN: Do you like jazz? LAURI: Yes, I do. MARTIN: Do you like rock music? LAURI: Yes, I do. MARTIN: Do you like opera? LAURI: Yes, I do.  Conversation C MARTIN: Luis, we didn't talk about country music. Do you like country music? LUIS: It's OK. LAURI: He doesn't like it. LUIS: I like some country music. MARTIN: Do you like country music, Lauri? LAURI: Yes, I do. My brothers love it.  Practice 3：英语中演奏某种乐器，用“play+the+乐器”结构表达，若询问某人是否能演奏一种乐器，用“Do you play the+乐器”结构来表达。 Examples: MARTIN: Do you play the piano? LAURI: Yes, I do. ■ baoer @ 22:16:39 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 21 Talking About the Past and the Present 谈论过去和现在 TAG： 口语 Conversation A : On a Farm MARTIN: I like your farm, Walter. WALTER: Thanks. I like the farm, too. I lived in town for seven years.MARTIN: But you liked the farm? WALTER: Yes. My father was a farmer. I was a child. And then I was a student. I lived in the country for nineteen years. MARTIN: Did you work with your father? WALTER: Of course. I worked in the morning, and I worked in the evening.MARTIN: Did you go to school? WALTER: Yes. I went to high school in town. WALTER: Some farmers don't like animals. MARTIN: You have cows? WALTER: That's right. I like sheep, too. MARTIN: Do you grow corn and beans? WALTER: Yes. But I have cows and sheep. Do you like sheep? MARTIN: I like animals. But I live in the city. WALTER: Where is your home? MARTIN: I live in Baltimore. WALTER: Do you have a family? MARTIN: Yes. I have a wife, a son and a daughter. WALTER: Are they with you here? MARTIN: No, they're in Baltimore. My wife is working. WALTER: My brother lives in Philadelphia. That's in the East. MARTIN: That's right. WALTER: My sister lives in the West. She lives in Los Angeles. She lived in San Diego last year. MARTIN: Is she married? WALTER: Yes, she is. MARTIN: What does she do? WALTER: She makes airplanes. Her husband makes airplanes, too.MARTIN: Are your parents living? WALTER: Yes, they are. MARTIN: Where do they live? WALTER: They live in San Diego. They lived with my sister. MARTIN: Was your sister married? WALTER: No. She is married now. She married last year. She moved to Los Angeles. They stayed in San Diego. Practice 1：did 引导过去时的一般疑问句，用以询问过去的事情。句型结构是：“Did+主语+动词原形+其它?” Examples: MARTIN: Did you work last year? WALTER: Yes, I worked with my father. MARTIN: Did she live with her parents? WALTER: Yes, she lived with her parents. MARTIN: Did they walk to town? WALTER: Yes, they walked to town. Conversation B WALTER: Let's walk to the house. Do you want some coffee? MARTIN: Yes, please. WALTER: See the corn? MARTIN: Where? WALTER: Look to the south. MARTIN: Is that south? I see the corn. WALTER: Now look to the west. MARTIN: I can see soybeans. WALTER: That's right. I grow corn and beans. MARTIN: Do you visit your mother and father? WALTER: My wife and I visited my mother and father last year. MARTIN: Did you visit your sister? WALTER: No, we didn't. She visited us here. MARTIN: Do you visit your brother? WALTER: No, he visited us, too. We had a family reunion. WALTER: Please sit down, Martin. Rebecca! We're here! Martin, this is my wife, Rebecca. MARTIN: I'm happy to meet you. REBECCA: Thank you. How are you? MARTIN: Fine, thanks. I like your house. REBECCA: The farm houses are old. Coffee? MARTIN: Please. REBECCA: Walter? WALTER: Yes, please. REBECCA: Did you see the farm? MARTIN: Yes, I saw the cows and sheep. WALTER: We walked to the river. We talked about the family reunion.MARTIN: I'm writing about farm families. REBECCA: Did you visit the Kessler family reunion? MARTIN: Yes, I did. I visited some farms, too. May I ask some questions about your family? REBECCA: Ok. More coffee? MARTIN: No, thanks. Do you have brothers and sisters? REBECCA: I have two brothers. MARTIN: Are they farmers? REBECCA: One is a farmer. MARTIN: Where does he live? REBECCA: He lives north of here. He has two boys. MARTIN: Two sons. No daughters? REBECCA: That's right. They are very small. One son is four. One is two.MARTIN: Where does your other brother live? REBECCA: He lives in Chicago. He drives a truck. Practice 2：一般疑问句句尾用升调，陈述句句尾用降调。把下列陈述句变为一般疑问句。 Examples: They are small.→ Are they small? He has two boys.→ Does he have two boys? He lives in Chicago.→ Does he live in Chicago? ■ baoer @ 22:14:45 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 20 Introduction of Family Member 介绍家庭成员 TAG： 口语 Conversation A : At a Family Reunion MARTIN: Why do you have the family reunion, Mr. Kessler? CHUCK: We have a large farm. We have a large house, too. MARTIN: Is the family reunion very large? CHUCK: We have thirty or forty families. Have you met my wife, Martin?MARTIN: No, I haven't. Good morning, Mrs. Kessler. YVONNE: Call me Yvonne. I'm happy to meet you. You're a reporter.MARTIN: Yes, I am. I want to meet these men and women. YVONNE: We have about forty men and women. CHUCK: We have about sixty children. YVONNE: It's a large reunion. CHUCK: Come meet some Kesslers. MARTIN: Are these men and women all Kesslers? CHUCK: Some are married to Kesslers. This is my father. MARTIN: Hello, Mr. Kessler. FATHER: Hello. Are you a Kessler? MARTIN: No, I'm not. I'm Martin Learner. I'm a reporter. FATHER: Have you met my wife? MARTIN: Hello, Mrs. Kessler. I'm happy to meet you. MARTIN: What do you do, Mrs. Kessler? MOTHER: I'm a housewife. MARTIN: Do you have more children? MOTHER: Only there. We have two daughters and one son. MARTIN: Where do they live? MOTHER: Our son, Chuck, lives here, of course. One daughter lives in St Louis. One daughter lives in Fargo. MARTIN: What do you do, Mr. Kessler? FATHER: I'm a salesman. MARTIN: What do you sell? FATHER: I sell seed corn. MARTIN: I'm happy to meet you. Excuse me, I want to meet more Kesslers.MARTIN: Hello. I'm Martin Learner. Are you a Kessler? KAREN: Of course. I'm Karen Kessler. This is my sister. KENDRA: I'm Kendra. How are you? MARTIN: Fine, thanks. KAREN: Are you married to a Kessler? MARTIN: No, I'm not. KENDRA: Are you married? MARTIN: Yes, I am. KAREN: What do you do? MARTIN: I'm a reporter. May I ask you some questions? KAREN: OK. MARTIN: Do you have any brothers? KAREN: No, I have only my sister. MARTIN: Are you married? KAREN: No, I'm not. Kendra is married. Practice 1：询问别人家庭情况的一个常用句型是 Do you have...。 Examples: MARTIN: Do you have a wife? CHUCK: Yes, I have a wife. MARTIN: Do you have children? MOTHER: We have two daughters and one son. MARTIN: Do you have any brothers? KAREN: No, I have only my sister. Conversation B MARTIN: Who is your father? KAREN: That man. MARTIN: Chuck? We've met. Kendra, do you have children? KENDRA: No, I don't. Do you have children? MARTIN: Yes, I do. KENDRA: Come with me, Martin. Meet my aunt. MARTIN: Excuse me, Karen. KAREN: Good-bye. KENDRA: This is my aunt. Aunt Geraldine. GERALD: Is he a Kessler? KENDRA: No, he isn't. MARTIN: I'm Martin Learner. GERALD: Hello. KENDRA: He's a reporter. GERALD: I'm happy to meet you. MARTIN: Thank you. Do you have a family? GERALD: Of course. I have Kendra. GERALD: I’m her aunt. And Karen. Karen is Kendra's sister. MARTIN: We've met. I've met your brother, too. GERALD: You've met Chuck? Have you met his wife? MARTIN: Yes, I have. GERALD: I have a sister, too. MARTIN: Is she here? GERALD: Yes. MARTIN: Is your husband here? GERALD: Yes. MARTIN: Is your sister married? GERALD: Yes. MARTIN: Is her husband here? GERALD: No, he isn't. He's working. MARTIN: What do you do? GERALD: My husband and I have a small business. KENDRA: This is my aunt. Aunt Maxine. MARTIN: Hello. How are you? MAXINE: Fine, thanks. How are you? MARTIN: Fine, thanks. MAXINE: Kendra, where is your mother? KENDRA: I don't know. MAXINE: Is she with your father? KENDRA: I don't know. MAXINE: Please go look for her. KENDRA: Excuse me, Martin. MAXINE: Is your family here? MARTIN: No, they aren't. They're in Baltimore. MAXINE: Oh, is your home in Baltimore? MARTIN: Yes, it is. MAXINE: I have an uncle in Baltimore. KAREN: Martin, is your wife here? MARTIN: No, she isn't. She's in Baltimore. Our home is in Baltimore. KAREN: Do you have any Children? MARTIN: Yes, I do. I have one boy and one girl. KAREN: How old is the boy? MARTIN: He's seventeen years old. My daughter is fourteen years old.KAREN: Do you live in a house? MARTIN: No, we don't. We live in an apartment. Where do you live? KAREN: I live with my mother and father. MARTIN: Where is Kendra's home? KAREN: She's in town. She lives in an apartment. MARTIN: May I ask some more questions about your family? KAREN: Yes. MARTIN: I met two aunts. They are your father's sisters. KAREN: That's right. MARTIN: Do you have uncles? KAREN: I have only one uncle. MARTIN: And I met your grandparents. They are your father's parents.KAREN: That's right. MARTIN: Do you have more grandparents? KAREN: Yes, I do. My mother's parents are living, too. MARTIN: Where do they live? KAREN: They live in Florida now. They lived here. Grandfather was a farmer. MARTIN: What do you do? Are you a farmer? KAREN: No, I'm not. I work in town. I'm a secretary  Practice 2：询问有关你家庭的情况。 Examples: MARTIN: Where do you live? KAREN: I live with my mother and father. KAREN: Do you live in a house? MARTIN: No, we don't. We live in an apartment. MARTIN: Is your sister married? GERALD: Yes. KAREN: Do you have any children? MARTIN: Yes, I do. I have one boy and one girl. ■ baoer @ 22:12:55 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 19 Talking About Families 谈论家庭 TAG： 口语 Conversation A : On a Farm LISA: Let's sit here, Mr Learner. MARTIN: Please call me Martin. May I ask some questions? LISA: Of course. MARTIN: May I record your answers? LISA: Yes. MARTIN: Do you have a family? LISA: Yes, I have a husband. MARTIN: What is your husband's name? LISA: Eric. MARTIN: Eric. That's right. We've met. Do you have children? LISA: Yes. We have two children. MARTIN: Are they boys or girls? LISA: We have one boy and one girl. MARTIN: Wonderful. You have a son and a daughter. Are your mother and father living? LISA: Yes, they are. MARTIN: Do they live here? LISA: No, they don't. They live in town. MARTIN: Do you have a large farm? LISA: Oh, yes. It's a very large farm. The farm was my father's farm.MARTIN: And you have a very large house. LISA: It's a wonderful house. The house is old. Here's Eric. ERIC: Hello, Martin? MARTIN: That's right. ERIC: How are you? MARTIN: Fine, thanks. How are you? ERIC: Fine, thanks. LISA: We're talking about families. ERIC: I have a large family. MARTIN: Are your parent's living? ERIC: My mother is living. My father isn't living. MARTIN: Where does your mother live? ERIC: She lives in California. MARTIN: Do you have brothers and sisters? ERIC: I have three brothers and two sisters. MARTIN: Where do they live? ERIC: Two brothers live in town. One lives on a farm. MARTIN: What do they do? One is a farmer? ERIC: That's right. Two brothers have businesses in town. MARTIN: Lisa, do you have brothers and sisters? LISA: I have a sister. MARTIN: Where does she live? LISA: She lives in Texas. MARTIN: Is she married? LISA: No, she isn't. MARTIN: What does she do? LISA: She's in the army. MARTIN: Are your sisters married, Eric? ERIC: One sister lives in Montana. She's married to a rancher. One lives in California. My mother lives with this sister. MARTIN: What does this sister do? ERIC: She has a business. LISA: She's a photographer. MARTIN: That's interesting. Practice 1：询问对方是否有某物或人，诸如家庭、孩子、父母等，用： “Do you have...?”回答：Yes, I do. 或 No, I don't. Examples: MARTIN: Do you have a family? LISA: Yes, I do. MARTIN: Do you have children? LISA: Yes, we do. MARTIN: Do you have brothers and sisters? ERIC: Yes, I do. MARTIN: Are your parents living? LISA: Yes, they are. Conversation B LISA: Here are the children now. ERIC: This is Max. And this is Meg. MARTIN: Hi, Max. Hi, Meg. MAX: Hi. MEG: Hi. MARTIN: I'm Martin. How old are you, Max? MAX: I'm fifteen. MARTIN: Are you in high school? MAX: Yes. I'm in tenth grade. MARTIN: Where is your school? MAX: It's in town. MARTIN: How old are you, Meg? MEG: Eleven. MARTIN: Where is your school? MEG: I don't know. LISA: It's east of here. MARTIN: It's in the country. ERIC: That's right. MARTIN: Meg, can I ask some more questions? MEG: OK. MARTIN: I want to ask some questions about your family. MARTIN: Do you have uncles? MEG: Yes. Three. MARTIN: Where do they live? MEG: Two live in town. One lives over there? MARTIN: Where? ERIC: West of here. MEG: See that road? Over there. MARTIN: Max, do you have grandmothers and grandfathers? MAX: Yes. Two grandmothers are living, and one grandfather is living.MARTIN: Where does your grandfather live? MAX: He lives in town now. He lived here. MARTIN: What does he do? MAX: He was a farmer. ERIC: This was his farm. MARTIN: Meg, where do your grandmothers live? MEG: One lives in town. One lives in California. MARTIN: What do your uncles do? MEG: Uncle Gene is a policeman. MAX: Uncle Chet is a baker. MARTIN: Max, is one uncle a farmer? MAX: Yes, he is. He has a small farm. MARTIN: What does he grow? MAX: Corn. All the farmers grow corn. MEG: He grows beans, too. MARTIN: Soybeans? MEG: Yes. MARTIN: Does he have animals? MEG: Oh, yes. MARTIN: Do you like animals? MEG: I like some animals. I like horses. MARTIN: Can you ride? MEG: Yes, I can. MARTIN: Max, can you ride? MAX: Of course. MEG: I don't like cows. MARTIN: Does your uncle have cows? MEG: Yes. He has big cows. He has two hundred cows. MAX: No, he doesn't. MEG: Yes. He has two hundred cows. MAX: No, he doesn't. He has fifty cows. MEG: No, he doesn't. He has two hundred cows. MAX: Fifty. MEG: Two-hundred. LISA: Children! Stop that! MARTIN: Lisa, did your father have cows? LISA: No, he didn't. He didn't like animals. MEG: He likes corn and beans. LISA: That's right. MARTIN: Did he like horses? LISA: No. He only liked corn and soybeans. MARTIN: You have a very big house, Meg. Do you like your house? MEG: It's old. But I like it. MAX: I like Uncle Gene's house. It's new. LISA: Our home is wonderful! MAX: Our home is wonderful. But Uncle Gene's is new. ■ baoer @ 22:09:43 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 18 Talking About Homes and Farming 谈论住处和农活 TAG： 口语 Conversation A : At a Farmer's Meeting MARTIN: Hello. I'm Martin Learner. WILT: I'm Wilt Brauer. How are you? MARTIN: Fine, thanks. How are you? WILT: Fine, thanks. This is Mrs. Brauer. MARTIN: Good evening, Mrs. Brauer. EMILY: I'm Emily. What do you do, Mr. Learner? MARTIN: I'm a reporter. May I ask some questions? WILT: Of course. MARTIN: Are you a farmer? WILT: Yes, I am. MARTIN: Are all these men farmers? WILT: Yes, they are. EMILY: Some women are farmers, too. WILT: Emily is a good farmer. EMILY: Yes, we're both farmers. Would you like some coffee? MARTIN: Yes, please. EMILY: Come with me. MARTIN: Thank you. EMILY: You're welcome. Have you met Chuck Kessler? MARTIN: No, I haven't. Hello, how are you? CHUCK: Fine, thanks. Who are you? MARTIN: Martin Learner. Are you a farmer? CHUCK: Oh, yes. We're all farmers. MARTIN: Where do you live? CHUCK: I live in the country. EMILY: He and Mrs. Kessler live in a big house east of here. MARTIN: Where do you live, Emily? EMILY: We live south of here. We live in a small house. CHUCK: Where do you live? Do you live on a farm? MARTIN: No, I don't. I live in Baltimore. I live in an apartment. CHUCK: Do you like the city? MARTIN: Yes. I like the country, too. But my home is in the city. MARTIN: This is good coffee. EMILY: Thanks. Have you met Lisa Jankusky? MARTIN: No, I haven't. LISA: I'm Lisa. How are you? MARTIN: Fine, thanks. How are you? LISA: Fine, thanks. MARTIN: Are you a farmer? LISA: No, I'm not. I'm a housewife. MARTIN: Do you live here in town? LISA: No, I don't. My home is in the country. MARTIN: My home is in the city. LISA: Do you live in a house? MARTIN: No, I live in an apartment. LISA: My home is west of here. I live in a big house. LISA: Hi, Wilt. This is Martin. MARTIN: We've met. Wilt, where is your house? WILT: It's south of here. MARTIN: May I visit your farm? WILT: Of course. Can you come on Monday? MARTIN: No, I can't. WILT: Can you come on Tuesday? MARTIN: Yes. I want to ask you some questions on Tuesday. WILT: OK. Good-bye. LISA: Good-bye, Wilt. Hi, Eric. This is Martin. ERIC: Hi. I'm Eric Jankusky. MARTIN: Are you Lisa's husband? ERIC: Yes, I am. MARTIN: Are you a farmer? ERIC: Yes, I am. All these men are farmers. Practice 1：下面是一些关于“家”的对话，学习它们的问答方式。 Examples: MARTIN: Do you live in the city? EMILY: No, I don't. My home is in the country. MARTIN: Do you live in a house? EMILY: Yes, I do. LISA: Do you live in the country? MARTIN: No, I don't. I live in the city. LISA: Do you live in a house? MARTIN: No, I don't. I live in an apartment. Conversation B WILT: Here we are. This is our home. Come inside the house. Emily!?EMILY: Good morning. MARTIN: Good morning. How are you today? EMILY: Fine, thanks. MARTIN: You have an interesting house. EMILY: Thank you. It's old. WILT: It's about one-hundred years old. EMILY: It's a wonderful home. MARTIN: Do you have a big farm? WILT: Yes, it's very big. MARTIN: Who does all the work? EMILY: He does. WILT: No, I don't. She works, too. MARTIN: Who makes the garden? WILT: She does. MARTIN: What do you grow? EMILY: Now, I have onions and peas. WILT: She has beans and squash. EMILY: I'm going to have tomatoes and potatoes. WILT: And she's going to have corn, too. Come see the farm. MARTIN: Do you have two tractors? WILT: Yes, we do. We have a big tractor and a small tractor. MARTIN: Do you have animals? WILT: We only have horses. EMILY: We ride the horses. Can you see the horses? MARTIN: Yes, I can. EMILY: We ride over the farm. Can you ride? MARTIN: No, I can't. WILT: Yes, you can. Come see the horses. WILT: You can ride this old horse. MARTIN: OK. WILT: We're going to ride over there. Can you ride there? MARTIN: Maybe. WILT: We can ride slowly. MARTIN: OK. MARTIN: I see corn. What other things do you grow? WILT: I grow wheat, too. Look there. I grew wheat there last year. MARTIN: Let's ride there. WILT: Can you ride there? MARTIN: Yes, I can. I want to ask more questions. MARTIN: What's this? WILT: It's soybeans. Let's ride south of here. MARTIN: Can we stop here? It's wonderful! WILT: Look to the west. That's the river. MARTIN: Yes, I can see the river. WILT: Now look to the north. Can you see the town? MARTIN: Yes, I can. Is that your farm? WILT: No. My farm stops at the river. That farm is Les Danzig's farm. WILT: He has a small farm. MARTIN: I can't see a house. WILT: No, you can't. His home is in town. Can you see my house? MARTIN: Yes, I can. WILT: Let's ride there. Practice 2: 询问对方是否能够做某事常用：Can you+动词原形? 回答用：Yes 或 No. Examples: EMILY: Can you see the horse? MARTIN: Yes, I can. EMILY: Can you ride? MARTIN: No, I can't. WILT: Yes, you can. You can ride this old horse. WILT: We can ride slowly. ■ baoer @ 22:07:03 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 17 Asking About People's Homes 询问住处 TAG： 口语 Conversation A : Visiting a Musician MARTIN: Thank you. Thank you very much. That was wonderful. MUSICIAN: You're welcome. Do you like the violin? MARTIN: I love the violin. MUSICIAN: Would you like some coffee or tea? MARTIN: No, thanks. I want to ask you some questions. MUSICIAN: OK. MARTIN: You're a young musician. How old are you? MUSICIAN: I'm twenty-one years old. MARTIN: Do you have a family? MUSICIAN: I have a family in Finland. I don't have a family here. MARTIN: Do you work? Do you have a job? MUSICIAN: I'm a musician. I don't work now. I'm a student. MARTIN: Do you study at the university? MUSICIAN: Yes, I do. MARTIN: Do you Practice at the university? MUSICIAN: Yes. I Practice at home, too. MARTIN: Where do you live? MUSICIAN: I live here. This is my home. Where do you live? MARTIN: I live in Baltimore. MUSICIAN: Do you live in an apartment? MARTIN: Yes, I do. MUSICIAN: This apartment is very small. MARTIN: I live in a small apartment, too. It's my home. MUSICIAN: I live in a big house in Finland. But this is my home here.MARTIN: Did you play the violin in Finland? MUSICIAN: Oh, yes, I did. I played for many years. MARTIN: Where did you play? MUSICIAN: I played at school. And I played at home. My mother played the violin. MARTIN: Did you play another musical instrument? MUSICIAN: First, I played the piano. My father played the piano. MARTIN: Do you play the piano now? MUSICIAN: No, I don't. I don't study. I don't Practice the piano now. MARTIN: When did you play the piano? MUSICIAN: When I lived in Finland. MARTIN: How long did you play? MUSICIAN: Ten years. MUSICIAN: Excuse me. Hello, Manny. Come in. MANNY: Hi. MARTIN: Hello, I'm Martin Learner. How are you? MANNY: Hi, I'm Manny. MUSICIAN: Mr. Learner is a reporter. Manny is my friend. MARTIN: I'm happy to meet you. MANNY: Thanks. MARTIN: Where is your home? MANNY: Here. MARTIN: You live here in this apartment? MANNY: No, no. I don't live in this apartment. I live here in Bloomington. My home is in Bloomington. MUSICIAN: My home is very small. MANNY: My home is very small, too. Practice 1：“home”是指你居住的地方，它可能是一所房子，也可能是一间公寓。询问你居住在哪，一般用：Where do you live? 你住在哪儿?回答是：I live... 我住在…… Examples: MARTIN: Where do you live? MUSICIAN: I live here. This is my home. MARTIN: Where do you live? MANNY: I live in Bloomington. MUSICIAN: Where do you live? MARTIN: I live in an apartment. Conversation B MARTIN: Manny, where do you live in Bloomington? MANNY: I live at five-twenty-six Hamilton Street. MARTIN: Do you live in a house? MANNY: No, I don't. MARTIN: Do you live in a dormitory? MANNY: No, I don't. MARTIN: Do you live in an apartment? MANNY: Yes, I do. It's very small. MARTIN: How many rooms does it have? MANNY: It has one large room and one very small room. MARTIN: That was beautiful. MANNY: He's very good. MUSICIAN: Thanks. MARTIN: Manny, what do you do? MANNY: I'm a musician, too. MARTIN: Are you a student? MANNY: Yes, I am. I study at the university. MARTIN: Do you play the violin? MANNY: No, I don't. MUSICIAN: Yes, he does. MANNY: No, I don't. MUSICIAN: Yes, he does. But he's very bad. MANNY: Yes, I'm very bad. MARTIN: Where are you from? MANNY: I'm from Brooklyn. My family is from Russia. It was their home.MARTIN: Did you live in Russia? MANNY: No, I didn't. My home was in Brooklyn. MARTIN: Did you play the violin in Brooklyn? MANNY: Yes. I was very bad. MARTIN: What do you play now? MANNY: I play the clarinet. MARTIN: Did your father play the clarinet? MANNY: No, he didn't. He was a chemist. MARTIN: Did your mother play the clarinet? MANNY: No, she didn't. But she was a musician. She was a singer. MARTIN: Do you play another musical instrument? MANNY: Yes, I do. I play the guitar. MUSICIAN: He plays the mandolin, too. MUSICIAN: Excuse me. Teresa! Hi. THERESA: Hi. MUSICIAN: This is Teresa. MANNY: Hi, Teresa. MARTIN: Hello. I'm Martin. Are you a musician? TERESA: No. I'm a teacher. MUSICIAN: She teaches at the high school. MARTIN: Do you live in Bloomington? TERESA: Yes, I do. MUSICIAN: She lives in the apartment downstairs. TERESA: Manny, do you have your guitar? MANNY: Yes, I do. TERESA: Play for us. MANNY: OK. Practice 2：询问对方是否住在一所房子里或一间宿舍里，用：Do you live in a(n)...? 你住在……里吗? Examples: MARTIN: Do you live in a house? MANNY: No, I don't. MARTIN: Do you live in a dormitory? MANNY: No, I don't. MARTIN: Do you live in an apartment? MANNY: Yes, I do. MARTIN: Do you live in an apartment? MUSICIAN: Yes, I do. MARTIN: Did you live in a house? MUSICIAN: Yes, I lived in a house in Finland. ■ baoer @ 22:05:07 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 16 Talking About Where People Work 谈论人们的工作场所 TAG： 口语 Conversation A : In a Small Town MARTIN: Good afternoon. I'm Martin Learner. ASSISTANT: Good afternoon, Mr. Learner. I'm Mayor Walker's assistant. The Mayor is expecting you. Please go in. MARTIN: Thank you. Good afternoon, Mayor Walker. MAYOR: Hello. How are you? MARTIN: Fine, thanks, How are you? MAYOR: Fine, thanks. What can I do for you? MARTIN: I'm a reporter. I want to talk about the work people do in this town.MAYOR: Fine. MARTIN: How long have you been mayor of Greentown? MAYOR: Three years. MARTIN: How many people live in Greentown? MAYOR: Thirteen thousand. MARTIN: Let's talk about the work people do. What do they do? MAYOR: They work in small factories. They work in small businesses.MARTIN: How many factories do you have? MAYOR: We have five small factories. MARTIN: What do they make? MAYOR: Look at these pictures. See these people? MARTIN: Yes. MAYOR: They work in the battery factory. They make batteries. MARTIN: What do they make? MAYOR: They work in the tire factory. They make tires. MARTIN: What do they make? MAYOR: They work in the glass factory. They make windows and windshields. MARTIN: What do they make? MAYOR: They make bottles. And they make plastic bags. Come see the town. MARTIN: Thank you, I'd like that. MAYOR: Do you see those people? They work on the roads and streets.MARTIN: I see. How many teachers do you have? MAYOR: About one-hundred. They teach in the schools. Look at that school. MARTIN: Is it a new school? MAYOR: Yes, it is. Twenty teachers teach in that school. MARTIN: Is that a hospital? MAYOR: Yes, it is. It's small. Twenty-three nurses work in the hospital. Practice 1：询问对方的工作地点，我们通常用： Where do you work? 你在哪工作? 其回答方式是：“I work+地点介词短语”. 我在……工作。 Examples: MARTIN: Where do they work? MAYOR: They work in small businesses. MARTIN: Where do they work? MAYOR: They work in the battery factory. MARTIN: Where do they work? MAYOR: They work in the tire factory. MARTIN: Where do they work? MAYOR: They work in the glass factory. MARTIN: Where do they work? MAYOR: They work on the roads and streets. Conversation B MARTIN: Mayor Walker, how many small businesses do you have? MAYOR: About two-hundred twenty. People work in stores and shops. They work in banks. They work in restaurants and bars. They work in the Post Office. They work in bakeries. MARTIN: What do they make in the bakeries? MAYOR: They bake bread and cakes. Do you see that man there? MARTIN: Yes. MAYOR: He's a writer. MARTIN: Where does he write? MAYOR: He writes for the newspaper. MARTIN: I see a photographer. MAYOR: Yes, she works for the newspaper. MARTIN: Who are those women? MAYOR: They're workers. MARTIN: Where do they work? MAYOR: They work at the plastic factory. MARTIN: What do they make? MAYOR: They make plastic bags. MARTIN: Who are those men? MAYOR: They're workers too. MARTIN: Where do they work? MAYOR: They work at the tire factory. MARTIN: Who are they? MAYOR: They're students. MARTIN: Where do they study? MAYOR: They study at the high school. MARTIN: They're good musicians, too! Who are those children? MAYOR: They're students, too. They're going to sing. MAYOR: Do you see those men? MARTIN: Yes. Who are they? MAYOR: They're carpenters. MARTIN: Oh, yes. I see. MAYOR: We have many carpenters. MARTIN: Those men work on the roads and streets. MAYOR: Yes. MARTIN: Who are those women? MAYOR: They're workers. MARTIN: Where do they work? MAYOR: They work in the glass factory. MARTIN: What do they make? MAYOR: They make windows and windshields. MARTIN: Where do they work? MAYOR: They work in the bottle factory. MARTIN: What do they make? MAYOR: They make bottles. MARTIN: Where do they work? MAYOR: They work in the tire factory. MARTIN: What do they make? MAYOR: They make tires. Where do you work? MARTIN: I work at the“Voice of America”. Thank you for your time, Mayor Walker. Practice 2：再练习一下关于工作和工作地点的对话。 Examples: MAYOR: He's a writer. MARTIN: Where does he write? MAYOR: He writes for the newspaper. They are workers. MARTIN: Where do they work? MAYOR: They work at the factory. She's a photographer. MARTIN: Where does she work? MAYOR: She works for the newspaper. ■ baoer @ 22:03:26 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 15 Talking About Part-time Jobs 谈论业余工作 TAG： 口语 Conversation A : At an Amusement Park MARTIN: Good afternoon. How are you? CAST: Fine, thanks. OK. Good afternoon. Hi. How are you? Great. MARTIN: I'm happy to meet you. Thank you for coming this afternoon. Tell me about your jobs. Let's start with you. Who are you? CELIA: I'm Celia Chan. MARTIN: Where do you live? CELIA: I live at 12 Coolidge Street. MARTIN: What do you do? CELIA: I'm a sales person. I sell things. MARTIN: Where do you sell things? CELIA: I work at the General Store. MARTIN: What do you sell? CELIA: Oh-candy-T-shirts. MARTIN: Thank you, Celia. Now, who are you? RALPH: I'm Ralph Beck. MARTIN: How old are you, Ralph? RALPH: I'm sixteen years old. MARTIN: Celia, how old are you? CELIA: I'm sixteen. MARTIN: Ralph, where do you work? RALPH: I work at the Frontier Restaurant. MARTIN: What do you do? RALPH: I'm a waiter. MARTIN: When do you work? RALPH: I work on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. MARTIN: Celia, when do you work? CELIA: I work on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. MARTIN: Thanks. And who are you? DON: I'm Don Tharp. MARTIN: Where do you live? DON: I live at six twenty-eight Monroe Street. MARTIN: How old are you? DON: I'm seventeen years old. MARTIN: Where do you go to school? DON: I go to school at Northwest High School. MARTIN: Ralph, where do you go to school? RALPH: At Central High School. MARTIN: Celia, where do you go to high school? CELIA: I go to school at South High School. MARTIN: Thanks. Don, what do you do? DON: I'm a lifeguard. MARTIN: You're a swimmer? DON: Yes, I'm a good swimmer. MARTIN: Wonderful! When do you work? DON: I work on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. I work at a supermarket on Saturday. MARTIN: What do you do at the supermarket? DON: I'm a stock boy. I put things on the shelves. MARTIN: Who are you? KRISTIE: I'm Kristie Wasserman. MARTIN: When do you work? KRISTIE: I work everyday-Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. MARTIN: That's a lot. KRISTIE: I only work two hours a day. Practice 1：询问对方的工作时间时可用： When do you work? 你何时工作? 回答时可用 I work+时间短语。 Examples: MARTIN: When do you work? RALPH: I work on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. MARTIN: When do you work? CELIA: I work on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. MARTIN: When do you work? DON: I work on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. Conversation B RALPH: Kristie, where do you go to school? KRISTIE: I go to school at St. Mary's High School. MARTIN: How old are you? KRISTIE: I'm fifteen years old. MARTIN: What do you do? KRISTIE: I work at the stable. CELIA: Oh, I love horses! KRISTIE: Do you work on Monday? CELIA: No, I don't work on Monday. I work on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.KRISTIE: Come see me on Monday. RALPH: I like horses, too. KRISTIE: When do you work? RALPH: I work on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. I don't work on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday. KRISTIE: Come see me on Tuesday. When do you work, Don? DON: I don't work on Monday, Wednesday or Friday. KRISTIE: I work everyday. Come see me on Wednesday. MARTIN: What do you do at the stable? KRISTIE: I exercise the horses. MARTIN: Do you like animals? KRISTIE: No, I don't. MARTIN: Do you like horses? KRISTIE: Yes, I only like horses. Come see the horses now! CAST: Can we? Great idea! Wonderful! Why not? Let's go. MARTIN: Kristie, you work at the stable now. What did you do last year?KRISTIE: I didn't work last year. MARTIN: Ralph, you work in a restaurant now. What did you do last year?RALPH: I worked in a music store. MARTIN: When did you work? RALPH: I only worked on Saturday. MARTIN: Don. You're a lifeguard now. Where did you work last year? DON: I worked at a supermarket. MARTIN: When did you work? DON: I only worked on Sunday. MARTIN: Celia, what did you do last year? CELIA: I was a salesperson. I worked at the General Store. MARTIN: When did you work? CELIA: I worked on Friday and Monday. ■ baoer @ 22:01:48 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 14 Talking About What People Do for Work 谈论人们从事的工作 TAG： 口语 Conversation A : At a New Shopping Mall KATHY: Good morning, Jeff. JEFF: Good morning, Kathy. How are you this morning? KATHY: Fine, thanks. How are you? JEFF: Fine, thanks. KATHY: What's that? JEFF: It's the plan. KATHY: What plan? JEFF: For the new building. Look. KATHY: It's interesting. What's that? JEFF: Shops. There are ten shops. KATHY: What's that? JEFF: It's the cinema. KATHY: Show me the restaurants. JEFF: Look here. There are three restaurants. KATHY: Show me the sports club. JEFF: Look here... KATHY: Martin Learner is coming this morning. JEFF: Martin Learner? KATHY: He's a reporter. JEFF: Oh, yes. He's a reporter for the“Voice of America”. KATHY: Yes. JEFF: Please come in, Mr. Learner. MARTIN: Thank you. JEFF: I'm Jeff O'Neil. I'm the director of the shopping mall. How are you?MARTIN: Fine, thanks. JEFF: Please sit down. Coffee? MARTIN: No, thanks. JEFF: Where are you from? MARTIN: I'm from Baltimore, Maryland. JEFF: I lived in Maryland. How can I help you? MARTIN: Tell me about the shopping mall. May I record? JEFF: Sure. That's OK. Look here. MARTIN: What's that? JEFF: It's the plan for the new building. MARTIN: Show me the old building. JEFF: Here is the old building. Here is the new building. MARTIN: What's that? JEFF: It's the cinema. MARTIN: Show me the shops. JEFF: Here is a shoe store. Here is a bicycle shop. Here is a gift shop. Here is a clothing store. There are ten shops. MARTIN: What's that? JEFF: It's the sports club. MARTIN: What's that? JEFF: It's a restaurant. There are three restaurants. MARTIN: Show me. JEFF: Here is a restaurant. Here is a restaurant. And here is a restaurant. Practice 1：“here”用来指离讲话人较近的事物的位置，Here is a... 这儿有一个…… Examples: JEFF: Here is a shoe store. Here is a bicycle shop. Here is a gift shop. Here is a clothing store. Here is a restaurant. Conversation B JEFF: Here is the new building. MARTIN: What's that? JEFF: It's the sports club. MARTIN: Who are they? JEFF: They're painters. They're painting the sports club. MARTIN: What's that? JEFF: It's the cinema. Here is the shoe store. MARTIN: Who are they? JEFF: They're the carpenters. They're making shelves. They're workers. They're making a road. MARTIN: What's that? JEFF: It's a garage. Here is the entrance. MARTIN: Who are they? JEFF: They're the gardeners. They're making the gardens. MARTIN: What's that? JEFF: It's the garage. It's the exit. MARTIN: Good morning. WELDER: Good morning. MARTIN: What are you doing? WELDER: We're welders. We're building a new building. MARTIN: What's that? WELDER: It's a door. We're making two large doors. Here's a window.MARTIN: That's interesting. WELDER: We're making twelve large windows. MARTIN: Thanks. JEFF: Come see the old building. MARTIN: OK. MARTIN: Tell me about the shopping mall. I'm going to record. JEFF: There's a clothing store. There's a jewelry store. There's a pet shop. There’s a hardware store. There's a music store. Practice 2：“there”指离讲话人较远的事物的位置，There is a...那儿有一个……Examples: JEFF: There's a clothing store. There's a jewelry store. There's a pet shop. There's a hardware store. There's a music store. Conversation C MARTIN: What are they doing? JEFF: They're musicians. They're playing music. It's a music store. Here’s the pet shop. MARTIN: They're buying a dog. CLERK: Who are you? MARTIN: I'm a reporter. CLERK: I'm the clerk. I work here. I sell dogs and cats. JEFF: Would you like coffee? MARTIN: Yes, please. JEFF: Here's a cafe. Please sit down. MARTIN: They're cleaning the floor. JEFF: Yes, sit here. MARTIN: What's that? JEFF: It's a bookstore. There's a photo shop. Look. He's a photographer. He's taking photos now. ■ baoer @ 21:56:03 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 13 Talking About Occupations 谈论职业 TAG： 口语 Conversation A : At a Parent and Teachers Meeting MRS WEAVER: Good evening, Mr. Learner. How are you? MARTIN: Fine, thanks. How are you? MRS WEAVER: Fine, thanks. This is Mrs. Bane. MRS BANE: Hello. I'm Robin's mother. MRS WEAVER: Mr. Learner is a reporter. MARTIN: Robin is making a picture book. MRS WEAVER: That's right. Come see, Mrs. Bane. HAL: Hello, Mr. Learner. MARTIN: Hello. Call me Martin. HAL: Martin, this is Wendy Silver. She's a teacher, too. MARTIN: Good evening. WENDY: Hi. I teach third grade. HAL: Martin visited my room today. MARTIN: Yes, I saw the geography lesson. WENDY: You're a reporter. MARTIN: Yes, I write stories for the Voice of America. I'm writing a story about schools. HAL: Martin, this is Mrs. Bane. MRS. Bane: We've met. HAL: And this is Mr. Bane. MARTIN: Hello. MR BANE: Hello. You're a teacher? MARTIN: No, I'm a reporter. MR BANE: A reporter? MARTIN: I'm writing a story about schools. MR BANE: I see. MARTIN: What do you do? MR BANE: I'm a contractor. I build schools. MARTIN: Wonderful. WENDY: Martin, come meet Mrs. Steele. MARTIN: Excuse me, Mr. Bane, Mrs. Bane. WENDY: This is Jessica. MARTIN: Good evening. I'm Martin Learner. MRS STEELE: I'm happy to meet you. MARTIN: What's that? MRS STEELE: It's a dress from Romania. It was my grandmother's dress.WENDY: Mrs. Steele is Roberta's mother. MARTIN: Fifth grade geography? MRS STEELE: That's right. MARTIN: What do you do, Mrs. Steele? MRS STEELE: I'm a housewife. I'm raising three young children. I studied nursing. HAL: Martin, this is Melissa's mother. MARTIN: Hello. I'm Martin Learner. MRS ROBERTSON: Good evening. I'm Rachel Robertson. MARTIN: I'm happy to meet you. This is Mrs. Steele, Roberta's mother. MRS ROBERTSON: We've met, thank you. MARTIN: What do you do, Mrs. Robertson. MRS ROBERTSON: I'm a farmer. MARTIN: A farmer!? MRS ROBERTSON: Yes, I farm five-hundred acres. MARTIN: Wonderful! What's that? MRS ROBERTSON: Corn. Soybeans. And wheat. I grow them. WENDY: Mrs. Robertson is Becky's mother, too. Becky's in third grade. MRS ROBERTSON: They are studying food. MARTIN: I see. PAT: Hello, I'm Pat Bryan. Who are you? MARTIN: I'm Martin Learner. I'm a reporter. PAT: Where are you from, Martin? MARTIN: I'm from Baltimore. What do you do? PAT: I'm a farmer. And I'm a mechanic, too. I farm a hundred acres. And I fix tractors. MARTIN: What's that? PAT: I have a boy in the third grade. It's beans. MARTIN: Soybeans? PAT: No. Red beans. I grow soybeans, red beans, and white beans. Last year I grew green beans and peas. Conversation B MRS WEAVER: This is Mr. Gary Durant. MARTIN: Hello. How are you? GARY: Fine, thanks. MRS WEAVER: Mr. Durant is the assistant principal. Mr. Learner, would you like some coffee? MARTIN: Yes, please. Excuse me, Mr. Durant. MARTIN: Black coffee, please. MRS WEAVER: No sugar? MARTIN: That's right. Thank you. MRS WEAVER: Mr. McCammon. This is Martin Learner. MR MCCAMMON: Hello. I'm Malcolm McCammon. How are you? MARTIN: Fine, thanks. How are you? What do you do? MR MCCAMMON: I'm Conrad's father. MARTIN: What grade? MR MCCAMMON: Second grade. I'm a father and a lawyer. MARTIN: Where are you from? MR MCCAMMON: I'm from Lawrence, Kansas. I studied at the university there. What do you do? MARTIN: I'm a reporter for the“Voice of America”. I’m writing a story about schools. MRS WEAVER: This is Glen Edwards. MARTIN: Hello. How are you? GLEN: Fine, thanks. How are you? MARTIN: Fine, thanks. GLEN: Are you a father? MR MCCAMMON: He's a reporter. MARTIN: I'm a father, too. What's that? GLEN: It's corn. MR MCCAMMON: It's red! GLEN: Yes. It's interesting. MARTIN: Your child is in third grade? GLEN: Yes, my son is in third grade. MARTIN: What do you do? GLEN: I'm a gardener. I grow red corn. MR MCCAMMON: He's a gardener. He's a banker, too. MARTIN: Is your son a gardener? GLEN: Yes. He grows carrots and onions. I grow corn, tomatoes, potatoes and squash. MARTIN: Mr. McCammon, are you a gardener? MR MCCAMMON: Oh, no. But I'm a cook. GLEN: Yes, he's a good cook. MR MCCAMMON: I don't cook red corn! I cook yellow corn and white corn, but I don't cook red corn. MRS WEAVER: Mr. Learner. Come meet Miss Frazetta. Tobi, this is Martin Learner. TOBI: Good evening. Are you a teacher? MARTIN: No, I'm a reporter. TOBI: That's interesting. I'm a reporter, too. MARTIN: I write stories for radio. TOBI: I write for the newspaper. Are you a parent? MARTIN: Yes, but my children are in Baltimore. TOBI: Are you from Baltimore? MARTIN: Yes, I live in Baltimore. TOBI: My daughter is in fourth grade. MARTIN: I visited fifth grade today. What's that? TOBI: It's a rock. They're studying rocks in science. ■ baoer @ 21:53:27 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 12 Asking Names of Unfamiliar Objects 询问陌生物体的名称 TAG： 口语 Conversation A: At an Elementary School MARTIN: Excuse me. Where is the principal's office? BOY: Go straight ahead, then turn left. MARTIN: Thanks. Good morning. I'm Martin Learner. TINA: Oh, You're the reporter. I'm Tina Good place. I'm Mrs. Weaver's secretary. MARTIN: How are you? TINA: Fine, thanks. Come with me. Mrs. Weaver is in the cafeteria. TINA: Where are you from, Mr. Learner. MARTIN: I live in Baltimore. TINA: Classes begin at 8:15. Here we are. Come in. MARTIN: Thanks. TINA: Mrs. Weaver. This is Martin Learner. MARTIN: Good morning, Mrs. Weaver. I'm happy to meet you. MRS. WEAVER: Thank you. How are you? MARTIN: Fine, thanks. How are you? MRS. WEAVER: Fine, thanks. Please. Sit down. Would you like coffee?MARTIN: Yes, please. MRS WEAVER: Goodbye, Mr. Learner. MARTIN: Goodbye. Thank you for your time. TINA: Milk? Sugar? MARTIN: No, thanks. MRS WEAVER: You're a reporter? MARTIN: Yes. I report news on the radio. I work at the Voice of America.MRS WEAVER: That's interesting. I'm the principal. I'm a teacher, too. I teach art. MARTIN: Wonderful! MRS WEAVER: Come see the children. MARTIN: Thank you. HAL: Hello, Helen. MRS WEAVER: Good morning HAL, Mr. Learner, this is Hal Marks. MARTIN: Hello. Are you a teacher? HAL: Yes. I teach the fifth grade. Are you a teacher? MARTIN: No. I'm a reporter. I report news on the Voice of America. HAL: Good. Come see my fifth grades. MARTIN: Thanks. Practice 1：某些实义动词在词尾加er或or构成一个名词，成为执行该动作的人或物。 Examples: MARTIN: I'm a reporter. I report. MRS WEAVER: I'm a teacher. I teach. HAL: I'm a teacher. I teach. Conversation B : In the Classroom HAL: Here we are. Come in. MARTIN: Hi. I'm Martin Learner. ROBERTA: Hi. MARTIN: Who are you? ROBERTA: Roberta. What's that? MARTIN: It's a tape recorder. Listen. MARTIN: Tell me your name. ROBERTA: Roberta Miller. MARTIN: Where do you live? ROBERTA: I live at 34 Harrison Street. MARTIN: What's that, Roberta? ROBERTA: It's a map. We're studying geography. It's a map of Europe.MARTIN: Thank you. Let's listen to that. ROBERTA: Roberta Miller. MARTIN: Where do you live? ROBERTA: I live at 34 Harrison Street. MARTIN: What's that, Roberta? ROBERTA: It's a map. We're studying geography. It's a map of Europe.MARTIN: Hello. Who are you? JANE: I'm Jane. Who are you? MARTIN: I'm Martin. I'm a reporter. HAL: Mr. Learner reports the news on the radio. MARTIN: I report the news on the Voice of America. What's that, Jane?JANE: It's Europe. MARTIN: What country is that? JANE: It's...It's Poland? HAL: That's right. What's that? JANE: It's Hungary. HAL: Good. Can you spell Hungary? JANE: H-u-n-g-a-r-y. MARTIN: Thank you, Jane. HAL: Martin, come see these students. MARTIN: Hello. BOY: Hi. GIRL: Hi. MARTIN: May I record you? BOY: Sure. GIRL: OK. BOY: What's that? MARTIN: It's a tape recorder. BOY: It's very big! MARTIN: I'm a reporter. I report news on the radio. I need a good tape recorder. BOY: Oh. MARTIN: What's that you're studying? GIRL: It's a globe. MARTIN: What's a globe? GIRL: It's a map. It's a map shaped like the world. MARTIN: What are you studying? BOY: Geography. GIRL: We're studying Europe. MARTIN: I see. Show me Europe. BOY: Here. MARTIN: Please show me Germany. GIRL: Here. MARTIN: Please show me Italy. BOY: Here. MARTIN: Please show me Denmark. BOY: Is it here? MARTIN: Yes. Show me Russia. GIRL: It's an old globe. It's here, I think. BOY: It's here, I think. MARTIN: Look here. It's right here. HAL: Mr. Learner, come here please. This is Robin and Melissa. MARTIN: Show me your book, please. Who is that? ROBIN: He's a driver. MELISSA: He drives a truck in Germany. MARTIN: Who is that? MELISSA: She's a teacher. ROBIN: She teaches school in Greece. MARTIN: Who is that? ROBIN: She's a writer. MELISSA: She writes stories. MARTIN: What's that? MELISSA: It's a school in Poland. MARTIN: What's that? ROBIN: It's a factory in Hungary. MARTIN: Thank you. I like your book. Practice 2：当我们想知道某物的名称时我们问： What's that(this)? 那(这)是什么? 回答是 It's a... Examples: BOY: What's that? MARTIN: It's a road. ■ baoer @ 21:49:49 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 2006-01-14 Lesson 11 Requesting Help with a Map 借助地图寻求帮助 TAG： 口语 Conversation A : I Have a Map  MARTIN: Excuse me. Where is Martin Luther King School? MAN: What? MARTIN: Where is Martin? MAN: Wait a minute. Let me turn off my engine. Now. MARTIN: Where is Martin Luther King School? MAN: Hmmm. Go three roads. Is it three? No. Go four roads. Then turn right. Then go two roads. MARTIN: Wait. I have a map. MAN: Good. MARTIN: Show me Martin Luther King School. MAN: Look here. We are here. There's the school. MARTIN: I see. I go straight ahead three roads. MAN: Then turn and go there. MARTIN: Turn right and go two roads. MAN: Martin Luther King School is there. MARTIN: Wonderful. Thank you. WOMAN: Goodbye Mr. Learner. MARTIN: Thank you very much for your time. Goodbye. Where is the airport. WOMAN: Oh, the airport. It's on Nixon Road. MARTIN: Where is Nixon Road? WOMAN: Turn left. Go straight ahead. Look for the sign. MARTIN: I have a map. Please show me. WOMAN: Oh, good. WOMAN: Look here. We are here. That's the school. MARTIN: I see. WOMAN: Now look there. That's the airport. Turn left. Go straight ahead. Then turn on Nixon Road. MARTIN: Thank you very much. Goodbye. MARTIN: Hello. MAN: You again. MARTIN: Yes. Sorry. I'm looking for the airport. MAN: OK. Show me your map. Where is the airport? Hmm. We are here. MARTIN: I know that. MAN: The airport is there. Do you see the airport? MARTIN: Yes. MAN: Look at this road. Go straight ahead. Then turn right. That is Nixon Road. MARTIN: OK. Thanks. Goodbye. MAN: Where are you going? MARTIN: I'm going to Seattle. I'm a reporter. I'm going to write a story. MAN: Are you from Seattle? MARTIN: No, I'm from Chicago. I live in Baltimore now. MAN: Good luck. MARTIN: Thanks. Practice 1：迷路时借助地图向人问路的方法: I have a map. Show me... 我有地图，指给我看…… Examples: MAN: Turn right. Then go two roads. MARTIN: I have a map. Show me the school. WOMAN: Go to Nixon Road. MARTIN: I have a map. Show me the airport. Conversation B MARTIN: Excuse me. CLERK: Oh, good morning. May I help you? MARTIN: Yes, please. I'm looking for the market. Where is the market?CLERK: Leave the airport. Go to the city. Look for the signs. MARTIN: Do you have a map? CLERK: Yes, I have a map. MARTIN: Show me on the map, please. CLERK: Here we are. Look at this. We are here. This is the airport. Look at this. MARTIN: I see. CLERK: Take this road to the city. Are you driving? MARTIN: Yes, I'm going to drive. I have a car. CLERK: Look here. This is the market. MARTIN: Tell me which street. CLERK: I don't know. It's on the water. Look at this street. Take that street to the market. MARTIN: OK. Now. Where is the harbor? CLERK: The harbor? MARTIN: Yes. I'm going to take the ferry. CLERK: Oh, that harbor! It's near the market. MARTIN: Tell me which street. CLERK: Look at the map. The market is here. The ferry is there. MARTIN: Excuse me. Where is the market? MAN: Over there. MARTIN: Where? MAN: Oh, sorry. Are you driving? MARTIN: Yes, I have a car. MAN: Good. Turn left. Then go for about twenty blocks. Then turn right.MARTIN: I have a map. Please show me the market on the map. MARTIN: Good afternoon. I'm Martin Learner. I'm a reporter. I want to ask some questions. Who are you? CAPTAIN: I'm Kurt Adamson. I'm the captain. MARTIN: I'm writing a story about the ferry. Practice 3： 问别人是否拥有某物时常用的句型：Do you have...? 你有……吗?其肯定回答为： Yes, I have... 是的，我有……。 Examples: MARTIN: Do you have a map? WOMAN: Yes, I have a map. MAN: Do you have a car? MARTIN: Yes, I have a car. WOMAN: Do you have a license? MARTIN: Yes, I have a license. MAN: Do you have a phone number? MARTIN: Yes, I have a phone number. ■ baoer @ 21:45:48 [ 阅读全文 ] [ 评论_0 ] [ 引用_0 ] [ 编辑 ] ▲ Top 分页 : © 2002-2005, Some rights reserved: www.blogbus.com