初级美语会话:对要求作出反应(2)
Conversation B?
DETECTIVE: OK. Mr. Learner. Where are you from??
MARTIN: I'm from Baltimore, Maryland. I'm a reporter. I write stories for radio.
DETECTIVE: Where are you going??
MARTIN: I'm going to Baltimore. I'm going home.?
DETECTIVE: I lived in Maryland. I studied at the University of Maryland. I study in Denver now.?
POLICEWOMAN: Excuse me, Mr. Learner. Read this.?
MARTIN: Martin Learner. Fourteen-twenty-seven Grant Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Telephone, four-one-oh, five-five-five, six-seven-two-nine.
WOMAN: OK??
MARTIN: Yes.?
WOMAN: Sign your name here. And sign here.?
Practice 2:按祈使句的要求回答?
Examples: WOMAN: Tell me your name.?
MARTIN: Martin Learner.?
WOMAN: Spell your name.?
MARTIN: Martin. M-A-R-T-I-N. Learner. L-E-A-R-N-E-R.
WOMAN: Give me your phone number.?
MARTIN: Four-oh-one, five-five-five, six-seven-two-nine.?
会话B?
侦 探:好,勒纳先生,你是哪儿人??
马 丁:我是马里兰州巴尔的摩市人,我是记者,我为电台写报道。?
侦 探:你准备去哪儿??
马 丁:我要去巴尔的摩,准备回家。?
侦 探:我曾在马里兰州住过,我在马里兰大学读过书,现在在丹佛学习。?
女警察:对不起,勒纳先生,读一下这个。?
马 丁:马丁· 勒纳,马里兰州巴尔的摩市格兰特街1427号,电话401-555-6729.
女警察:对吗??
马 丁:对。?
女 :在这儿签名,还要在这儿签名。?
Conversation C
DETECTIVE: OK. Mr. Learner. Pick up your driver's license. We're going.?MARTIN: Where are we going??
DETECTIVE: We're going to the hotel. We're going to find your car.?
MARTIN: My car is not there. It's missing.?
DETECTIVE: I know, I know. But I'm going to look.?
WOMAN: Take your coat.?
MARTIN: Thank you.?
DETECTIVE: Tell me the color of your car.?
MARTIN: It's blue.?
DETECTIVE: Tell me what kind of car.?
MARTIN: It's a Ford.?
DETECTIVE: Give me your keys. Wait here. I'm going to look for your car.?DETECTIVE: There is no blue Ford.?
MARTIN: I know! It's not here. It's missing.?
DETECTIVE: First I looked upstairs. Then I looked downstairs.?
MARTIN: I looked upstairs. And I looked downstairs. It's missing!?
Practice 3:动词的过去式一般是由动词原形加 ed (或 d)构成。对比下列例句中的动词形式;注意过去时的构成方法。?
Examples: MARTIN: I live in Baltimore, Maryland.?
DETECTIVE: I lived in Maryland.
DETECTIVE: I studied at the University of Maryland.?
DETECTIVE: I study in Denver now.?
DETECTIVE: I'm going to look for your car.?
MARTIN: I looked upstairs. I looked downstairs.?
会话C?
侦 探:好,勒纳先生,拿着你的驾驶证,咱们走。?
马 丁:去哪儿??
侦 探:我们去旅馆找你的车。?
马 丁:我的车不在那儿,丢了。?
侦 探:我知道,知道,但我要看一看。?
女 :穿上衣服。?
马 丁:谢谢你。?
侦 探:告诉我你车的颜色。?
马 丁:蓝色?
侦 探:什么车??
马 丁:福特车。?
侦 探:把钥匙给我,请在这儿等着,我去找你的车。?
侦 探:没有蓝色福特车。?
马 丁:我知道,车不在这儿,已经丢了。?
侦 探:我楼上看了,楼下也看了。?
马 丁:我楼上看了,楼下也看了,车丢啦!
New Words and Expressions 生词和短语?
police n. 警察?
missing adj. 不见了的?
police station n. 警察局?
phone number n. 电话号码?
driver's license n. 驾驶执照?
garage n. 车库?
detective n. 侦探?
sign v. 签名?
look for 寻找?
sit down 坐下?
slow down 慢点?
Proper Nouns 专有名词?
Maryland 马里兰州?
Denver 丹佛市?
Ford 福特车(或牌)?
Language Points 语言要点?
1. I'm going home today. 我今天要回家。?
这句话是现在进行时的形式,表示的是将来的时态。go home 回家,home 是副词,“回家、到家”之意,因此 go 后面不带 to.?
2. Tell me where you live. 告诉我你住在哪儿。?
这是一句带有宾语从句的祈使句。Where you live,是一个从句。做 tell 的宾语,宾语从句中要用陈述语序,例如:
Tell me what happened. 告诉我发生了什么事。?
Tell me where the police station is. 告诉我警察局在哪。?
Cultural Notes 文化注释
电话号码的读法
英文电话号码的念法与中文读法相同,即用基数词将数字读出,如:Four-oh-one, five-five-five, six-seven-two-nine. 如果两个连续的数字,可重复读出,也可用 double 读出,如:Four-oh-one, five-five-five, six-six-two-nine 也可读成 Four-oh-one, five-five-five, double six-two-nine.“0”可用“oh”或“zero”读出,上面的号码可读作:Four-one-zero, five-five-five, six-six-two-nine.