初级美语会话：谈论人们的工作场所(1)
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.?
会话A : 在小镇
马 丁：下午好!我是马丁·勒纳。?
助 手：下午好，勒纳先生。我是沃克市长的助手。市长正等你呢!请进。?
马 丁：谢谢。下午好。沃克市长。?
市 长：你好，你怎么样??
马 丁：很好，谢谢。你怎么样??
市 长：很好，谢谢。我能为你做什么??
马 丁：我是个记者，我想和你谈谈这个城市的人们所做的工作。?
市 长：好的。?
马 丁：你担任格林市市长有多久了??
市 长：3年了。?
马 丁：格林市有多少居民??
市 长：一万三千人。?
马 丁：让我们谈谈他们的工作吧。他们都做什么工作呢??
市 长：他们在小工厂里上班。他们在小企业上班。?
马 丁：你们有多少厂子??
市 长：我们有5个小厂。?
马 丁：生产什么??
市 长：看看这些照片，看到这些人了??
马 丁：是的。?
市 长：他们在电池厂工作，生产电池。?
马 丁：他们做什么??
市 长：他在轮胎厂工作，生产轮胎。?
马 丁：他们生产什么??
市 长：他们在玻璃厂工作，生产窗玻璃和挡风玻璃。?
马 丁：他们生产什么??
市 长：他们生产瓶子。他们生产塑料袋。来看看这座城市。?
马 丁：谢谢。我很愿意。?
市 长：看到那些人了吗?他们在街道上作业。?
马 丁：我看到了。你们有多少教师??
市 长：大约100.他们在学校教书。看那所学校。?
马 丁：是所新学校吗??
市 长：是的。有20名教师在那里教书。?
马 丁：那是个医院吗??
市 长：是的。小医院。有23名护士。