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.?

会话B?

威尔特：到了。这是我们的家。请到屋里来。艾米莉!?

艾米莉：早上好。?

马  丁：早上好，你今天好吗??

艾米莉：很好，谢谢。?

马  丁：你有一所很好的房子。?

艾米莉：谢谢。房子很旧。?

威尔特：大概有100年的历史了。?

艾米莉：这是一个很棒的家。?

马  丁：你有一个大农场吗??

威尔特：是的，很大。?

马  丁：所有活都由谁来做??

艾米莉：他做。?

威尔特：不，不是。她也做。?

马  丁：谁来整理花园。?

威尔特：她整理。?

马  丁：你们都种些什么??

艾米莉：现在我们种圆葱和豌豆。?

威尔特：她种豆和南瓜。?

艾米莉：我打算种西红市和土豆。?

威尔特：她还打算种玉米，来看农场吧。?

马  丁：你有两台拖拉机吗??

威尔特：是的，我们有一台大的和一台小的拖拉机。?

马  丁：你们有牲畜吗??威尔特：我们只有马。?

艾米莉：我们骑马。看见那些马了吗??

马  丁：是的，看见了。?

艾米莉：我们在农场骑马，你会骑马吗??

马  丁：不，不会。?

威尔特：可以，你能骑的，来看看这些马。?

威尔特：你可以骑这匹老马。?

马  丁：好吧。?

威尔特：我们骑到那边去，你能骑到那里吗??

马  丁：也许吧。?

威尔特：我们可以慢点骑。?

马  丁：好的。?

马  丁：我看见玉米了。你还种什么??

威尔特：我也种小麦。看那儿。去年我在那儿种小麦。?

马  丁：让我们骑到那儿吧。?

威尔特：你能骑到那儿吗??

马  丁：能，我想再问一些问题。?

马  丁：这是什么??

威尔特：这是黄豆。我们往南骑吧。?

马  丁：我们能在这停一下吗?真是太美了。?

威尔特：往西边看。那是一条河。?

马  丁：是的，我看见了。?

威尔特：你现在往北看。看见城镇了吗??

马  丁：看见了，那是你的农场吗??

威尔特：不。我的农场就到河边为止。那个农场是莱斯·丹齐格的。

威尔特：他有一个小农场。?

马  丁：我怎么看不见房屋。?

威尔特：是的，看不见。他家住在城里，你能看见我的房子吗??

马  丁：是的。?

威尔特：我们骑到那儿去。

New Words and Expressions 生词和短语?

squash   n. 南瓜，瓜类?

tomato   n. 番茄?

potato   n. 马铃薯?

wheat   n. 小麦?

Language Points 语言要点?

I live south of here. 我在这儿的南边住。?

south of here 这儿的南边。其中 south 是副词，意为“在南边，向南”。here  在这里是名词而不是副词，类似的词组还有 west of here, east of here, north of here 等。?

Cultural Notes  文化注释

美国大约有250万个农场，大多数农场只生产一两种商业性产品，比如：玉米、鸡蛋或牛奶。美国是世界上最大的玉米生产国，玉米也是美国产量最大的谷物，主要产于美国中部的玉米生产带（corn belt）。最初种玉米的是美洲印第安人，他们称玉米为 maize.?