初级美语会话:关于谈论家庭(二)
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.?
会话B?
丽 莎:这是孩子们。?
埃里克:这是麦克斯,这是麦格。?
马 丁:你好,麦克斯,你好麦格。?
麦克斯:你好。?
麦 格:你好。?
马 丁:我是马丁。你几岁,麦克斯??
麦克斯:我15岁。?
马 丁:你上高中了吗??
麦克斯:是的,我在10年级。?
马 丁:你的学校在哪儿??
麦克斯:在镇上。?
马 丁:麦格几岁了??
麦 格:11岁。?
马 丁:你的学校在哪儿??
麦 格:我不知道。?
丽 莎:在这儿的东边。?
马 丁:在农村吗??
埃里克:对。?
马 丁:麦格,可以再问几个问题吗??
麦 格:可以。?
马 丁:我想问些关于你家的问题,你有叔叔吗??
麦 格:有,3个。?
马 丁:他们住在哪儿??
麦 格:两个住在镇上,一个在那边住。?
马 丁:哪里??
埃里克:在这儿的西边。?
麦 格:看见那条路了?在那边。?
马 丁:麦克,你有爷爷、奶奶、姥姥、姥爷吗??
麦克斯:有,奶奶、姥姥都在,只有一个爷爷在。?
马 丁:你爷爷住在哪儿??
麦克斯:他现在住镇上,住这儿。?
马 丁:他做什么工作??
麦克斯:他从前是农民。?
埃里克:这从前是他的农场。?
马 丁:麦格,你的奶奶、姥姥住哪??
麦 格:一个住在镇上,一个住在加利福尼亚。?
马 丁:你叔叔们干什么??
麦 格:吉恩叔叔是警察。?
麦克斯:洽特叔叔是面包师。?
马 丁:麦克斯,你有个叔叔是农民吗??
麦克斯:对,有。他有个小农场。?
马 丁:他种什么??
麦克斯:玉米,农民们都种玉米。?
麦 格:他也种豆子。?
马 丁:黄豆吗??
麦 格:是的。?
马 丁:他养牲畜吗??
麦 格:哦,养。?
马 丁:你喜欢牲畜吗??
麦 格:喜欢一些,我喜欢马。?
马 丁:你会骑马吗??
麦 格:是的,会。?
马 丁:麦克斯,你会骑马吗??
麦克斯:当然了。?
麦 格:我不喜欢牛。?
马 丁:你叔叔养牛吗??
麦 格:养,他养大牛,有200头。?
麦克斯:不,他没有。?
麦 格:不,他有,他有200头。?
麦克斯:不,他没有200头,他有50头。?
麦 格:不,不是50头,是200头。?
麦克斯:50头。?
麦 格:200头。?
丽 莎:孩子们,别吵了。?
马 丁:丽莎,你父亲养牛吗??
丽 莎:不,他不养,他不喜欢动物。?
麦 格:他喜欢玉米和豆子。?
丽 莎:对!?
马 丁:他喜欢马吗??
丽 莎:不,他只喜欢玉米和黄豆。?
马 丁:你有座大房子,麦格,你喜欢吗??
麦 格:很旧了,但我喜欢。?
麦克斯:我喜欢吉恩叔叔的房子,是新的。?
丽 莎:我们家房子很好。?
麦克斯:我们家房子很好,但吉恩叔叔的房子是新的。
New Words and Expressions 生词和短语?
living n. & adj. 生计;活着的?
married adj. 结了婚的?
rancher n. 牧场主?
uncle n. 叔父,伯父,舅父?
baker n. 面包师?
Proper Nouns 专有名词?
Texas 得克萨斯州?
Montana 蒙大拿州?
Language Points 语言要点?
1 . She's married to a rancher. 她嫁给了一个牧场主。?
marry 是动词,意为结婚、嫁、娶。?
John is going to marry Jane. 约翰要和珍结婚了。?
She married a rancher. 她和一个牧场主结婚了。?
Her father married her to a rancher. 她父亲把她嫁给了个牧场主。?
be married to 是嫁给(娶)某人的意思。其中 married 是形容词。?
2 . See that road? 看见那条路了吧??
这是一句省略了主语和助动词的一般疑问句。完整的句子为:?
Do you see that road??
Cultural Notes 文化注释
在美国也存在着很大的城乡差别,但这种差别并不是物质的优劣,而是体现在另一方面。乡村、郊区的居民崇尚轻松、俭朴的生活方式和开阔的居住环境,而且往往对城市所象征的一切持抵触情绪。近些年来,越来越多的人离开大都市,迁居郊野、乡下,就是想躲避城市日趋恶化的环境,回归自然。