初级美语会话:谈论过去和现在(一)
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.?
会话 A 在一家农场?
马 丁:沃尔特,我喜欢你的农场。?
沃尔特:谢谢,我也喜欢农场。我在城里住了7年。?
马 丁:但你喜欢农场??
沃尔特:是的,我父亲是农民,我从童年到学生时代在乡下住了19年。?
马 丁:你那时和你父亲在一起干活吗??
沃尔特:当然,我在早上和晚上干活。?
马 丁:你那时上学吗??
沃尔特:是的,我在城里的中学上学。有些农场主不喜欢动物。?
马 丁:你养牛??
沃尔特:对,我也喜欢羊。
马 丁:你种玉米和豆子吗??
沃尔特:种,但我也养牛和羊,你喜欢羊吗??
马 丁:我喜欢动物,但我住在城里(无法饲养动物)。?
沃尔特:你的家在哪儿??
马 丁:我住在巴尔的摩。?
沃尔特:你成家了吗??
马 丁:成了,我有妻子,儿子和女儿。?
沃尔特:他们和你一起来这儿了吗??
马 丁:没有,他们在巴尔的摩,我妻子上班。?
沃尔特:我兄弟住在费城,在美国东部。?
马 丁:不错。?
沃尔特:我妹妹住在西部,她住在洛杉矶,她去年住在圣地亚哥。?
马 丁:她结婚了吗??
沃尔特:结婚了。?
马 丁:她做什么工作??
沃尔特:她制造飞机,她丈夫也是造飞机的。?
马 丁:你的父母还健在吗??
沃尔特:是的。?
马 丁:他们住在哪儿??
沃尔特:他们住在圣地亚哥,他们过去和我妹妹住在一起。?
马 丁:那时,你妹妹结婚了吗??
沃尔特:没有,但她现在结婚了,她去年结的婚。她搬到了洛杉矶 ,他们现在住在圣地亚哥。