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Conversation B? WALTER: Let's walk to the house. Do you want some coffee? MARTIN: Yes, please.? WALTER: See the corn? MARTIN: Where?? WALTER: Look to the south. MARTIN: Is that south? I see the corn.? WALTER: Now look to the west. WALTER: That's right. I grow corn and beans. MARTIN: Do you visit your mother and father?? WALTER: My wife and I visited my mother and father last year. MARTIN: Did you visit your sister?? WALTER: No, we didn't. She visited us here. MARTIN: Do you visit your brother?? WALTER: No, he visited us, too. We had a family reunion. WALTER: Please sit down, Martin. Rebecca! We're here! Martin, this is my wife, Rebecca. MARTIN: I'm happy to meet you.? REBECCA: Thank you. How are you?? MARTIN: Fine, thanks. I like your house.? REBECCA: The farm houses are old. Coffee?? MARTIN: Please.? REBECCA: Walter?? WALTER: Yes, please.? REBECCA: Did you see the farm?? MARTIN: Yes, I saw the cows and sheep.? WALTER: We walked to the river. We talked about the family reunion.?MARTIN: I'm writing about farm families.? REBECCA: Did you visit the Kessler family reunion?? MARTIN: Yes, I did. I visited some farms, too. May I ask some questions about your family?? REBECCA: Ok. More coffee?? MARTIN: No, thanks. Do you have brothers and sisters?? REBECCA: I have two brothers.? MARTIN: Are they farmers?? REBECCA: One is a farmer.? MARTIN: Where does he live?? REBECCA: He lives north of here. He has two boys.? MARTIN: Two sons. No daughters?? REBECCA: That's right. They are very small. One son is four. One is two.?MARTIN: Where does your other brother live?? REBECCA: He lives in Chicago. He drives a truck.? Practice 2:一般疑问句句尾用升调,陈述句句尾用降调。把下列陈述句变为一般疑问句。 Examples: They are small.→ Are they small?? He has two boys.→ Does he have two boys?? He lives in Chicago.→ Does he live in Chicago?? 会话 B? 沃尔特:我们往房子这边走,喝点咖啡吗?? 马 丁:好的,请。? 沃尔特:看到玉米了吗?? 马 丁:在哪里?? 沃尔特:向南面看。? 马 丁:那是南面吗?我看到玉米了。? 沃尔特:再往西面看。? 马 丁:我能看见黄豆。? 沃尔特:对了,我种玉米和大豆。? 马 丁:你去看你的父母吗?? 沃尔特:我和妻子去年看过。? 马 丁:你去看过你的妹妹吗?? 沃尔特:没有,她来这儿看过我们。? 马 丁:你去看过你的兄弟吗?? 沃尔特:没有,也是他来看过我们。我们搞过家庭聚会。? 沃尔特:请坐,马丁。丽贝卡,来客人了。马丁,这是我妻子,丽贝卡。? 马 丁:见到你很高兴。? 丽贝卡:谢谢,你好吗?? 马 丁:我很好,谢谢。我喜欢你们的房子。? 丽贝卡:农场的房子旧了。来杯咖啡吗?? 马 丁:好的,请来一杯。? 丽贝卡:沃尔特要吗?? 沃尔特:好的,请。? 丽贝卡:你看过我们的农场了吗?? 马 丁:看过了,我看到了牛和羊。? 沃尔特:我们步行去过河边,我们谈到了家庭聚会。 马 丁:我正在写有关农民家庭的报导。? 丽贝卡:你参加凯斯勒家的家庭聚会了吗?? 马 丁:是的,我还参观了一些家场。我可以问一些有关你家庭的问题吗?? 丽贝卡:可以,再来些咖啡?? 马 丁:不了,谢谢。你有兄弟姐妹吗?? 丽贝卡:我有两个兄弟。? 马 丁:他们都是农民吗?? 丽贝卡:一个是农民。? 马 丁:他住在哪儿?? 丽贝卡:他住在这儿的北面,他有两个男孩。? 马 丁:两个儿子,没有女儿吗?? 丽贝卡:是的,孩子都很小,一个4岁,一个两岁。? 马 丁:你的另一个兄弟在哪儿住?? 丽贝卡:他住在芝加哥,他是开卡车的。 ? Conversation C? REBECCA: Do you have a family, Martin? ? MARTIN: Yes, I do. I have a wife and two children. Our home is in Baltimore. Do you have a large family?? WALTER: I don't.? REBECCA: I do. My mother and father live in town. I have aunts and uncles in the East and in the West.? MARTIN: Are your grandparents living?? REBECCA: Yes, they are.? MARTIN: Where do they live?? REBECCA: My mother's parents live in town. REBECCA: My father's parents live in Phoenix2.? MARTIN: Do they work?? REBECCA: No, they're retired3.? MARTIN: What do your aunts and uncles do?? REBECCA: Everything.? WALTER: That's right.? MARTIN: Tell me.? REBECCA: Two aunts are teachers. One uncle is an electrician4. Two, no, three uncles are farmers. One aunt is a secretary. One uncle works5 in a factory. More?? 会话 C? 丽贝卡:马丁,你成家了吗?? 马 丁:是的,我有妻子和两个孩子,家在巴尔的摩。你家里人多吗?? 沃尔特:不多。? 丽贝卡:我家人多,我父母住在城里,我的姑姑们和叔叔们住在东部和西部。?马 丁:你的祖父母还健在吗?? 丽贝卡:是的。? 马 丁:他们住在哪儿?? 丽贝卡:我母亲的父母住在城里,我父亲的父母住在菲尼克斯。? 马 丁:他们工作吗?? 丽贝卡:不,他们退休了。? 马 丁:你的姑姑们和叔叔们做什么工作?? 丽贝卡:干什么的都有。? 沃尔特:正是。? 马 丁:讲给我听听。? 丽贝卡:两个姑姑是教师,一个叔叔是电工,两个,不,3个叔叔是农民,一个姑姑是秘书,一个叔叔在工厂工作,还想听吗。? New Words and Expressions 生词和短语? bean n. 豆? move v. 迁移;搬家? soybean n. 大豆;黄豆? sit down v. 坐下? retired adj. 退休的;退职的? electrician n. 电工;电器技师? Philadelphia 费城? Los Angeles 洛杉矶? San Diego 地亚哥? Chicago 芝加哥? Phoenix 菲尼克斯? Language Points 语言要点? 1. in the East(在东部),to the West(在西面,向西面),north of here(在这儿的北面)in 和 to 是英语中常用的两个表示方位的介词,in 含有“在……内部”的意思,介词 to 表示“往……方向去”。故,in the East 和 in the West 是“在东部”和“在西部”的意思;to the west 意思为“在(向)西面”。另外,文中 East 和 West 都大写了首字母,表示是美国的东部和西部。课文中另一句有关方位的句子是 He lives north of here. 这里的 north 是副词,相当于 in the north.here 是名词。? 2. stay 和 live 的区别:stay 是暂时性的居住,live 是较长期的居住。? 3. She married last year. 她去年结婚。动作是发生在过去,说明她现在的状态是已婚了,即 She is married now. 过去时的句子表明过去的行为。注意区别动词的词形变化,本课出现了几个不规则动词变形,请注意记忆。它们是:go→went,sit→sat,have→had. Cultural Notes 文化注释 美国四分之三家庭住在城市,大约百分之五弱的家庭住在农场,居住在小城市的家庭到处都是,约有5,000万美国人住在不到2,500人的小社区内。 |
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