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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 California1.? MARTIN: What do your uncles do?? MEG: Uncle Gene2 is a policeman.? 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.? 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? 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。 |
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