初級美語會話:Giving Addresses(Ⅱ) 告訴地址(2)

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Conversation B
    LIEUTENANT: Good afternoon, officer.
    POLICEMAN: Good afternoon, Lieutenant.
    LIEUTENANT: Who are these people?
    POLICEMAN: I have names and addresses, Lieutenant.
    LIEUTENANT: I want to ask some questions. Excuse me, where are you from?
    ALEXANDER: I'm from Chicago.
    LIEUTENANT: What do you do?
    ALEXANDER: I'm a student.
    LIEUTENANT: OK. Who are you?
    NANCY: I'm Nancy Kim.
    LIEUTENANT: Where do you live?
    NANCY: I live at sixteen Carter Street.
    LIEUTENANT: You, please. Where are you from?
    MARTIN: I'm from Baltimore.
    POLICEMAN: Look out.
    LIEUTENANT: OK, OK. Move along.
    POLICEMAN: Step aside. Watch your step.
    MARTIN: Hello. I'm Martin Learner. I'm a reporter. I want to ask you some questions.
    ALEXANDER: OK.
    MARTIN: You're a student.
    ALEXANDER: Yes, I'm a student. I'm Alexander Macrakis.
    MARTIN: Alexander Macrakis. Please write it for me.
    ALEXANDER: OK.
    MARTIN: Where are you from?
    ALEXANDER: I'm from Chicago.
    MARTIN: Hello. I'm Martin Learner. Who are you?
    NANCY: Hi. I'm Nancy Kim.
    MARTIN: Where do you live?
    NANCY: I live at sixteen Carter Street. Where do you live?
    MARTIN: I live in Baltimore. This is Alexander Macrakis.
    NANCY: Hi. I'm Nancy. What do you do?
    ALEXANDER: Hi, Nancy. I'm a student. I'm from Chicago.
    PAULA: Excuse me, where is a telephone?
    MARTIN: Sorry. I don't know. I'm from Baltimore.
    ALEXANDER: I don't know. I'm from Chicago.
    NANCY: Hi. I'm Nancy Kim.
    PAULA: Hello. Where is a telephone?
    NANCY: Go straight ahead. Turn left on Michigan Street. There is a telephone at the coffee shop.
    PAULA: Thanks. By the way, I'm Paula Roberts.
    NANCY: He's Martin.
    MARTIN: Martin Learner.
    PAULA: What do you do?
    MARTIN: I'm a reporter. What do you do?
    PAULA: I'm a lawyer.
    MARTIN: Where are you from?
    PAULA: Here. I live here.
    NANCY: I live here, too. He lives in Chicago. And he lives in Baltimore.PAULA: Let's see. You're Alexander. You're Nancy. And you're Martin.MARTIN: Wonderful.
    PAULA: But the telephone. Where is the telephone?
    NANCY: Go straight ahead. Turn left on Michingan Street. Then go to the coffee shop.
    PAULA: Thank you very much. Goodbye.
    ALL: Goodbye, bye, bye-bye.
    POLICEMAN: Thank you for your time.
    CAST: That's all right. No trouble, don't mentionit glad to help.
    MARTIN: Well, goodbye, Alexander. Goodbye, Nancy.
    ALEXANDER: Goodbye. Mr. Learner.
    NANCY: Bye, Martin.
    ALEXANDER: Nancy.
    NANCY: Yes.
    ALEXANDER: Please call me Alex.
    NANCY: OK, Alex.
    ALEXANDER: Where do you work, Nancy?
    NANCY: I work at the Arizona Hotel.
    ALEXANDER: Where is the Arizona Hotel.
    NANCY: Straight ahead. Do you see that tall, glass building? That's the Arizona Hotel.
    ALEXANDER: What do you do?
    NANCY: I'm an accountant. What are you studying?
    ALEXANDER: I'm studying computers.
    NANCY: That's wonderful. I like computers.
    ALEXANDER: Do you like coffee?
    NANCY: Yes, I like coffee. I'm going to go to work.
    Practice 3:用 Who are you? 詢問別人姓名
    Examples:POLICEMAN: Who are you?
    PAULA: I'm Paula Roberts.
    POLICEMAN: Who are you?
    MARTIN: I'm Martin Learner.
    POLICEMAN: Who are you?
    NANCY: I'm Nancy Kim.
    POLICEMAN: Who are you?
    ALEXANDER: I'm Alexander Macrakis.
    
    會話B
    中 尉:下午好!警官。
    警 察:下午好!中尉。
    中 尉:這些人是誰?
    警 察:我正在錄姓名和地址,中尉。
    中 尉:我想提些問題,對不起,你是哪兒的人?
    亞歷山大:我是芝加哥人。
    中 尉:你做什么工作?
    亞歷山大:我是學(xué)生。
    中 尉:好了。你是哪位?
    南 希:我是南?!せ?。
    中 尉:你住在哪兒?
    南 希:我住在卡特街16號。
    中 尉:請問你呢?你從哪兒來?
    馬 ?。何覐陌蜖柕哪?。
    中 尉:好了,好了。請便吧。
    警 察:小心。請讓開。注意腳下。
    馬 ?。耗愫谩N医旭R丁·勒納。我是記者。我想問你幾個問題。
    亞歷山大:好的。
    馬 ?。耗闶菍W(xué)生。
    亞歷山大:是的,我是學(xué)生,我叫亞力山大·馬克拉奇斯。
    馬 ?。簛喠ι酱蟆ゑR克拉奇斯。請寫給我看。
    亞歷山大:好的。
    馬 ?。耗闶悄膬旱娜?
    亞歷山大:我是芝加哥人。
    馬 丁:你好,我叫馬丁·勒納,你是哪位?
    南 希:你好,我叫南?!せ?。
    馬 丁:你住在哪兒?
    南 希:我住在卡特街16號。你在哪兒住?
    馬 ?。何易≡诎蜖柕哪?。這是亞歷山大·馬克拉奇斯。
    南 希:你好,我叫南希。你做什么工作。
    亞歷山大:你好,南希。我是學(xué)生,我是芝加哥人。
    普 拉:對不起,哪兒有電話?
    馬 ?。簩Σ黄穑也恢?。我是巴爾的摩人。
    亞歷山大:我不知道。我是芝加哥人。
    南 希:你好,我叫南?!せ?。
    普 拉:你好,哪兒有電話?
    南 希:一直向前走。在密執(zhí)安街向左轉(zhuǎn)。那個咖啡館里有電話。
    普 拉:謝謝。順便說一句,我叫普拉·羅伯茨。
    南 希:他叫馬丁。
    馬 ?。厚R丁·勒納。
    普 拉:你做什么工作?
    馬 ?。何沂怯浾?。你做什么工作。
    普 拉:我是律師。
    馬 ?。耗闶悄膬旱娜?
    普 拉:這兒,我住在這兒。
    南 希:我也住在這兒。他住在芝加哥。他住在巴爾的摩。
    普 拉:咱們看看。你是亞力山大,你是南希。你是馬丁。
    馬 ?。汉脴O了。
    普 拉:但是電話,電話在哪兒?
    南 希:一直向前走。在密執(zhí)安街向左轉(zhuǎn)。然后進(jìn)咖啡館。
    普 拉:非常感謝,再見。
    全 體:再見。
    警 察:感謝你們?yōu)槲一ǖ臅r間。
    眾 :別客氣。
    馬 ?。耗敲?,再見,亞歷山大。再見,南希。
    亞歷山大:再見,勒納先生。
    南 希:再見,馬丁。
    亞歷山大:南希。
    南 希:是的。
    亞歷山大:請叫我阿里克斯。
    南 希:好的,阿里克斯。
    亞歷山大:你在哪兒工作,南希?
    南 希:我在亞利桑那賓館工作。
    亞歷山大:亞利桑那賓館在哪兒?
    南 希:一直向前走??吹侥菞澑邔硬AЫㄖ藛?那就是亞利桑那賓館。
    亞歷山大:你做什么工作?
    南 希:我是會計。你在學(xué)習(xí)什么?
    亞歷山大:我在學(xué)計算機。
    南 希:好極了。我喜歡計算機。
    亞歷山大:你喜歡咖啡嗎?
    南 希:是的。我喜歡咖啡。我要去上班了。
    New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語
    policeman n. 警察
    accident n. 事故
    lieutenant n. 中尉
    telephone n. 電話
    lawyer n. 律師
    Proper Nouns 專有名詞
    Georgia Street 佐治亞街
    Grant Street 格蘭特街
    Carter Street 卡特街
    Arizona Street 亞利桑那街
    Michigan Street 密執(zhí)安街
    Mills Institute of Technology 米爾斯理工學(xué)院
    Language Points 語言要點
    1 . I want to ask you some questions. 我想問你幾個問題。
    want(想要)是表示意愿的及物動詞,其后可接動詞不定式(to+動詞原形)作賓語。例如:
    I want to go to the coffee shop. 我想去咖啡館。
    I want to study computers. 我想學(xué)習(xí)計算機。
    2.That's all right. 別客氣。這是在別人感謝你時,你應(yīng)回答的一句話,相當(dāng)于漢語的不用謝,別客氣。類似的用法還有:
    You are welcome.It's my pleasure.Don't mention it.No trouble. Any time. It was nothing.With pleasure. Glad to help.Not at all.
    3.本課中出現(xiàn)了一些祈使句,一般是由動詞短語構(gòu)成,例如:
    Look out! 小心!(或者說 Watch out!) Step aside. 靠邊。
    Stand back. 往后站。
    Watch your step. 小心腳下。
    Turn left on Michigan Street. 在密執(zhí)安街向左轉(zhuǎn)。
    Move along. 繼續(xù)走。
    Go straight ahead. 一直向前走。
    Cultural Notes 文化注釋
    是一個“汽車王國”,交通非常發(fā)達(dá),高速公路網(wǎng)四通八達(dá),但是交通事故(traffic accident)率也很高。在駕車時如果與別人撞車,千萬不要馬上向?qū)Ψ降狼?,因為這樣會被認(rèn)為是你違反交通規(guī)則,與你不利;也不要吵鬧,爭執(zhí)誰是誰非,而要等待警察來處理。