Talking About the Past and the Present 談?wù)撨^去和現(xiàn)在(1)

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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 引導(dǎo)過去時的一般疑問句,用以詢問過去的事情。句型結(jié)構(gòu)是:“Did+主語+動詞原形+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.
    會話 A 在一家農(nóng)場
    馬 ?。何譅柼?,我喜歡你的農(nóng)場。
    沃爾特:謝謝,我也喜歡農(nóng)場。我在城里住了7年。
    馬 ?。旱阆矚g農(nóng)場?
    沃爾特:是的,我父親是農(nóng)民,我從童年到學(xué)生時代在鄉(xiāng)下住了19年。
    馬 ?。耗隳菚r和你父親在一起干活嗎?
    沃爾特:當(dāng)然,我在早上和晚上干活。
    馬 ?。耗隳菚r上學(xué)嗎?
    沃爾特:是的,我在城里的中學(xué)上學(xué)。有些農(nóng)場主不喜歡動物。
    馬 ?。耗沭B(yǎng)牛?
    沃爾特:對,我也喜歡羊。
    馬 ?。耗惴N玉米和豆子嗎?
    沃爾特:種,但我也養(yǎng)牛和羊,你喜歡羊嗎?
    馬 ?。何蚁矚g動物,但我住在城里(無法飼養(yǎng)動物)。
    沃爾特:你的家在哪兒?
    馬 ?。何易≡诎蜖柕哪Α*?BR>    沃爾特:你成家了嗎?
    馬 ?。撼闪?,我有妻子,兒子和女兒。
    沃爾特:他們和你一起來這兒了嗎?
    馬 ?。簺]有,他們在巴爾的摩,我妻子上班。
    沃爾特:我兄弟住在費(fèi)城,在美國東部。
    馬 丁:不錯。
    沃爾特:我妹妹住在西部,她住在洛杉磯,她去年住在圣地亞哥。
    馬 ?。核Y(jié)婚了嗎?
    沃爾特:結(jié)婚了。
    馬 ?。核鍪裁垂ぷ?
    沃爾特:她制造飛機(jī),她丈夫也是造飛機(jī)的。
    馬 ?。耗愕母改高€健在嗎?
    沃爾特:是的。
    馬 ?。核麄冏≡谀膬?
    沃爾特:他們住在圣地亞哥,他們過去和我妹妹住在一起。
    馬 ?。耗菚r,你妹妹結(jié)婚了嗎?
    沃爾特:沒有,但她現(xiàn)在結(jié)婚了,她去年結(jié)的婚。她搬到了洛杉磯 ,他們現(xiàn)在住在圣地亞哥。