初級美語會話 Stating the General Time of Your Activities2

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Conversation A : At the Office
    CARA: Hello, Martin. Did you finish your story?
    MARTIN: Yes, I did. I worked on Saturday.
    CARA: When did you finish?
    MARTIN: I finished in the evening.
    WALEED: Hello, Cara, Martin.
    CARA: Hi, Waleed.
    MARTIN: Good morning, Waleed. How are you?
    WALEED: Fine, thanks. Did you have a nice weekend?
    CARA: Wonderful.
    MARTIN: I worked.
    WALEED: Did you work at the office?
    MARTIN: No, I worked at home. I finished a story.
    WALEED: I can't work on the weekend. The children are very noisy. 
    MARTIN: I don't like to work on weekends.
    CARA: Martin, when are you going to Pittsburgh?
    MARTIN: On Tuesday.
    WALEED: Are you working on a story?
    MARTIN: Yes, I'm writing a story about Pittsburgh.
    WALEED: Didn't you write a story about Pittsburgh last year?
    MARTIN: Yes, I did. I wrote a story three years ago, too. I visit Pittsburgh often. sometimes I write a story. I want to see the changes.
    WALEED: Has it changed?
    MARTIN: Yes, it has changed. I wrote a story ten years ago, too.
    WALEED: Pardon?
    MARTIN: Ten years ago.
    CARA: When did you first visit Pittsburgh?
    MARTIN: In 1975. I went with my father to a baseball game.
    HOWARD: Good morning, everybody.
    OTHERS: Good morning, Howard. Hi. Good morning. How are you?
    HOWARD: Where are you going this week, Martin?
    MARTIN: Pittsburgh.
    HOWARD: When are you going?
    MARTIN: I'm going on Tuesday.
    CARA: I'm going to work now. There's meeting this morning.
    HOWARD: When is the meeting?
    CARA: It's at eleven forty-five.
    WALEED: Eleven forty-five? When is our meeting, Martin?
    MARTIN: Our meeting is at eleven forty-five.
    WALEED: Can we change our meeting?
    MARTIN: Of course. What time do you want to meet?
    WALEED: Can we meet at eleven o'clock?
    MARTIN: Yes, we can. Do you want to meet in your office?
    WALEED: Can we meet in your office?
    MARTIN: When are we going to finish?
    WALEED: Before the other meeting.
    Practice 1:“介詞 at+幾點(diǎn)鐘”表示特定某點(diǎn)時間,介詞 on, in, before, ago 等與時間名詞搭配表示某段時間。
    Example One:
    MRTIN: At seven o'clock.
    CARA: At eleven forty-five.
    WALEED: At eleven o'clock.
    MARTIN: At four o'clock.
    CARA: At ten-thiry.
    Example Two:
    MARTIN: On Saturday. In the evening.
    WALEED: On the weekend.
    MARTIN: On Tuesday.
    WALEED: Last year.
    MARTIN: Three years ago. Ten years ago. In 1975.
    WALEED: Before the other meeting.
    會話A : 在辦公室
    卡 拉:你好,馬丁。你寫完報導(dǎo)了嗎?
    馬 ?。菏堑?,寫完了。我星期六工作了。
    卡 拉:你什么時候?qū)懲甑?
    馬 ?。何以谕砩蠈懲甑摹*?BR>    瓦利德:你們好,卡拉,馬丁。
    卡 拉:你好,瓦利德。
    馬 ?。涸缟虾?,瓦利德,你好嗎?
    瓦利德:我很好,謝謝。你周末過得好嗎?
    卡 拉:好極了。
    馬 ?。何夜ぷ髁?。
    瓦利德:你在辦公室工作的嗎?
    馬 ?。翰皇牵以诩夜ぷ鞯?,我寫完了一篇報導(dǎo)。
    瓦利德:我在周末無法工作,孩子們很吵鬧。
    馬 ?。何也幌矚g在周末工作。
    卡 拉:馬丁,你什么時候去匹茲堡?
    馬 丁:星期二。
    瓦利德:你在寫一篇報導(dǎo)嗎?
    馬 丁:是的,我在寫一篇有關(guān)匹茲堡的報導(dǎo)。
    瓦利德:你去年沒寫過一篇有關(guān)匹茲堡的報導(dǎo)嗎?
    馬 ?。簩戇^,我3年前也寫過一篇報導(dǎo)。我經(jīng)常去匹茲堡,有時我寫報導(dǎo),我想看到匹茲堡所發(fā)生的變化。
    瓦利德:有變化嗎?
    馬 ?。菏堑?,有變化。我10年前也寫過一篇報導(dǎo)。
    瓦利德:幾年前?
    馬 ?。?0年前。
    卡 拉:你第一次訪問匹茲堡是什么時候?
    馬 丁:在1975年,我和我父親一起去看了一場棒球賽。
    霍華德:各位,早上好。
    其余人:早上好,霍華德。你好,早上好,你好嗎?
    霍華德:馬丁,這周你去哪兒?
    馬 ?。浩テ澅?。
    霍華德:你什么時候去?
    馬 ?。何倚瞧诙?。
    卡 拉:現(xiàn)在我要去工作了,今天上午有個會議。
    霍華德:會什么時候開?
    卡 拉:11點(diǎn)45分開。
    瓦利德:11點(diǎn)45分?馬丁,我們的會什么時候開?
    馬 丁:我們的會是11點(diǎn)45分。
    瓦利德:我們的會議可以換一下時間嗎?
    馬 ?。寒?dāng)然,可以,你想什么時間開會?
    瓦利德:我們11點(diǎn)開會如何?
    馬 ?。汉玫模阋谀愕霓k公室開嗎?
    瓦利德:能在你的辦公室開嗎?
    馬 丁:什么時間能開完?
    瓦利德:在另一個會議開始以前。