Activities in the Present and in the Past 過去和現(xiàn)在的活動

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Conversation B
    MOTHER: Hello.
    MARTIN: Hello, mother.
    MOTHER: Martin! This is a nice surprise!
    MARTIN: How are you?
    MOTHER: Fine. How are you?
    MARTIN: Fine, thanks. How is father?
    MOTHER: He's fine.
    MARTIN: Is he there?
    MOTHER: Yes. How is Eileen?
    MARTIN: She's fine.
    MOTHER: How are the children?
    MARTIN: They're fine.
    MOTHER: May I talk to them?
    MARTIN: No. I'm not at home.
    MOTHER: Where are you?
    MARTIN: I'm in Boston. I'm writing a story about baseball.
    MOTHER: That's very nice. Did you talk to the players?
    MARTIN: Yes, I did. What are you doing?
    MOTHER: We're painting the house.
    MARTIN: Who is painting?
    MOTHER: Your father is painting outside. I'm painting inside.
    MARTIN: Can you do that?
    MOTHER: Yes. It's small house.
    MARTIN: But you're not young.
    MOTHER: Your brother Philip is coming on Saturday. He's going to help.MARTIN: That's good. Did you go to the park last week?
    MOTHER: No, we didn't. It's too expensive. We worked in the garden.MARTIN: I phoned on Saturday. Where were you?
    MOTHER: We went shopping.
    MARTIN: What did you buy?
    MOTHER: We bought paint.
    MARTIN: May I talk to father?
    MOTHER: Yes. Here he is.
    FATHER: Hello, Martin.
    MARTIN: Hello, how are you?
    FATHER: Fine. Are you coming to visit?
    MARTIN: No. I'm working.
    FATHER: Where are you?
    MARTIN: I'm in Boston. I'm writing a story about baseball.
    FATHER: Boston? I like Chicago.
    MARTIN: I know. Did you see the baseball game on Saturday?
    FATHER: Yes. I watched the game on television.
    MARTIN: Did you like the game?
    FATHER: No!!
    FATHER: Martin, how are the children? 
    MARTIN: They're fine.
    FATHER: How is Eileen?
    MARTIN: She's fine. How is Philip?
    FATHER: He's OK. He's coming on Saturday. We're going to paint.
    MARTIN: Are you painting?
    FATHER: Yes, I am.
    MARTIN: Can you do that?
    FATHER: Yes, I can. I'm fine. Philip's going to help. Did you go to California?
    MARTIN: No, I didn't.
    FATHER: Did you go to Nebraska?
    MARTIN: No, I didn't. I went to Iowa.
    FATHER: You went to lowa, but didn't come to Chicago?
    MARTIN: I came to the airport. I was going to Iowa.
    FATHER: You didn't phone.
    MARTIN: No, I didn't.
    FATHER: Excuse me. Your mother wants to talk. Here she is. Good-bye.MARTIN: Good-bye, father.
    MOTHER: Martin, tell Eileen to phone.
    MARTIN: You can phone her.
    MOTHER: Is she working?
    MARTIN: Of course. She doesn't work in the evening.
    MARTIN: You can phone in the evening.
    MOTHER: OK. Can I phone this evening?
    MARTIN: Sure.
    MOTHER: OK. Good-bye.
    MARTIN: Good-bye.
    會話 B
    母 親:喂。
    馬 ?。何梗赣H。
    母 親:馬丁!這真是意外的驚喜!
    馬 ?。耗阍趺礃?
    母 親:很好,你怎么樣?
    馬 ?。汉芎?,謝謝。父親好嗎?
    母 親:他很好。
    馬 ?。核趩?
    母 親:在,艾琳好嗎?
    馬 ?。核芎?。
    母 親:孩子們都好嗎?
    馬 丁:他們很好。
    母 親:讓孩子們聽電話,好嗎?
    馬 丁:不成,我不是在家打的電話。
    母 親:你在哪兒?
    馬 ?。何以诓ㄊ款D,我在寫有關(guān)棒球的報導(dǎo)。
    母 親:很好,你跟運(yùn)動員談話了嗎?
    馬 ?。赫劻?,你在做什么?
    母 親:我們在粉刷房子。
    馬 ?。赫l在做?
    母 親:你父親在外面刷,我在里面刷。
    馬 ?。耗銈兡苄袉?
    母 親:行,是個小房子。
    馬 丁:但你們年紀(jì)都很大了。
    母 親:你兄弟菲利普星期六來,他來幫忙。
    馬 ?。耗呛芎茫现苣銈?nèi)ス珗@了嗎?
    母 親:沒有,太貴了,我們在花園里干活了。
    馬 ?。何抑芰蛄穗娫?,你們?nèi)ツ膬毫?
    母 親:我們?nèi)ベI東西了。
    馬 ?。嘿I什么了?
    母 親:買涂料。
    馬 ?。鹤尭赣H聽電話好嗎?
    母 親:好的,他來了。
    父 親:喂,馬丁。
    馬 ?。何?,你好嗎?
    父 親:很好,你要來家看看嗎?
    馬 ?。翰唬以诠ぷ?。
    父 親:你在哪兒?
    馬 ?。何以诓ㄊ款D,我正在寫有關(guān)棒球的報導(dǎo)。
    父 親:波士頓?我喜歡芝加哥。
    馬 ?。何抑?,你看了周六那場棒球賽嗎?
    父 親:看了,我在電視上看了那場比賽。
    馬 ?。耗阆矚g這場比賽嗎?
    父 親:不!!
    父 親:馬丁,孩子們好嗎?
    馬 ?。核麄兒芎谩*?BR>    父 親:艾琳好嗎?
    馬 ?。核芎?,菲利普好嗎?
    父 親:他還可以,他周六來,我們要一起刷房子。
    馬 ?。耗阋菜⒎孔訂?
    父 親:是的。
    馬 ?。耗隳苄袉?
    父 親:行,我很好,菲利普來幫忙。你去加利福尼亞了嗎?
    馬 丁:沒有。
    父 親:你去內(nèi)布拉斯加州了嗎?
    馬 丁:不,我去了衣阿華州。
    父 親:你去了衣阿華州,但沒來芝加哥?
    馬 ?。何业搅藱C(jī)場,我是去衣阿華州。
    父 親:你也沒打電話。
    馬 ?。簺]打。
    父 親:對不起,你母親要說話,她來了,再見。
    馬 丁:再見,父親。
    母 親:馬丁,告訴艾琳打電話來。
    馬 ?。耗憧梢越o她打電話。
    母 親:她上班嗎?
    馬 ?。寒?dāng)然,她晚上不上班,你可以在晚上打電話。
    母 親:好的,我今晚打電話可以嗎?
    馬 ?。寒?dāng)然可以。
    母 親:好的,再見。
    馬 ?。涸僖?。
    New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語
    watch television v. 看電視
    baseball game n. 棒球賽
    just a minute 稍等一會兒
    go to the movies 去看電影
    go swimming 去游泳
    pizza n. 意大利烤餡餅
    shopping mall n. 購物中心;商業(yè)區(qū)
    museum n. 博物館
    surprise n. 出乎意料的事;驚訝
    expensive adj. 貴
    Proper Nouns 專有名詞
    Boston 波士頓
    California 加利福尼亞州
    Nebraska 內(nèi)布拉斯加州
    Iowa 衣阿華州
    Language Points 語言要點
    對話中出現(xiàn)的打電話用語歸納如下:
    Hello. 喂。
    May I speak to (the children)?請讓(孩子們)聽電話好嗎?
    May I talk to (Sue)?請讓(蘇)聽電話好嗎?
    Just a minute. 請等一下。
    (Your mother) wants to talk.(你媽媽)想和你講話。
    Here (she) is. (她)來講話。
    Bye/Good-bye. 再見。
    類似的常用語還有:
    Who's speaking, please? 請問您是哪位?
    Just a moment, please. 請等一下。
    Could you speak up as I can't hear you well?能否說大聲些,我聽不清楚。 He's on the other line. 他正在接別的電話。
    You have the wrong number. 你打錯電話了。
    This is he (she). 我就是。
    Sorry. He's not in right now. 對不起,他不在。
    Cultural Notes 文化注釋
    美國的電話系統(tǒng)為私營公司所有,最有名的公司是貝爾電話公司(the Bell Telephone Company)。 美國的電話普及率高達(dá)百分之八十以上,幾乎每個家庭和辦公室都有至少一部電話。