初級美語會話:Requesting Help with a Map 借助地圖尋求幫助(2)

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Conversation B
    MARTIN: Excuse me.
    CLERK: Oh, good morning. May I help you?
    MARTIN: Yes, please. I'm looking for the market. Where is the market?CLERK: Leave the airport. Go to the city. Look for the signs.
    MARTIN: Do you have a map?
    CLERK: Yes, I have a map.
    MARTIN: Show me on the map, please.
    CLERK: Here we are. Look at this. We are here. This is the airport. Look at this.
    MARTIN: I see.
    CLERK: Take this road to the city. Are you driving?
    MARTIN: Yes, I'm going to drive. I have a car.
    CLERK: Look here. This is the market.
    MARTIN: Tell me which street.
    CLERK: I don't know. It's on the water. Look at this street. Take that street to the market.
    MARTIN: OK. Now. Where is the harbor?
    CLERK: The harbor?
    MARTIN: Yes. I'm going to take the ferry.
    CLERK: Oh, that harbor! It's near the market.
    MARTIN: Tell me which street.
    CLERK: Look at the map. The market is here. The ferry is there.
    MARTIN: Excuse me. Where is the market?
    MAN: Over there.
    MARTIN: Where?
    MAN: Oh, sorry. Are you driving?
    MARTIN: Yes, I have a car.
    MAN: Good. Turn left. Then go for about twenty blocks. Then turn right.MARTIN: I have a map. Please show me the market on the map.
    MARTIN: Good afternoon. I'm Martin Learner. I'm a reporter. I want to ask some questions. Who are you?
    CAPTAIN: I'm Kurt Adamson. I'm the captain.
    MARTIN: I'm writing a story about the ferry.
    Practice 3: 問別人是否擁有某物時常用的句型:Do you have……? 你有……嗎?其肯定回答為:
    Yes, I have…… 是的,我有……。
    Examples: MARTIN: Do you have a map?
    WOMAN: Yes, I have a map.
    MAN: Do you have a car?
    MARTIN: Yes, I have a car.
    WOMAN: Do you have a license?
    MARTIN: Yes, I have a license.
    MAN: Do you have a phone number?
    MARTIN: Yes, I have a phone number.
    會話B
    馬 ?。簩Σ黄?。
    職 員:哦,早上好。需要幫忙嗎?
    馬 ?。菏堑摹N以谡沂袌?,請問市場在哪兒?
    職 員:離開機場去城里,尋找路標。
    馬 ?。耗阌械貓D嗎?
    職 員:有,我有地圖。
    馬 ?。赫堅诘貓D上指給我看。
    職 員:我們在這兒,看這個,我們在這兒,這是機場,看這個。
    馬 ?。何颐靼琢?。
    職 員:從這條路去城里,你打算開車去嗎?
    馬 丁:對,我打算開車去,我有車。
    職 員:看這兒,這是市場。
    馬 ?。焊嬖V我哪條街。
    職 員:我不知道,它在河邊,看這條街,從那條街到市場。
    馬 ?。汉?,那么,港口在哪兒?
    職 員:港口?
    馬 丁:是的,我打算乘渡船。
    職 員:哦,那個港口,在機場附近。
    馬 ?。焊嬖V我哪條街。
    職 員:看地圖,市場在這兒,碼頭在這兒。
    馬 ?。簩Σ黄穑袌鲈谀膬?
    男 :在那邊。
    馬 丁:哪里?
    男 :哦,對不起,你開車嗎?
    馬 ?。菏堑模矣熊?。
    男 :好,向左拐,然后大約過20個街區(qū),然后向右拐。
    馬 ?。何矣械貓D,請在地圖上把市場指給我看。
    馬 ?。合挛绾?,我叫馬丁·勒納,我是記者,我想問幾個問題,你是哪位?
    船 長:我叫克特·亞當森,我是船長。
    馬 ?。何以趯懸黄P于港口的報導。
    New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語
    market n. 市場
    harbor n. 港口
    ferry n. 渡口,渡船
    captain n. 船長
    Proper Nouns 專有名詞
    Seattle 西雅圖市
    Atlanta 亞特蘭大市
    Language Points 語言要點
    1. I'm going to drive. 我要開車去。
    “主語+系動詞(be)+going to+動詞原形”,構成一般將來時。
    表示將要或打算做某事。例如:
    I'm going to go to the market. 我打算去市場。
    He's going to take the ferry. 他準備乘輪渡。
    2. .動詞 take 的用法:
    a. 表示拿、取等:take a recorder with him 他帶著錄音機。
    b. .表示選擇的意思:take the road 走這條路。
    c. 表示乘坐某種交通工具的意思:take the ferry 乘船。
    3. have 與 has 的用法
    have 適用于主語是第一、二人稱的單、復數(shù)和第三人稱復數(shù)的情況,
    例如:
    I have a map. We have maps. You have a map. They have maps.
    has 只適用于主語是第三人稱單數(shù)的情況,例如:
    He has a map. Martin has a car.
    Cultural Notes 文化注釋
    馬丁·路德·金(Martin Luther King,1929~1968)是美國黑人人權運動的領袖,是一位牧師。他一貫主張非暴利主義,1968年3月被種族主義分子槍殺。他的演講“I Have a Dream”(我有一個夢)非常。