Conversation A On the Phone?
EILEEN: Hello.?
MARTIN: Hello, Eileen.?
EILEEN: Martin! Hello.?
MARTIN: How are you??
EILEEN: Fine. How are you??
MARTIN: OK. What are you doing?
EILEEN: We're eating.?
MARTIN: Can you talk now?
EILEEN: Oh, sure. Where are you??
MARTIN: I'm in Boston. I'm coming home on Thursday.
EILEEN: Wonderful. What are you doing??
MARTIN: I'm watching television.
EILEEN: Did you go to the baseball game??
MARTIN: I went to the baseball game on Sunday afternoon.?
EILEEN: Did you talk to the players??
MARTIN: Yes. I talked to some players. It was very interesting. I recorded some players.?
EILEEN: Are you writing your story??
MARTIN: I wrote it on Monday. May I speak to the children??
EILEEN: Of course, Just a minute. Alan, it's your father.?
ALAN: Hi, dad.?
MARTIN: Hi, Alan. What are you doing??
ALAN: Nothing.?
MARTIN: Nothing? What did you do on Sunday? Did you go to the movies??ALAN: No, we didn't go. I didn't have any money.?
MARTIN: What did you do??
ALAN: We watched television.?
MARTIN: What did you do on Monday??
ALAN: I worked.?
MARTIN: Did you go swimming??
ALAN: Yes. We went swimming in the evening.?
MARTIN: Who went swimming??
ALAN: I went with my friends.?
MARTIN: Did Sue go swimming??
ALAN: No, she didn't.?
MARTIN: What did you do today??
ALAN: I worked in the morning??
MARTIN: Do you like your work??
ALAN: It's OK.?
MARTIN: What are you doing now??
ALAN: We're eating.?
MARTIN: May I talk to Sue??
ALAN: Sure. Sure! Dad wants to talk to you. Bye, dad.?
MARTIN: Good-bye. I'm coming home on Thursday.?
SUE: Hello, Daddy.?
MARTIN: Hi, Sue. How are you??
SUE: Fine.?
MARTIN: What are you doing??
SUE: We're eating.?
MARTIN: What are you eating??
SUE: I don't know.?
MARTIN: You don't know!?
SUE: Let's see. Green beans.?
MARTIN: That's all?!?
SUE: No. We have meat and potatoes. We had pizza last night.?
MARTIN: And you were very happy.?
SUE: Yes. I love pizza.?
MARTIN: Sue, may I speak to your mother??
SUE: OK. Bye, Daddy.?
MARTIN: Good-bye.?
EILEEN: Hi.?
MARTIN: What did you do on Monday??
EILEEN: I worked. I went to the shopping mall in the evening.
MARTIN: Did you buy anything??
EILEEN: Yes. Sue went with me. We bought some clothes.?
MARTIN: I went to the movies last night.?
EILEEN: Did you go to the museum??
MARTIN: No, I didn't. Are you going to meet me at the airport on Thursday??EILEEN: Yes.?
MARTIN: OK. Good-bye.?
EILEEN: Good-bye.
會(huì)話 A 打電話?
艾 琳：喂。?
馬 ?。何?，艾琳。?
艾 琳：馬丁!你好。?
馬 ?。耗阍趺礃??
艾 琳：很好，你怎么樣??
馬 ?。哼€可以，你在做什么??
艾 琳：我們正在吃飯。?
馬 ?。含F(xiàn)在能講話嗎??
艾 琳：噢，當(dāng)然了。你在哪兒??
馬 ?。何以诓ㄊ款D，我周四回家。?
艾 琳：好極了，你在做什么??
馬 ?。何以诳措娨?。?
艾 琳：你去看棒球賽了嗎??
馬 ?。何倚瞧谔煜挛缛タ窗羟蛸惲?。?
艾 琳：你跟運(yùn)動(dòng)員談話了嗎??
馬 丁：談了，我跟一些運(yùn)動(dòng)員談了談，很有趣，我錄了一些運(yùn)動(dòng)員的談話。?艾 琳：你在寫你的報(bào)導(dǎo)嗎??
馬 ?。何抑芤粚懙?，請(qǐng)讓孩子們聽電話，好嗎??
艾 琳：當(dāng)然可以，稍等一下，艾倫，是你父親。
艾 倫：你好，爸爸。?
馬 丁：你好，艾倫。你在做什么?
艾 倫：什么也沒做。?
馬 ?。菏裁匆矝]做?你星期天做什么了?你去看電影了嗎?
艾 倫：沒有，我們沒去，我沒有錢。?
馬 ?。耗阕鍪裁戳?
艾 倫：我們看電視了。?
馬 ?。盒瞧谝荒阕鍪裁戳??
艾 倫：我上班了。?
馬 ?。耗闳ビ斡镜膯??
艾 倫：去了，我們晚上去的。?
馬 ?。憾颊l(shuí)去了??
艾 倫：我和朋友一起去的。
馬 ?。禾K去游泳了嗎??
艾 倫：沒有，她沒去。
馬 ?。耗憬裉熳鍪裁戳??
艾 倫：我上午上班。
馬 ?。耗阆矚g你的工作嗎??
艾 倫：還可以。
馬 ?。耗悻F(xiàn)在做什么??
艾 倫：我們?cè)诔燥垺?BR> 馬 ?。赫?qǐng)讓蘇來聽電話，好嗎??
艾 倫：當(dāng)然可以。蘇!爸爸想和你講話。再見，爸爸。
馬 ?。涸僖?。我周四回家。?
蘇 ：你好，爸爸。?
馬 ?。耗愫?，蘇。你怎么樣??
蘇 ：很好。?
馬 ?。耗阍谧鍪裁??
蘇 ：我們?cè)诔燥垺?
馬 ?。耗阍诔允裁??
蘇 ：不知道。?
馬 ?。耗悴恢??
蘇 ：我看看，青豆。?
馬 ?。壕瓦@個(gè)?!?
蘇 ：不，還有肉和土豆。我們昨晚吃的是意大利餡餅。?
馬 ?。核阅愫芨吲d。?
蘇 ：對(duì)，我喜愛意大利餡餅。?
馬 ?。禾K，讓你母親聽電話，好嗎??
蘇 ：好的，再見，爸爸。?
馬 ?。涸僖?。?
艾 琳：你好。?
馬 丁：你周一做什么了??
艾 琳：我上班了。晚上去了購(gòu)物中心。?
馬 ?。耗阗I什么東西了嗎??
艾 琳：是的，蘇和我一起去的，我買了一些衣服。?
馬 ?。何易蛲砣タ措娪傲?。?
艾 琳：你去博物館了嗎??
馬 ?。簺]有，周四你去機(jī)場(chǎng)接我嗎??
艾 琳：去。?
馬 ?。汉茫僖?。?
艾 琳：再見。
?
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(huì)話 B?
母 親：喂。?
馬 ?。何?，母親。?
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 ?。核麄兒芎?。?
母 親：讓孩子們聽電話，好嗎??
馬 ?。翰怀?，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(bào)導(dǎo)。?
母 親：很好，你跟運(yùn)動(dòng)員談話了嗎??
馬 ?。赫劻?，你在做什么??
母 親：我們?cè)诜鬯⒎孔印?
馬 ?。赫l(shuí)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(gè)小房子。?
馬 ?。旱銈兡昙o(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?，上周你們?nèi)ス珗@了嗎??
母 親：沒有，太貴了，我們?cè)诨▓@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?，我在工作。?
父 親：你在哪兒??
馬 ?。何以诓ㄊ款D，我正在寫有關(guān)棒球的報(bào)導(dǎo)。?
父 親：波士頓?我喜歡芝加哥。?
馬 ?。何抑?，你看了周六那場(chǎng)棒球賽嗎??
父 親：看了，我在電視上看了那場(chǎng)比賽。?
馬 ?。耗阆矚g這場(chǎng)比賽嗎??
父 親：不!!?
父 親：馬丁，孩子們好嗎??
馬 ?。核麄兒芎?。?
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 丁：你也刷房子嗎??
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 ?。簺]有。?
父 親：你去內(nèi)布拉斯加州了嗎??
馬 ?。翰?，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(chǎng)，我是去衣阿華州。?
父 親：你也沒打電話。?
馬 ?。簺]打。?
父 親：對(duì)不起，你母親要說話，她來了，再見。?
馬 ?。涸僖?，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(yǔ)?
watch television v. 看電視?
baseball game n. 棒球賽?
just a minute 稍等一會(huì)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(gòu)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(yǔ)言要點(diǎn)
?
對(duì)話中出現(xiàn)的打電話用語(yǔ)歸納如下：?
Hello. 喂。?
May I speak to (the children)??請(qǐng)讓(孩子們)聽電話好嗎??
May I talk to (Sue)??請(qǐng)讓(蘇)聽電話好嗎??
Just a minute. 請(qǐng)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(yǔ)還有：?
Who's speaking, please? 請(qǐng)問您是哪位??
Just a moment, please. 請(qǐng)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(cuò)電話了。?
This is he (she). 我就是。?
Sorry. He's not in right now. 對(duì)不起，他不在。?
Cultural Notes 文化注釋
美國(guó)的電話系統(tǒng)為私營(yíng)公司所有，最有名的公司是貝爾電話公司(the Bell Telephone Company
)。 美國(guó)的電話普及率高達(dá)百分之八十以上，幾乎每個(gè)家庭和辦公室都有至少一部電話。?
EILEEN: Hello.?
MARTIN: Hello, Eileen.?
EILEEN: Martin! Hello.?
MARTIN: How are you??
EILEEN: Fine. How are you??
MARTIN: OK. What are you doing?
EILEEN: We're eating.?
MARTIN: Can you talk now?
EILEEN: Oh, sure. Where are you??
MARTIN: I'm in Boston. I'm coming home on Thursday.
EILEEN: Wonderful. What are you doing??
MARTIN: I'm watching television.
EILEEN: Did you go to the baseball game??
MARTIN: I went to the baseball game on Sunday afternoon.?
EILEEN: Did you talk to the players??
MARTIN: Yes. I talked to some players. It was very interesting. I recorded some players.?
EILEEN: Are you writing your story??
MARTIN: I wrote it on Monday. May I speak to the children??
EILEEN: Of course, Just a minute. Alan, it's your father.?
ALAN: Hi, dad.?
MARTIN: Hi, Alan. What are you doing??
ALAN: Nothing.?
MARTIN: Nothing? What did you do on Sunday? Did you go to the movies??ALAN: No, we didn't go. I didn't have any money.?
MARTIN: What did you do??
ALAN: We watched television.?
MARTIN: What did you do on Monday??
ALAN: I worked.?
MARTIN: Did you go swimming??
ALAN: Yes. We went swimming in the evening.?
MARTIN: Who went swimming??
ALAN: I went with my friends.?
MARTIN: Did Sue go swimming??
ALAN: No, she didn't.?
MARTIN: What did you do today??
ALAN: I worked in the morning??
MARTIN: Do you like your work??
ALAN: It's OK.?
MARTIN: What are you doing now??
ALAN: We're eating.?
MARTIN: May I talk to Sue??
ALAN: Sure. Sure! Dad wants to talk to you. Bye, dad.?
MARTIN: Good-bye. I'm coming home on Thursday.?
SUE: Hello, Daddy.?
MARTIN: Hi, Sue. How are you??
SUE: Fine.?
MARTIN: What are you doing??
SUE: We're eating.?
MARTIN: What are you eating??
SUE: I don't know.?
MARTIN: You don't know!?
SUE: Let's see. Green beans.?
MARTIN: That's all?!?
SUE: No. We have meat and potatoes. We had pizza last night.?
MARTIN: And you were very happy.?
SUE: Yes. I love pizza.?
MARTIN: Sue, may I speak to your mother??
SUE: OK. Bye, Daddy.?
MARTIN: Good-bye.?
EILEEN: Hi.?
MARTIN: What did you do on Monday??
EILEEN: I worked. I went to the shopping mall in the evening.
MARTIN: Did you buy anything??
EILEEN: Yes. Sue went with me. We bought some clothes.?
MARTIN: I went to the movies last night.?
EILEEN: Did you go to the museum??
MARTIN: No, I didn't. Are you going to meet me at the airport on Thursday??EILEEN: Yes.?
MARTIN: OK. Good-bye.?
EILEEN: Good-bye.
會(huì)話 A 打電話?
艾 琳：喂。?
馬 ?。何?，艾琳。?
艾 琳：馬丁!你好。?
馬 ?。耗阍趺礃??
艾 琳：很好，你怎么樣??
馬 ?。哼€可以，你在做什么??
艾 琳：我們正在吃飯。?
馬 ?。含F(xiàn)在能講話嗎??
艾 琳：噢，當(dāng)然了。你在哪兒??
馬 ?。何以诓ㄊ款D，我周四回家。?
艾 琳：好極了，你在做什么??
馬 ?。何以诳措娨?。?
艾 琳：你去看棒球賽了嗎??
馬 ?。何倚瞧谔煜挛缛タ窗羟蛸惲?。?
艾 琳：你跟運(yùn)動(dòng)員談話了嗎??
馬 丁：談了，我跟一些運(yùn)動(dòng)員談了談，很有趣，我錄了一些運(yùn)動(dòng)員的談話。?艾 琳：你在寫你的報(bào)導(dǎo)嗎??
馬 ?。何抑芤粚懙?，請(qǐng)讓孩子們聽電話，好嗎??
艾 琳：當(dāng)然可以，稍等一下，艾倫，是你父親。
艾 倫：你好，爸爸。?
馬 丁：你好，艾倫。你在做什么?
艾 倫：什么也沒做。?
馬 ?。菏裁匆矝]做?你星期天做什么了?你去看電影了嗎?
艾 倫：沒有，我們沒去，我沒有錢。?
馬 ?。耗阕鍪裁戳?
艾 倫：我們看電視了。?
馬 ?。盒瞧谝荒阕鍪裁戳??
艾 倫：我上班了。?
馬 ?。耗闳ビ斡镜膯??
艾 倫：去了，我們晚上去的。?
馬 ?。憾颊l(shuí)去了??
艾 倫：我和朋友一起去的。
馬 ?。禾K去游泳了嗎??
艾 倫：沒有，她沒去。
馬 ?。耗憬裉熳鍪裁戳??
艾 倫：我上午上班。
馬 ?。耗阆矚g你的工作嗎??
艾 倫：還可以。
馬 ?。耗悻F(xiàn)在做什么??
艾 倫：我們?cè)诔燥垺?BR> 馬 ?。赫?qǐng)讓蘇來聽電話，好嗎??
艾 倫：當(dāng)然可以。蘇!爸爸想和你講話。再見，爸爸。
馬 ?。涸僖?。我周四回家。?
蘇 ：你好，爸爸。?
馬 ?。耗愫?，蘇。你怎么樣??
蘇 ：很好。?
馬 ?。耗阍谧鍪裁??
蘇 ：我們?cè)诔燥垺?
馬 ?。耗阍诔允裁??
蘇 ：不知道。?
馬 ?。耗悴恢??
蘇 ：我看看，青豆。?
馬 ?。壕瓦@個(gè)?!?
蘇 ：不，還有肉和土豆。我們昨晚吃的是意大利餡餅。?
馬 ?。核阅愫芨吲d。?
蘇 ：對(duì)，我喜愛意大利餡餅。?
馬 ?。禾K，讓你母親聽電話，好嗎??
蘇 ：好的，再見，爸爸。?
馬 ?。涸僖?。?
艾 琳：你好。?
馬 丁：你周一做什么了??
艾 琳：我上班了。晚上去了購(gòu)物中心。?
馬 ?。耗阗I什么東西了嗎??
艾 琳：是的，蘇和我一起去的，我買了一些衣服。?
馬 ?。何易蛲砣タ措娪傲?。?
艾 琳：你去博物館了嗎??
馬 ?。簺]有，周四你去機(jī)場(chǎng)接我嗎??
艾 琳：去。?
馬 ?。汉茫僖?。?
艾 琳：再見。
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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(huì)話 B?
母 親：喂。?
馬 ?。何?，母親。?
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 ?。核麄兒芎?。?
母 親：讓孩子們聽電話，好嗎??
馬 ?。翰怀?，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(bào)導(dǎo)。?
母 親：很好，你跟運(yùn)動(dòng)員談話了嗎??
馬 ?。赫劻?，你在做什么??
母 親：我們?cè)诜鬯⒎孔印?
馬 ?。赫l(shuí)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(gè)小房子。?
馬 ?。旱銈兡昙o(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?，上周你們?nèi)ス珗@了嗎??
母 親：沒有，太貴了，我們?cè)诨▓@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?，我在工作。?
父 親：你在哪兒??
馬 ?。何以诓ㄊ款D，我正在寫有關(guān)棒球的報(bào)導(dǎo)。?
父 親：波士頓?我喜歡芝加哥。?
馬 ?。何抑?，你看了周六那場(chǎng)棒球賽嗎??
父 親：看了，我在電視上看了那場(chǎng)比賽。?
馬 ?。耗阆矚g這場(chǎng)比賽嗎??
父 親：不!!?
父 親：馬丁，孩子們好嗎??
馬 ?。核麄兒芎?。?
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 丁：你也刷房子嗎??
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 ?。簺]有。?
父 親：你去內(nèi)布拉斯加州了嗎??
馬 ?。翰?，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(chǎng)，我是去衣阿華州。?
父 親：你也沒打電話。?
馬 ?。簺]打。?
父 親：對(duì)不起，你母親要說話，她來了，再見。?
馬 ?。涸僖?，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(yǔ)?
watch television v. 看電視?
baseball game n. 棒球賽?
just a minute 稍等一會(huì)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(gòu)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(yǔ)言要點(diǎn)
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對(duì)話中出現(xiàn)的打電話用語(yǔ)歸納如下：?
Hello. 喂。?
May I speak to (the children)??請(qǐng)讓(孩子們)聽電話好嗎??
May I talk to (Sue)??請(qǐng)讓(蘇)聽電話好嗎??
Just a minute. 請(qǐng)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(yǔ)還有：?
Who's speaking, please? 請(qǐng)問您是哪位??
Just a moment, please. 請(qǐng)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(cuò)電話了。?
This is he (she). 我就是。?
Sorry. He's not in right now. 對(duì)不起，他不在。?
Cultural Notes 文化注釋
美國(guó)的電話系統(tǒng)為私營(yíng)公司所有，最有名的公司是貝爾電話公司(the Bell Telephone Company
)。 美國(guó)的電話普及率高達(dá)百分之八十以上，幾乎每個(gè)家庭和辦公室都有至少一部電話。?