美國(guó)之音口語(yǔ)經(jīng)典教程Talking About Where People Work 談?wù)撊藗兊墓ぷ鲌?chǎng)所
Lesson 12Asking Names of Unfamiliar Objects
詢(xún)問(wèn)陌生物體的名稱(chēng)
Things to Know 學(xué)前必讀
美國(guó)的學(xué)校主要有兩種：一種是公立學(xué)校(public school)，是由政府興辦的。另一種是私立學(xué)校(private school)，是由私人或社會(huì)團(tuán)體(包括基督教會(huì)、猶太教會(huì)，或其他一些宗教團(tuán)體)興辦的。目前有4，300萬(wàn)中小學(xué)生在公立學(xué)校就讀，約有600萬(wàn)學(xué)生在私立學(xué)校就讀。每年有1，200萬(wàn)人進(jìn)入大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)。
Conversation A: At an Elementary School
MARTIN: Excuse me. Where is the principal's office?
BOY: Go straight ahead, then turn left.
MARTIN: Thanks. Good morning. I'm Martin Learner.
TINA: Oh, You're the reporter. I'm Tina Good place. I'm Mrs. Weaver's secretary.
MARTIN: How are you?
TINA: Fine, thanks. Come with me. Mrs. Weaver is in the cafeteria.
TINA: Where are you from, Mr. Learner.
MARTIN: I live in Baltimore.
TINA: Classes begin at 8:15. Here we are. Come in.
MARTIN: Thanks.
TINA: Mrs. Weaver. This is Martin Learner.
MARTIN: Good morning, Mrs. Weaver. I'm happy to meet you.
MRS. WEAVER: Thank you. How are you?
MARTIN: Fine, thanks. How are you?
MRS. WEAVER: Fine, thanks. Please. Sit down. Would you like coffee?MARTIN: Yes, please.
MRS WEAVER: Goodbye, Mr. Learner.
MARTIN: Goodbye. Thank you for your time.
TINA: Milk? Sugar?
MARTIN: No, thanks.
MRS WEAVER: You're a reporter?
MARTIN: Yes. I report news on the radio. I work at the Voice of America.MRS WEAVER: That's interesting. I'm the principal. I'm a teacher, too. I teach
art.
MARTIN: Wonderful!
MRS WEAVER: Come see the children.
MARTIN: Thank you.
HAL: Hello, Helen.
MRS WEAVER: Good morning HAL, Mr. Learner, this is Hal Marks.
MARTIN: Hello. Are you a teacher?
HAL: Yes. I teach the fifth grade. Are you a teacher?
MARTIN: No. I'm a reporter. I report news on the Voice of America.
HAL: Good. Come see my fifth grades.
MARTIN: Thanks.
Practice 1：某些實(shí)義動(dòng)詞在詞尾加er或or構(gòu)成一個(gè)名詞，成為執(zhí)行該動(dòng)作的人或物。
Examples: MARTIN: I'm a reporter. I report.
MRS WEAVER: I'm a teacher. I teach.
HAL: I'm a teacher. I teach.
根據(jù)上面例句說(shuō)出他或她做什么?
MARTIN: She's a writer.
YOURSELF: _______________________________.
HAL: She's a teacher.
YOURSELF: _______________________________.
會(huì)話A : 在一所小學(xué)
馬 ?。簩?duì)不起，請(qǐng)問(wèn)校長(zhǎng)辦公室在哪兒?
男 孩：一直向前走，然后向左拐。
馬 ?。褐x謝。早上好，我叫馬丁·勒納。
蒂 娜：哦，你是那位記者，我叫蒂娜·古德普雷斯，我是韋弗夫人的秘書(shū)。
馬 ?。耗愫脝?/span>?
蒂 娜：很好，謝謝，跟我來(lái)，韋弗夫人在自助餐廳。
蒂 娜：勒納先生，你是哪兒的人?
馬 ?。何易≡诎蜖柕哪Α＊?/span>
蒂 娜：8點(diǎn)15分開(kāi)始上課，我們到了。請(qǐng)進(jìn)。
馬 丁：謝謝。
蒂 娜：韋弗夫人，這位是馬丁·勒納。
馬 ?。涸缟虾?，韋弗夫人。幸會(huì)。
韋弗夫人：謝謝，你好嗎?
馬 丁：很好，謝謝，你好嗎?
韋弗夫人：很好，謝謝，請(qǐng)坐，你要咖啡嗎?
馬 丁：好，請(qǐng)。
蒂 娜：再見(jiàn)，勒納先生。
馬 丁：再見(jiàn)，謝謝你為我花的時(shí)間。
韋弗夫人：加牛奶還是糖?
馬 ?。翰挥茫x謝。
韋弗夫人：你是記者嗎?
馬 ?。菏堑?，我在電臺(tái)報(bào)導(dǎo)新聞，我在“美國(guó)之音”工作。
韋弗夫人：很有趣的工作，我是校長(zhǎng)，也是教師，我教美術(shù)。
馬 ?。汉脴O了!
韋弗夫人：來(lái)看看孩子們吧!
馬 丁：謝謝。
哈 爾：你好，海倫。
韋弗夫人：早上好，哈爾。勒納先生，這是哈爾·馬可斯。
馬 ?。耗愫茫闶墙處焼?/span>?
哈 爾：是的，我教五年級(jí)，你是教師嗎?
馬 ?。翰皇?，我是記者，在“美國(guó)之音”報(bào)導(dǎo)新聞。
哈 爾：很好，來(lái)看看五年級(jí)同學(xué)。
馬 丁：謝謝。
Conversation B : In the Classroom
HAL: Here we are. Come in.
MARTIN: Hi. I'm Martin Learner.
ROBERTA: Hi.
MARTIN: Who are you?
ROBERTA: Roberta. What's that?
MARTIN: It's a tape recorder. Listen.
MARTIN: Tell me your name.
ROBERTA: Roberta Miller.
MARTIN: Where do you live?
ROBERTA: I live at 34 Harrison Street.
MARTIN: What's that, Roberta?
ROBERTA: It's a map. We're studying geography. It's a map of Europe.MARTIN: Thank you. Let's listen to that.
ROBERTA: Roberta Miller.
MARTIN: Where do you live?
ROBERTA: I live at 34 Harrison Street.
MARTIN: What's that, Roberta?
ROBERTA: It's a map. We're studying geography. It's a map of Europe.MARTIN: Hello. Who are you?
JANE: I'm Jane. Who are you?
MARTIN: I'm Martin. I'm a reporter.
HAL: Mr. Learner reports the news on the radio.
MARTIN: I report the news on the Voice of America. What's that, Jane?JANE: It's Europe.
MARTIN: What country is that?
JANE: It's...It's Poland?
HAL: That's right. What's that?
JANE: It's Hungary.
HAL: Good. Can you spell Hungary?
JANE: H-u-n-g-a-r-y.
MARTIN: Thank you, Jane.
HAL: Martin, come see these students.
MARTIN: Hello.
BOY: Hi.
GIRL: Hi.
MARTIN: May I record you?
BOY: Sure.
GIRL: OK.
BOY: What's that?
MARTIN: It's a tape recorder.
BOY: It's very big!
MARTIN: I'm a reporter. I report news on the radio. I need a good tape recorder.
BOY: Oh.
MARTIN: What's that you're studying?
GIRL: It's a globe.
MARTIN: What's a globe?
GIRL: It's a map. It's a map shaped like the world.
MARTIN: What are you studying?
BOY: Geography.
GIRL: We're studying Europe.
MARTIN: I see. Show me Europe.
BOY: Here.
MARTIN: Please show me Germany.
GIRL: Here.
MARTIN: Please show me Italy.
BOY: Here.
MARTIN: Please show me Denmark.
BOY: Is it here?
MARTIN: Yes. Show me Russia.
GIRL: It's an old globe. It's here, I think.
BOY: It's here, I think.
MARTIN: Look here. It's right here.
HAL: Mr. Learner, come here please. This is Robin and Melissa.
MARTIN: Show me your book, please. Who is that?
ROBIN: He's a driver.
MELISSA: He drives a truck in Germany.
MARTIN: Who is that?
MELISSA: She's a teacher.
ROBIN: She teaches school in Greece.
MARTIN: Who is that?
ROBIN: She's a writer.
MELISSA: She writes stories.
MARTIN: What's that?
MELISSA: It's a school in Poland.
MARTIN: What's that?
ROBIN: It's a factory in Hungary.
MARTIN: Thank you. I like your book.
Practice 2：當(dāng)我們想知道某物的名稱(chēng)時(shí)我們問(wèn)：
What's that(this)? 那(這)是什么?
回答是 It's a...
Examples: BOY: What's that?
MARTIN: It's a road.
根據(jù)上面句型完成下列對(duì)話：
YOURSELF: _______________________________?
MARTIN: It's a map.
YOURSELF: _______________________________?
MARTIN: It's a globe.
會(huì)話B : 在教室
哈 爾：我們到了，請(qǐng)進(jìn)。
馬 丁：你好，我叫馬丁·勒納。
羅伯塔：你好。
馬 ?。耗憬惺裁疵?/span>?
羅伯塔：羅伯塔。那是什么?
馬 ?。耗鞘卿浺魴C(jī)，聽(tīng)。
馬 ?。赫f(shuō)出你的名字。
羅伯塔：羅伯塔·米勒。
馬 丁：你住在哪?
羅伯塔：我住在哈里森街34號(hào)。
馬 ?。耗鞘鞘裁矗_伯塔。
羅伯塔：那是張地圖，我們?cè)趯W(xué)地理，這是歐洲地圖。
馬 ?。褐x謝。我們聽(tīng)聽(tīng)這段。
羅伯塔：羅伯塔·米勒。
