美國之音口語經典教程Expressing Time 表示時間

Lesson 36Expressing Time

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Things to Know  學前必讀

美國是工業(yè)高度發(fā)達的國家，但工業(yè)的發(fā)展也造成了各種環(huán)境污染(environmental pollution)，例如：空氣污染(air pollution)，水質污染(water pollution)，噪聲污染(noise pollution)等。美國人認識到環(huán)境污染的嚴重危害，因而也格外注意保護環(huán)境。

 

Conversation A : On a University Campus

MARTIN: Hello. I'm Martin Learner. I'm a reporter. Who are you?

NANCY: I'm Nancy Kibelstis.

MARTIN: May I talk to you? I want to ask some questions.

NANCY: Maybe.

MARTIN: Are you a student?

NANCY: Yes.

MARTIN: What are you studying?

NANCY: Elementary education.

MARTIN: Are you going to be a teacher?

NANCY: Of course.

JACKIE: Good morning. I'm Jackie.

MARTIN: What are you doing here, Jackie?

JACKIE: I'm a student. I'm studying history.

MARTIN: What are you doing here today?

JACKIE: Oh, We're demonstrating.

MARTIN: When is the demonstration?

JACKIE: In the afternoon.

NANCY: No, it isn't. It's this morning.

MARTIN: Let's ask those students.

 

Practice 1：依照會話A回答下列問題：

1.What does Nancy do?

2.What is she studying at the university?

3.Why are they both on campus?

4.When is the demonstration?

 

會話A : 在大學校園里

馬  ?。耗愫谩Ｎ医旭R丁·勒納，我是記者。你叫什么?

南  希：我叫南希·基貝爾斯蒂斯。

馬  ?。何铱梢院湍阏務剢?/span>?我想問幾個問題。

南  希：也許可以(回答出你的問題)。

馬  ?。耗闶菍W生嗎?

南  希：是的。

馬  丁：你學什么?

南  希：基礎教育。

馬  ?。耗愦蛩惝斀處焼?/span>?

南  希：當然。

杰  姬：早晨好。我叫杰姬。

馬  ?。耗阍谶@兒干什么，杰姬?

杰  姬：我是學生，我是學歷史的。

馬  ?。耗憬裉煸谶@兒干什么?杰  姬：哦，我們在示威。

馬  ?。菏就窃谑裁磿r候?

杰  姬：在下午。

南  希：不，不是。示威是在今天上午。

馬  ?。涸蹅內枂柲切W生。

 

Conversation B

CARA: Good morning. I'm Cara Gutierrez. I'm a reporter. May I ask you some questions?

VINCE: OK. Where are you from?

CARA: I'm a reporter for the Voice of America. Who are you?

VINCE: I'm Vince Anzalone.

CARA: Are you a student?

VINCE: Yes. I'm a student at the university.

CARA: Are you a student at this university?

VINCE: Of course.

CARA: Are all these people students?

VINCE: Yes. They are not all from this university.

CARA: Where are they from?

VINCE: I don't know.

CARA: What are you studying?

VINCE: I'm studying biology.

CARA: What is this demonstration?

VINCE: It's about pollution.

CARA: What do you mean?

VINCE: Pollution. You know-pollution.

CARA: What kind of pollution?

VINCE: Environmental pollution. Pollution in the river.

CARA: When is the demonstration?

VINCE: It's now. This is the demonstration.

CARA: What are the students going to do?

VINCE: They're going to talk. They're going to sing. Some are going to speak. Some are going to read things. They're going to demonstrate.

CARA: When is someone going to speak?

VINCE: Before lunch. Maybe after lunch, too.

CARA: Are they going to the river?

VINCE: Yes. We're going to walk to the river. We're going to look at the pollution.

CARA: When are you going to the river?

VINCE: At twelve o'clock. We want everyone to see the river.

 

Practice 2：依照會話B回答下列問題：

1.Where and what is he studying?

2.Are all the students from the same university?

3.What is this demonstration?

4.When is the demonstration?

5.What are the students going to do ?

6.When are they going to speak and going to the river?

 

Practice 3： When 用來問時間時，其回答可以是大致時間，也可以是確切時間。

Examples:

MARTIN: When is the demonstration?

NANCY: In the afternoon.

JACKIE: No, it isn't. It's in the morning.

CARA: When is the demonstration?

VINCE: It's now.

CARA: When are you going to the river?

VINCE: At twelve o'clock.

請用 When 向 Martin 提問：

MARTIN: We are going to a demonstration.

YOURSELF: _______________________________?

MARTIN: We are going to the river.

YOURSELF: _______________________________?

 

會話B

卡  拉：早晨好。我叫卡拉·古蒂埃勒茲，我是記者。我可以問你幾個問題嗎?

文  斯：可以。你是哪兒的?

卡  拉：我是“美國之音”記者。你叫什么?

文  斯：我叫文斯·阿恩扎洛尼。

卡  拉：你是學生嗎?

文  斯：是，我是大學的學生。

卡  拉：你是這所大學的學生嗎?

文  斯：當然啦。

卡  拉：這些人都是學生嗎?

文  斯：是的。他們并不都來自這所大學。

卡  拉：他們從哪兒來?

文  斯：我不知道。

卡  拉：你學什么?

文  斯：我學生物學。

卡  拉：這次示威的內容是什么?

文  斯：是有關污染的問題。

卡  拉：你指什么?

文  斯：污染。你知道——污染。

卡  拉：什么樣的污染?

文  斯：環(huán)境污染、河流污染。

卡  拉：示威在什么時候?

文  斯：現在，這就是在示威。

卡  拉：學生們打算干什么呢?

文  斯：他們要談論，他們要唱歌。一些人要演說，一些人要朗讀。他們要示威。

卡  拉：他們什么時候演說?

文  斯：午飯前，也許午飯后還有。

卡  拉：他們去河邊嗎?

文  斯：是的，我們打算步行去河邊，我們要去看看那兒的污染情況。

卡  拉：你們什么時候去河邊?

文  斯：12點。我們都要看看那條河。

 

Conversation C

CARA: Hello, Martin.

MARTIN: Hello, When is the demonstration? I've been talking to some students. They don't know.

CARA: I talked to one student. The demonstration is now. This is the demonstration.

 

Practice 4：依照會話C回答下列問題：

1.Does Martin known the time for the demonstration?

2.When is the demonstration?

 

會話C

卡  拉：你好，馬丁。

馬  丁：你好。示威在什么時候?我一直在和一些學生交談，他們不知道。

卡  拉：我和一個學生談過，示威就在現在，這就是示威。

 

Conversation D

MARTIN: What are you doing?

PETE: I'm demonstrating.

MARTIN: What's that?

PETE: It's a story. It's a story about pollution. It's a story about the river.

The river was clean.

MARTIN: When was the river clean?

PETE: Many years ago. Now the environment is polluted. Here, read the story.

MARTIN: The river is polluted.

PETE: Of course. Our environment is polluted.

MARTIN: What are you going to do?

PETE: We're going to clean it up.

MARTIN: You're going to clean up the river?

PETE: We're going to clean up everything.

MARTIN: When are you going to clean up the river?

PETE: This year.

CARA: Hi, I'm Cara. Who are you?

HEATHER: I'm Heather.

ALISHA: I'm Alisha. Are you a student?

CARA: No, I'm a reporter.

HEATHER: Good. Where are you from?

CARA: Washington.

HEATHER: What newspaper are you from?

CARA: I'm not from a newspaper. I'm from the Voice of America.

ALISHA: What are you doing here?

CARA: I want to talk to students. I want to write a story about the demonstration. What are you doing here?

HEATHER: We're demonstrating! I don't like pollution!

ALISHA: Look at the river. It's polluted. I want to clean up the river.

CARA: What are you going to do?

ALISHA: We're going to work. We're going to talk.

HEATHER: And write. And speak.

MARTIN: Hello, Cara. This is Vince. He's going to show me the river. Can you come?

CARA: Yes. This is Heather. And this is Alisha.

ALL: Hello. Hi. I'm happy to meet you.

CARA: May I come with you?

VINCE: Of course. Do you want to come?

HEATHER: I can't. I'm going to meet someone.

ALISHA: When are you going to meet them?

HEATHER: Before lunch.

VINCE: Come with us. We're going to come back.

HEATHER: When are you going to come ba