初级美语会话:关于谈论业余工作(2)
Conversation B RALPH: Kristie, where do you go to school?? KRISTIE: I go to school at St. Mary's High School.? MARTIN: How old are you?? KRISTIE: I'm fifteen years old.? MARTIN: What do you do?? KRISTIE: I work at the stable.? CELIA: Oh, I love horses!? KRISTIE: Do you work on Monday?? CELIA: No, I don't work on Monday. I work on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.?KRISTIE: Come see me on Monday. KRISTIE: When do you work?? RALPH: I work on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. I don't work on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday.? KRISTIE: Come see me on Tuesday. When do you work, Don?? DON: I don't work on Monday, Wednesday or Friday.? KRISTIE: I work everyday. Come see me on Wednesday.? MARTIN: What do you do at the stable?? KRISTIE: I exercise the horses.? MARTIN: Do you like animals?? KRISTIE: No, I don't.? MARTIN: Do you like horses?? KRISTIE: Yes, I only like horses. Come see the horses now!? CAST: Can we? Great idea! Wonderful! Why not? Let's go.? MARTIN: Kristie, you work at the stable now. What did you do last year??KRISTIE: I didn't work last year.? MARTIN: Ralph, you work in a restaurant now. What did you do last year??RALPH: I worked in a music store.? MARTIN: When did you work?? RALPH: I only worked on Saturday.? MARTIN: Don. You're a lifeguard now. Where did you work last year?? DON: I worked at a supermarket.? MARTIN: When did you work?? DON: I only worked on Sunday.? MARTIN: Celia, what did you do last year?? CELIA: I was a salesperson. I worked at the General Store.? MARTIN: When did you work?? CELIA: I worked on Friday and Monday.? 会话B? 拉 尔 夫:克里斯蒂,你在哪上学?? 克里斯蒂:我在圣玛丽中学上学。? 马 丁:你多大了?? 克里斯蒂:我15岁。? 马 丁:你做什么工作?? 克里斯蒂:我在马厩工作。? 西 莉 亚:噢!我喜欢马!? 克里斯蒂:你星期一工作吗?? 西 莉 亚:不,我星期一不工作。我星期五、六、日上班。? 克里斯蒂:星期一来看我。? 拉 尔 夫:我也喜欢马。? 克里斯蒂:你什么时候上班?? 拉 尔 夫:我星期一、三、六上班。二、四、五、日我不上班。? 克里斯蒂:星期二到我这儿来。你什么时候上班,唐?? 唐 :我星期一、星期三或星期五不上班。? 克里斯蒂:我每天都上班。你星期三来我这儿吧。? 马 丁:你在马厩做什么工作呢?? 克里斯蒂:驯马。? 马 丁:你喜欢动物吧?? 克里斯蒂:不喜欢。? 马 丁:你喜欢马吗?? 克里斯蒂:是的,我只喜欢马,我们现在去看马?? 众 :行吗?好主意!太棒了!为什么不呢?我们去吧。? 马 丁:克里斯蒂,你现在在马厩工作。你去年在哪工作呢?? 克里斯蒂:去年我没有工作。? 马 丁:拉尔夫,你现在在餐馆工作。去年你做什么工作呢?? 拉 尔 夫:在一家音乐店工作。? 马 丁:什么时候上班呢?? 拉 尔 夫:我只在星期六上班。? 马 丁:唐。你现在做救生员,去年你在哪儿工作呢?? 唐 :我在一家超级商场工作。? 马 丁:什么时候上班呢?? 唐 :我只在星期天上班。? 马 丁:西莉亚,去年你做什么工作呢?? 西 莉 亚:我当售货员,在一家杂货店。? 马 丁:你什么时候上班?? 西 莉 亚:星期五和星期一。 New Words and Expressions 生词和短语 sales person n. 售货员? general store n. 杂货店? candy n. 糖果? high school n. 中学? lifeguard n. 救生员? swimmer n. 游泳者? supermarket n. 超级市场? stockboy v. 货品管理员 stable n. 马棚? Proper Nouns 专有名词? Coolidge Street 柯立芝街 Frontier Restaurant Monroe Street 门罗街 St. Mary's High School 圣玛丽中学? Language Points 语言要点? 1 . I work on Friday. 我星期五工作。? 在星期几前要用介词 on,例如:on Sunday, on Monday, on Tuesday, on Wednesday, on Thursday, on Friday, on Saturday.? 2 . I don't work on Monday. 我星期一不工作。? don't=do not 是助动词 do 的否定形式,与动词一起构成否定句。? 例如:? I don't know. 我不晓得。? I don't like animals. 我不喜欢动物。? 3 . Why not? 为什么不呢?? 这是口语中常用来强调肯定语气的话,可灵活翻译。例如:? A: Come see the horses now. 来看看这些马吧。? B: Why not? 没问题。? A: Let's go to the park right now. 咱们现在就去公园吧。? B: Why not? 可以呀。? Cultural Notes 文化注释 美国人崇尚自立。许多年轻人在课余时间做临时工作(part-time job),有些学生还能够挣钱交纳部分学费。这样既减轻了家长的经济负担,又证明了自己的能力。美国青年把自食其力看做是光彩的事 |