当前位置

: 英语巴士网生活英语实用英语生活英语内容详情

初级美语会话:关于谈论家庭(二)

4

 Conversation B?

LISA: Here are the children now.?

ERIC: This is Max. And this is Meg.?

MARTIN: Hi, Max. Hi, Meg.?

MAX: Hi.?

MEG: Hi.?

MARTIN: I'm Martin. How old are you, Max??

MAX: I'm fifteen.?

MARTIN: Are you in high school??

MAX: Yes. I'm in tenth grade.?

MARTIN: Where is your school??

MAX: It's in town.?

MARTIN: How old are you, Meg??

MEG: Eleven.?

MARTIN: Where is your school??

MEG: I don't know.?

LISA: It's east of here.?

MARTIN: It's in the country.?

ERIC: That's right.?

MARTIN: Meg, can I ask some more questions??

MEG: OK.?

MARTIN: I want to ask some questions about your family.

MARTIN: Do you have uncles?

MEG: Yes. Three.?

MARTIN: Where do they live??

MEG: Two live in town. One lives over there??

MARTIN: Where??

ERIC: West of here.?

MEG: See that road? Over there.?

MARTIN: Max, do you have grandmothers and grandfathers??

MAX: Yes. Two grandmothers are living, and one grandfather is living.?MARTIN: Where does your grandfather live??

MAX: He lives in town now. He lived here.?

MARTIN: What does he do??

MAX: He was a farmer.?

ERIC: This was his farm.?

MARTIN: Meg, where do your grandmothers live??

MEG: One lives in town. One lives in California.?

MARTIN: What do your uncles do??

MEG: Uncle Gene is a policeman.?

MAX: Uncle Chet is a baker.?

MARTIN: Max, is one uncle a farmer??

MAX: Yes, he is. He has a small farm.?

MARTIN: What does he grow??

MAX: Corn. All the farmers grow corn.?

MEG: He grows beans, too.?

MARTIN: Soybeans??

MEG: Yes.?

MARTIN: Does he have animals??

MEG: Oh, yes.?

MARTIN: Do you like animals??

MEG: I like some animals. I like horses.?

MARTIN: Can you ride??

MEG: Yes, I can.?

MARTIN: Max, can you ride??

MAX: Of course.?

MEG: I don't like cows.?

MARTIN: Does your uncle have cows??

MEG: Yes. He has big cows. He has two hundred cows.?

MAX: No, he doesn't.?

MEG: Yes. He has two hundred cows.?

MAX: No, he doesn't. He has fifty cows.?

MEG: No, he doesn't. He has two hundred cows.?

MAX: Fifty.?

MEG: Two-hundred.?

LISA: Children! Stop that!?

MARTIN: Lisa, did your father have cows??

LISA: No, he didn't. He didn't like animals.?

MEG: He likes corn and beans.?

LISA: That's right.?

MARTIN: Did he like horses??

LISA: No. He only liked corn and soybeans.?

MARTIN: You have a very big house, Meg. Do you like your house??

MEG: It's old. But I like it.?

MAX: I like Uncle Gene's house. It's new.?

LISA: Our home is wonderful!?

MAX: Our home is wonderful. But Uncle Gene's is new.?

会话B?

丽  莎:这是孩子们。?

埃里克:这是麦克斯,这是麦格。?

马  丁:你好,麦克斯,你好麦格。?

麦克斯:你好。?

麦  格:你好。?

马  丁:我是马丁。你几岁,麦克斯??

麦克斯:我15岁。?

马  丁:你上高中了吗??

麦克斯:是的,我在10年级。?

马  丁:你的学校在哪儿??

麦克斯:在镇上。?

马  丁:麦格几岁了??

麦  格:11岁。?

马  丁:你的学校在哪儿??

麦  格:我不知道。?

丽  莎:在这儿的东边。?

马  丁:在农村吗??

埃里克:对。?

马  丁:麦格,可以再问几个问题吗??

麦  格:可以。?

马  丁:我想问些关于你家的问题,你有叔叔吗??

麦  格:有,3个。?

马  丁:他们住在哪儿??

麦  格:两个住在镇上,一个在那边住。?

马  丁:哪里??

埃里克:在这儿的西边。?

麦  格:看见那条路了?在那边。?

马  丁:麦克,你有爷爷、奶奶、姥姥、姥爷吗??

麦克斯:有,奶奶、姥姥都在,只有一个爷爷在。?

马  丁:你爷爷住在哪儿??

麦克斯:他现在住镇上,住这儿。?

马  丁:他做什么工作??

麦克斯:他从前是农民。?

埃里克:这从前是他的农场。?

马  丁:麦格,你的奶奶、姥姥住哪??

麦  格:一个住在镇上,一个住在加利福尼亚。?

马  丁:你叔叔们干什么??

麦  格:吉恩叔叔是警察。?

麦克斯:洽特叔叔是面包师。?

马  丁:麦克斯,你有个叔叔是农民吗??

麦克斯:对,有。他有个小农场。?

马  丁:他种什么??

麦克斯:玉米,农民们都种玉米。?

麦  格:他也种豆子。?

马  丁:黄豆吗??

麦  格:是的。?

马  丁:他养牲畜吗??

麦  格:哦,养。?

马  丁:你喜欢牲畜吗??

麦  格:喜欢一些,我喜欢马。?

马  丁:你会骑马吗??

麦  格:是的,会。?

马  丁:麦克斯,你会骑马吗??

麦克斯:当然了。?

麦  格:我不喜欢牛。?

马  丁:你叔叔养牛吗??

麦  格:养,他养大牛,有200头。?

麦克斯:不,他没有。?

麦  格:不,他有,他有200头。?

麦克斯:不,他没有200头,他有50头。?

麦  格:不,不是50头,是200头。?

麦克斯:50头。?

麦  格:200头。?

丽  莎:孩子们,别吵了。?

马  丁:丽莎,你父亲养牛吗??

丽  莎:不,他不养,他不喜欢动物。?

麦  格:他喜欢玉米和豆子。?

丽  莎:对!?

马  丁:他喜欢马吗??

丽  莎:不,他只喜欢玉米和黄豆。?

马  丁:你有座大房子,麦格,你喜欢吗??

麦  格:很旧了,但我喜欢。?

麦克斯:我喜欢吉恩叔叔的房子,是新的。?

丽  莎:我们家房子很好。?

麦克斯:我们家房子很好,但吉恩叔叔的房子是新的。

New Words and Expressions 生词和短语?

living   n. & adj. 生计;活着的?

married   adj. 结了婚的?

rancher   n. 牧场主?

uncle   n. 叔父,伯父,舅父?

baker   n. 面包师?

Proper Nouns 专有名词?

Texas   得克萨斯州?

Montana   蒙大拿州?

Language Points 语言要点?

1 . She's married to a rancher. 她嫁给了一个牧场主。?

marry 是动词,意为结婚、嫁、娶。?

John is going to marry Jane. 约翰要和珍结婚了。?

She married a rancher. 她和一个牧场主结婚了。?

Her father married her to a rancher. 她父亲把她嫁给了个牧场主。?

be married to 是嫁给(娶)某人的意思。其中 married 是形容词。?

2 . See that road? 看见那条路了吧??

这是一句省略了主语和助动词的一般疑问句。完整的句子为:?

Do you see that road??

Cultural Notes  文化注释

在美国也存在着很大的城乡差别,但这种差别并不是物质的优劣,而是体现在另一方面。乡村、郊区的居民崇尚轻松、俭朴的生活方式和开阔的居住环境,而且往往对城市所象征的一切持抵触情绪。近些年来,越来越多的人离开大都市,迁居郊野、乡下,就是想躲避城市日趋恶化的环境,回归自然。

实用英语推荐