PROGRAAMME 19

PART 1 - The dialogues

Dialogue 1
Mark 和 Emma是一對年輕夫婦,他們到朋友Michelle家來看看她住的單元套房.

MICHELLE:
This is the lounge room.
EMMA:
It's a good size! And I like your rug.
MICHEELLE:
Thanks. I'm fond of green... And it matches the curtains. How do you like the lights?
MARK:
Mmm... They're nice.

Dialogue 2
在回家的路上,Mark和Emma說出了他們對Michelle的住房的真實想法.
(請注意,Emma和Mark看了Michelle的住房以后,在路上議論的時候,雖然他們提到的的起居室,廚房等仍然存在,動詞卻用過去時.)
MARK:
Well,what did you think of it?
EMMA:
The lounge room was all right,but the kitchen was very small.
MARK:
Right! There wasn't room to swing a cat!
EMMA:
Oh,Mark!
MARK:
Well... There wasn't!
EMMA:
You're right.I can't bear small kitchens! The plants were nice. I like indoor plants.
MARK:
I don't.
EMMA:
I like our lounge room better.
MARK:
Me too.The ceilings are higher.
EMMA:
Mmm. Actually,on the whole,I like our place better.
MARK:
So do I.

PART 2 - Vocabulary

a colour 顏色
indoor plants 室內養的花草
a kitchen 廚房
a lounge room 起居室
a spider 蜘蛛
I can't bear sb/sth 我討厭...
I don't like anything blank 我不喜歡黑色的東西
I'm fond of sb/sth 我喜歡...
It's a good size 大小正好
I was going to say 我剛才(就)想說
Mind your head on the light 小心腦袋別頂了燈
The rug matches the curtains 小地毯和窗簾顏色相配
They're easy to paint 上油漆的時候方便
Neither do I 我也不(這樣)
So do I 我也這樣
(關于這兩個短語的用法,請參看第三部分)
IDIOM:
There wasn't room to swing a cat. 地方太小,連轉身的地方都沒有

NAMES:

Mark (男子名)
Emma (女子名)
Michelle/Michele (女子名)

PART 3 - The Lesson

DISCUSSING LIKES AND DISLIKES 怎樣談論喜歡與不喜歡
我們在第四講里學了下面幾個說法,表示喜歡和不喜歡什么:
表示喜歡 表示不喜歡
I like ... I don't like ...
I'm keen on... I can't stand...
I love ... I hate ...
在今天這一講里,我們學習以下兩個說法:
表示喜歡 表示不喜歡
I'm fond of ... I can't bear ...
在和別人談起喜歡什么和不喜歡什么的時候,可以用下面幾個說法:
1. 表示別人喜歡,你也喜歡
BARBARA: I like music.
JOHN: Me too*
BARBARA: I like folk music.
JOHN: So do I.
*Me too 比 So do I 或 I do too 更為口語化.
2. 表示別人喜歡,而你卻不喜歡
JOHN: I like hot food.
BARBARA: I don't.**
JOHN: I'm keen on rock and roll.
BARBARA: I'm not.**
**用這樣的話來回答，要注意：如果說得突然，會顯得不禮貌。所以最好在前面加上點兒什么，比如這樣說：
JOHN: I like hot food.
BARBARA: Oh... I don't.
JOHN: I'm keen On rock and roll.
BARBARA: Are you? I'm not.
3. 表示別人不喜歡．你也不落歡
BARBARA: I don't like spiders.
JOHN: Neither do I.
4. 表示別人不喜歡,而你卻喜歡.
BARBARA: I don't like hot food.
JOHN: Oh... I do.

注意：
●聽廣播時請特別注意表示同意或不同意
的答話，應把重音放在哪里．語調如何。
●接在肯定句后面的肯定旬，用這一結構：
S0+助動詞+主語
I like coffee and SO does he
(=he likes coffee too)
He came and SO did his wife
(=his wife came too)
She's finished and SO have I
(=I've finished too)
● 接在否定句后面的否定句，用這一結構:
NEITHER + 助動詞 + 主語
She doesn't like coffee and NEIGTHER do I.
They didn't come and NEITHER did he.
I won't go to town and NEITHER will my husband.
● So dol和 Neither I這類簡短的回答，看上去象問句，實際是陳述句，因此要用降調。
●Neither一詞可以讀作...也可以讀作...你在廣播里將聽到...
5. 其他表示同意或不同意的說法
你在廣播里會聽到John和Barbra說:
BARBARA: I don't like hot food. I'm not keen on it.
JOHN: No.You're not keen on hot food,are you?
請注意，對一句否定的話表示同意，不說Yes而說No.

概括起來，對一句肯定的話或否定的話表示同意或不同意，可以這樣表示：
表示同意一句肯定的話
A: It's hot in here!
B: Yes, it is!
表示不同意一句肯定的話
A: My nose is too long.
B: No,it isn't. I like it.
表示不同意一句否定的話
A: I'm not sick.
B: Yes,you are.

A CONVERSATIONAL DEVICE

Actually 有人在會話中常用actually一詞,意思是"說真的","確切地說"或"實際上"(請參看第一部分中地第二段對話.)