下面我們再作一組練習把語法和詞匯重復練習一遍. 練習的作法是老師用疑 問詞提出問句, 比方 What did the bank permit Kate to use? 接著老師念一個詞 組, 比方 a credit card, 學生就用詞組來回答問題, 所以答案就是 The bank permitted Kate to use a credit card. 現(xiàn)在我們開始作練習.在學生回答問題的時 候請你也一起回答.
M: What did the bank permit Kate to use?
M: a credit card
F: The bank permitted Kate to use a credit card.
M: What did the bank allow her to do with it?
M: charge with it
F: The bank allowed her to charge with it.
M: How much money did the bank authorize her to spend?
M: 15 hundred dollars
F: The bank authorized her to spend 15 hundred dollars.
M: What does the bank require her to have?
M: a saving account
F: The bank requires her to have a saving account.
M: What does the bank encourage her to do?
M: use the credit card
F: The bank encourages her to use the credit card.
M: What will the bank ask her to do?
M: pay the money back
F: The bank will ask her to pay the money back.
M: What may the bank ask her to pay?
M: interest
F: The bank may ask her to pay interest.
從剛才作的練習里我們可以知道, 在美國如果你在銀行里有儲蓄, 銀行可能給 你信用卡代替現(xiàn)款用, 一段時間之后你才加上利息還清. 下面我們作一組代換 練習看看美國人常常用信用卡買什么東西, 比方買汽油, 買車票, 戲票, 付賬等 等. 美國人也用信用卡郵購東西, 也就是 place mail orders, 或是"證明自己的 身份 "identify themselves. 現(xiàn)在我們開始作練習. 請你跟著老師把第一個句子 重復一遍, 然后把老師提出的詞組代換到原來的句子里, 每作完一句就請你聽 老師再把句子念一遍.
M: People use credit cards to buy a lot of things.
M: buy clothes
F: People use credit cards to buy clothes.
M: purchase gasoline
F: People use credit cards to purchase gasoline.
M: purchase tickets
F: People use credit cards to purchase tickets.
M: pay bills
F: People use credit cards to pay bills.
M: place mail orders
F: People use credit cards to place mail orders.
M: identify themselves
F: People use credit cards to identify themselves.
下面我們換一個方式作練習, 一方面復習今天教的語法, 一方面再學一學信用 卡的用途, 比方 "買家具" buy furnitures, "訂雜志" subscribe to magazines, "訂禮物"order gifts 等等.練習的作法是老師念一個被動語態(tài)句子,請你用 one, o-n-e, one 作主語把句子改成主動語態(tài)說出來.下面就是一個例子:
M: Credit cards can be used to buy expensive things.
F: One can use credit cards to buy expensive things.
現(xiàn)在我們開始作練習, 每作完一句, 老師就把正確答案念給你聽.
M: Credit cards can be used to buy expensive things.
F: One can use credit cards to buy expensive things.
M: Credit cards can be used to buy furnitures.
F: One can use credit cards to buy furnitures.
M: Credit cards can be used to purchase food.
F: One can use credit cards to purchase food.
M: Credit cards can be used to purchase airplane tickets.
F: One can use credit cards to purchase airplane tickets.
M: Credit cards can be used to pay restaurant bills.
F: One can use credit cards to pay restaurant bills.
M: Credit cards can be used to subscribe to magazines.
F: One can use credit cards to subscribe to magazines.
M: Credit cards can be used to order gifts.
F: One can use credit cards to order gifts.