Conversation A : In a Small Town
MARTIN: Good afternoon. I'm Martin Learner.?
ASSISTANT: Good afternoon, Mr. Learner. I'm Mayor Walker's assistant. The Mayor is expecting you. Please go in.?
MARTIN: Thank you. Good afternoon, Mayor Walker.?
MAYOR: Hello. How are you??
MARTIN: Fine, thanks, How are you??
MAYOR: Fine, thanks. What can I do for you??
MARTIN: I'm a reporter. I want to talk about the work people do in this town.?MAYOR: Fine.?
MARTIN: How long have you been mayor of Greentown??
MAYOR: Three years.?
MARTIN: How many people live in Greentown??
MAYOR: Thirteen thousand.?
MARTIN: Let's talk about the work people do. What do they do??
MAYOR: They work in small factories. They work in small businesses.?MARTIN: How many factories do you have??
MAYOR: We have five small factories.?
MARTIN: What do they make??
MAYOR: Look at these pictures. See these people??
MARTIN: Yes.?
MAYOR: They work in the battery factory. They make batteries.?
MARTIN: What do they make??
MAYOR: They work in the tire factory. They make tires.?
MARTIN: What do they make??
MAYOR: They work in the glass factory. They make windows and windshields.
MARTIN: What do they make??
MAYOR: They make bottles. And they make plastic bags. Come see the town.
MARTIN: Thank you, I'd like that.?
MAYOR: Do you see those people? They work on the roads and streets.?MARTIN: I see. How many teachers do you have??
MAYOR: About one-hundred. They teach in the schools. Look at that school.
MARTIN: Is it a new school??
MAYOR: Yes, it is. Twenty teachers teach in that school.?
MARTIN: Is that a hospital??
MAYOR: Yes, it is. It's small. Twenty-three nurses work in the hospital.
Practice 1:詢問對方的工作地點,我們通常用:?
Where do you work? 你在哪工作??
其回答方式是:“I work+地點介詞短語”. 我在……工作。
Examples: MARTIN: Where do they work??
MAYOR: They work in small businesses.?
MARTIN: Where do they work??
MAYOR: They work in the battery factory.?
MARTIN: Where do they work??
MAYOR: They work in the tire factory.?
MARTIN: Where do they work??
MAYOR: They work in the glass factory.?
MARTIN: Where do they work??
MAYOR: They work on the roads and streets.?
會話A : 在小鎮
馬 丁:下午好!我是馬丁·勒納。?
助 手:下午好,勒納先生。我是沃克市長的助手。市長正等你呢!請進。?
馬 丁:謝謝。下午好。沃克市長。?
市 長:你好,你怎么樣??
馬 丁:很好,謝謝。你怎么樣??
市 長:很好,謝謝。我能為你做什么??
馬 丁:我是個記者,我想和你談談這個城市的人們所做的工作。?
市 長:好的。?
馬 丁:你擔任格林市市長有多久了??
市 長:3年了。?
馬 丁:格林市有多少居民??
市 長:一萬三千人。?
馬 丁:讓我們談談他們的工作吧。他們都做什么工作呢??
市 長:他們在小工廠里上班。他們在小企業上班。?
馬 丁:你們有多少廠子??
市 長:我們有5個小廠。?
馬 丁:生產什么??
市 長:看看這些照片,看到這些人了??
馬 丁:是的。?
市 長:他們在電池廠工作,生產電池。?
馬 丁:他們做什么??
市 長:他在輪胎廠工作,生產輪胎。?
馬 丁:他們生產什么??
市 長:他們在玻璃廠工作,生產窗玻璃和擋風玻璃。?
馬 丁:他們生產什么??
市 長:他們生產瓶子。他們生產塑料袋。來看看這座城市。?
馬 丁:謝謝。我很愿意。?
市 長:看到那些人了嗎?他們在街道上作業。?
馬 丁:我看到了。你們有多少教師??
市 長:大約100。他們在學校教書。看那所學校。?
馬 丁:是所新學校嗎??
市 長:是的。有20名教師在那里教書。?
馬 丁:那是個醫院嗎??
市 長:是的。小醫院。有23名護士。