Conversation B?

WILT: Here we are. This is our home. Come inside the house. Emily!??EMILY: Good morning.?
MARTIN: Good morning. How are you today??
EMILY: Fine, thanks.?
MARTIN: You have an interesting house.?
EMILY: Thank you. It's old.?
WILT: It's about one-hundred years old.?
EMILY: It's a wonderful home.?
MARTIN: Do you have a big farm??
WILT: Yes, it's very big.?
MARTIN: Who does all the work??
EMILY: He does.?
WILT: No, I don't. She works, too.?
MARTIN: Who makes the garden??
WILT: She does.?
MARTIN: What do you grow??
EMILY: Now, I have onions and peas.?
WILT: She has beans and squash.?
EMILY: I'm going to have tomatoes and potatoes.?
WILT: And she's going to have corn, too. Come see the farm.?
MARTIN: Do you have two tractors??
WILT: Yes, we do. We have a big tractor and a small tractor.?
MARTIN: Do you have animals??
WILT: We only have horses.?
EMILY: We ride the horses. Can you see the horses??
MARTIN: Yes, I can.?
EMILY: We ride over the farm. Can you ride??
MARTIN: No, I can't.?
WILT: Yes, you can. Come see the horses.?
WILT: You can ride this old horse.?
MARTIN: OK.?
WILT: We're going to ride over there. Can you ride there??
MARTIN: Maybe.?
WILT: We can ride slowly.?
MARTIN: OK.?
MARTIN: I see corn. What other things do you grow??
WILT: I grow wheat, too. Look there. I grew wheat there last year.?
MARTIN: Let's ride there.?
WILT: Can you ride there??
MARTIN: Yes, I can. I want to ask more questions.?
MARTIN: What's this??
WILT: It's soybeans. Let's ride south of here.?
MARTIN: Can we stop here? It's wonderful!?
WILT: Look to the west. That's the river.?
MARTIN: Yes, I can see the river.?
WILT: Now look to the north. Can you see the town??
MARTIN: Yes, I can. Is that your farm??
WILT: No. My farm stops at the river. That farm is Les Danzig's farm.
WILT: He has a small farm.?
MARTIN: I can't see a house.?
WILT: No, you can't. His home is in town. Can you see my house??
MARTIN: Yes, I can.?
WILT: Let's ride there.?

Practice 2: 詢問對方是否能夠做某事常用：Can you+動詞原形??
回答用：Yes 或 No.?
Examples: EMILY: Can you see the horse??
MARTIN: Yes, I can.?
EMILY: Can you ride??
MARTIN: No, I can't.?
WILT: Yes, you can. You can ride this old horse.
WILT: We can ride slowly.?

會話B?

威爾特：到了。這是我們的家。請到屋里來。艾米莉!?
艾米莉：早上好。?
馬 丁：早上好，你今天好嗎??
艾米莉：很好，謝謝。?
馬 丁：你有一所很好的房子。?
艾米莉：謝謝。房子很舊。?
威爾特：大概有100年的歷史了。?
艾米莉：這是一個很棒的家。?
馬 丁：你有一個大農場嗎??
威爾特：是的，很大。?
馬 丁：所有活都由誰來做??
艾米莉：他做。?
威爾特：不，不是。她也做。?
馬 丁：誰來整理花園。?
威爾特：她整理。?
馬 丁：你們都種些什么??
艾米莉：現在我們種圓蔥和豌豆。?
威爾特：她種豆和南瓜。?
艾米莉：我打算種西紅市和土豆。?
威爾特：她還打算種玉米，來看農場吧。?
馬 丁：你有兩臺拖拉機嗎??
威爾特：是的，我們有一臺大的和一臺小的拖拉機。?
馬 丁：你們有牲畜嗎??威爾特：我們只有馬。?
艾米莉：我們騎馬。看見那些馬了嗎??
馬 丁：是的，看見了。?
艾米莉：我們在農場騎馬，你會騎馬嗎??
馬 丁：不，不會。?
威爾特：可以，你能騎的，來看看這些馬。?
威爾特：你可以騎這匹老馬。?
馬 丁：好吧。?
威爾特：我們騎到那邊去，你能騎到那里嗎??
馬 丁：也許吧。?
威爾特：我們可以慢點騎。?
馬 丁：好的。?
馬 丁：我看見玉米了。你還種什么??
威爾特：我也種小麥。看那兒。去年我在那兒種小麥。?
馬 丁：讓我們騎到那兒吧。?
威爾特：你能騎到那兒嗎??
馬 丁：能，我想再問一些問題。?
馬 丁：這是什么??
威爾特：這是黃豆。我們往南騎吧。?
馬 丁：我們能在這停一下嗎?真是太美了。?
威爾特：往西邊看。那是一條河。?
馬 丁：是的，我看見了。?
威爾特：你現在往北看。看見城鎮了嗎??
馬 丁：看見了，那是你的農場嗎??
威爾特：不。我的農場就到河邊為止。那個農場是萊斯·丹齊格的。
威爾特：他有一個小農場。?
馬 丁：我怎么看不見房屋。?
威爾特：是的，看不見。他家住在城里，你能看見我的房子嗎??
馬 丁：是的。?
威爾特：我們騎到那兒去。

New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語?

squash n. 南瓜，瓜類?
tomato n. 番茄?
potato n. 馬鈴薯?
wheat n. 小麥?

Language Points 語言要點?

I live south of here. 我在這兒的南邊住。?
south of here 這兒的南邊。其中 south 是副詞，意為“在南邊，向南”。here 在這里是名詞而不是副詞，類似的詞組還有 west of here, east of here, north of here 等。?

Cultural Notes 文化注釋

美國大約有250萬個農場，大多數農場只生產一兩種商業性產品，比如：玉米、雞蛋或牛奶。美國是世界上最大的玉米生產國，玉米也是美國產量最大的谷物，主要產于美國中部的玉米生產帶(corn belt)。最初種玉米的是美洲印第安人，他們稱玉米為 maize。?