Conversation A : On a Farm?
LISA: Let's sit here, Mr Learner.?
MARTIN: Please call me Martin. May I ask some questions??
LISA: Of course.?
MARTIN: May I record your answers??
LISA: Yes.?
MARTIN: Do you have a family??
LISA: Yes, I have a husband.?
MARTIN: What is your husband's name??
LISA: Eric.?
MARTIN: Eric. That's right. We've met. Do you have children??
LISA: Yes. We have two children.?
MARTIN: Are they boys or girls??
LISA: We have one boy and one girl.?
MARTIN: Wonderful. You have a son and a daughter. Are your mother and father living??
LISA: Yes, they are.?
MARTIN: Do they live here??
LISA: No, they don't. They live in town.?
MARTIN: Do you have a large farm??
LISA: Oh, yes. It's a very large farm. The farm was my father's farm.?MARTIN: And you have a very large house.?
LISA: It's a wonderful house. The house is old. Here's Eric.?
ERIC: Hello, Martin??
MARTIN: That's right.?
ERIC: How are you??
MARTIN: Fine, thanks. How are you??
ERIC: Fine, thanks.?
LISA: We're talking about families.?
ERIC: I have a large family.?
MARTIN: Are your parent's living??
ERIC: My mother is living. My father isn't living.?
MARTIN: Where does your mother live??
ERIC: She lives in California.?
MARTIN: Do you have brothers and sisters??
ERIC: I have three brothers and two sisters.?
MARTIN: Where do they live??
ERIC: Two brothers live in town. One lives on a farm.?
MARTIN: What do they do? One is a farmer??
ERIC: That's right. Two brothers have businesses in town.?
MARTIN: Lisa, do you have brothers and sisters??
LISA: I have a sister.?
MARTIN: Where does she live??
LISA: She lives in Texas.?
MARTIN: Is she married??
LISA: No, she isn't.?
MARTIN: What does she do??
LISA: She's in the army.?
MARTIN: Are your sisters married, Eric??
ERIC: One sister lives in Montana. She's married to a rancher. One lives in California. My mother lives with this sister.?
MARTIN: What does this sister do??
ERIC: She has a business.?
LISA: She's a photographer.?
MARTIN: That's interesting.?
Practice 1:詢問對方是否有某物或人,諸如家庭、孩子、父母等,用:
“Do you have...?”回答:Yes, I do. 或 No, I don't.?
Examples: MARTIN: Do you have a family??
LISA: Yes, I do.?
MARTIN: Do you have children??
LISA: Yes, we do.?
MARTIN: Do you have brothers and sisters??
ERIC: Yes, I do.?
MARTIN: Are your parents living??
LISA: Yes, they are.?
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會話A : 在農場?
麗 莎:讓我們坐這里吧,勒納先生。?
馬 丁:叫我馬丁好了。我能問你幾個問題嗎??
麗 莎:當然可以。?
馬 丁:我可以把你的回答錄下來嗎??
麗 莎:可以的。?
馬 丁:你成家了嗎??
麗 莎:是的,我有丈夫。?
馬 丁:你丈夫叫什么名字??
麗 莎:埃里克。?
馬 丁:埃里克。對了,我們見過。你有孩子嗎??
麗 莎:是的。我們有兩個孩子。?
馬 丁:男孩還是女孩??
麗 莎:一男一女。?
馬 丁:太好了。你有一個兒子和一個女兒。你的父母還健在嗎?
麗 莎:是的。?
馬 丁:他們住在這兒嗎??
麗 莎:不,他們住在城里。?
馬 丁:你有一個大農場嗎??
麗 莎:噢,是的,那是個很大的農場,曾經是我父親的。?
馬 丁:你還有一所大房子。?
麗 莎:是一個很棒的房子。這個房子很古老。埃里克來了。?
埃里克:你好,馬丁??
馬 丁:不錯。?
埃里克:你怎么樣??
馬 丁:很好,謝謝。你怎么樣??
埃里克:很好,謝謝。?
麗 莎:我們正在談論家庭。?
埃里克:我有一個大家庭。?
馬 丁:你父母還健在嗎??
埃里克:我母親還健在,父親不在了。?
馬 丁:你的母親住在哪兒??
埃里克:她住在加利弗福尼亞。?
馬 丁:你有兄弟姐妹嗎??
埃里克:我有三個兄弟和兩個姐妹。?
馬 丁:他們住在哪兒??
埃里克:兩兄弟住城里,一個在農場。?
馬 丁:他們做什么工作?有一個是農民嗎??
埃里克:是的,另兩個兄弟在城里做生意。?
馬 丁:麗莎,你有兄弟姐妹嗎??
麗 莎:我有個姐姐。?
馬 丁:她住哪兒??
麗 莎:她住在德克薩斯。?
馬 丁:她結婚了??
麗 莎:沒有。?
馬 丁:她做什么工作的??
麗 莎:她在軍隊工作。?
馬 丁:埃里克,你的姐妹們結婚了嗎??
埃里克:一個住在蒙大拿州,她嫁給了一個農場主。一個住在加利福尼亞,我母
親同她住在一起。?
馬 丁:這個姐姐做什么工作??
埃里克:她經商。?
麗 莎:她是個攝影家。?
馬 丁:很有意思。?