Conversation B?
LISA: Here are the children now.?
ERIC: This is Max. And this is Meg.?
MARTIN: Hi, Max. Hi, Meg.?
MAX: Hi.?
MEG: Hi.?
MARTIN: I'm Martin. How old are you, Max??
MAX: I'm fifteen.?
MARTIN: Are you in high school??
MAX: Yes. I'm in tenth grade.?
MARTIN: Where is your school??
MAX: It's in town.?
MARTIN: How old are you, Meg??
MEG: Eleven.?
MARTIN: Where is your school??
MEG: I don't know.?
LISA: It's east of here.?
MARTIN: It's in the country.?
ERIC: That's right.?
MARTIN: Meg, can I ask some more questions??
MEG: OK.?
MARTIN: I want to ask some questions about your family.
MARTIN: Do you have uncles?
MEG: Yes. Three.?
MARTIN: Where do they live??
MEG: Two live in town. One lives over there??
MARTIN: Where??
ERIC: West of here.?
MEG: See that road? Over there.?
MARTIN: Max, do you have grandmothers and grandfathers??
MAX: Yes. Two grandmothers are living, and one grandfather is living.?MARTIN: Where does your grandfather live??
MAX: He lives in town now. He lived here.?
MARTIN: What does he do??
MAX: He was a farmer.?
ERIC: This was his farm.?
MARTIN: Meg, where do your grandmothers live??
MEG: One lives in town. One lives in California.?
MARTIN: What do your uncles do??
MEG: Uncle Gene is a policeman.?
MAX: Uncle Chet is a baker.?
MARTIN: Max, is one uncle a farmer??
MAX: Yes, he is. He has a small farm.?
MARTIN: What does he grow??
MAX: Corn. All the farmers grow corn.?
MEG: He grows beans, too.?
MARTIN: Soybeans??
MEG: Yes.?
MARTIN: Does he have animals??
MEG: Oh, yes.?
MARTIN: Do you like animals??
MEG: I like some animals. I like horses.?
MARTIN: Can you ride??
MEG: Yes, I can.?
MARTIN: Max, can you ride??
MAX: Of course.?
MEG: I don't like cows.?
MARTIN: Does your uncle have cows??
MEG: Yes. He has big cows. He has two hundred cows.?
MAX: No, he doesn't.?
MEG: Yes. He has two hundred cows.?
MAX: No, he doesn't. He has fifty cows.?
MEG: No, he doesn't. He has two hundred cows.?
MAX: Fifty.?
MEG: Two-hundred.?
LISA: Children! Stop that!?
MARTIN: Lisa, did your father have cows??
LISA: No, he didn't. He didn't like animals.?
MEG: He likes corn and beans.?
LISA: That's right.?
MARTIN: Did he like horses??
LISA: No. He only liked corn and soybeans.?
MARTIN: You have a very big house, Meg. Do you like your house??
MEG: It's old. But I like it.?
MAX: I like Uncle Gene's house. It's new.?
LISA: Our home is wonderful!?
MAX: Our home is wonderful. But Uncle Gene's is new.?
會話B?
麗 莎:這是孩子們。?
埃里克:這是麥克斯,這是麥格。?
馬 丁:你好,麥克斯,你好麥格。?
麥克斯:你好。?
麥 格:你好。?
馬 丁:我是馬丁。你幾歲,麥克斯??
麥克斯:我15歲。?
馬 丁:你上高中了嗎??
麥克斯:是的,我在10年級。?
馬 丁:你的學校在哪兒??
麥克斯:在鎮上。?
馬 丁:麥格幾歲了??
麥 格:11歲。?
馬 丁:你的學校在哪兒??
麥 格:我不知道。?
麗 莎:在這兒的東邊。?
馬 丁:在農村嗎??
埃里克:對。?
馬 丁:麥格,可以再問幾個問題嗎??
麥 格:可以。?
馬 丁:我想問些關于你家的問題,你有叔叔嗎??
麥 格:有,3個。?
馬 丁:他們住在哪兒??
麥 格:兩個住在鎮上,一個在那邊住。?
馬 丁:哪里??
埃里克:在這兒的西邊。?
麥 格:看見那條路了?在那邊。?
馬 丁:麥克,你有爺爺、奶奶、姥姥、姥爺嗎??
麥克斯:有,奶奶、姥姥都在,只有一個爺爺在。?
馬 丁:你爺爺住在哪兒??
麥克斯:他現在住鎮上,住這兒。?
馬 丁:他做什么工作??
麥克斯:他從前是農民。?
埃里克:這從前是他的農場。?
馬 丁:麥格,你的奶奶、姥姥住哪??
麥 格:一個住在鎮上,一個住在加利福尼亞。?
馬 丁:你叔叔們干什么??
麥 格:吉恩叔叔是警察。?
麥克斯:洽特叔叔是面包師。?
馬 丁:麥克斯,你有個叔叔是農民嗎??
麥克斯:對,有。他有個小農場。?
馬 丁:他種什么??
麥克斯:玉米,農民們都種玉米。?
麥 格:他也種豆子。?
馬 丁:黃豆嗎??
麥 格:是的。?
馬 丁:他養牲畜嗎??
麥 格:哦,養。?
馬 丁:你喜歡牲畜嗎??
麥 格:喜歡一些,我喜歡馬。?
馬 丁:你會騎馬嗎??
麥 格:是的,會。?
馬 丁:麥克斯,你會騎馬嗎??
麥克斯:當然了。?
麥 格:我不喜歡牛。?
馬 丁:你叔叔養牛嗎??
麥 格:養,他養大牛,有200頭。?
麥克斯:不,他沒有。?
麥 格:不,他有,他有200頭。?
麥克斯:不,他沒有200頭,他有50頭。?
麥 格:不,不是50頭,是200頭。?
麥克斯:50頭。?
麥 格:200頭。?
麗 莎:孩子們,別吵了。?
馬 丁:麗莎,你父親養牛嗎??
麗 莎:不,他不養,他不喜歡動物。?
麥 格:他喜歡玉米和豆子。?
麗 莎:對!?
馬 丁:他喜歡馬嗎??
麗 莎:不,他只喜歡玉米和黃豆。?
馬 丁:你有座大房子,麥格,你喜歡嗎??
麥 格:很舊了,但我喜歡。?
麥克斯:我喜歡吉恩叔叔的房子,是新的。?
麗 莎:我們家房子很好。?
麥克斯:我們家房子很好,但吉恩叔叔的房子是新的。
New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語?
living n. & adj. 生計;活著的?
married adj. 結了婚的?
rancher n. 牧場主?
uncle n. 叔父,伯父,舅父?
baker n. 面包師?
Proper Nouns 專有名詞?
Texas 得克薩斯州?
Montana 蒙大拿州?
Language Points 語言要點?
1 . She's married to a rancher. 她嫁給了一個牧場主。?
marry 是動詞,意為結婚、嫁、娶。?
John is going to marry Jane. 約翰要和珍結婚了。?
She married a rancher. 她和一個牧場主結婚了。?
Her father married her to a rancher. 她父親把她嫁給了個牧場主。?
be married to 是嫁給(娶)某人的意思。其中 married 是形容詞。?
2 . See that road? 看見那條路了吧??
這是一句省略了主語和助動詞的一般疑問句。完整的句子為:?
Do you see that road??
Cultural Notes 文化注釋
在美國也存在著很大的城鄉差別,但這種差別并不是物質的優劣,而是體現在另一方面。鄉村、郊區的居民崇尚輕松、儉樸的生活方式和開闊的居住環境,而且往往對城市所象征的一切持抵觸情緒。近些年來,越來越多的人離開大都市,遷居郊野、鄉下,就是想躲避城市日趨惡化的環境,回歸自然。