Conversation B?

WALTER: Let's walk to the house. Do you want some coffee?
MARTIN: Yes, please.?
WALTER: See the corn?
MARTIN: Where??
WALTER: Look to the south.
MARTIN: Is that south? I see the corn.?
WALTER: Now look to the west.
MARTIN: I can see soybeans.?
WALTER: That's right. I grow corn and beans.
MARTIN: Do you visit your mother and father??
WALTER: My wife and I visited my mother and father last year.
MARTIN: Did you visit your sister??
WALTER: No, we didn't. She visited us here.
MARTIN: Do you visit your brother??
WALTER: No, he visited us, too. We had a family reunion.
WALTER: Please sit down, Martin. Rebecca! We're here! Martin, this is my wife, Rebecca.
MARTIN: I'm happy to meet you.?
REBECCA: Thank you. How are you??
MARTIN: Fine, thanks. I like your house.?
REBECCA: The farm houses are old. Coffee??
MARTIN: Please.?
REBECCA: Walter??
WALTER: Yes, please.?
REBECCA: Did you see the farm??
MARTIN: Yes, I saw the cows and sheep.?
WALTER: We walked to the river. We talked about the family reunion.?MARTIN: I'm writing about farm families.?
REBECCA: Did you visit the Kessler family reunion??
MARTIN: Yes, I did. I visited some farms, too. May I ask some questions about your family??
REBECCA: Ok. More coffee??
MARTIN: No, thanks. Do you have brothers and sisters??
REBECCA: I have two brothers.?
MARTIN: Are they farmers??
REBECCA: One is a farmer.?
MARTIN: Where does he live??
REBECCA: He lives north of here. He has two boys.?
MARTIN: Two sons. No daughters??
REBECCA: That's right. They are very small. One son is four. One is two.?MARTIN: Where does your other brother live??
REBECCA: He lives in Chicago. He drives a truck.?

Practice 2：一般疑問(wèn)句句尾用升調(diào)，陳述句句尾用降調(diào)。把下列陳述句變?yōu)橐话阋蓡?wèn)句。
Examples: They are small.→ Are they small??
He has two boys.→ Does he have two boys??
He lives in Chicago.→ Does he live in Chicago??

會(huì)話 B?
沃爾特：我們往房子這邊走，喝點(diǎn)咖啡嗎??
馬 丁：好的，請(qǐng)。?
沃爾特：看到玉米了嗎??
馬 丁：在哪里??
沃爾特：向南面看。?
馬 丁：那是南面嗎?我看到玉米了。?
沃爾特：再往西面看。?
馬 丁：我能看見黃豆。?
沃爾特：對(duì)了，我種玉米和大豆。?
馬 丁：你去看你的父母嗎??
沃爾特：我和妻子去年看過(guò)。?
馬 丁：你去看過(guò)你的妹妹嗎??
沃爾特：沒(méi)有，她來(lái)這兒看過(guò)我們。?
馬 丁：你去看過(guò)你的兄弟嗎??
沃爾特：沒(méi)有，也是他來(lái)看過(guò)我們。我們搞過(guò)家庭聚會(huì)。?
沃爾特：請(qǐng)坐，馬丁。麗貝卡，來(lái)客人了。馬丁，這是我妻子，麗貝卡。?
馬 丁：見到你很高興。?
麗貝卡：謝謝，你好嗎??
馬 丁：我很好，謝謝。我喜歡你們的房子。?
麗貝卡：農(nóng)場(chǎng)的房子舊了。來(lái)杯咖啡嗎??
馬 丁：好的，請(qǐng)來(lái)一杯。?
麗貝卡：沃爾特要嗎??
沃爾特：好的，請(qǐng)。?
麗貝卡：你看過(guò)我們的農(nóng)場(chǎng)了嗎??
馬 丁：看過(guò)了，我看到了牛和羊。?
沃爾特：我們步行去過(guò)河邊，我們談到了家庭聚會(huì)。
馬 丁：我正在寫有關(guān)農(nóng)民家庭的報(bào)導(dǎo)。?
麗貝卡：你參加凱斯勒家的家庭聚會(huì)了嗎??
馬 丁：是的，我還參觀了一些家場(chǎng)。我可以問(wèn)一些有關(guān)你家庭的問(wèn)題嗎??
麗貝卡：可以，再來(lái)些咖啡??
馬 丁：不了，謝謝。你有兄弟姐妹嗎??
麗貝卡：我有兩個(gè)兄弟。?
馬 丁：他們都是農(nóng)民嗎??
麗貝卡：一個(gè)是農(nóng)民。?
馬 丁：他住在哪兒??
麗貝卡：他住在這兒的北面，他有兩個(gè)男孩。?
馬 丁：兩個(gè)兒子，沒(méi)有女兒?jiǎn)??
麗貝卡：是的，孩子都很小，一個(gè)4歲，一個(gè)兩歲。?
馬 丁：你的另一個(gè)兄弟在哪兒住??
麗貝卡：他住在芝加哥，他是開卡車的。
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Conversation C?

REBECCA: Do you have a family, Martin? ?
MARTIN: Yes, I do. I have a wife and two children. Our home is in Baltimore. Do you have a large family??
WALTER: I don't.?
REBECCA: I do. My mother and father live in town. I have aunts and uncles in the East and in the West.?
MARTIN: Are your grandparents living??
REBECCA: Yes, they are.?
MARTIN: Where do they live??
REBECCA: My mother's parents live in town.
REBECCA: My father's parents live in Phoenix.?
MARTIN: Do they work??
REBECCA: No, they're retired.?
MARTIN: What do your aunts and uncles do??
REBECCA: Everything.?
WALTER: That's right.?
MARTIN: Tell me.?
REBECCA: Two aunts are teachers. One uncle is an electrician. Two, no, three uncles are farmers. One aunt is a secretary. One uncle works in a factory. More??

會(huì)話 C?
麗貝卡：馬丁，你成家了嗎??
馬 丁：是的，我有妻子和兩個(gè)孩子，家在巴爾的摩。你家里人多嗎??
沃爾特：不多。?
麗貝卡：我家人多，我父母住在城里，我的姑姑們和叔叔們住在東部和西部。?馬 丁：你的祖父母還健在嗎??
麗貝卡：是的。?
馬 丁：他們住在哪兒??
麗貝卡：我母親的父母住在城里，我父親的父母住在菲尼克斯。?
馬 丁：他們工作嗎??
麗貝卡：不，他們退休了。?
馬 丁：你的姑姑們和叔叔們做什么工作??
麗貝卡：干什么的都有。?
沃爾特：正是。?
馬 丁：講給我聽聽。?
麗貝卡：兩個(gè)姑姑是教師，一個(gè)叔叔是電工，兩個(gè)，不，3個(gè)叔叔是農(nóng)民，一個(gè)姑姑是秘書，一個(gè)叔叔在工廠工作，還想聽嗎。?

New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ)?

bean n. 豆?
move v. 遷移；搬家?
soybean n. 大豆；黃豆?
sit down v. 坐下?
retired adj. 退休的；退職的?
electrician n. 電工；電器技師?

Proper Nouns 專有名詞?

Philadelphia 費(fèi)城?
Los Angeles 洛杉磯?
San Diego 地亞哥?
Chicago 芝加哥?
Phoenix 菲尼克斯?

Language Points 語(yǔ)言要點(diǎn)?

1. in the East(在東部)，to the West(在西面，向西面)，north of here(在這兒的北面)in 和 to 是英語(yǔ)中常用的兩個(gè)表示方位的介詞，in 含有“在……內(nèi)部”的意思，介詞 to 表示“往……方向去”。故，in the East 和 in the West 是“在東部”和“在西部”的意思；to the west 意思為“在(向)西面”。另外，文中 East 和 West 都大寫了首字母，表示是美國(guó)的東部和西部。課文中另一句有關(guān)方位的句子是 He lives north of here. 這里的 north 是副詞，相當(dāng)于 in the north。here 是名詞。?
2. stay 和 live 的區(qū)別：stay 是暫時(shí)性的居住，live 是較長(zhǎng)期的居住。?
3. She married last year. 她去年結(jié)婚。動(dòng)作是發(fā)生在過(guò)去，說(shuō)明她現(xiàn)在的狀態(tài)是已婚了，即 She is married now. 過(guò)去時(shí)的句子表明過(guò)去的行為。注意區(qū)別動(dòng)詞的詞形變化，本課出現(xiàn)了幾個(gè)不規(guī)則動(dòng)詞變形，請(qǐng)注意記憶。它們是：go→went，sit→sat，have→had。

Cultural Notes 文化注釋

美國(guó)四分之三家庭住在城市，大約百分之五弱的家庭住在農(nóng)場(chǎng)，居住在小城市的家庭到處都是，約有5，000萬(wàn)美國(guó)人住在不到2，500人的小社區(qū)內(nèi)。?