Conversation A : At Home in the Evening
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EILEEN: Did you finish your work??
MARTIN: Yes, I did. Where are the children??
EILEEN: Sue is reading. Alan is dressing.?
MARTIN: Dressing??
EILEEN: For the party. He's going to a party tonight.?
MARTIN: Oh, yes. That's right. When is the party??
EILEEN: The party begins at ten o'clock.?
MARTIN: Is he dressing now? It's only seven o'clock.?
EILEEN: I know. But he's dressing. The party is important. Martin, are you going to take Sue to the movies tomorrow??
MARTIN: I can. Does she want to go tomorrow??
EILEEN: Yes, she does. When is your meeting tomorrow??
MARTIN: In the morning.?
EILEEN: When is the meeting??
MARTIN: At eleven o'clock.?
EILEEN: Can you go to the movies in the afternoon??
MARTIN: Yes, I can. When??
EILEEN: At four o'clock.?
MARTIN: OK.?
EILEEN: Sue wants to go to Jennifer's house tomorrow. She can go in the morning.
MARTIN: When is dinner??
EILEEN: You didn't eat lunch. Do you want dinner??
MARTIN: Very much!?
EILEEN: Dinner is at seven-thirty.?
SUE: Hi. May I come in??
MARTIN: Of course.?
SUE: Did you finish your work??
MARTIN: Yes, I did.?
SUE: Can we go to the movies tomorrow??
MARTIN: Yes, we can.?
SUE: When??
MARTIN: In the afternoon.?
SUE: Can we go at six o'clock? I want to go to Jennifer's house.?
MARTIN: That's very late. You have school on Monday. Let's go at four o'clock.
SUE: When can I go to Jennifer's house??
EILEEN: You can go to Jennifer's house in the morning.?
SUE: May I phone Jennifer now??
EILEEN: No. It's time for dinner.?
SUE: When may I phone her??
EILEEN: After dinner.?
SUE: When is dinner??
EILEEN: At seven-thirty.?
MARTIN: Dinner In a few minutes.?
SUE: OK. I'm going to read.?
EILEEN: I'm going to finish dinner. Come help me.?
MARTIN: OK.?
Practice 1:情態動詞 may 和 can 在構成疑問句時,都用倒裝句型,移到主語之前,有時都可表示“可以”的意思,但 may 有“許可”的含義,can 有“能夠”的含義。?
Examples:
SUE: May I come in??
MARTIN: Of course.?
SUE: May I phone Jennifer now??
EILEEN: No. It's time for dinner.?
SUE: Can we go to the movies tomorrow??
MARTIN: Yes, we can.?
SUE: Can we go at six o'clock??
MARTIN: No, that's very late.?
SUE: When can I go to Jennifer's house??
EILEEN: You can go to Jennifer's house in the morning.?
Practice 2:比較籠統的時間用語,一般表示一段時間。確切的時間用語常常由一個數字,后面加上 o'clock(點鐘)構成。?
Example One:?EILEEN: Tonight.?Tomorrow.?
MARTIN: In the morning.?
EILEEN: In the afternoon.?
MARTIN: On Monday.
EILEEN: After dinner.?
MARTIN: In a few minutes.?
Example Two:?MARTIN: At seven o'clock.?At eleven o'clock.?
EILEEN: At four o'clock.?At seven-thirty.?
SUE: At six o'clock.?
MARTIN: At four o'clock.?
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會話A : 晚上在家里?
艾 琳:你干完工作了嗎??
馬 丁:是的,干完了。孩子們在哪兒??
艾 琳:蘇在看書,艾倫在穿衣打扮。?
馬 丁:穿衣打扮??
艾 琳:為了參加晚會,他今晚將參加一個晚會。?
馬 丁:噢,是的。對了,晚會什么時候開始??
艾 琳:晚會10點開始。?
馬 丁:他現在正在穿衣打扮嗎?才7點。?
艾 琳:我知道。但他已在穿衣打扮,因為晚會很重要。馬丁,明天你將帶蘇去看電影嗎?
馬 丁:我能帶她去,她明天想去嗎??
艾 琳:是的,她想去。你明天什么時候開會??
馬 丁:在上午。?
艾 琳:會議什么時候舉行呢??
馬 丁:11點。?
艾 琳:你能在下午去看電影嗎??
馬 丁:是的,能。什么時候。?
艾 琳:4點。?
馬 丁:好吧。?
艾 琳:蘇明天想去詹尼弗家,她可以上午去。?
馬 丁:晚飯什么時候開飯??
艾 琳:你還沒吃午飯,你想吃晚飯嗎??
馬 丁:非常想吃。?
艾 琳:晚飯在7點半。?
蘇 :你們好,我可以進來嗎??
馬 丁:當然可以。?
蘇 :你干完工作了嗎??
馬 丁:是的,干完了。?
蘇 :我們明天能去看電影嗎??
馬 丁:是的,能去。?
蘇 :什么時候??
馬 丁:在下午。?
蘇 :可以6點去嗎?我想去詹尼弗家。?
馬 丁:那太晚了,你星期一還要上學。咱們四點去。?
蘇 :我什么時候能去詹尼弗家呢??
艾 琳:你可以在上午去詹尼弗家。?
蘇 :我現在可以給詹尼弗打個電話嗎??
艾 琳:不可以,現在是吃晚飯時候。?
蘇 :那我什么時候可以給她打電話??
艾 琳:晚飯后。?
蘇 :什么時候吃晚飯??
艾 琳:7點半。?
馬 丁:幾分鐘后。?
蘇 :好吧,我去看書。?
艾 琳:我去把晚飯準備好,來幫我一把。?
馬 丁:好吧。