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Conversation A : At the Office?
CARA: Hello, Martin. Did you finish your story??
MARTIN: Yes, I did. I worked on Saturday.
CARA: When did you finish??
MARTIN: I finished in the evening.?
WALEED: Hello, Cara, Martin.?
CARA: Hi, Waleed.?
MARTIN: Good morning, Waleed. How are you??
WALEED: Fine, thanks. Did you have a nice weekend??
CARA: Wonderful.?
MARTIN: I worked.?
WALEED: Did you work at the office??
MARTIN: No, I worked at home. I finished a story.?
WALEED: I can't work on the weekend. The children are very noisy. ?
MARTIN: I don't like to work on weekends.?
CARA: Martin, when are you going to Pittsburgh??
MARTIN: On Tuesday.?
WALEED: Are you working on a story??
MARTIN: Yes, I'm writing a story about Pittsburgh.?
WALEED: Didn't you write a story about Pittsburgh last year??
MARTIN: Yes, I did. I wrote a story three years ago, too. I visit Pittsburgh often. sometimes I write a story. I want to see the changes.?
WALEED: Has it changed??
MARTIN: Yes, it has changed. I wrote a story ten years ago, too.
WALEED: Pardon??
MARTIN: Ten years ago.?
CARA: When did you first visit Pittsburgh??
MARTIN: In 1975. I went with my father to a baseball game.?
HOWARD: Good morning, everybody.?
OTHERS: Good morning, Howard. Hi. Good morning. How are you??
HOWARD: Where are you going this week, Martin??
MARTIN: Pittsburgh.?
HOWARD: When are you going??
MARTIN: I'm going on Tuesday.?
CARA: I'm going to work now. There's meeting this morning.?
HOWARD: When is the meeting??
CARA: It's at eleven forty-five.?
WALEED: Eleven forty-five? When is our meeting, Martin??
MARTIN: Our meeting is at eleven forty-five.?
WALEED: Can we change our meeting??
MARTIN: Of course. What time do you want to meet??
WALEED: Can we meet at eleven o'clock??
MARTIN: Yes, we can. Do you want to meet in your office??
WALEED: Can we meet in your office??
MARTIN: When are we going to finish??
WALEED: Before the other meeting.?
Practice 1：“介詞 at+幾點鐘”表示特定某點時間，介詞 on, in, before, ago 等與時間名詞搭配表示某段時間。?
Example One:
MRTIN: At seven o'clock.?
CARA: At eleven forty-five.?
WALEED: At eleven o'clock.?
MARTIN: At four o'clock.?
CARA: At ten-thiry.?
Example Two:?
MARTIN: On Saturday. In the evening.?
WALEED: On the weekend.?
MARTIN: On Tuesday.?
WALEED: Last year.?
MARTIN: Three years ago. Ten years ago. In 1975.?
WALEED: Before the other meeting.?
會話A : 在辦公室?
卡 拉：你好，馬丁。你寫完報導了嗎??
馬 丁：是的，寫完了。我星期六工作了。?
卡 拉：你什么時候寫完的??
馬 丁：我在晚上寫完的。?
瓦利德：你們好，卡拉，馬丁。?
卡 拉：你好，瓦利德。?
馬 丁：早上好，瓦利德，你好嗎??
瓦利德：我很好，謝謝。你周末過得好嗎??
卡 拉：好極了。?
馬 丁：我工作了。?
瓦利德：你在辦公室工作的嗎??
馬 丁：不是，我在家工作的，我寫完了一篇報導。?
瓦利德：我在周末無法工作，孩子們很吵鬧。?
馬 丁：我不喜歡在周末工作。?
卡 拉：馬丁，你什么時候去匹茲堡??
馬 丁：星期二。?
瓦利德：你在寫一篇報導嗎??
馬 丁：是的，我在寫一篇有關匹茲堡的報導。?
瓦利德：你去年沒寫過一篇有關匹茲堡的報導嗎??
馬 丁：寫過，我3年前也寫過一篇報導。我經常去匹茲堡，有時我寫報導，我想看到匹茲堡所發生的變化。?
瓦利德：有變化嗎??
馬 丁：是的，有變化。我10年前也寫過一篇報導。?
瓦利德：幾年前??
馬 丁：10年前。?
卡 拉：你第一次訪問匹茲堡是什么時候??
馬 丁：在1975年，我和我父親一起去看了一場棒球賽。?
霍華德：各位，早上好。?
其余人：早上好，霍華德。你好，早上好，你好嗎??
霍華德：馬丁，這周你去哪兒??
馬 丁：匹茲堡。?
霍華德：你什么時候去??
馬 丁：我星期二去。?
卡 拉：現在我要去工作了，今天上午有個會議。?
霍華德：會什么時候開??
卡 拉：11點45分開。?
瓦利德：11點45分?馬丁，我們的會什么時候開??
馬 丁：我們的會是11點45分。?
瓦利德：我們的會議可以換一下時間嗎??
馬 丁：當然，可以，你想什么時間開會??
瓦利德：我們11點開會如何??
馬 丁：好的，你要在你的辦公室開嗎??
瓦利德：能在你的辦公室開嗎??
馬 丁：什么時間能開完??
瓦利德：在另一個會議開始以前。?
Conversation B?
CARA: When are you going to have lunch??
WALEED: I'm not going to have lunch.?
HOWARD: After I finish my work.?
MARTIN: At twelve-thirty.?
MARTIN: Cara, when are you going to Europe??
CARA: We're going next month.?
WALEED: Can we go to lunch now?
CARA: Howard isn't here.?
WALEED: When is he coming??
MARTIN: In a few minutes.?
WALEED: Where are you going in Europe??
CARA: We're going many places.?
WALEED: Are you going to Bulgaria??
CARA: Yes, we are.?
WALEED: When are you going there??
CARA: Let me see. In about three weeks.?
WALEED: I have an uncle in Bulgaria. Can you phone him??
CARA: Of course. Please give me his phone number.?
WALEED: OK. I'm going to bring it next week.?
MARTIN: When did your uncle go to Bulgaria??
WALEED: Many years ago. He was a student. He studied engineering.?
MARTIN: Did he stay there??
WALEED: Yes, he did. He married. He had children.?
MARTIN: When did you see him??
WALEED: Twenty years ago. He came to see my father.
WALEED: He is my father's brother.?
HOWARD: I'm here.?
WALEED: Good, Can we go now??
HOWARD: Were you waiting for me??
WALEED: Of course.?
HOWARD: Yes, let's go.?
CARA: Martin, when are we going to Georgetown University??
MARTIN: Next week. The demonstration is on Wednesday.?
HOWARD: What demonstration is that??
CARA: It is Environmental Day. There is a big demonstration.?
WALEED: What is Environmental Day??
MARTIN: The students are having a demonstration about environmental problems. Cara and I are going to write a story.?
WALEED: What problems are they demonstrating about??
CARA: Many problems.?
MARTIN: We're going to write about river pollution.?
CARA: Yes. The university is on the river. We want to listen to the speeken. We want to write about pollution.?
MARTIN: We had a story about ocean pollution.?
WALEED: When??
CARA: A few weeks ago. We visited the Atlantic Ocean.?
HOWARD: When did you go to the Atlantic Ocean??
MARTIN: In the summer.?
WALEED: Did you see pollution in the ocean??
CARA: Yes, we did. We saw pollution in some places.?
MARTIN: We saw pollution in the river, too.?
HOWARD: When??
MARTIN: Last week. Last month. Last year. We want to write about pollution.?
Practice 2：表示一段時間的短語有些是表示過去的時間，有些是表示將來的時間，有些既能表示將來也能表示過去。?
Example One: (表示過去)?
WALEED: Many years ago. Twenty years ago.?
CARA: A few weeks ago.
MARTIN: Last week. Last month. Last year.?
Example Two:(表示將來)?
CARA: Next month.?
MARTIN: In a few minutes.?
CARA: In about three weeks.?
WALEED: Next week.?
Example Three: (表示將來及過去)?
WALEED: For three years.?
MARTIN: On Wednesday. In the summer.?
