Conversation A : At the Train Station?
EILEEN: What time does the train go??
MARTIN: At nine-fifteen.
EILEEN: What time does it arrive in Pittsburgh??
MARTIN: I don't know.?
EILEEN: When is your meeting??
MARTIN: I have many meetings. They are in the afternoon.?
EILEEN: When are you coming home??
MARTIN: Tonight.?
EILEEN: We're going to meet the train.?
MARTIN: Is Alan going to come with you??
EILEEN: Yes, he is.?
MARTIN: When is his game??
EILEEN: Tomorrow evening.?
MARTIN: Isn't the game this evening??
EILEEN: No, it isn't. It's tomorrow evening.?
MARTIN: When was it last week??
EILEEN: It was on Wednesday. It's on Thursday this week.?
MARTIN: I see. What time is the game??
EILEEN: Is't at seven-thirty.?
MARTIN: Good. I'm going to go.?
EILEEN: That's wonderful. He wants you to go.?
MARTIN: When are you going to your office??
EILEEN: After lunch. I worked late last night.?
MARTIN: What time are you going to go??
EILEEN: At one-thirty. What time is the train tonight??
MARTIN: It arrives at eight-forty-five.?
EILEEN: OK. Sue can come, too. Can you eat on the train??
MARTIN: Yes, I can. But I'm going to eat in Pittsburgh.?
EILEEN: Good. Sue can finish her homework before dinner.?
MARTIN: What time are you going to have dinner??
EILEEN: At seven o'clock.?
MARTIN: When are you going to come to the train station??
EILEEN: At eight o'clock.?
Practice 1:如果不必說明確切的時間,可以用比較籠統的方式表示時間。?
Examples:
MARTIN: In the afternoon. Tonight.?
EILEEN: Tomorrow evening. On Wednesday. On Thursday.
After lunch. Last night. Before dinner.?
MARTIN: At nine-fifteen.?
EILEEN: At seven-thirty. At one-thirty.?
MARTIN: At eight-forty-five.?
EILEEN: At seven o'clock. At eight o'clock.?
會話A : 在火車站?
艾 琳:火車幾點開??
馬 丁:9點15分。?
艾 琳:什么時候到匹茲堡??
馬 ?。何也磺宄?
艾 琳:會議什么時候開??
馬 ?。何矣性S多會議,它們都是在下午。?
艾 琳:你什么時候回家??
馬 ?。航裢?。?
艾 琳:我們來接站。?
馬 ?。喊瑐惡湍阋黄饋韱??
艾 琳:是的,他來。?
馬 ?。核那蛸愂窃谑裁磿r候??
艾 琳:明天晚上。?
馬 ?。呵蛸惒皇窃诮裉焱砩蠁??
艾 琳:不,不是。是在明天晚上。?
馬 ?。荷现芮蛸愂窃谑裁磿r候進行的??
艾 琳:是在星期三,這周是在星期四。?
馬 丁:我明白了,球賽是在幾點??
艾 琳:7點30分。?
馬 ?。汉?,我要去看。?
艾 琳:那好極了,他想要你去。?
馬 ?。耗闶裁磿r候去上班??
艾 琳:午飯后,我昨晚工作得很晚。?
馬 ?。耗銕c去上班??
艾 琳:一點半,火車今晚幾點到??
馬 ?。?點45分到。?
艾 琳:好吧,蘇也能來,你能在火車上吃飯嗎??
馬 ?。耗?。但我將在匹茲堡吃飯。?
艾 琳:好,蘇在晚飯前能完成作業。?
馬 ?。耗銈兪裁磿r候吃晚飯??
艾 琳:7點。?
馬 丁:你什么時候到火車站??
艾 琳:8點。?
Conversation B?
EILEEN: Martin, when did you first visit Pittsburgh??
MARTIN: In 1975. I wrote a story about Pittsburgh ten years ago. I wrote a story three years ago. And I visited last year, too.?
EILEEN: When did you first visit Washington?
MARTIN: I don't know. Many years ago.?
Practice 2:表示過去的事件或活動的時間短語,常常是由“表示時間的名詞(詞組)+副詞 ago”構成,也可由“形容詞 last+表示時間的名詞”或“in+年代”構成。?
Examples:
MARTIN: Three years ago. Ten years ago. Many years ago. ?
In 1975.?Last year.?
會話B?
艾 琳:馬丁,你第一次訪問匹茲堡是在什么時候??
馬 ?。涸?975年,10年前我寫過一篇有關匹茲堡的報導。我3年前寫過一篇報導,我去年也寫過一次。?
艾 琳:你第一次訪問華盛頓是在什么時候??
馬 ?。何矣洸磺宄?,許多年以前。