PROGRAMME 42

第一部分對話：烤肉野餐

旱災終于過去了。Dick和他的妻子Jane為了慶祝一下，想舉行一次烤肉野餐。他們正在商量什么時候舉行，以及請哪些朋友參加。

Dialogue 1
英語情景對話1

DICK: Will Sun day week be a good time, do you think?
JANE: Mmm... probably. Most people are free on Sundays.
DICK: But what about the Rossis? They'll probably have their children home from school for the long weekend.
JANE：Well，they call come too. There will be other children for them to play with, probably.
DICK: But perhaps they'd rather stay home than travel all this way.
JANE: Yes... that's quite likely. After all, they've got a long trip back to school on Monday night.

Dialogue 2
英語情景對話2

隨后Dick問Jane，要請的客人，是否都打電話聯系過了。

DICK: Have you rung them all up yet, Jane?
JANE: No,I couldn't get on to Marie. She must be away.
DICK: Think she'll be back in time?
JANE: Probably not! When she goes to the city, she usually stays a fortnight.
DICK：Well,how many do you think will come?
JANE：We Should have about twenty.

第二部分：英語詞匯表達

a boarding school 寄宿學校
a long weekend 周末
a weather forecast 天氣預報
probable 很可能
likely 很可能（形容詞）
unlikely 不大可能（形容詞）
probably 很可能
ring... up 給……打電話（ring的過去式是rang，過去分詞是rung）
do lessons by correspondence 通過函授進行學習
After all, they've got a long trip back to school 他們還要走很遠的路，趕回學校去呢
Hope you can make it 希望你能做到（在這一講里的意思是：希望你能來參加我們的烤肉野餐）
I couldn't get through to town 道路不通，我無法到城里去
The creek's up 小河漲水了
I couldn't get on to Marie 我和Marie聯系了，但是沒有聯系上
Sunday week 下下星期天
on a farm 在農場
Their closest neighbours live half an hour away by car 他們的鄰居，住得最近的也要開著小汽車走上半個鐘頭
travel long distances 走很遠的路

NAMES:

Marie (female)
Smith a common surname
Rossi a surname（本來是意大利人的姓）
The Rossis
在這一講里指的足Rossi夫婦。扯姓的后斷加s有時是指全家（包括孩子），有時只指夫婦二人。
New Zealand 新西蘭

第三部分：課程

SPECULATING (Ⅲ)- PROBABILITY推測(Ⅲ) —很可能發生的事情
很可能發生的事情，比我們在上一講里 學的有可能發生的事情更為肯定。表示很可能發生的事情，可以用下列詞語：
1．PROBABLY
這個副詞是從形容詞probable派生而來的。它在句子里可以放在各種不同的位置。如果謂語動詞只有一個詞，probably就放在這個動
詞的前面。例如：
He PROBABLY went to town.
如果謂語動詞里有助動詞，或者是由動詞be構成的，probably就放在助動詞或be之后。例如：
I can PROBABLY come to your barbecue．
She's PROBABLY in town.
Probably 一詞還可以放在句子開頭，或者單獨用作簡短的答語。
例如：
(i) PROBABLY she'll be late.
(ii) A: Do you think she'll belate?
B: PROBABLY．
如果謂語動詞是否定的，probably就放在整個謂語動詞之前。例如：
It PROBABLY won t stop raining for days.
Probably 一詞還可以用于石定的簡短答語。例如：
A: Do you think John will come?
B: PROBABLY NOT．
2. LIKELY
這不是一個副詞，而是形容詞，意思和probable 一樣。
A: Do you think it'll rain?
B: Yes, it's quite LIKELY.
(No, it's UNLIKELY.)
(= It's not likely)
請注意下面這個用法：
It's LIKELY TO rain
(= It will probably rain.)
They're LIKELY TO come.
(= They will probably come.)
3．SHOULD
Should可以用來表示根據當時情況估計很可能發生的事情。例如：
A: How many people do you think will come?
B: There SHOULD be about twenty.
(= There will probably be about 20)
4．MUST
Must可以用來表示根據已知的情況作出的判斷。例如：
Marie isn't at home.
She MUST be away.
CONVERSATIONAL DEVICES
After all這個常用的短語在這一講里出現了兩次，用法不同。
(1)意思是雖然我原先那樣說過或想過。例如：
At first I said l wouldn't be able to come to the barbecue but the situation has changed so I'll probably come after aff.
(2)意思是我們應當承認、知道或記得。例如：
DICK：Perhaps the children would rather stay at home than travel all this way to our barbecue.
JANE: That's quite likely. After all, they've got a long tip back to school on Monday night.

第四部分：背景資料

澳大利亞的內地

上一講，我們向你介紹了澳大利亞的旱災。在內地，農場主除了應付旱災之外，還有路途遙遠的問題。他們住的地方可能離最近的城
鎮都是很遠的，離最近的鄰居說不定也有五十公里。因此，他們有一種孤獨感。道路不好更加重了他們這種孤獨感，因為內地的道路
往往是土路，一下雨就泥濘不堪。旱災過后，很可能接著就是水災，道路就不通了。
內地的學校往往離家很遠，許多學寄宿學校。寄宿學校的膳宿費較高，但收入低的家庭可以得到政府的補助。學期結束以后，或者趕
上長周末，學生就回家度假。離城鎮太遠的學生也可以通過面授進行學習。澳大利亞各州的首府設有函授學校。函授學校有時把教學
內容錄在錄音帶上，寄給學生，學生在家里完成作業，然后寄回學校批改。