PROGRAMME 48

第一部分對對話：迷路

在塔斯馬尼亞州，有七個孩子跟著老師到克雷多山一帶進行一天的徒步旅行，在山里迷了路。年輕夫婦Bill和Sue在收音機里聽到了這一消息。

Dialogue 1
英語情景對話1

NEWSREADER: A big search is under way in the mountains near Cradle Mountain where seven schoolboys are overdue on a one-day hike. About twenty police and volunteers are now combing the area, and a helicopter is expected to join the search later today. At this stage no fears are held for the safety of the group.

Dialogue 2
英語情景對話2

Sue擔心這些迷了路的孩子之中就有自己的外甥James．于是她就向警察局打電話，接著又把了解到的消息告訴Bill。

BILL: Did you find out what's happening?
SUE: Yes. Apparently the area is difficult to search. He told me it was raining heavily. And he said the bush was very thick. He said there were lots of caves up there.
BILL: Oh?
SUE: Yes. He said the kids might be sheltering in a cave.
BILL: So they don't know where they are?
SUE：No. But he told me they'd use a helicopter. He said they could get one straightaway.

第二部分：英語詞匯表達

a helicopter 直升飛機
a hike 徒步旅行
a hospital 醫院
the police 警察當局
a search 搜索
a volunteer 自愿參加的人
hungry 餓
overdue 早就該……了（到了一定的時候，某件事該發生而未發生）
safe 安全
wonderful 好極了
apparently 看來
straightaway 立刻
comb the area 在這一帶進行搜索
have a broken leg 斷了腿
search 搜尋
shelter in a cave 在一座山洞里避雨
at this stage 在這個時侯
due back last night 昨天晚上就該回來了
rough country 地勢崎嶇
under way 正在進行
James will enjoy that James一定會愿意的
No fears are held for the safety of the group 目前大家并不擔心孩子們的安全
Oh, dear 哎呀（表示驚訝或焦急）
Thanks for ringing 謝謝你給我打來電話
The bush is very thick 叢林茂密
There's a big search on 正在進行大規模的搜索
There's more to today's story 今天這伴事說到這里還沒完呢
Try the two statements after Barbara 請跟著Barbara把這兩句話說一說
What a story! 真有意思！

NAMES:

Bill (male-short for William)
James (male)
Sue (female - short for Susan)
Cradle Mountain (name of a mountain in Tasmania)

第三部分：課程

REPORTED SPEECH (Ⅰ)怎樣轉述別人的話(Ⅰ)
轉述別人的話，有兩種說法，一種說法是利用別人的原話，也就是用直接引語，例如：
The announcer said: "The boys ARE lost."
另一種說法是用間接引語，例如：
The announcer said the boys WERE lost．
HOW TO MAKE AN INDIRECT STATEMENT怎樣使用間接引語
1．句子開頭可以用：
He/She/They Said...
He/She/They told me/us...
2．從句可以用that來引導。例如：
The announcer said (that) the boys were lost．
That 一詞，一般只用于正式的書面語，口語里可以省略。
3．在間接引語里，時戀要有相應的變化。
is→was
are→were
may→might
can→could
will→would
won't→wouldn't
例如:
He said, "They may be sheltering in a cave."
He said (that) they might be sheltering in a cave.
He said, "We'll use a helicopter."('ll = will)
He said (that) they'd use a helicopter('d = would)
He said, "We can get one straightaway."
He told me (that) they could get one straightaway.

CONVERSATIONAL DEVICES

Apparently

在廣播里有這樣一句話：
Apparently the area is difficult to search．
這句話是說話的人根據別人提供的情況作出的判斷。
注意：
這里轉述的只是聽到的情況，而不是別人的原話，因此用詞可以與原話有很大不同。說話的人認為自己是在說明情況，而不是轉述別人的話，因此動詞的時態和原話一樣，不改變。
Apparently 一詞在句中可放在不同的位置。最常見的是句首和句末。例如：
Apparently the area is difficult to search．
The area is difficult to search, apparently．
PRONUNCIATION CORNER英語口語中的連讀
在說英語的時候，要注意詞與詞之間的連續。英語口語往往避免在元音前停頓。我們已經熟悉以下幾種情況的連讀：
a)以輔音結尾的詞與下面以元音開始的詞連讀，如：come in，a lot of 。
b)以[i:]、[ai]、[ei]、[ɔi]結尾的詞與下面以元音開始的詞之間用微弱的類似[j-]的音連讀，例如：the East，my aunt，they are，employ。
c)以[u:]、[əu]、[au]結尾的詞與下面以元音開始的詞之間用微弱的類似[w-]的音連讀，例如：go eat, go away, now and then。
d)以字母r結尾的詞與下面以元膏開始的詞之間用[r]連讀，如：their aunt，our own, her uncle。
在這一講里，有這樣一句話：
The area is difficult to Search.
這句話體現了一條規則：以[ə]或[ɔ:]結尾的詞，與下面以元音開始的詞之間，雖然沒有字母r，卻要加一個[r]音。這個讀法嚴格說來是不正確的，然而幾乎所有說英語的人都是這樣說的，例如：saw it, China and Australia.

第四部分：練習

請把下列句子中的直接引語變為間接引語。

Example: She said, "We'll do our best to find I the boys."(She told him...)
Answer: She told him they'd do their best to find the boys.
1. He said, "Seven schoolboys are overdue on a one-day hike." (He told us…)
2. She said, "They aren't carrying any food." (She said...)
3. He said, "A helicopter is going to join the search." (He told them...)
4. He said, "The .area may be difficult to search." (He told them....)
5. He said, "You can ring the police." (He told her...)
6. The policeman said, "We'll find the boys soon." (The policeman told her...)
請和兩位朋友按照上面的句子練習怎樣轉述別人的話。甲向乙說一句話，乙用間接引語向丙轉述。然后輪換。