PROGRAMME 50

第一部分對話：遇見老朋友

Jill和Norma是老朋友，多年不見了。有一天，在上班的路上，在火車站碰上了。她們互相問起最近的工作情況。

Dialogue 1
英語情景對話1

JILL: ...Say! Have you got time for a quick cup of coffee?
NORMA: Ah... sorry, Jill, but I can't. I'd love to but I'm off to work.
JILL: Really? Off to work, eh? That's interesting. What are you doing?
NORMA: I'm a nurses aide, actually.
JILL: Oh? Do you like it?
NORMA: Not bad - a bit boring sometimes.
JILL: How long have you been at the hospital?
NORMA: Only this year. Since Jason's been at pre-school. I only do it part-time.
JILL: Oh - that's good.
NORMA: Mm... three days. I'd get too bored otherwise.
JILL: Yes, I suppose it's pretty hard work.
NORMA: I'll say. You're on your feet all day. Fetching and carrying... helping the nurses lift heavy patients... you never stop.
JILL: Sounds awful.
NORMA: Yeah, when you consider it, it's not the best job in the world. What about you, Jill? Still a housewife?
JILL: Oh, no! Now that the children have grown up a bit, I go to work.
NORMA: Really? That's nice. What sort of job?
JILL: I'm a tour organizer. It's fascinating. I'm off to China next month!

第二部分：英語詞匯表達

a brick 磚
a housewife 家庭婦女
a nurses' aide 護士的助手，助理護士
a patient 病人
a pre-school 學前教育中心(完整的說法是pre-school kindergarten)
a tour organizer 旅行團的組織者
bore 使人厭煩
excite 使人興奮
interest 使人感興趣
interrupt 打斷別人的話，插嘴
lift 扶起，抬起
milk 擠奶
boring 枯燥
exhausting 非常累人
exhilarating 使人感到精神振奮
fascinating 很有吸引力
frustrating 使人感到沮喪
handy 方便
rude 粗魯，不禮貌
otherwise 否則
pretty （副詞）相當地
Day in - day out 天天，每天不斷地
Fetching and carrying 干雜活
I'II say 說得對呀
I'm off to work 我正要上班去
It can't be helped 沒有辦法
It's been ages (since we last met) 咱們可好久不見了
It's not the best job in the world 這可真不是個好工作
Just around the corner 一拐彎兒就到
(He's a)lovely big boy for his age 這孩子長得真好，個子真不小
My feet are killing me 我的腳疼死了
Now that the children have grown up 因為孩子都大了
Out in the fresh air 在外兩呼吸新鮮空氣
We've just moved in 我們剛搬到這兒來
What a surprise! 哎呀，真沒想到
What's that you were saying? 你剛才在讜什么？
Where are you off to? 你上哪兒去呀？
You're on your feet all day 一天到晚不停腳

NAMES：

Jill (female)
Norma (female)
Jason (male)

第三部分：課程

TALKING ABOUT JOBS怎樣談論工作
a) What do you do?
當有人問What do you do?或What do you do for a living?的時候，他們希望你說出自己的職業。例如：
What do you do for a living?
-I'm a teacher
-I'm a fireman
-I'm a housewife
注意：
也可以用What are you doing?來提問。不過這個問句強調現在，而且意味著自上次見面以后，對方的工作有變化。
b) What's your job/it like?
如果有入問What's your job like?或How do you like your job?的時候，他們希望你說明工作的情況。例如：
How do you like your job/it?
It's/I find it interesting
It's/I find it boring
It's/I find it fascinating
It's/I find it tiring
或
It's interesting
It's exhausting
It's fascinating job
It's boring
It's hard
或
It's a/an interesting
It's a/an exhausting
It's a/an fascinating job
It's a/an boring
It's a/an hard
注意：
Work是不可數名詞，所以只能用單數。job是可數名詞，可以用單數a job，也可以用復數jobs．例如：
Peter's a doctor; his wife's a teacher.
Both have interesting jobs.
帶- ing的動詞經常用作形容詞。
Grammar bores me.→ It's boring
Geography interests her.→ She finds it interesting，
“全時工作”和“部分時間工作”可以這樣來表示：
He's got a full-time job.
She's got a part-time job.
She works part- time．

第四部分：練習

Exercise 1
和一位朋友或同學用這一講所學的說法談論你們的工作。
Exercise 2
在下面這段對話的空白處填上適當的詞語，并重抄一遍。畫實線的空白怎樣填，可以由你自己決定。畫虛線的空白則需從下列詞語中選擇適當的來填充。
Actually, it's been ages; I'm off now; What's it like?; Where are
you off to?; What are you doing these days?
所填詞語一定要符合上下文。例如：
A: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _？
B: I'm going to the post office.
在這個上下文里，回答的入提到他要去的地方。要填充這個空白，便只能從上面所列詞語中選擇Where are you off to?
A: Oh, hullo,(Lao Wang)._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _？
B: I'm off to(the post office), (actually)．
A: I haven't seen you for a while.
B: Yes，_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. I've been away in the country.
A: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _？
B：I'm(a clerk).
A: Oh, I see. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _？
B: Well, it's quite (interesting). What about you?
A：I'm（a nurse）．
B：Do you like it?
A：Yes，but it's rather（tiring）．
B：I suppose it must be．Well. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
A: Yes,I must be going too. See you again）．
Exercise 3
請先讀下面這段對話，然后回答后面的問題。
PETER：Oh，David，hullo! Fancy seeing you here！
DAVID：It's been years, hasn't it? What are you doing here?
PETER: I live here, actually - just round the corner.
DAVID: Oh, I thought you lived some distance away.
PETER: We've just moved.In fact, we've just moved into our new house. What are you doing these days?
DAVID: I'm still a cleaner. It's not the best job in the world, but it's O.K. What about you?
PETER: Well, I finished my course and I'm a tourist guide now.
DAVID: Oh, that sounds fascinating. Do you like it?
PETER: Yes, I do. It's quite hard work at times, but it's certainly very interesting.
DAVID: I'm sure it is. Oh, I've got to catch a train I must be off.
PETER: Yes, so must I. Well, see you again, David.
DAVID: See you.
問題:
1.Is Peter surprised t.o meet David?
2.How long is it since they last met?
3.Where does Peter live?
4.What does David do?
5.What does Peter do?
6.How does Peter like his job?
7.How does David like his job?
8.Why does David have to hurry away?