初级美语Lesson34:ExpressingBothSpecificandGenera

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：如果不必说明确切的时间，可以用比较笼统的方式表示时间。
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.

会话A : 在火车站
艾  琳：火车几点开?
马  丁：9点15分。
艾  琳：什么时候到匹兹堡?
马  丁：我不清楚。
艾  琳：会议什么时候开?
马  丁：我有许多会议，它们都是在下午。
艾  琳：你什么时候回家?
马  丁：今晚。
艾  琳：我们来接站。
马  丁：艾伦和你一起来吗?
艾  琳：是的，他来。
马  丁：他的球赛是在什么时候?
艾  琳：明天晚上。
马  丁：球赛不是在今天晚上吗?
艾  琳：不，不是。是在明天晚上。
马  丁：上周球赛是在什么时候进行的?
艾  琳：是在星期三，这周是在星期四。
马  丁：我明白了，球赛是在几点?
艾  琳：7点30分。
马  丁：好，我要去看。
艾  琳：那好极了，他想要你去。
马  丁：你什么时候去上班?
艾  琳：午饭后，我昨晚工作得很晚。
马  丁：你几点去上班?
艾  琳：一点半，火车今晚几点到?
马  丁：8点45分到。
艾  琳：好吧，苏也能来，你能在火车上吃饭吗?
马  丁：能。但我将在匹兹堡吃饭。
艾  琳：好，苏在晚饭前能完成作业。
马  丁：你们什么时候吃晚饭?
艾  琳：7点。
马  丁：你什么时候到火车站?
艾  琳：8点。
 

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：表示过去的事件或活动的时间短语，常常是由“表示时间的名词(词组)+副词 ago”构成，也可由“形容词 last+表示时间的名词”或“in+年代”构成。
Examples:
  MARTIN: Three years ago. Ten years ago. Many years ago. 
In 1975.Last year.

会话B
艾  琳：马丁，你第一次访问匹兹堡是在什么时候?
马  丁：在1975年，10年前我写过一篇有关匹兹堡的报导。我3年前写过一篇报导，我去年也写过一次。
艾  琳：你第一次访问华盛顿是在什么时候?
马  丁：我记不清楚了，许多年以前。

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