初级美语Lesson19:TalkingAboutFamilies谈论家庭

Conversation A : On a Farm

LISA: Let's sit here, Mr Learner.
MARTIN: Please call me Martin. May I ask some questions?
LISA: Of course.
MARTIN: May I record your answers?
LISA: Yes.
MARTIN: Do you have a family?
LISA: Yes, I have a husband.
MARTIN: What is your husband's name?
LISA: Eric.
MARTIN: Eric. That's right. We've met. Do you have children?
LISA: Yes. We have two children.
MARTIN: Are they boys or girls?
LISA: We have one boy and one girl.
MARTIN: Wonderful. You have a son and a daughter. Are your mother and father living?
LISA: Yes, they are.
MARTIN: Do they live here?
LISA: No, they don't. They live in town.
MARTIN: Do you have a large farm?
LISA: Oh, yes. It's a very large farm. The farm was my father's farm.MARTIN: And you have a very large house.
LISA: It's a wonderful house. The house is old. Here's Eric.
ERIC: Hello, Martin?
MARTIN: That's right.
ERIC: How are you?
MARTIN: Fine, thanks. How are you?
ERIC: Fine, thanks.
LISA: We're talking about families.
ERIC: I have a large family.
MARTIN: Are your parent's living?
ERIC: My mother is living. My father isn't living.
MARTIN: Where does your mother live?
ERIC: She lives in California.
MARTIN: Do you have brothers and sisters?
ERIC: I have three brothers and two sisters.
MARTIN: Where do they live?
ERIC: Two brothers live in town. One lives on a farm.
MARTIN: What do they do? One is a farmer?
ERIC: That's right. Two brothers have businesses in town.
MARTIN: Lisa, do you have brothers and sisters?
LISA: I have a sister.
MARTIN: Where does she live?
LISA: She lives in Texas.
MARTIN: Is she married?
LISA: No, she isn't.
MARTIN: What does she do?
LISA: She's in the army.
MARTIN: Are your sisters married, Eric?
ERIC: One sister lives in Montana. She's married to a rancher. One lives in California. My mother lives with this sister.
MARTIN: What does this sister do?
ERIC: She has a business.
LISA: She's a photographer.
MARTIN: That's interesting.

Practice 1：询问对方是否有某物或人，诸如家庭、孩子、父母等，用：
“Do you have...?”回答：Yes, I do. 或 No, I don't.
Examples:  MARTIN: Do you have a family?
LISA: Yes, I do.
MARTIN: Do you have children?
LISA: Yes, we do.
MARTIN: Do you have brothers and sisters?
ERIC: Yes, I do.
MARTIN: Are your parents living?
LISA: Yes, they are.
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会话A : 在农场
丽  莎：让我们坐这里吧，勒纳先生。
马  丁：叫我马丁好了。我能问你几个问题吗?
丽  莎：当然可以。
马  丁：我可以把你的回答录下来吗?
丽  莎：可以的。
马  丁：你成家了吗?
丽  莎：是的，我有丈夫。
马  丁：你丈夫叫什么名字?
丽  莎：埃里克。
马  丁：埃里克。对了，我们见过。你有孩子吗?
丽  莎：是的。我们有两个孩子。
马  丁：男孩还是女孩?
丽  莎：一男一女。
马  丁：太好了。你有一个儿子和一个女儿。你的父母还健在吗?
丽  莎：是的。
马  丁：他们住在这儿吗?
丽  莎：不，他们住在城里。
马  丁：你有一个大农场吗?
丽  莎：噢，是的，那是个很大的农场，曾经是我父亲的。
马  丁：你还有一所大房子。
丽  莎：是一个很棒的房子。这个房子很古老。埃里克来了。
埃里克：你好，马丁?
马  丁：不错。
埃里克：你怎么样?
马  丁：很好，谢谢。你怎么样?
埃里克：很好，谢谢。
丽  莎：我们正在谈论家庭。
埃里克：我有一个大家庭。
马  丁：你父母还健在吗?
埃里克：我母亲还健在，父亲不在了。
马  丁：你的母亲住在哪儿?
埃里克：她住在加利弗福尼亚。
马  丁：你有兄弟姐妹吗?
埃里克：我有三个兄弟和两个姐妹。
马  丁：他们住在哪儿?
埃里克：两兄弟住城里，一个在农场。
马  丁：他们做什么工作?有一个是农民吗?
埃里克：是的，另两个兄弟在城里做生意。
马  丁：丽莎，你有兄弟姐妹吗?
丽  莎：我有个姐姐。
马  丁：她住哪儿?
丽  莎：她住在德克萨斯。
马  丁：她结婚了?
丽  莎：没有。
马  丁：她做什么工作的?
丽  莎：她在军队工作。
马  丁：埃里克，你的姐妹们结婚了吗?
埃里克：一个住在蒙大拿州，她嫁给了一个农场主。一个住在加利福尼亚，我母
亲同她住在一起。
马  丁：这个姐姐做什么工作?
埃里克：她经商。
丽  莎：她是个摄影家。
马  丁：很有意思。

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