初级美语Lesson13:TalkingAboutOccupations谈论职业

2012-06-05 11:35:47 

Conversation B

MRS WEAVER: This is Mr. Gary Durant.
MARTIN: Hello. How are you?
GARY: Fine, thanks.
MRS WEAVER: Mr. Durant is the assistant principal. Mr. Learner, would you like some coffee?
MARTIN: Yes, please. Excuse me, Mr. Durant.
MARTIN: Black coffee, please.
MRS WEAVER: No sugar?
MARTIN: That's right. Thank you.
MRS WEAVER: Mr. McCammon. This is Martin Learner.
MR MCCAMMON: Hello. I'm Malcolm McCammon. How are you?
MARTIN: Fine, thanks. How are you? What do you do?
MR MCCAMMON: I'm Conrad's father.
MARTIN: What grade?
MR MCCAMMON: Second grade. I'm a father and a lawyer.
MARTIN: Where are you from?
MR MCCAMMON: I'm from Lawrence, Kansas. I studied at the university there. What do you do?
MARTIN: I'm a reporter for the“Voice of America”. I’m writing a story about schools.
MRS WEAVER: This is Glen Edwards.
MARTIN: Hello. How are you?
GLEN: Fine, thanks. How are you?
MARTIN: Fine, thanks.
GLEN: Are you a father?
MR MCCAMMON: He's a reporter.
MARTIN: I'm a father, too. What's that?
GLEN: It's corn.
MR MCCAMMON: It's red!
GLEN: Yes. It's interesting.
MARTIN: Your child is in third grade?
GLEN: Yes, my son is in third grade.
MARTIN: What do you do?
GLEN: I'm a gardener. I grow red corn.
MR MCCAMMON: He's a gardener. He's a banker, too.
MARTIN: Is your son a gardener?
GLEN: Yes. He grows carrots and onions. I grow corn, tomatoes, potatoes and squash.
MARTIN: Mr. McCammon, are you a gardener?
MR MCCAMMON: Oh, no. But I'm a cook.
GLEN: Yes, he's a good cook.
MR MCCAMMON: I don't cook red corn! I cook yellow corn and white corn, but I don't cook red corn.
MRS WEAVER: Mr. Learner. Come meet Miss Frazetta. Tobi, this is Martin Learner.
TOBI: Good evening. Are you a teacher?
MARTIN: No, I'm a reporter.
TOBI: That's interesting. I'm a reporter, too.
MARTIN: I write stories for radio.
TOBI: I write for the newspaper. Are you a parent?
MARTIN: Yes, but my children are in Baltimore.
TOBI: Are you from Baltimore?
MARTIN: Yes, I live in Baltimore.
TOBI: My daughter is in fourth grade.
MARTIN: I visited fifth grade today. What's that?
TOBI: It's a rock. They're studying rocks in science.

会话B
韦弗夫人:这是加里·杜兰特。
马    丁:你好,你好吗?
加    里:很好,谢谢。
韦弗夫人:杜兰特先生是校长助理,勒纳先生,想要喝咖啡吗?
马    丁:好,请。对不起杜兰特先生。
马    丁:请来杯黑咖啡。
韦弗夫人:不加糖吗?
马    丁:不要,谢谢。
韦弗夫人:麦克卡蒙先生,这是马丁·勒纳。
麦克先生:你好,我是马尔克姆·麦克卡蒙,你好吗?
马    丁:很好,谢谢,你好吗?你做什么工作?
麦克先生:我是康拉德的父亲。
马    丁:几年级。
麦克先生:二年级,我是家长,还是个律师。
马    丁:你是哪儿人?
麦克先生:我来自堪萨斯州的劳伦斯市,我在那儿的大学学习过,你做什么工作?马    丁:我是“美国之音”记者,在写一篇有关学校的报导。
韦弗夫人:这是格伦·爱德华兹。
马    丁:你好,你好吗?
格    伦:很好,谢谢,你好吗?
马    丁:很好,谢谢。
格    伦:你是位家长吗?
麦克先生:他是记者。
马    丁:我也是家长,那是什么?
格    伦:是玉米。
麦克先生:是红色的!
格    伦:是的,很有趣!
马    丁:你的儿子在三年级吗?
格    伦:是的,我儿子在三年级。
马    丁:你做什么工作?
格    伦:我是园丁,种红玉米。
麦克先生:他是园丁,也是银行家。
马    丁:你儿子也是园丁吗?
格    伦:是的,他种胡萝卜和元葱。我种玉米、西红市、土豆和南瓜。
马    丁:麦克卡蒙先生,你是园丁吗?
麦克先生:哦,不,但我是厨师。
格    伦:是的,他是个好厨师。
麦克先生:我不煮红玉米饭,我煮黄玉米和白玉米饭,但不煮红玉米饭。
韦弗夫人:勒纳先生,过来见见弗雷斯塔托比小姐。这是马丁·勒纳。
托    比:晚上好。你是老师吗?
马    丁:不,我是记者。
托    比:很有趣,我也是记者。
马    丁:我为广播电台写报导。
托    比:我为报社撰稿,你也是学生家长吗?
马    丁:是,但我孩子在巴尔的摩。
托    比:你来自巴尔的摩吗?
马    丁:是的,我住在巴尔的摩。
托    比:我女儿在四年级。
马    丁:今天我采访了五年级,那是什么?
托    比:是块岩石,他们在自然课上学习岩石。
 

New Words and Expressions 生词和短语

contractor   n. 承包商(建筑)
housewife   n. 家庭主妇
nursing   ]n. 保育、护理
acre   n. 英亩
soybean   n. 大豆
tomato   番茄
potato   马铃薯
squash   南瓜
bean   n. 豆类
red beans   红豆
white beans   白豆
green beans   青豆
pea   n. 豌豆
gardener   花匠
banker   银行家
carrots   胡萝卜
onion   洋葱
science   科学

Proper Nouns 专有名词
Romania   罗马尼亚
Kansas   堪萨斯

Language Points 语言要点

1. Come see...来看,这是一种口语表达形式,正式语法中应该是 come and see...口语中省略了 and,这种现象在美国英语中比较普遍。
动词 go 也可以这样用,例如:I'll go look. 相当于 I'll go and look.
2. I have a boy in the third grade. 我有个男孩在三年级。the third grade 三年级,third 是序数词,即第三,在使用序数词时,前面一般要用定冠词“the”,例如:
the first, the second, the third, the fourth...
序数词的规则变法是在基数词后直接加 th。
 

Cultural Notes  文化注释

美国人认为受教育是公民的权利和义务。根据美国法律,儿童在16岁之前必须入学学习。大约50%的高中毕业生升入高等院校学习,美国每年大约100万大学生毕业。   
许多美国中学每年都要给学生安排一次“父子餐”(Fathers and Sons' Meal)活动。这一天父亲专门到学校来跟孩子一起共进早餐、午餐或晚餐,并一起拍照纪念。   
教师家长会(parents and teachers meeting)是美国教育中的一种增强学校与家长沟通的形式。

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