初级美语Lesson31:EventsandActivitiesThatYou

Conversation B

SUE: Daddy, can we go to the movies today?
MARTIN: I don't know. I want to write this story today. I don't like to go on Saturday. Can we go tomorrow?
SUE: No, I can't. I want to go to Jennifer's house tomorrow.
MARTIN: I don't like to stop my work. Can your mother take you?
SUE: I didn't ask.
MARTIN: Please ask her. I don't want to ask now.
SUE: She's making lunch.
MARTIN: Now? I don't want to eat now. I don't want to stop my writing. Please tell her.
SUE: OK.
EILEEN: Martin. Come to lunch.
MARTIN: No, thank you. I don't want to eat.
EILEEN: You have to eat!
MARTIN: I want to write.
EILEEN: You can't stop eating.
MARTIN: I don't want to stop now. I don't like to stop.
EILEEN: But you can't write all day.
MARTIN: I'm going to finish this story.
EILEEN: OK.
MARTIN: Oh, hello, mother. No, I'm not eating lunch. I don't like to stop writing. I know. I can't stop eating. I'm going to eat later. What? No, I don't like going to the office on Saturday. I like to work at home on Saturday. No, I don't like to drive on Saturday. Mother, how is father? Good. Is he at home? No, I don't like to stop work. I'm going to see him next week. OK. Good-bye.
ALAN: Hi, Dad. May I come in?
MARTIN: Yes. You are in.
ALAN: Dad, may I go to a party tonight?
MARTIN: I don't know. Where is the party?
ALAN: It's going to be at Billy's house.
MARTIN: Who is Billy?
ALAN: Billy Itoh.
MARTIN: Excuse me.
ALAN: Billy Itoh.
MARTIN: Spell it for me.
ALAN: I-T-O-H. Itoh.
MARTIN: Who is Billy Itoh?
ALAN: He's a boy in my class. His parents are from Japan.
MARTIN: What do they do?
ALAN: His father has a business downtown.
MARTIN: What kind of business?
ALAN: Electronics. Billy's mother works in the business, too.
MARTIN: When is the party?
ALAN: Tonight.
MARTIN: What time?
ALAN: Ten o'clock.
MARTIN: Ten o'clock. That's very late. I don't like late parties.
ALAN: It's Saturday night. There is no school tomorrow.
MARTIN: When is it going to finish?
ALAN: I don't know. In the morning?
MARTIN: The party is all night?! I don't like all-night parties, you are too young.
ALAN: I'm not young. I don't like to be called young.
MARTIN: You are young.
ALAN: Oh, Dad. I'm not very young. Sue is young. I'm not young.
MARTIN: Are Billy's parents going to be there?
ALAN: Of course.
MARTIN: Did you ask your mother?
ALAN: Of course.
MARTIN: What did she say?
ALAN: She doesn't like late parties. She doesn't like all-night parties.
MARTIN: Excuse me.
ALAN: She doesn't like all-night parties.
ALAN: May I go, Dad?
MARTIN: I want to talk to your mother. Please tell her.
ALAN: OK. I know you don't like parties, but I want to go.
MARTIN: Eileen, do you know the Itoh family?
EILEEN: Yes, I do. Very very nice family.
MARTIN: OK. Alan can go to the party. Please tell him.

会话B
苏    ：爸爸，我们今天能去看电影吗?
马  丁：我说不准，我今天想写这篇报导，我不喜欢星期六去看电影，我们明天去可以吗?
苏    ：不行，我明天想去詹尼弗家。
马  丁：我不想把工作停下来，你母亲能带你去吗?
苏    ：我没问。
马  丁：请问问她，我现在不想问她。
苏    ：她在做午饭。
马  丁：现在吗?我现在不想吃，我不想停下工作，请告诉她。
苏    ：好吧。
艾  琳：马丁，来吃午饭。
马  丁：不，谢谢。我不想吃饭。
艾  琳：你得吃饭!
马  丁：我想写作。
艾  琳：你不能不吃饭。
马  丁：我现在不想停下来，我不愿意停下来。
艾  琳：但你也不能整天都写作。
马  丁：我要把这篇报导写完。
艾  琳：好吧。
马  丁：噢，喂，母亲。不，我没在吃午饭，我不想停止写作。我知道，我不能不吃饭，我晚些时候吃。什么? 不，我不喜欢星期六去办公室，我喜欢星期六在家工作。不，我不喜欢在星期六开车。母亲，父亲怎么样?好，他在家吗? 不，我不想停止工作，我下周去看他。好，再见。
艾  伦：你好，爸爸。我可以进来吗?
马  丁：可以，你已经进来了。
艾  伦：爸爸，我今晚可以去参加一个晚会吗?
马  丁：我不知道，晚会在哪儿举行?
艾  伦：将在比利家里。
马  丁：比利是谁?
艾  伦：比利·伊藤。
马  丁：谁?
艾  伦：比利·伊藤。
马  丁：给我拼写一下。
艾  伦：I-T-O-H，伊藤。
马  丁：比利伊藤是谁?
艾  伦：他是我班同学，他的父母是从日本来的。
马  丁：他们做什么工作?
艾  伦：他父亲在市中心开了家商店。
马  丁：什么商店?
艾  伦：电子设备商店，比利的母亲也在商店里工作。
马  丁：什么时候开晚会?
艾  伦：今晚。
马  丁：几点?
艾  伦：10点。
马  丁：10点，太晚了，我不喜欢这么晚的晚会。
艾  伦：在星期六晚上，明天也不上学。
马  丁：晚会什么时候结束?
艾  伦：我不知道，可能在早上?
马  丁：晚会进行一整夜!我不喜欢通宵晚会，你还太小。
艾  伦：我已不小了，我不喜欢被人称做很小。
马  丁：你是很小。
艾  伦：噢，爸爸。我不小了，苏才小呢，我不小了。
马  丁：比利的父母在场吗?
艾  伦：当然。
马  丁：你问过你母亲吗?
艾  伦：当然。
马  丁：她说什么?
艾  伦：她不喜欢很晚的晚会，她不喜欢通宵晚会。
马  丁：什么?
艾  伦：她不喜欢通宵晚会。
艾  伦：爸爸，我可以走了吗?
马  丁：我想和你母亲谈谈，请告诉她来一下。
艾  伦：好的。我知道你不喜欢晚会，但我想去。
马  丁：艾琳，你了解伊藤家吗?
艾  伦：是的，了解。他们一家人很好。
马  丁：好吧，艾伦可以去参加晚会，请告诉他吧。
 

New Words and Expressions 生词和短语

turn off  v. 关掉
TV＝television  n. 电视
turn down  v. 关小；调低
racing  n. 赛车(马)，是动词
race   的动名词形式
downtown   adv. 在城市的商业区，在市中心
electronics    n. 电子设备

Proper Nouns 专有名词

Japan   日本

Language Points 语言要点
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1．turn off, turn down 等动词短语是“动词+副词(或介词)”结构，这类结构在英语中很常见，又如：take off(起飞)，sit down(坐下)，get up(起床)，turn up(到达；出现)，put off(推迟)，put on (穿上)等等。
2．stop后接不定式(to do sth.)结构和动名词(do+-ing)结构，含义不同，前者意为“停下来去做某事”，后者意为“停止做某事”。例如：
Every half hour I stop to smoke a cigatette.
每半小时我就停下来去吸支烟。
I don't like to stop writing. 我不愿停止写作。

Cultural Notes  文化注释

典型的美GJ庭是由父母及他们未婚的孩子构成的一种核心家庭。一对美国夫妇有两三个孩子，甚至更多些，都是很常见的。美国人的独立意识很强，每个成年人都应有自立的能力，特别是经济上。小孩高中毕业就不依靠父母生活。有些成年人即使与父母生活在同一城市里，他们也愿意另找住房生活，从不在经济上依靠父母。有不少高中生甚至初中生在晚上或周末打工赚零钱，以支持社交或生活所需的费用。许多大学生读大学也是靠自己假期打工赚回生活费来完成学业的。如果一位已工作的成年人还与父母同住的话，他会被伙伴们嘲笑。
美国人对子女的爱，体现方式与中国人不同，他们注重孩子独立生活能力的培养，父母的责任就是把孩子培养成有自立能力的人。

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