初级美语Lesson14:TalkingAboutWhatPeopleDof

Conversation B

JEFF: Here is the new building.
MARTIN: What's that?
JEFF: It's the sports club.
MARTIN: Who are they?
JEFF: They're painters. They're painting the sports club.
MARTIN: What's that?
JEFF: It's the cinema. Here is the shoe store.
MARTIN: Who are they?
JEFF: They're the carpenters. They're making shelves. They're workers. They're making a road.
MARTIN: What's that?
JEFF: It's a garage. Here is the entrance.
MARTIN: Who are they?
JEFF: They're the gardeners. They're making the gardens.
MARTIN: What's that?
JEFF: It's the garage. It's the exit.
MARTIN: Good morning.
WELDER: Good morning.
MARTIN: What are you doing?
WELDER: We're welders. We're building a new building.
MARTIN: What's that?
WELDER: It's a door. We're making two large doors. Here's a window.MARTIN: That's interesting.
WELDER: We're making twelve large windows.
MARTIN: Thanks.
JEFF: Come see the old building.
MARTIN: OK.
MARTIN: Tell me about the shopping mall. I'm going to record.
JEFF: There's a clothing store. There's a jewelry store. There's a pet shop. There’s a hardware store. There's a music store.

Practice 2：“there”指离讲话人较远的事物的位置，There is a...那儿有一个……Examples:  JEFF: There's a clothing store.
There's a jewelry store.           
There's a pet shop.
There's a hardware store.           
There's a music store.

会话B
杰  夫：这是新楼。
马  丁：那是什么?
杰  夫：那是运动俱乐部。
马  丁：那些人是谁?
杰  夫：他们是油漆工，在给俱乐部刷油漆。
马  丁：那是什么?
杰  夫：那是电影院，这儿是鞋店。
马  丁：那些人是谁?
杰  夫：他们是木匠，在做架子。他们是工人，在铺路。
马  丁：那是什么?
杰  夫：是车库，这儿是入口。
马  丁：他们是谁?
杰  夫：他们是园丁，在修花园。
马  丁：那是什么?
杰  夫：是车库，那是出口。
马  丁：早上好。
焊  工：早上好。
马  丁：你在干什么?
焊  工：我是电焊工，在建新楼。
马  丁：那是什么?
焊  工：是门，我们在做两个大门，这儿是窗子。
马  丁：有趣。
焊  工：我们要做12个大窗子。
马  丁：谢谢。
杰  夫：过来看看旧楼。
马  丁：好。
马  丁：给我讲讲购物中心，我打算录下来。
杰  夫：有1个服装店，1个珠宝店，1 个宠物店，1个五金店。1个音乐店。

Conversation C

MARTIN: What are they doing?
JEFF: They're musicians. They're playing music. It's a music store. Here’s the pet shop.
MARTIN: They're buying a dog.
CLERK: Who are you?
MARTIN: I'm a reporter.
CLERK: I'm the clerk. I work here. I sell dogs and cats.
JEFF: Would you like coffee?
MARTIN: Yes, please.
JEFF: Here's a cafe. Please sit down.
MARTIN: They're cleaning the floor.
JEFF: Yes, sit here.
MARTIN: What's that?
JEFF: It's a bookstore. There's a photo shop. Look. He's a photographer. He's taking photos now.

会话C
马  丁：他们在做什么?
杰  夫：他们是音乐家。他们在演奏音乐。那是家音乐店。这是宠物店。
马  丁：他们在买狗。
店  员：你是谁?
马  丁：我是记者。
店  员：我是职员。我在这儿工作。我卖狗和猫。
杰  夫：要咖啡吗?
马  丁：是的。
杰  夫：这是咖啡店。请坐。
马  丁：他们在擦地板。
杰  夫：是的，坐这儿。
马  丁：那是什么?
杰  夫：那是书店，那儿是个照相馆。看，他是摄影师，现在在照相呢!
 

New Words and Expressions 生词和短语

shopping mall   n. 购物中心
restaurant   n. 饭店
sports club    n. 健身房
carpenter   n. 木工
shelf   n. 架子
shelves   复数
entrance   n. 入口
jewelry   n. 珠宝
pet   n. 宠物
hardware   n. 五金
clerk   n. 职员
photographer   n. 摄影师
 

Language Points 语言要点

1 . For the new building. 新楼的(设计图)。
这句话省略了 the plan，原句应为 the plan for the new building 介词 for  用于名词后，表示被用于某种目的，例如：
a room for sleeping in 卧室coal for the winter 冬季用煤
2 . May I record? 我可以录音吗?
这是请求对方允许自己做某事。May I+动词原形?我可以……吗?例如：May I sit here? 我可以坐这吗?
May I ask you some questions? 我可以问你一些问题吗?

Cultural Notes  文化注释

购物中心(shopping mall)是美国新兴起的购物场所，一座建筑物里各种类型的专柜商店，餐厅饮食店、电影院、健身房也一应俱全。还设有免费停车场，通常 shopping mall 里有两家大百货公司，各居一端。

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