初级美语Lesson21:TalkingAboutthePastandthe

Conversation A : On a Farm

MARTIN: I like your farm, Walter.
WALTER: Thanks. I like the farm, too. I lived in town for seven years.MARTIN: But you liked the farm?
WALTER: Yes. My father was a farmer. I was a child. And then I was a student. I lived in the country for nineteen years.
MARTIN: Did you work with your father?
WALTER: Of course. I worked in the morning, and I worked in the evening.MARTIN: Did you go to school?
WALTER: Yes. I went to high school in town.
WALTER: Some farmers don't like animals.
MARTIN: You have cows?
WALTER: That's right. I like sheep, too.
MARTIN: Do you grow corn and beans?
WALTER: Yes. But I have cows and sheep. Do you like sheep?
MARTIN: I like animals. But I live in the city.
WALTER: Where is your home?
MARTIN: I live in Baltimore.
WALTER: Do you have a family?
MARTIN: Yes. I have a wife, a son and a daughter.
WALTER: Are they with you here?
MARTIN: No, they're in Baltimore. My wife is working.
WALTER: My brother lives in Philadelphia. That's in the East.
MARTIN: That's right.
WALTER: My sister lives in the West. She lives in Los Angeles. She lived in San Diego last year.
MARTIN: Is she married?
WALTER: Yes, she is.
MARTIN: What does she do?
WALTER: She makes airplanes. Her husband makes airplanes, too.MARTIN: Are your parents living?
WALTER: Yes, they are.
MARTIN: Where do they live?
WALTER: They live in San Diego. They lived with my sister.
MARTIN: Was your sister married?
WALTER: No. She is married now. She married last year. She moved to Los Angeles. They stayed in San Diego.

Practice 1：did 引导过去时的一般疑问句，用以询问过去的事情。句型结构是：“Did+主语+动词原形+其它?”
Examples:  MARTIN: Did you work last year?
WALTER: Yes, I worked with my father.
MARTIN: Did she live with her parents?
WALTER: Yes, she lived with her parents.
MARTIN: Did they walk to town?
WALTER: Yes, they walked to town.

会话 A  在一家农场
马  丁：沃尔特，我喜欢你的农场。
沃尔特：谢谢，我也喜欢农场。我在城里住了7年。
马  丁：但你喜欢农场?
沃尔特：是的，我父亲是农民，我从童年到学生时代在乡下住了19年。
马  丁：你那时和你父亲在一起干活吗?
沃尔特：当然，我在早上和晚上干活。
马  丁：你那时上学吗?
沃尔特：是的，我在城里的中学上学。有些农场主不喜欢动物。
马  丁：你养牛?
沃尔特：对，我也喜欢羊。
马  丁：你种玉米和豆子吗?
沃尔特：种，但我也养牛和羊，你喜欢羊吗?
马  丁：我喜欢动物，但我住在城里(无法饲养动物)。
沃尔特：你的家在哪儿?
马  丁：我住在巴尔的摩。
沃尔特：你成家了吗?
马  丁：成了，我有妻子，儿子和女儿。
沃尔特：他们和你一起来这儿了吗?
马  丁：没有，他们在巴尔的摩，我妻子上班。
沃尔特：我兄弟住在费城，在美国东部。
马  丁：不错。
沃尔特：我妹妹住在西部，她住在洛杉矶，她去年住在圣地亚哥。
马  丁：她结婚了吗?
沃尔特：结婚了。
马  丁：她做什么工作?
沃尔特：她制造飞机，她丈夫也是造飞机的。
马  丁：你的父母还健在吗?
沃尔特：是的。
马  丁：他们住在哪儿?
沃尔特：他们住在圣地亚哥，他们过去和我妹妹住在一起。
马  丁：那时，你妹妹结婚了吗?
沃尔特：没有，但她现在结婚了，她去年结的婚。她搬到了洛杉矶 ，他们现在住在圣地亚哥。

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