初级美语Lesson21:TalkingAboutthePastandthe

Conversation B

WALTER: Let's walk to the house. Do you want some coffee?
MARTIN: Yes, please.
WALTER: See the corn?
MARTIN: Where?
WALTER: Look to the south.
MARTIN: Is that south? I see the corn.
WALTER: Now look to the west.
MARTIN: I can see soybeans.
WALTER: That's right. I grow corn and beans.
MARTIN: Do you visit your mother and father?
WALTER: My wife and I visited my mother and father last year.
MARTIN: Did you visit your sister?
WALTER: No, we didn't. She visited us here.
MARTIN: Do you visit your brother?
WALTER: No, he visited us, too. We had a family reunion    .
WALTER: Please sit down, Martin. Rebecca! We're here! Martin, this is my wife, Rebecca.
MARTIN: I'm happy to meet you.
REBECCA: Thank you. How are you?
MARTIN: Fine, thanks. I like your house.
REBECCA: The farm houses are old. Coffee?
MARTIN: Please.
REBECCA: Walter?
WALTER: Yes, please.
REBECCA: Did you see the farm?
MARTIN: Yes, I saw the cows and sheep.
WALTER: We walked to the river. We talked about the family reunion    .MARTIN: I'm writing about farm families.
REBECCA: Did you visit the Kessler family reunion    ?
MARTIN: Yes, I did. I visited some farms, too. May I ask some questions about your family?
REBECCA: Ok. More coffee?
MARTIN: No, thanks. Do you have brothers and sisters?
REBECCA: I have two brothers.
MARTIN: Are they farmers?
REBECCA: One is a farmer.
MARTIN: Where does he live?
REBECCA: He lives north of here. He has two boys.
MARTIN: Two sons. No daughters?
REBECCA: That's right. They are very small. One son is four. One is two.MARTIN: Where does your other brother live?
REBECCA: He lives in Chicago. He drives a truck.

Practice 2：一般疑问句句尾用升调，陈述句句尾用降调。把下列陈述句变为一般疑问句。
Examples:  They are small.→ Are they small?
He has two boys.→ Does he have two boys?
He lives in Chicago.→ Does he live in Chicago?

会话 B
沃尔特：我们往房子这边走，喝点咖啡吗?
马  丁：好的，请。
沃尔特：看到玉米了吗?
马  丁：在哪里?
沃尔特：向南面看。
马  丁：那是南面吗?我看到玉米了。
沃尔特：再往西面看。
马  丁：我能看见黄豆。
沃尔特：对了，我种玉米和大豆。
马  丁：你去看你的父母吗?
沃尔特：我和妻子去年看过。
马  丁：你去看过你的妹妹吗?
沃尔特：没有，她来这儿看过我们。
马  丁：你去看过你的兄弟吗?
沃尔特：没有，也是他来看过我们。我们搞过家庭聚会。
沃尔特：请坐，马丁。丽贝卡，来客人了。马丁，这是我妻子，丽贝卡。
马  丁：见到你很高兴。
丽贝卡：谢谢，你好吗?
马  丁：我很好，谢谢。我喜欢你们的房子。
丽贝卡：农场的房子旧了。来杯咖啡吗?
马  丁：好的，请来一杯。
丽贝卡：沃尔特要吗?
沃尔特：好的，请。
丽贝卡：你看过我们的农场了吗?
马  丁：看过了，我看到了牛和羊。
沃尔特：我们步行去过河边，我们谈到了家庭聚会。
马  丁：我正在写有关农民家庭的报导。
丽贝卡：你参加凯斯勒家的家庭聚会了吗?
马  丁：是的，我还参观了一些家场。我可以问一些有关你家庭的问题吗?
丽贝卡：可以，再来些咖啡?
马  丁：不了，谢谢。你有兄弟姐妹吗?
丽贝卡：我有两个兄弟。
马  丁：他们都是农民吗?
丽贝卡：一个是农民。
马  丁：他住在哪儿?
丽贝卡：他住在这儿的北面，他有两个男孩。
马  丁：两个儿子，没有女儿吗?
丽贝卡：是的，孩子都很小，一个4岁，一个两岁。
马  丁：你的另一个兄弟在哪儿住?
丽贝卡：他住在芝加哥，他是开卡车的。
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Conversation C

REBECCA: Do you have a family, Martin? 
MARTIN: Yes, I do. I have a wife and two children. Our home is in Baltimore. Do you have a large family?
WALTER: I don't.
REBECCA: I do. My mother and father live in town. I have aunts and uncles in the East and in the West.
MARTIN: Are your grandparents living?
REBECCA: Yes, they are.
MARTIN: Where do they live?
REBECCA: My mother's parents live in town.
REBECCA: My father's parents live in Phoenix.
MARTIN: Do they work?
REBECCA: No, they're retired.
MARTIN: What do your aunts and uncles do?
REBECCA: Everything.
WALTER: That's right.
MARTIN: Tell me.
REBECCA: Two aunts are teachers. One uncle is an electrician. Two, no, three uncles are farmers. One aunt is a secretary. One uncle works in a factory. More?

会话 C
丽贝卡：马丁，你成家了吗?
马  丁：是的，我有妻子和两个孩子，家在巴尔的摩。你家里人多吗?
沃尔特：不多。
丽贝卡：我家人多，我父母住在城里，我的姑姑们和叔叔们住在东部和西部。马  丁：你的祖父母还健在吗?
丽贝卡：是的。
马  丁：他们住在哪儿?
丽贝卡：我母亲的父母住在城里，我父亲的父母住在菲尼克斯。
马  丁：他们工作吗?
丽贝卡：不，他们退休了。
马  丁：你的姑姑们和叔叔们做什么工作?
丽贝卡：干什么的都有。
沃尔特：正是。
马  丁：讲给我听听。
丽贝卡：两个姑姑是教师，一个叔叔是电工，两个，不，3个叔叔是农民，一个姑姑是秘书，一个叔叔在工厂工作，还想听吗。
 

New Words and Expressions 生词和短语

bean   n. 豆
move   v. 迁移；搬家
soybean   n. 大豆；黄豆
sit down  v. 坐下
retired   adj. 退休的；退职的
electrician   n. 电工；电器技师
 

Proper Nouns 专有名词

Philadelphia   费城
Los Angeles   洛杉矶
San Diego   地亚哥
Chicago   芝加哥
Phoenix   菲尼克斯
 

Language Points 语言要点 
 
1. in the East(在东部)，to the West(在西面，向西面)，north of here(在这儿的北面)in 和 to 是英语中常用的两个表示方位的介词，in 含有“在……内部”的意思，介词 to 表示“往……方向去”。故，in the East 和 in the West 是“在东部”和“在西部”的意思；to the west 意思为“在(向)西面”。另外，文中 East 和 West 都大写了首字母，表示是美国的东部和西部。课文中另一句有关方位的句子是 He lives north of here. 这里的 north 是副词，相当于 in the north。here 是名词。   
2. stay 和 live 的区别：stay 是暂时性的居住，live 是较长期的居住。 
3. She married last year. 她去年结婚。动作是发生在过去，说明她现在的状态是已婚了，即 She is married now. 过去时的句子表明过去的行为。注意区别动词的词形变化，本课出现了几个不规则动词变形，请注意记忆。它们是：go→went，sit→sat，have→had。
 

Cultural Notes  文化注释

美国四分之三家庭住在城市，大约百分之五弱的家庭住在农场，居住在小城市的家庭到处都是，约有5，000万美国人住在不到2，500人的小社区内。

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