初级美语Lesson16:TalkingAboutWherePeopleWork&nbs

Conversation A : In a Small Town

MARTIN: Good afternoon. I'm Martin Learner.
ASSISTANT: Good afternoon, Mr. Learner. I'm Mayor Walker's assistant. The Mayor is expecting you. Please go in.
MARTIN: Thank you. Good afternoon, Mayor Walker.
MAYOR: Hello. How are you?
MARTIN: Fine, thanks, How are you?
MAYOR: Fine, thanks. What can I do for you?
MARTIN: I'm a reporter. I want to talk about the work people do in this town.MAYOR: Fine.
MARTIN: How long have you been mayor of Greentown?
MAYOR: Three years.
MARTIN: How many people live in Greentown?
MAYOR: Thirteen thousand.
MARTIN: Let's talk about the work people do. What do they do?
MAYOR: They work in small factories. They work in small businesses.MARTIN: How many factories do you have?
MAYOR: We have five small factories.
MARTIN: What do they make?
MAYOR: Look at these pictures. See these people?
MARTIN: Yes.
MAYOR: They work in the battery factory. They make batteries.
MARTIN: What do they make?
MAYOR: They work in the tire factory. They make tires.
MARTIN: What do they make?
MAYOR: They work in the glass factory. They make windows and windshields.
MARTIN: What do they make?
MAYOR: They make bottles. And they make plastic bags. Come see the town.
MARTIN: Thank you, I'd like that.
MAYOR: Do you see those people? They work on the roads and streets.MARTIN: I see. How many teachers do you have?
MAYOR: About one-hundred. They teach in the schools. Look at that school.
MARTIN: Is it a new school?
MAYOR: Yes, it is. Twenty teachers teach in that school.
MARTIN: Is that a hospital?
MAYOR: Yes, it is. It's small. Twenty-three nurses work in the hospital.

Practice 1：询问对方的工作地点，我们通常用：
Where do you work? 你在哪工作?
其回答方式是：“I work+地点介词短语”. 我在……工作。
Examples:  MARTIN: Where do they work?
MAYOR: They work in small businesses.
MARTIN: Where do they work?
MAYOR: They work in the battery factory.
MARTIN: Where do they work?
MAYOR: They work in the tire factory.
MARTIN: Where do they work?
MAYOR: They work in the glass factory.
MARTIN: Where do they work?
MAYOR: They work on the roads and streets.

会话A : 在小镇
马  丁：下午好!我是马丁·勒纳。
助  手：下午好，勒纳先生。我是沃克市长的助手。市长正等你呢!请进。
马  丁：谢谢。下午好。沃克市长。
市  长：你好，你怎么样?
马  丁：很好，谢谢。你怎么样?
市  长：很好，谢谢。我能为你做什么?
马  丁：我是个记者，我想和你谈谈这个城市的人们所做的工作。
市  长：好的。
马  丁：你担任格林市市长有多久了?
市  长：3年了。
马  丁：格林市有多少居民?
市  长：一万三千人。
马  丁：让我们谈谈他们的工作吧。他们都做什么工作呢?
市  长：他们在小工厂里上班。他们在小企业上班。
马  丁：你们有多少厂子?
市  长：我们有5个小厂。
马  丁：生产什么?
市  长：看看这些照片，看到这些人了?
马  丁：是的。
市  长：他们在电池厂工作，生产电池。
马  丁：他们做什么?
市  长：他在轮胎厂工作，生产轮胎。
马  丁：他们生产什么?
市  长：他们在玻璃厂工作，生产窗玻璃和挡风玻璃。
马  丁：他们生产什么?
市  长：他们生产瓶子。他们生产塑料袋。来看看这座城市。
马  丁：谢谢。我很愿意。
市  长：看到那些人了吗?他们在街道上作业。
马  丁：我看到了。你们有多少教师?
市  长：大约100。他们在学校教书。看那所学校。
马  丁：是所新学校吗?
市  长：是的。有20名教师在那里教书。
马  丁：那是个医院吗?
市  长：是的。小医院。有23名护士。

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