初级美语Lesson32:GivingtheSpecificTimeofEv

Conversation B
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EILEEN: I'm going to call children.
MARTIN: I'm going to get some water.
EILEEN: OK. Alan! Sue!
EILEEN: Did you finish your book, Sue?
SUE: Yes, I did.
ALAN: Did you like it? I read that book four years ago.
SUE: Yes, I liked it.
ALAN: That book is for boys.
SUE: No, it isn't.
ALAN: Yes, it is.
EILEEN: No, it isn't, Alan. I read that book many years ago.
ALAN: Dad?
MARTIN: Don't ask me. I don't want to say. I read it, too. Alan, when are you coming home?
ALAN: In the morning. At nine o'clock.
EILEEN: Are you going to have breakfast?
ALAN: Yes.
EILEEN: When are you going to have breakfast?
ALAN: We're going to have breakfast there, in the morning. When is your meeting, Dad?
MARTIN: The meeting is at eleven o'clock.
ALAN: May I come home at eleven o'clock? You can meet me at the Itoh's house.
MARTIN: No. You come home at nine o'clock. I want you to come before my meeting.
ALAN: OK.
SUE: Alan, can you come to the movies with us?
ALAN: When are you going to the movies?
SUE: At four o'clock.
ALAN: What movie are you going to see?
SUE: We're going to see the Walt Disney movie.
ALAN: That's for children.
SUE: Daddy's going with me.
ALAN: I don't want to see a movie for children.
EILEEN: Alan, it's not for children.
ALAN: I have to study in the afternoon.
SUE: Can you study in the evening?
ALAN: I have to study in the afternoon and in the evening.
SUE: When are you going to study?
ALAN: I'm going to study after lunch and after dinner.
EILEEN: When are you going to work?
ALAN: I'm not going to work tomorrw. I have to work on Monday.
EILEEN: When are you going to work on Monday?
ALAN: At seven-thirty.
MARTIN: In the evening?
ALAN: No. In the morning.
EILEEN: Before school?
ALAN: Of course. I'm going to work at seven-thirty and then I'm going to school at eight-thrity.
MARTIN: I don't like you to work in the morning.
ALAN: I'm going to work only this week.

Practice 3：时间短语通常由介词或副词与表示时间的名词一起构成。表示“几点几分”用英文“小时+连字符+分钟”表示，也可以用阿拉伯数字“小时+：+分钟”表示。表示“在几点几分”，用介词 at。
Example One:
    ALAN: Four years ago.
EILLEN: Many years ago.
ALAN: In the morning.
MARTIN: Before my meeting.
ALAN: In the afternoon.
In the evening.
After lunch.
After dinner.
Tomorrow.               
On Monday.
EILEEN: Before school.
ALAN: This week.
Example Two:
ALAN: At nine o'clock.
MARTIN: At eleven o'clock.
SUE: At four o'clock.
ALAN: At seven-thirty. (At 7：30)
ALAN: At eight-thirty. (At 8：30)

会话B
艾  琳：我去叫孩子们来吃饭。
马  丁：我去拿些水。
艾  琳：好了，艾伦!苏!
艾  琳：苏，你看完书了吗?
苏    ：是的，我看完了。
艾  伦：你喜欢那本书吗?我4年前看的那本书。
苏    ：是的，我喜欢。
艾  伦：那本书是写给男孩子读的。
苏    ：不，它不是。
艾  伦：是的，它是的。
艾  琳：不，它不是，艾伦。我许多年前读过那本书。
艾  伦：爸爸?
马  丁：别问我，我不想表态，我也读过那本书。艾伦，你什么时候回家?
艾  伦：在上午，9点钟。
艾  琳：你吃早饭吗?
艾  伦：是的。
艾  琳：你什么时候吃早饭?
艾  伦：我们早上将在那里吃早饭。爸爸，你什么时候开会?
马  丁：11点。
艾  伦：我可以在11点回家吗?你可以在伊藤家接我。
马  丁：不行，你得在9点回家，我要你在我开会前回家。
艾  伦：好吧。
苏    ：艾伦，你能和我们一起去看电影吗?
艾  伦：你们什么时间去看电影?
苏    ：4点。
艾  伦：你们将看什么电影?
苏    ：我们将看沃尔特·迪斯尼电影。
艾  伦：那是给小孩看的。
苏    ：爸爸将和我一起去。
艾  伦：我不想去看儿童片。
艾  琳：艾伦，那不是给小孩看的。
艾  伦：我下午得学习。
苏    ：你不能在晚上学习吗?
艾  伦：我在下午和晚上都得学习。
苏    ：你将在什么时间学习?
艾  伦：我将在午饭后和晚饭后学习。
艾  琳：你什么时候去工作?
艾  伦：我明天没有工作，我得在星期一工作。
艾  琳：你星期一什么时候工作?
艾  伦：7点半。
马  丁：在晚上吗?
艾  伦：不是，在早上。
艾  琳：上学前?
艾  伦：当然了，我将在7点半工作，然后8点半分去上学。
马  丁：我不喜欢你在早上工作。
艾  伦：我只这一周去工作。
 

New Words and Expressions 生词和短语

dress    v. 穿衣打扮
lunch   n. 午餐
dinner   n. 晚餐
breakfast   n. 早餐
 

Language Points 语言要点

It's time for dinner. 到吃晚饭的时间了。It's time 后接 for+名词，意为“该……”，“到……的时间了”。例如：
It's time for class. 到上课时间了。
It's time for lunch. 到吃午饭的时间了。
It's time 后还可接不定式，例如：
It's time to buy a new car. 该买辆车了。
It's time for you to go to bed. 该上床睡觉了。
当我们要说其他人该做某事了，常用“It's time+主语+动词过去式”结构，虽然用的是过去时结构，但表示的是现在或将来的含义。
例如：
It's time you went to bed. 你该上床睡觉了。
It's time she washed that dress. 她该洗那件衣服了。
I'm getting tired —— it's time we went home. 我有点累了，我们该回家了。
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Cultural Notes  文化注释

大多数美国人说时间都是先说几点，然后说几分。例如：7点25分，英语是 seven twenty-five (7：25)。要把时间说得更清楚些，还要加上 a.m. (或 AM 或 A.M.)或 p.m.(或 PM 或P.M.)。a.m.(上午)是拉丁文 anti meridiem 的缩写，p.m. 是 post meridiem 的缩写。
美国人说日期通常先说月，后说日，最后说年。日期前的定冠词经常省略。例如：1992年5月20日的英语是 May 20th, 1992。

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