美國之音口語經(jīng)典教程Asking Names of Unfamiliar Objects 詢問陌生物體的名稱
Lesson 16Talking About Where People Work
談?wù)撊藗兊墓ぷ鲌鏊?/span>
Things to Know 學(xué)前必讀
美國發(fā)展成一個富裕的工業(yè)化發(fā)達(dá)國家，與工人的勞動是分不開的，和其它國家的工人相比，美國工人的生活相當(dāng)富裕。但是新的時代面臨著新的問題，高度分工的機(jī)械化生產(chǎn)使工作成為單調(diào)、無意義的重復(fù)勞動，如何改善工作環(huán)境和形式，以適應(yīng)工人心理需要，進(jìn)而提高生產(chǎn)率，已成為當(dāng)代社會的一個重要研究課題。
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：詢問對方的工作地點，我們通常用：
Where do you work? 你在哪工作?
其回答方式是：“I work+地點介詞短語”. 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.
根據(jù)上面句型完成下列對話：
YOURSELF: ______________________________?
MAYOR: They work in small factories.
YOURSELF: ______________________________?
MAYOR: They work in small businesses.
YOURSELF: ______________________________?
MAYOR: They work in the battery factory.
YOURSELF: ______________________________?
MAYOR: They work in the tire factory.
YOURSELF: ______________________________?
MAYOR: They work in the glass factory.
YOURSELF: ______________________________?
MAYOR: They work on the roads and streets.
YOURSELF: ______________________________?
會話A : 在小鎮(zhèn)
馬 ?。合挛绾?/span>!我是馬丁·勒納。
助 手：下午好，勒納先生。我是沃克市長的助手。市長正等你呢!請進(jìn)。
馬 丁：謝謝。下午好。沃克市長。
市 長：你好，你怎么樣?
馬 ?。汉芎?，謝謝。你怎么樣?
市 長：很好，謝謝。我能為你做什么?
馬 ?。何沂莻€記者，我想和你談?wù)勥@個城市的人們所做的工作。
市 長：好的。
馬 ?。耗銚?dān)任格林市市長有多久了?
市 長：3年了。
馬 ?。焊窳质杏卸嗌倬用?/span>?
市 長：一萬三千人。
馬 ?。鹤屛覀冋?wù)勊麄兊墓ぷ靼?。他們都做什么工作?/span>?
市 長：他們在小工廠里上班。他們在小企業(yè)上班。
馬 丁：你們有多少廠子?
市 長：我們有5個小廠。
馬 ?。荷a(chǎn)什么?
市 長：看看這些照片，看到這些人了?
馬 ?。菏堑摹＊?/span>
市 長：他們在電池廠工作，生產(chǎn)電池。
馬 丁：他們做什么?
市 長：他在輪胎廠工作，生產(chǎn)輪胎。
馬 ?。核麄兩a(chǎn)什么?
市 長：他們在玻璃廠工作，生產(chǎn)窗玻璃和擋風(fēng)玻璃。
馬 丁：他們生產(chǎn)什么?
市 長：他們生產(chǎn)瓶子。他們生產(chǎn)塑料袋。來看看這座城市。
馬 ?。褐x謝。我很愿意。
市 長：看到那些人了嗎?他們在街道上作業(yè)。
馬 ?。何铱吹搅?。你們有多少教師?
市 長：大約100。他們在學(xué)校教書?？茨撬鶎W(xué)校。
馬 ?。菏撬聦W(xué)校嗎?
市 長：是的。有20名教師在那里教書。
馬 ?。耗鞘莻€醫(yī)院嗎?
市 長：是的。小醫(yī)院。有23名護(hù)士。
Conversation B
MARTIN: Mayor Walker, how many small businesses do you have?
MAYOR: About two-hundred twenty. People work in stores and shops. They work in banks. They work in restaurants and bars. They work in the Post Office. They work in bakeries.
MARTIN: What do they make in the bakeries?
MAYOR: They bake bread and cakes. Do you see that man there?
MARTIN: Yes.
MAYOR: He's a writer.
MARTIN: Where does he write?
MAYOR: He writes for the newspaper.
MARTIN: I see a photographer.
MAYOR: Yes, she works for the newspaper.
MARTIN: Who are those women?
MAYOR: They're workers.
MARTIN: Where do they work?
MAYOR: They work at the plastic factory.
MARTIN: What do they make?
MAYOR: They make plastic bags.
MARTIN: Who are those men?
MAYOR: They're workers too.
MARTIN: Where do they work?
MAYOR: They work at the tire factory.
MARTIN: Who are they?
MAYOR: They're students.
MARTIN: Where do they study?
MAYOR: They study at the high school.
MARTIN: They're good musicians, too! Who are those children?
MAYOR: They're students, too. They're going to sing.
MAYOR: Do you see those men?
MARTIN: Yes. Who are they?
MAYOR: They're carpenters.
MARTIN: Oh, yes. I see.
MAYOR: We have many carpenters.
MARTIN: Those men work on the roads and streets.
MAYOR: Yes.
MARTIN: Who are those women?
MAYOR: They're workers.
MARTIN: Where do they work?
MAYOR: They work in the glass factory.
MARTIN: What do they make?
MAYOR: They make windows and windshields.
MARTIN: Where do they work?
MAYOR: They work in the bottle factory.
MARTIN: What do they make?
MAYOR: They make bottles.
MARTIN: Where do they work?
MAYOR: They work in the tire factory.
MARTIN: What do they make?
MAYOR: They make tires. Where do you work?
MARTIN: I work at the“Voice of America”. Thank you for your time, Mayor Walker.
Practice 2：再練習(xí)一下關(guān)于工作和工作地點的對話。
Examples: MAYOR: He's a writer.
MARTIN: Where does he write?
MAYOR: He writes for the newspaper. They are workers. MARTIN: Where do they work?
MAYOR: They work at the factory. She's a photographer. MARTIN: Where does she work?
MAYOR: She works for the newspaper.
根據(jù)課文完成對話：
MAYOR: She's a photographer.
MARTIN: Where does she work?
YOURSELF: ______________________________.
MAYOR: They're students.
MARTIN: Where do they study?
YOURSELF: ______________________________.
會話B 在小鎮(zhèn)
馬 ?。何挚耸虚L，你們有多少家小企業(yè)。
市 長：大約220家。人們在商店里工作，在銀行里工作，
市 長：在餐館里和酒吧里工作，在郵局工作，在面包店工作。
馬 丁：他們在面包店里做什么?
市 長：他們烤面包和蛋糕，你看見那個男的了嗎?
馬 ?。菏堑?。
市 長：他是個作家。
馬
