美國之音口語經(jīng)典教程Talking About Occupations 談論職業(yè)

Lesson 15Talking About Part-time Jobs

談論業(yè)余工作

 

Things to Know  學前必讀   

美國人崇尚自立。許多年輕人在課余時間做臨時工作(part-time job)，有些學生還能夠掙錢交納部分學費。這樣既減輕了家長的經(jīng)濟負擔，又證明了自己的能力。美國青年把自食其力看做是光彩的事。

 

Conversation A : At an Amusement Park

MARTIN: Good afternoon. How are you?

CAST: Fine, thanks. OK. Good afternoon. Hi. How are you? Great.

MARTIN: I'm happy to meet you. Thank you for coming this afternoon. Tell me about your jobs. Let's start with you. Who are you?

CELIA: I'm Celia Chan.

MARTIN: Where do you live?

CELIA: I live at 12 Coolidge Street.

MARTIN: What do you do?

CELIA: I'm a sales person. I sell things.

MARTIN: Where do you sell things?

CELIA: I work at the General Store.

MARTIN: What do you sell?

CELIA: Oh-candy-T-shirts.

MARTIN: Thank you, Celia. Now, who are you?

RALPH: I'm Ralph Beck.

MARTIN: How old are you, Ralph?

RALPH: I'm sixteen years old.

MARTIN: Celia, how old are you?

CELIA: I'm sixteen.

MARTIN: Ralph, where do you work?

RALPH: I work at the Frontier Restaurant.

MARTIN: What do you do?

RALPH: I'm a waiter.

MARTIN: When do you work?

RALPH: I work on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.

MARTIN: Celia, when do you work?

CELIA: I work on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

MARTIN: Thanks. And who are you?

DON: I'm Don Tharp.

MARTIN: Where do you live?

DON: I live at six twenty-eight Monroe Street.

MARTIN: How old are you?

DON: I'm seventeen years old.

MARTIN: Where do you go to school?

DON: I go to school at Northwest High School.

MARTIN: Ralph, where do you go to school?

RALPH: At Central High School.

MARTIN: Celia, where do you go to high school?

CELIA: I go to school at South High School.

MARTIN: Thanks. Don, what do you do?

DON: I'm a lifeguard.

MARTIN: You're a swimmer?

DON: Yes, I'm a good swimmer.

MARTIN: Wonderful! When do you work?

DON: I work on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. I work at a supermarket on Saturday.

MARTIN: What do you do at the supermarket?

DON: I'm a stock boy. I put things on the shelves.

MARTIN: Who are you?

KRISTIE: I'm Kristie Wasserman.

MARTIN: When do you work?

KRISTIE: I work everyday-Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

MARTIN: That's a lot.

KRISTIE: I only work two hours a day.

 

Practice 1：詢問對方的工作時間時可用：

When do you work? 你何時工作?

回答時可用 I work+時間短語。

Examples:  MARTIN: When do you work?

RALPH: I work on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.

MARTIN: When do you work?

CELIA: I work on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

MARTIN: When do you work?

DON: I work on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.

根據(jù)上面句型完成下列對話：

YOURSELF: ______________________________?

RALPH: I work on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.

YOURSELF: ______________________________?

CELIA: I work on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

YOURSELF: ______________________________?

DON: I work on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.

YOURSELF: ______________________________?

KRISTIE: I work everyday-Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,

KRISTIE: Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

 

會話A : 在娛樂公園

馬    ?。合挛绾?/span>!你們好嗎?

眾      ：很好，謝謝。不錯。下午好。你好，你怎么樣?非常好。

馬    ?。盒視?。感謝你們今天下午能來。告訴我你們的工作。從你開始吧!你是哪位?

西 莉 亞：我叫西莉亞·陳。

馬    丁：你住哪兒?

西 莉 亞：我住柯立芝街12號。

馬    丁：你做什么工作?

西 莉 亞：我是個售貨員。我賣東西。

馬    ?。耗阍谀膬菏圬浤?/span>?

西 莉 亞：在雜貨店。

馬    ?。耗阗u什么呢?

西 莉 亞：噢!糖果，T恤衫。

馬    ?。褐x謝你，西莉亞。

馬    ?。耗敲矗闶悄奈?/span>?

拉 爾 夫：我叫拉爾夫·貝克。

馬    丁：你多大了?拉爾夫。

拉 爾 夫：我16了。

馬    ?。何骼騺?，你多大?

西 莉 亞：我16。

馬    丁：拉爾夫，你在哪兒工作?

拉 爾 夫：我在邊塞餐館工作。

馬    ?。耗阕鍪裁垂ぷ?/span>?

拉 爾 夫：服務員。

馬    ?。耗阍谑裁磿r候工作?

拉 爾 夫：我星期一、星期三和星期六工作。

馬    ?。何骼騺?，你什么時候工作?

西 莉 亞：我在星期五、星期六和星期日工作。

馬    丁：謝謝。你是哪位?

唐      ：我叫唐·撒普。

馬    ?。耗阕∧膬?/span>?

唐      ：我住門羅街628號。

馬    ?。耗愣啻罅?/span>?

唐      ：我17歲。

馬    ?。耗阍谀膬荷蠈W?

唐      ：在西北高中。

馬    ?。豪瓲柗?，你在哪兒上學?

拉 爾 夫：在中央高中。

馬    丁：西莉亞，你在哪所高中上學呢?

西 莉 亞：在南方高中。

馬    ?。褐x謝。唐，你做什么工作呢?

唐      ：我是救生員。

馬    ?。耗銜斡景?/span>?

唐      ：會，游得很好。

馬    ?。禾昧?/span>!你在什么時候工作?

唐      ：星期天、星期二和星期四。我星期六去一家超級商場工作。

馬    ?。耗阍诔壣虉隼镒鍪裁垂ぷ髂?/span>?

唐      ：我做貨物管理員。我把貨物放在貨架上。

馬    ?。耗闶悄奈?/span>?

克里斯蒂：我叫克里斯蒂·瓦瑟門。

馬    ?。耗闶裁磿r候工作?

克里斯蒂：我每天都工作，星期一、二、三、四、五、六、日。

馬    ?。禾量嗔?。

克里斯蒂：我每天只工作兩小時。

 

Conversation B

RALPH: Kristie, where do you go to school?

KRISTIE: I go to school at St. Mary's High School.

MARTIN: How old are you?

KRISTIE: I'm fifteen years old.

MARTIN: What do you do?

KRISTIE: I work at the stable.

CELIA: Oh, I love horses!

KRISTIE: Do you work on Monday?

CELIA: No, I don't work on Monday. I work on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.KRISTIE: Come see me on Monday.

RALPH: I like horses, too.

KRISTIE: When do you work?

RALPH: I work on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. I don't work on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday.

KRISTIE: Come see me on Tuesday. When do you work, Don?

DON: I don't work on Monday, Wednesday or Friday.

KRISTIE: I work everyday. Come see me on Wednesday.

MARTIN: What do you do at the stable?

KRISTIE: I exercise the horses.

MARTIN: Do you like animals?

KRISTIE: No, I don't.

MARTIN: Do you like horses?

KRISTIE: Yes, I only like horses. Come see the horses now!

CAST: Can we? Great idea! Wonderful! Why not? Let's go.

MARTIN: Kristie, you work at the stable now. What did you do last year?KRISTIE: I didn't work last year.

MARTIN: Ralph, you work in a restaurant now. What did you do last year?RALPH: I worked in a music store.

MARTIN: When did you work?

RALPH: I only worked on Saturday.

MARTIN: Don. You're a lifeguard now. Where did you work last year?

DON: I worked at a supermarket.

MARTIN: When did you work?

DON: I only worked on Sunday.

MARTIN: Celia, what did you do last year?

CELIA: I was a salesperson. I worked at the General Store.

MARTIN: When did you work?

CELIA: I worked on Friday and Monday.

 

Practice 2：請你回答下列問題：

CELIA: I work on Sunday. When do you work?

YOURSELF: ______________________________?

RALPH: I work on Monday. When do you work?

YOURSELF: ______________________________?

DON: I work on Tuesday. When do you work?

YOURSELF: ______________________________?

KRISTIE: I work on Wednesday. When do you work?

YOURSELF: ______________________________?

DON: I work on Thursday. When do you work?

YOURSELF: ______________________________?

CELIA: I work on Friday. When do you work?

YOURSELF: ______________________________?

RAILPH: I work on Saturday. When do you work?

YOURSELF: ______________________________?

 

會話B

拉 爾 夫：克里斯蒂，你在哪上學?

克里斯蒂：我在圣瑪麗中學上學。

馬    ?。耗愣啻罅?/span>?