美國之音口語經典教程Talking About Part-time Jobs 談論業(yè)余工作
Lesson 13Talking About Occupations
談論職業(yè)
Things to Know 學前必讀
美國人認為受教育是公民的權利和義務。根據美國法律，兒童在16歲之前必須入學學習。大約50%的高中畢業(yè)生升入高等院校學習，美國每年大約100萬大學生畢業(yè)。
許多美國中學每年都要給學生安排一次“父子餐”(Fathers and Sons' Meal)活動。這一天父親專門到學校來跟孩子一起共進早餐、午餐或晚餐，并一起拍照紀念。
教師家長會(parents and teachers meeting)是美國教育中的一種增強學校與家長溝通的形式。
Conversation A : At a Parent and Teachers Meeting
MRS WEAVER: Good evening, Mr. Learner. How are you?
MARTIN: Fine, thanks. How are you?
MRS WEAVER: Fine, thanks. This is Mrs. Bane.
MRS BANE: Hello. I'm Robin's mother.
MRS WEAVER: Mr. Learner is a reporter.
MARTIN: Robin is making a picture book.
MRS WEAVER: That's right. Come see, Mrs. Bane.
HAL: Hello, Mr. Learner.
MARTIN: Hello. Call me Martin.
HAL: Martin, this is Wendy Silver. She's a teacher, too.
MARTIN: Good evening.
WENDY: Hi. I teach third grade.
HAL: Martin visited my room today.
MARTIN: Yes, I saw the geography lesson.
WENDY: You're a reporter.
MARTIN: Yes, I write stories for the Voice of America. I'm writing a story about schools.
HAL: Martin, this is Mrs. Bane.
MRS. Bane: We've met.
HAL: And this is Mr. Bane.
MARTIN: Hello.
MR BANE: Hello. You're a teacher?
MARTIN: No, I'm a reporter.
MR BANE: A reporter?
MARTIN: I'm writing a story about schools.
MR BANE: I see.
MARTIN: What do you do?
MR BANE: I'm a contractor. I build schools.
MARTIN: Wonderful.
WENDY: Martin, come meet Mrs. Steele.
MARTIN: Excuse me, Mr. Bane, Mrs. Bane.
WENDY: This is Jessica.
MARTIN: Good evening. I'm Martin Learner.
MRS STEELE: I'm happy to meet you.
MARTIN: What's that?
MRS STEELE: It's a dress from Romania. It was my grandmother's dress.WENDY: Mrs. Steele is Roberta's mother.
MARTIN: Fifth grade geography?
MRS STEELE: That's right.
MARTIN: What do you do, Mrs. Steele?
MRS STEELE: I'm a housewife. I'm raising three young children. I studied nursing.
HAL: Martin, this is Melissa's mother.
MARTIN: Hello. I'm Martin Learner.
MRS ROBERTSON: Good evening. I'm Rachel Robertson.
MARTIN: I'm happy to meet you. This is Mrs. Steele, Roberta's mother.
MRS ROBERTSON: We've met, thank you.
MARTIN: What do you do, Mrs. Robertson.
MRS ROBERTSON: I'm a farmer.
MARTIN: A farmer!?
MRS ROBERTSON: Yes, I farm five-hundred acres.
MARTIN: Wonderful! What's that?
MRS ROBERTSON: Corn. Soybeans. And wheat. I grow them.
WENDY: Mrs. Robertson is Becky's mother, too. Becky's in third grade.
MRS ROBERTSON: They are studying food.
MARTIN: I see.
PAT: Hello, I'm Pat Bryan. Who are you?
MARTIN: I'm Martin Learner. I'm a reporter.
PAT: Where are you from, Martin?
MARTIN: I'm from Baltimore. What do you do?
PAT: I'm a farmer. And I'm a mechanic, too. I farm a hundred acres. And I fix tractors.
MARTIN: What's that?
PAT: I have a boy in the third grade. It's beans.
MARTIN: Soybeans?
PAT: No. Red beans. I grow soybeans, red beans, and white beans. Last year I grew green beans and peas.
會話A : 在教師家長會上
韋弗夫人：晚上好，勒納先生，你好嗎?
馬 丁：很好，謝謝，你好嗎?
韋弗夫人：很好，謝謝，這是貝恩夫人。
貝恩夫人：你好，我是羅賓的母親。
韋弗夫人：勒納先生是記者" s
馬 ?。毫_賓在做圖畫書。
韋弗夫人：對，過來，看一看，貝恩夫人。
哈 爾：你好，勒納先生。
馬 ?。耗愫茫形荫R丁吧。
哈 爾：馬丁，這是溫迪·謝爾弗，她也是老師。
馬 丁：晚上好。
溫 迪：你好，我教三年級。
哈 爾：馬丁今天來我教室了。
馬 ?。簩Γ铱吹搅说乩碚n。
溫 迪：你是記者。
馬 ?。菏堑?，我為“美國之音”寫報導，我在寫一篇有關學校的報導。
哈 爾：馬丁，這是貝恩夫人。
貝恩夫人：我們見過。
哈 爾：這是貝恩先生。
馬 ?。耗愫?。
貝恩先生：你好，你是教師嗎?
馬 ?。翰皇牵沂怯浾?。
貝恩先生：記者?
馬 ?。何以趯懸黄嘘P學校的報導。
貝恩先生：我明白了。
馬 ?。耗阕鍪裁垂ぷ?/span>?
貝恩先生：我是承包商，建學校。
馬 ?。禾昧?。
溫 迪：馬丁，來見見斯梯爾夫人。
馬 ?。簩Σ黄?，貝恩先生，貝恩夫人。
溫 迪：這是杰西卡·斯梯爾。
馬 ?。和砩虾茫医旭R丁·勒納。
斯梯爾夫人：幸會。
馬 ?。耗鞘鞘裁?/span>?
斯梯爾夫人：這是從羅馬尼亞帶來的衣服，我祖母的衣服。
溫 迪：斯梯爾夫人是羅伯塔的母親。
馬 ?。何迥昙壍乩碚n上的那個嗎?
斯梯爾夫人：對。
馬 丁：你做什么工作，斯梯爾夫人。
斯梯爾夫人：我是家庭主婦，有3個小孩，我學過護理。
哈 爾：馬丁，這是梅利莎的母親。
馬 ?。耗愫?，我叫馬丁·勒納。
羅伯森夫人：晚上好，我是雷切爾·羅伯森。
馬 ?。汉芨吲d見到你，這是斯梯爾的夫人，梅利莎的母親。
羅伯森夫人：我們見過面，謝謝。
馬 ?。耗阕鍪裁垂ぷ?，羅伯森夫人。
羅伯森夫人：我是農民。
馬 ?。恨r民!
羅伯森夫人：是的，我有500英畝地。
馬 丁：太好了，那是什么?
羅伯森夫人：玉米、黃豆、還有小麥，我種這些作物。
溫 迪：羅伯森夫人還是貝奇的母親，貝奇在三年級。
羅伯森夫人：她們在學習烹調。
馬 ?。何颐靼琢恕＊?/span>
派 特：你好，我是派特·布瑞恩，你是哪位?
馬 ?。何医旭R丁勒納，我是記者。
派 特：你從哪里來?馬丁?
馬 ?。何覐陌蜖柕哪?，你做什么工作?
派 特：我是農民，還是個機械師，種100英畝地，還修理拖拉機。
馬 丁：那是什么?
派 特：我有個兒子在三年級，那是豆子。
馬 ?。狐S豆?
派 特：不，是紅豆。我種大豆、紅豆和白豆，去年，我種了豆角和豌豆。
Conversation B
MRS WEAVER: This is Mr. Gary Durant.
MARTIN: Hello. How are you?
GARY: Fine, thanks.
MRS WEAVER: Mr. Durant is the assistant principal. Mr. Learner, would you like some coffee?
MARTIN: Yes, please. Excuse me, Mr. Durant.
MARTIN: Black coffee, please.
MRS WEAVER: No sugar?
MARTIN: That's right. Thank you.
MRS WEAVER: Mr. McCammon. This is Martin Learner.
MR MCCAMMON: Hello. I'm Malcolm McCammon. How are you?
MARTIN: Fine, thanks. How are you? What do you do?
MR MCCAMMON: I'm Conrad's father.
MARTIN: What grade?
MR MCCAMMON: Second grade. I'm a father and a lawyer.
MARTIN: Where are you from?
MR MCCAMMON: I'm from Lawrence, Kansas. I studied at the university there. What do you do?
MARTIN: I'm a reporter for the“Voice of America”. I’m writing a story about schools.
MRS WEAVER: This is Glen Edwards.
MARTIN: Hello. How are you?
GLEN: Fine, thanks. How are you?
MARTIN: Fine, thanks.
GLEN: Are you a father?
MR MCCAMMON: He's a reporter.
MARTIN: I'm a father, too. What's that?
GLEN: It's corn.
MR MCCAMMON: It's red!
GLEN: Yes. It's interesting.
MARTIN: Your child is in third grade?
GLEN: Yes, my son is in third grade.
MARTIN: What do you do?
GLEN: I'm a gardener. I grow red corn.
MR MCCAMMON: He's a gardener. He's a banker, too.
MARTIN: Is your son a gardener?
GLEN: Yes. He grows carrots and onions. I grow corn, tomatoes, potatoes and squash.
MARTIN: Mr. McCammon, are you a gardener?
MR MCCAMMON: Oh, no. But I'm a cook.
GLEN: Yes, he's a good cook.
MR MCCAMMON: I don't cook red corn! I cook yellow corn and white corn, but I don't cook red corn.
MRS WEAVER: Mr. Learner. Come meet Miss Frazetta. Tobi, this is Martin Learner.
TOBI: Good evening. Are you a teacher?
MARTIN: No, I'm a reporter.
TOBI: That's interesting. I'm a reporter, too.
MARTIN: I write stories for radio.
TOBI: I write for the newspaper. Are you a parent?
MARTIN: Yes, but my children are in Baltimore.
TOBI: Are you from Baltimore?
MARTIN: Yes, I live in Baltimore.
TOBI: My daughter is in fourth grade.
MARTIN: I visited fifth grade today. What's that?
TOBI: It's a rock. They're studying rocks in science.
會話B
韋弗夫人：這是加里·杜蘭特。
馬 ?。耗愫?，你好嗎?
