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 16Talking 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(gè)富裕的工業(yè)化發(fā)達(dá)國家，與工人的勞動(dòng)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(shí)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(dòng)，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(huì)的一個(gè)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(diǎn)，我們通常用：

Where do you work? 你在哪工作?

其回答方式是：“I work+地點(diǎn)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(huì)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  ?。褐x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€(gè)記者，我想和你談?wù)勥@個(gè)城市的人們所做的工作。

市  長：好的。

馬  丁：你擔(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  丁：讓我們談?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  ?。耗銈冇卸嗌購S子?

市  長：我們有5個(gè)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  ?。何铱吹搅恕Ｄ銈冇卸嗌俳處?/span>?

市  長：大約100。他們在學(xué)校教書?？茨撬鶎W(xué)校。

馬  丁：是所新學(xué)校嗎?

市  長：是的。有20名教師在那里教書。

馬  ?。耗鞘莻€(gè)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(diǎn)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(huì)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(gè)男的了嗎?

馬  ?。菏堑摹＊?/span>

市  長：他是個(gè)作家。

馬