美国之音口语经典教程Stating the General Time of Your Activities 表示活动的大
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    Lesson 33Stating the General Time of Your Activities

    表示活动的大致时间

     

    Things to Know  学前必读

    美国的环境保护运动 (conservation movement) 早在罗斯福执政期间 (Theodore Roosevelt's administration 19011909) 就受到重视,随着环境保护运动影响的扩大,得到公众的广泛信任与支持,导致20世纪60年代和70年代一系列联邦法规的出台,如1970年的《清洁空气法》(Clean Air Act) 1972年的《水污染控制法》(Water Pollution Control Act) 1973年的《濒临灭绝物种保护法》(Endangered Species Act)等。

    美国各州都有自己的法规,例如:一些州已禁止乱扔瓶罐,禁止在肥皂中使用磷酸盐,禁止倾倒工业垃圾。到1986年,已有40个州,80多个城市通过了某种形式的法规,限制在公共场合或上班时吸烟。

    1965年初,国会通过了一项法规,要求在香烟包装上印上警告。这一做法,仅在几年后就被其它国家采纳、效仿。

    公众对污染问题的关注,已成为美国人生活的一部分,就连为大家所熟知的可口可乐饮料罐(Coca Cola can) 也受到影响。今天,按法律要求,罐必须做成顶部的拉环(the rings on top) 不能脱离罐被扔掉。

     

     

    Conversation A : At the Office

    CARA: Hello, Martin. Did you finish your story?

    MARTIN: Yes, I did. I worked on Saturday.

    CARA: When did you finish?

    MARTIN: I finished in the evening.

    WALEED: Hello, Cara, Martin.

    CARA: Hi, Waleed.

    MARTIN: Good morning, Waleed. How are you?

    WALEED: Fine, thanks. Did you have a nice weekend?

    CARA: Wonderful.

    MARTIN: I worked.

    WALEED: Did you work at the office?

    MARTIN: No, I worked at home. I finished a story.

    WALEED: I can't work on the weekend. The children are very noisy.

    MARTIN: I don't like to work on weekends.

    CARA: Martin, when are you going to Pittsburgh?

    MARTIN: On Tuesday.

    WALEED: Are you working on a story?

    MARTIN: Yes, I'm writing a story about Pittsburgh.

    WALEED: Didn't you write a story about Pittsburgh last year?

    MARTIN: Yes, I did. I wrote a story three years ago, too. I visit Pittsburgh often. sometimes I write a story. I want to see the changes.

    WALEED: Has it changed?

    MARTIN: Yes, it has changed. I wrote a story ten years ago, too.

    WALEED: Pardon?

    MARTIN: Ten years ago.

    CARA: When did you first visit Pittsburgh?

    MARTIN: In 1975. I went with my father to a baseball game.

    HOWARD: Good morning, everybody.

    OTHERS: Good morning, Howard. Hi. Good morning. How are you?

    HOWARD: Where are you going this week, Martin?

    MARTIN: Pittsburgh.

    HOWARD: When are you going?

    MARTIN: I'm going on Tuesday.

    CARA: I'm going to work now. There's meeting this morning.

    HOWARD: When is the meeting?

    CARA: It's at eleven forty-five.

    WALEED: Eleven forty-five? When is our meeting, Martin?

    MARTIN: Our meeting is at eleven forty-five.

    WALEED: Can we change our meeting?

    MARTIN: Of course. What time do you want to meet?

    WALEED: Can we meet at eleven o'clock?

    MARTIN: Yes, we can. Do you want to meet in your office?

    WALEED: Can we meet in your office?

    MARTIN: When are we going to finish?

    WALEED: Before the other meeting.

     

    Practice 1“介词 at+几点钟”表示特定某点时间,介词 on, in, before, ago 等与时间名词搭配表示某段时间。

    Example One: 

      MRTIN: At seven o'clock.

    CARA: At eleven forty-five.

    WALEED: At eleven o'clock.

    MARTIN: At four o'clock.

    CARA: At ten-thiry.

    Example Two:

    MARTIN: On Saturday. In the evening.

    WALEED: On the weekend.

    MARTIN: On Tuesday.

    WALEED: Last year.

    MARTIN: Three years ago. Ten years ago. In 1975.

    WALEED: Before the other meeting.

    应用表示时间的短语回答:

    MARTIN: When did you go to a movie?

    YOURSELF: _______________________________.

    MARTIN: When did you see you family?

    YOURSELF: _______________________________.

    MARTIN: When are you going to study?

    YOURSELF: _______________________________.

    MARTIN: When are you going to shop?

    YOURSELF: _______________________________.

     

    会话A : 在办公室

      拉:你好,马丁。你写完报导了吗?

      丁:是的,写完了。我星期六工作了。

      拉:你什么时候写完的?

      丁:我在晚上写完的。

    瓦利德:你们好,卡拉,马丁。

      拉:你好,瓦利德。

      丁:早上好,瓦利德,你好吗?

    瓦利德:我很好,谢谢。你周末过得好吗?

      拉:好极了。

      丁:我工作了。

    瓦利德:你在办公室工作的吗?

      丁:不是,我在家工作的,我写完了一篇报导。

    瓦利德:我在周末无法工作,孩子们很吵闹。

      丁:我不喜欢在周末工作。

      拉:马丁,你什么时候去匹兹堡?

      丁:星期二。

    瓦利德:你在写一篇报导吗?

      丁:是的,我在写一篇有关匹兹堡的报导。

    瓦利德:你去年没写过一篇有关匹兹堡的报导吗?

      丁:写过,我3年前也写过一篇报导。我经常去匹兹堡,有时我写报导,我想看到匹兹堡所发生的变化。

    瓦利德:有变化吗?

      丁:是的,有变化。我10年前也写过一篇报导。

    瓦利德:几年前?

      丁:10年前。

      拉:你第一次访问匹兹堡是什么时候?

      丁:在1975年,我和我父亲一起去看了一场棒球赛。

    霍华德:各位,早上好。

    其余人:早上好,霍华德。你好,早上好,你好吗?

    霍华德:马丁,这周你去哪儿?

      丁:匹兹堡。

    霍华德:你什么时候去?

      丁:我星期二去。

      拉:现在我要去工作了,今天上午有个会议。

    霍华德:会什么时候开?

      拉:1145分开。

    瓦利德:1145?马丁,我们的会什么时候开?

      丁:我们的会是1145分。

    瓦利德:我们的会议可以换一下时间吗?

      丁:当然,可以,你想什么时间开会?

    瓦利德:我们11点开会如何?

      丁:好的,你要在你的办公室开吗?

    瓦利德:能在你的办公室开吗?

      丁:什么时间能开完?

    瓦利德:在另一个会议开始以前。

     

    Conversation B

    CARA: When are you going to have lunch?

    WALEED: I'm not going to have lunch.

    HOWARD: After I finish my work.

    MARTIN: At twelve-thirty.

    MARTIN: Cara, when are you going to Europe?

    CARA: We're going next month.

    WALEED: Can we go to lunch now?

    CARA: Howard isn't here.

    WALEED: When is he coming?

    MARTIN: In a few minutes.

    WALEED: Where are you going in Europe?

    CARA: We're going many places.

    WALEED: Are you going to Bulgaria?

    CARA: Yes, we are.

    WALEED: When are you going there?

    CARA: Let me see. In about three weeks.

    WALEED: I have an uncle in Bulgaria. Can you phone him?

    CARA: Of course. Please give me his phone number.

    WALEED: OK. I'm going to bring it next week.

    MARTIN: When did your uncle go to Bulgaria?

    WALEED: Many years ago. He was a student. He studied engineering.

    MARTIN: Did he stay there?

    WALEED: Yes, he did. He married. He had children.

    MARTIN: When did you see him?

    WALEED: Twenty years ago. He came to see my father.

    WALEED: He is my father's brother.

    HOWARD: I'm here.

    WALEED: Good, Can we go now?

    HOWARD: Were you waiting for me?

    WALEED: Of course.

    HOWARD: Yes, let's go.

    CARA: Martin, when are we going to Georgetown University?

    MARTIN: Next week. The demonstration is on Wednesday.

    HOWARD: What demonstration is that?

    CARA: It is Environmental Day. There is a big demonstration.

    WALEED: What is Environmental Day?

    MARTIN: The students are having a demonstration about environmental problems. Cara and I are going to write a story.

    WALEED: What problems are they demonstrating about?

    CARA: Many problems.

    MARTIN: We're going to write about river pollution.

    CARA: Yes. The university is on the river. We want to listen to the speeken. We want to write about pollution.

    MARTIN: We had a story about ocean pollution.

    WALEED: When?

    CARA: A few weeks ago. We visited the Atlantic Ocean.

    HOWARD: When did you go to the Atlantic Ocean?

    MARTIN: In the summer.

    WALEED: Did you see pollution in the ocean?

    CARA: Yes, we did. We saw pollution in some places.

    MARTIN: We saw pollution in the river, too.

    HOWARD: When?

    MARTIN: Last week. Last month. Last year. We want to write about pollution.

    Practice 2表示一段时间的短语有些是表示过去的时间,有些是表示将来的时间,有些既能表示将来也能表示过去。

    Example One: (表示过去)

    WALEED: Many years ago. Twenty years ago.

    CARA: A few weeks ago.

    MARTIN: Last week. Last month. Last year.

    Example Two:(表示将来)

    CARA: Next month.

    MARTIN: In a few minutes.

    CARA: In about three weeks.

    WALEED: Next week.

    Example Three: (表示将来及过去)

    WALEED: For three years.

    MARTIN: On Wednesday. In the summer.

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