初級美語會話:Talking About Part-time Jobs 談?wù)摌I(yè)余工作(2)

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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.
    會話B  
    拉 爾 夫:克里斯蒂,你在哪上學(xué)?
    克里斯蒂:我在圣瑪麗中學(xué)上學(xué)。
    馬 ?。耗愣啻罅?
    克里斯蒂:我15歲。
    馬 丁:你做什么工作?
    克里斯蒂:我在馬廄工作。
    西 莉 亞:噢!我喜歡馬!
    克里斯蒂:你星期一工作嗎?
    西 莉 亞:不,我星期一不工作。我星期五、六、日上班。
    克里斯蒂:星期一來看我。
    拉 爾 夫:我也喜歡馬。
    克里斯蒂:你什么時候上班?
    拉 爾 夫:我星期一、三、六上班。二、四、五、日我不上班。
    克里斯蒂:星期二到我這兒來。你什么時候上班,唐?
    唐 :我星期一、星期三或星期五不上班。
    克里斯蒂:我每天都上班。你星期三來我這兒吧。
    馬 丁:你在馬廄做什么工作呢?
    克里斯蒂:馴馬。
    馬 ?。耗阆矚g動物吧?
    克里斯蒂:不喜歡。
    馬 ?。耗阆矚g馬嗎?
    克里斯蒂:是的,我只喜歡馬,我們現(xiàn)在去看馬?
    眾 :行嗎?好主意!太棒了!為什么不呢?我們?nèi)グ伞*?BR>    馬 ?。嚎死锼沟伲悻F(xiàn)在在馬廄工作。你去年在哪工作呢?
    克里斯蒂:去年我沒有工作。
    馬 ?。豪瓲柗?,你現(xiàn)在在餐館工作。去年你做什么工作呢?
    拉 爾 夫:在一家音樂店工作。
    馬 ?。菏裁磿r候上班呢?
    拉 爾 夫:我只在星期六上班。
    馬 ?。禾?。你現(xiàn)在做救生員,去年你在哪兒工作呢?
    唐 :我在一家超級商場工作。
    馬 ?。菏裁磿r候上班呢?
    唐 :我只在星期天上班。
    馬 ?。何骼騺?,去年你做什么工作呢?
    西 莉 亞:我當(dāng)售貨員,在一家雜貨店。
    馬 ?。耗闶裁磿r候上班?
    西 莉 亞:星期五和星期一。
    New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語
    sales person n. 售貨員
    general store n. 雜貨店
    candy n. 糖果
    high school n. 中學(xué)
    lifeguard n. 救生員
    swimmer n. 游泳者
    supermarket n. 超級市場
    stockboy v. 貨品管理員
    stable n. 馬棚
    Proper Nouns 專有名詞
    Coolidge Street 柯立芝街
    Frontier Restaurant
    Monroe Street 門羅街
    St. Mary's High School 圣瑪麗中學(xué)
    Language Points 語言要點(diǎn)
    1 . I work on Friday. 我星期五工作。
    在星期幾前要用介詞 on,例如:on Sunday, on Monday, on Tuesday, on Wednesday, on Thursday, on Friday, on Saturday.
    2 . I don't work on Monday. 我星期一不工作。
    don't=do not 是助動詞 do 的否定形式,與動詞一起構(gòu)成否定句。
    例如:
    I don't know. 我不曉得。
    I don't like animals. 我不喜歡動物。
    3 . Why not? 為什么不呢?
    這是口語中常用來強(qiáng)調(diào)肯定語氣的話,可靈活翻譯。例如:
    A: Come see the horses now. 來看看這些馬吧。
    B: Why not? 沒問題。
    A: Let's go to the park right now. 咱們現(xiàn)在就去公園吧。
    B: Why not? 可以呀。
    Cultural Notes 文化注釋
    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(xué)生還能夠掙錢交納部分學(xué)費(fèi)。這樣既減輕了家長的經(jīng)濟(jì)負(fù)擔(dān),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。