Asking Names of Unfamiliar Objects 詢問陌生物體的名稱(2)

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Conversation B : In the Classroom
    HAL: Here we are. Come in.
    MARTIN: Hi. I'm Martin Learner.
    ROBERTA: Hi.
    MARTIN: Who are you?
    ROBERTA: Roberta. What's that?
    MARTIN: It's a tape recorder. Listen.
    MARTIN: Tell me your name.
    ROBERTA: Roberta Miller.
    MARTIN: Where do you live?
    ROBERTA: I live at 34 Harrison Street.
    MARTIN: What's that, Roberta?
    ROBERTA: It's a map. We're studying geography. It's a map of Europe.MARTIN: Thank you. Let's listen to that.
    ROBERTA: Roberta Miller.
    MARTIN: Where do you live?
    ROBERTA: I live at 34 Harrison Street.
    MARTIN: What's that, Roberta?
    ROBERTA: It's a map. We're studying geography. It's a map of Europe.MARTIN: Hello. Who are you?
    JANE: I'm Jane. Who are you?
    MARTIN: I'm Martin. I'm a reporter.
    HAL: Mr. Learner reports the news on the radio.
    MARTIN: I report the news on the Voice of America. What's that, Jane?JANE: It's Europe.
    MARTIN: What country is that?
    JANE: It's……It's Poland?
    HAL: That's right. What's that?
    JANE: It's Hungary.
    HAL: Good. Can you spell Hungary?
    JANE: H-u-n-g-a-r-y.
    MARTIN: Thank you, Jane.
    HAL: Martin, come see these students.
    MARTIN: Hello.
    BOY: Hi.
    GIRL: Hi.
    MARTIN: May I record you?
    BOY: Sure.
    GIRL: OK.
    BOY: What's that?
    MARTIN: It's a tape recorder.
    BOY: It's very big!
    MARTIN: I'm a reporter. I report news on the radio. I need a good tape recorder.
    BOY: Oh.
    MARTIN: What's that you're studying?
    GIRL: It's a globe.
    MARTIN: What's a globe?
    GIRL: It's a map. It's a map shaped like the world.
    MARTIN: What are you studying?
    BOY: Geography.
    GIRL: We're studying Europe.
    MARTIN: I see. Show me Europe.
    BOY: Here.
    MARTIN: Please show me Germany.
    GIRL: Here.
    MARTIN: Please show me Italy.
    BOY: Here.
    MARTIN: Please show me Denmark.
    BOY: Is it here?
    MARTIN: Yes. Show me Russia.
    GIRL: It's an old globe. It's here, I think.
    BOY: It's here, I think.
    MARTIN: Look here. It's right here.
    HAL: Mr. Learner, come here please. This is Robin and Melissa.
    MARTIN: Show me your book, please. Who is that?
    ROBIN: He's a driver.
    MELISSA: He drives a truck in Germany.
    MARTIN: Who is that?
    MELISSA: She's a teacher.
    ROBIN: She teaches school in Greece.
    MARTIN: Who is that?
    ROBIN: She's a writer.
    MELISSA: She writes stories.
    MARTIN: What's that?
    MELISSA: It's a school in Poland.
    MARTIN: What's that?
    ROBIN: It's a factory in Hungary.
    MARTIN: Thank you. I like your book.
    Practice 2:當我們想知道某物的名稱時我們問:
    What's that(this)? 那(這)是什么?
    回答是 It's a……
    Examples: BOY: What's that?
    MARTIN: It's a road.
    會話B : 在教室
    哈 爾:我們到了,請進。
    馬 ?。耗愫?,我叫馬丁·勒納。
    羅伯塔:你好。
    馬 ?。耗憬惺裁疵?
    羅伯塔:羅伯塔。那是什么?
    馬 ?。耗鞘卿浺魴C,聽。
    馬 丁:說出你的名字。
    羅伯塔:羅伯塔·米勒。
    馬 ?。耗阕≡谀?
    羅伯塔:我住在哈里森街34號。
    馬 ?。耗鞘鞘裁?,羅伯塔。
    羅伯塔:那是張地圖,我們在學地理,這是歐洲地圖。
    馬 丁:謝謝。我們聽聽這段。
    羅伯塔:羅伯塔·米勒。
    馬 丁:你住在哪?
    羅伯塔:我住哈里森街34號。
    馬 丁:那是什么,羅伯塔?
    羅伯塔:那是張地圖,我們在學地理,這是歐洲地圖。
    馬 ?。耗愫茫憬惺裁?
    簡 :我叫簡,你叫什么?
    馬 丁:我叫馬丁。我是記者。
    哈 爾:勒納先生在電臺報導新聞。
    馬 丁:我在“美國之音”節(jié)目中報導新聞,簡,那是什么?
    簡 :那是歐洲。
    馬 ?。耗鞘悄膫€國家?
    簡 :那是,那是波蘭。
    哈 爾:對,那是哪個國家?
    簡 :是匈牙利。
    哈 爾:好,你能拼寫一下匈牙利嗎?
    簡 :匈-牙-利。
    馬 丁:謝謝,簡。
    哈 爾:馬丁,過來看這些學生。
    馬 ?。耗愫?
    男 孩:你好!
    女 孩:你好!
    馬 丁:我可以給你們錄音嗎?
    男 孩:當然可以。
    女 孩:好。
    男 孩:那是什么?
    馬 ?。耗鞘卿浺魴C。
    男 孩:很大啊!
    馬 ?。何沂怯浾?,在電臺報導新聞,需要一臺好的錄音機。
    男 孩:哦!
    馬 ?。耗阍谘芯渴裁?
    女 孩:這是個地球儀。
    馬 ?。菏裁词堑厍騼x?
    女 孩:它是張地圖,是一張地球形狀的地圖。
    馬 ?。耗阍趯W習什么?
    男 孩:學地理。
    女 孩:我們在學習歐洲。
    馬 ?。何颐靼琢?,請給我指出歐洲。
    男 孩:在這兒。
    馬 ?。赫堉赋龅聡?。
    女 孩:在這兒。
    馬 ?。赫堉赋鲆獯罄*?BR>    男 孩:在這兒。
    馬 ?。赫堉赋龅?。
    女 孩:是這兒嗎?
    男 孩:是的,請指出俄國。
    女 孩:我的是個舊的地球儀,我想俄國在這兒。
    男 孩:我想在這兒。
    馬 ?。嚎催@兒,就在這兒。
    哈 爾:勒納先生,請過來,這是羅賓和梅利莎。
    馬 ?。赫堊屛铱匆豢茨愕漠媰?,那是誰?
    羅 賓:他是司機。
    梅利莎:他在德國開卡車。
    馬 丁:那是誰?
    梅利莎:她是老師。
    羅 賓:她在希臘教書。
    馬 丁:那是誰?
    羅 賓:她是個作家。
    梅利莎:她寫小說。
    馬 ?。耗鞘鞘裁?
    梅利莎:波蘭的一所學校。
    馬 丁:那是什么?
    羅 賓:匈牙利一家工廠。
    馬 ?。褐x謝。我喜歡你的書。
    New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語  
    unfamiliar adj. 陌生的
    elementary adj. 基礎的
    principa n. 校長
    secretary n. 秘書
    cafeteria n. 自助餐廳
    geography n. 地理
    picture book n. 畫冊
    truck n.卡車
    Proper Nouns 專有名詞
    Europe 歐洲
    Hungary 匈牙利
    Germany 德國
    Italy 意大利
    Denmark 丹麥
    Russia 俄羅斯
    Greece 希臘  
    Language Points 語言要點
    1. Are you a teacher? 你是老師嗎?
    這是一個一般疑問句,它的結構是“be+主語+表詞”,即,將陳述句中系動詞放在句首,例如:
    Is he a reporter? 他是記者嗎?
    Is she a designer? 她是設計師嗎?
    2. I report news on the Voice of America. 我在“美國之音”報導新聞。
    on 是表示“通過……”的意思。  
    Cultural Notes 文化注釋
    美國的學校主要有兩種:一種是公立學校(public school),是由政府興辦的。另一種是私立學校(private school),是由私人或社會團體(包括基督教會、*教會,或其他一些宗教團體)興辦的。目前有4,300萬中小學生在公立學校就讀,約有600萬學生在私立學校就讀。每年有1,200萬人進入大學學習。