Talking About Where People Work 談論人們的工作場所(2)

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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:再練習一下關于工作和工作地點的對話。
    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.  
    會話B 在小鎮(zhèn)
    馬 丁:沃克市長,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 ?。核麄冊诿姘昀镒鍪裁?
    市 長:他們烤面包和蛋糕,你看見那個男的了嗎?
    馬 ?。菏堑摹*?BR>    市 長:他是個作家。
    馬 ?。核谀膬簩懜?
    市 長:他為一家報紙撰稿。
    馬 ?。何铱匆娨粋€攝影師。
    市 長:是的,他為報社工作。
    馬 ?。耗切D女做什么工作?
    市 長:她們是工人。
    馬 ?。核齻冊谀膬汗ぷ?
    市 長:她們在塑料廠工作。
    馬 ?。核齻兩a(chǎn)什么?
    市 長:她們生產(chǎn)塑料袋。
    馬 ?。耗切┠凶邮歉墒裁吹?
    市 長:他們也是工人。
    馬 丁:他們在哪兒工作?
    市 長:他們在輪胎廠工作。
    馬 ?。核麄兪钦l?
    市 長:他們是學生。
    馬 ?。核麄冊谀膬簩W習?
    市 長:他們在高中學習。
    馬 ?。核麄円彩莾?yōu)秀的樂手呢!那些孩子是誰?
    市 長:他們也是學生,他們正準備唱歌。
    市 長:看見那些男子了嗎?
    馬 ?。嚎匆娏?。他們是誰?
    市 長:他們是木匠。
    馬 ?。亨?是的,我知道了。
    市 長:我們這兒有許多木匠。
    馬 ?。壕褪悄切┰隈R路上工作的人吧。
    市 長:是的。
    馬 ?。耗切D女是干什么的?
    市 長:她們是工人。
    馬 ?。核齻冊谀膬汗ぷ?
    市 長:她們在玻璃廠工作。
    馬 ?。核齻兩a(chǎn)什么?
    市 長:她們制造玻璃窗和擋風玻璃。
    馬 ?。核麄冊谀膬汗ぷ?
    市 長:在制瓶廠。
    馬 ?。核麄兩a(chǎn)什么?
    市 長:他們生產(chǎn)瓶子。
    馬 ?。核麄冊谀膬汗ぷ?
    市 長:他們在輪胎廠工作。
    馬 丁:他們生產(chǎn)什么?
    市 長:他們生產(chǎn)輪胎,你在哪兒工作?
    馬 丁:我在美國之音工作。謝謝你為我花的時間,沃克市長。
    New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語
    mayor n. 市長
    expect v. 等待,期望
    business n. 企業(yè)
    battery n. 電池
    tire n. 輪胎
    glass n. 玻璃
    windshield n. 擋風玻璃
    plastic n. 塑料
    bakery n. 面包房
    bake v. 烤
    Language Points 語言要點  
    1 . The Mayor is expecting you. 市長在等你。
    expect 是期待的意思,例如:
    I'm expecting a letter from him. 我在盼望他回信。 
    2 . I'd like that. 我愿意那樣。
    I'd=I would
    would like 是愿意的意思。
    Cultural Notes 文化注釋
    美國發(fā)展成一個富裕的工業(yè)化發(fā)達國家,與工人的勞動是分不開的,和其它國家的工人相比,美國工人的生活相當富裕。但是新的時代面臨著新的問題,高度分工的機械化生產(chǎn)使工作成為單調(diào)、無意義的重復勞動,如何改善工作環(huán)境和形式,以適應工人心理需要,進而提高生產(chǎn)率,已成為當代社會的一個重要研究課題。