初級美語會話Expressing Both Specific and General Time 表2

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Conversation A : At the Train Station
    EILEEN: What time does the train go?
    MARTIN: At nine-fifteen.
    EILEEN: What time does it arrive in Pittsburgh?
    MARTIN: I don't know.
    EILEEN: When is your meeting?
    MARTIN: I have many meetings. They are in the afternoon.
    EILEEN: When are you coming home?
    MARTIN: Tonight.
    EILEEN: We're going to meet the train.
    MARTIN: Is Alan going to come with you?
    EILEEN: Yes, he is.
    MARTIN: When is his game?
    EILEEN: Tomorrow evening.
    MARTIN: Isn't the game this evening?
    EILEEN: No, it isn't. It's tomorrow evening.
    MARTIN: When was it last week?
    EILEEN: It was on Wednesday. It's on Thursday this week.
    MARTIN: I see. What time is the game?
    EILEEN: Is't at seven-thirty.
    MARTIN: Good. I'm going to go.
    EILEEN: That's wonderful. He wants you to go.
    MARTIN: When are you going to your office?
    EILEEN: After lunch. I worked late last night.
    MARTIN: What time are you going to go?
    EILEEN: At one-thirty. What time is the train tonight?
    MARTIN: It arrives at eight-forty-five.
    EILEEN: OK. Sue can come, too. Can you eat on the train?
    MARTIN: Yes, I can. But I'm going to eat in Pittsburgh.
    EILEEN: Good. Sue can finish her homework before dinner.
    MARTIN: What time are you going to have dinner?
    EILEEN: At seven o'clock.
    MARTIN: When are you going to come to the train station?
    EILEEN: At eight o'clock.
    Practice 1:如果不必說明確切的時間,可以用比較籠統(tǒng)的方式表示時間。
    Examples:
    MARTIN: In the afternoon. Tonight.
    EILEEN: Tomorrow evening. On Wednesday. On Thursday.
    After lunch. Last night. Before dinner.
    MARTIN: At nine-fifteen.
    EILEEN: At seven-thirty. At one-thirty.
    MARTIN: At eight-forty-five.
    EILEEN: At seven o'clock. At eight o'clock.
    會話A : 在火車站
    艾 琳:火車幾點開?
    馬 丁:9點15分。
    艾 琳:什么時候到匹茲堡?
    馬 ?。何也磺宄*?BR>    艾 琳:會議什么時候開?
    馬 ?。何矣性S多會議,它們都是在下午。
    艾 琳:你什么時候回家?
    馬 ?。航裢怼*?BR>    艾 琳:我們來接站。
    馬 丁:艾倫和你一起來嗎?
    艾 琳:是的,他來。
    馬 丁:他的球賽是在什么時候?
    艾 琳:明天晚上。
    馬 ?。呵蛸惒皇窃诮裉焱砩蠁?
    艾 琳:不,不是。是在明天晚上。
    馬 ?。荷现芮蛸愂窃谑裁磿r候進(jìn)行的?
    艾 琳:是在星期三,這周是在星期四。
    馬 ?。何颐靼琢耍蛸愂窃趲c?
    艾 琳:7點30分。
    馬 丁:好,我要去看。
    艾 琳:那好極了,他想要你去。
    馬 丁:你什么時候去上班?
    艾 琳:午飯后,我昨晚工作得很晚。
    馬 ?。耗銕c去上班?
    艾 琳:一點半,火車今晚幾點到?
    馬 ?。?點45分到。
    艾 琳:好吧,蘇也能來,你能在火車上吃飯嗎?
    馬 ?。耗?。但我將在匹茲堡吃飯。
    艾 琳:好,蘇在晚飯前能完成作業(yè)。
    馬 丁:你們什么時候吃晚飯?
    艾 琳:7點。
    馬 ?。耗闶裁磿r候到火車站?
    艾 琳:8點。