Giving the Specific Time of Events 表示事件的確切時間(1)

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Conversation A : At Home in the Evening  
    EILEEN: Did you finish your work?
    MARTIN: Yes, I did. Where are the children?
    EILEEN: Sue is reading. Alan is dressing.
    MARTIN: Dressing?
    EILEEN: For the party. He's going to a party tonight.
    MARTIN: Oh, yes. That's right. When is the party?
    EILEEN: The party begins at ten o'clock.
    MARTIN: Is he dressing now? It's only seven o'clock.
    EILEEN: I know. But he's dressing. The party is important. Martin, are you going to take Sue to the movies tomorrow?
    MARTIN: I can. Does she want to go tomorrow?
    EILEEN: Yes, she does. When is your meeting tomorrow?
    MARTIN: In the morning.
    EILEEN: When is the meeting?
    MARTIN: At eleven o'clock.
    EILEEN: Can you go to the movies in the afternoon?
    MARTIN: Yes, I can. When?
    EILEEN: At four o'clock.
    MARTIN: OK.
    EILEEN: Sue wants to go to Jennifer's house tomorrow. She can go in the morning.
    MARTIN: When is dinner?
    EILEEN: You didn't eat lunch. Do you want dinner?
    MARTIN: Very much!
    EILEEN: Dinner is at seven-thirty.
    SUE: Hi. May I come in?
    MARTIN: Of course.
    SUE: Did you finish your work?
    MARTIN: Yes, I did.
    SUE: Can we go to the movies tomorrow?
    MARTIN: Yes, we can.
    SUE: When?
    MARTIN: In the afternoon.
    SUE: Can we go at six o'clock? I want to go to Jennifer's house.
    MARTIN: That's very late. You have school on Monday. Let's go at four o'clock.
    SUE: When can I go to Jennifer's house?
    EILEEN: You can go to Jennifer's house in the morning.
    SUE: May I phone Jennifer now?
    EILEEN: No. It's time for dinner.
    SUE: When may I phone her?
    EILEEN: After dinner.
    SUE: When is dinner?
    EILEEN: At seven-thirty.
    MARTIN: Dinner In a few minutes.
    SUE: OK. I'm going to read.
    EILEEN: I'm going to finish dinner. Come help me.
    MARTIN: OK.
    Practice 1:情態(tài)動詞 may 和 can 在構(gòu)成疑問句時,都用倒裝句型,移到主語之前,有時都可表示“可以”的意思,但 may 有“許可”的含義,can 有“能夠”的含義。
    Examples:
    SUE: May I come in?
    MARTIN: Of course.
    SUE: May I phone Jennifer now?
    EILEEN: No. It's time for dinner.
    SUE: Can we go to the movies tomorrow?
    MARTIN: Yes, we can.
    SUE: Can we go at six o'clock?
    MARTIN: No, that's very late.
    SUE: When can I go to Jennifer's house?
    EILEEN: You can go to Jennifer's house in the morning.
    Practice 2:比較籠統(tǒng)的時間用語,一般表示一段時間。確切的時間用語常常由一個數(shù)字,后面加上 o'clock(點鐘)構(gòu)成。
    Example One:EILEEN: Tonight.Tomorrow.
    MARTIN: In the morning.
    EILEEN: In the afternoon.
    MARTIN: On Monday.
    EILEEN: After dinner.
    MARTIN: In a few minutes.
    Example Two:MARTIN: At seven o'clock.At eleven o'clock.
    EILEEN: At four o'clock.At seven-thirty.
    SUE: At six o'clock.
    MARTIN: At four o'clock.  
    會話A : 晚上在家里
    艾 琳:你干完工作了嗎?
    馬 ?。菏堑?,干完了。孩子們在哪兒?
    艾 琳:蘇在看書,艾倫在穿衣打扮。
    馬 丁:穿衣打扮?
    艾 琳:為了參加晚會,他今晚將參加一個晚會。
    馬 丁:噢,是的。對了,晚會什么時候開始?
    艾 琳:晚會10點開始。
    馬 ?。核F(xiàn)在正在穿衣打扮嗎?才7點。
    艾 琳:我知道。但他已在穿衣打扮,因為晚會很重要。馬丁,明天你將帶蘇去看電影嗎?
    馬 ?。何夷軒?,她明天想去嗎?
    艾 琳:是的,她想去。你明天什么時候開會?
    馬 ?。涸谏衔纭*?BR>    艾 琳:會議什么時候舉行呢?
    馬 ?。?1點。
    艾 琳:你能在下午去看電影嗎?
    馬 ?。菏堑模?。什么時候。
    艾 琳:4點。
    馬 ?。汉冒?。
    艾 琳:蘇明天想去詹尼弗家,她可以上午去。
    馬 ?。和盹埵裁磿r候開飯?
    艾 琳:你還沒吃午飯,你想吃晚飯嗎?
    馬 丁:非常想吃。
    艾 琳:晚飯在7點半。
    蘇 :你們好,我可以進來嗎?
    馬 ?。寒?dāng)然可以。
    蘇 :你干完工作了嗎?
    馬 ?。菏堑模赏炅?。
    蘇 :我們明天能去看電影嗎?
    馬 ?。菏堑?,能去。
    蘇 :什么時候?
    馬 ?。涸谙挛纭*?BR>    蘇 :可以6點去嗎?我想去詹尼弗家。
    馬 ?。耗翘砹?,你星期一還要上學(xué)。咱們四點去。
    蘇 :我什么時候能去詹尼弗家呢?
    艾 琳:你可以在上午去詹尼弗家。
    蘇 :我現(xiàn)在可以給詹尼弗打個電話嗎?
    艾 琳:不可以,現(xiàn)在是吃晚飯時候。
    蘇 :那我什么時候可以給她打電話?
    艾 琳:晚飯后。
    蘇 :什么時候吃晚飯?
    艾 琳:7點半。
    馬 ?。簬追昼姾蟆*?BR>    蘇 :好吧,我去看書。
    艾 琳:我去把晚飯準備好,來幫我一把。
    馬 ?。汉冒伞?BR>