美國之音口語經(jīng)典教程Talking About What People Do for Work 談論人們從事的工作

Lesson 14 Talking About What People Do for Work

談論人們從事的工作

 

Things to Know  學前必讀   

購物中心(shopping mall)是美國新興起的購物場所，一座建筑物里各種類型的專柜商店，餐廳飲食店、電影院、健身房也一應俱全。還設有免費停車場，通常 shopping mall 里有兩家大百貨公司，各居一端。

 

Conversation A : At a New Shopping Mall

KATHY: Good morning, Jeff.

JEFF: Good morning, Kathy. How are you this morning?

KATHY: Fine, thanks. How are you?

JEFF: Fine, thanks.

KATHY: What's that?

JEFF: It's the plan.

KATHY: What plan?

JEFF: For the new building. Look.

KATHY: It's interesting. What's that?

JEFF: Shops. There are ten shops.

KATHY: What's that?

JEFF: It's the cinema.

KATHY: Show me the restaurants.

JEFF: Look here. There are three restaurants.

KATHY: Show me the sports club.

JEFF: Look here...

KATHY: Martin Learner is coming this morning.

JEFF: Martin Learner?

KATHY: He's a reporter.

JEFF: Oh, yes. He's a reporter for the“Voice of America”.

KATHY: Yes.

JEFF: Please come in, Mr. Learner.

MARTIN: Thank you.

JEFF: I'm Jeff O'Neil. I'm the director of the shopping mall. How are you?MARTIN: Fine, thanks.

JEFF: Please sit down. Coffee?

MARTIN: No, thanks.

JEFF: Where are you from?

MARTIN: I'm from Baltimore, Maryland.

JEFF: I lived in Maryland. How can I help you?

MARTIN: Tell me about the shopping mall. May I record?

JEFF: Sure. That's OK. Look here.

MARTIN: What's that?

JEFF: It's the plan for the new building.

MARTIN: Show me the old building.

JEFF: Here is the old building. Here is the new building.

MARTIN: What's that?

JEFF: It's the cinema.

MARTIN: Show me the shops.

JEFF: Here is a shoe store. Here is a bicycle shop. Here is a gift shop. Here is a clothing store. There are ten shops.

MARTIN: What's that?

JEFF: It's the sports club.

MARTIN: What's that?

JEFF: It's a restaurant. There are three restaurants.

MARTIN: Show me.

JEFF: Here is a restaurant. Here is a restaurant. And here is a restaurant.

 

Practice 1：“here”用來指離講話人較近的事物的位置，Here is a... 這兒有一個……

Examples:  JEFF: Here is a shoe store.

Here is a bicycle shop.

Here is a gift shop.

Here is a clothing store.

Here is a restaurant.

 

會話A  在一個新的購物中心

凱  西：早上好，杰夫。

杰  夫：早上好，凱西，今早怎么樣?

凱  西：很好，謝謝。你怎么樣?

杰  夫：很好，謝謝。

凱  西：那是什么?

杰  夫：那是設計圖。

凱  西：什么設計圖?

杰  夫：新樓的設計圖。看!

凱  西：很有趣，那是什么?

杰  夫：商店，10個商店。

凱  西：那是什么?

杰  夫：電影院。

凱  西：告訴我餐館兒在哪兒?

杰  夫：看這兒，有3個餐館兒。

凱  西：告訴我體育俱樂部在哪兒。

杰  夫：看這兒。

凱  西：馬丁·勒納今早要來。

杰  夫：馬丁·勒納。

凱  西：他是記者。

杰  夫：哦!是的，他是“美國之音”記者。

凱  西：是的。

杰  夫：請進，勒納先生。

馬  ?。褐x謝。

杰  夫：我是杰夫·奧尼爾，購物中心經(jīng)理。你怎么樣?

馬  ?。汉芎茫x謝。

杰  夫：請坐，要咖啡嗎?

馬  ?。翰灰?，謝謝。

杰  夫：你是哪兒的人?

馬  ?。何沂邱R里蘭州巴爾的摩市人。

杰  夫：我在馬里蘭州住過，我能幫什么忙嗎?

馬  ?。航o我講講購物中心，可以錄音嗎?

杰  夫：當然可以。那沒關系?？催@兒。

馬  ?。耗鞘鞘裁?/span>?

杰  夫：那是一座新樓的設計圖。

馬  ?。簬铱纯磁f樓。

杰  夫：這兒是舊樓，這兒是新樓。

馬  ?。耗鞘鞘裁?/span>?

杰  夫：電影院。

馬  ?。簬铱纯瓷痰?/span>?

杰  夫：這兒是鞋店，這是自行車店，這是禮品店，這是服裝店，共有10家商店。

馬  ?。耗鞘鞘裁?/span>?

杰  夫：那是體育俱樂部。

馬  ?。耗鞘鞘裁?/span>?

杰  夫：那是餐館，有3家餐館。

馬  ?。鹤屛铱纯础＊?/span>

杰  夫：這是一家餐館，這是一家餐館，這是一家餐館。

 

Conversation B

JEFF: Here is the new building.

MARTIN: What's that?

JEFF: It's the sports club.

MARTIN: Who are they?

JEFF: They're painters. They're painting the sports club.

MARTIN: What's that?

JEFF: It's the cinema. Here is the shoe store.

MARTIN: Who are they?

JEFF: They're the carpenters. They're making shelves. They're workers. They're making a road.

MARTIN: What's that?

JEFF: It's a garage. Here is the entrance.

MARTIN: Who are they?

JEFF: They're the gardeners. They're making the gardens.

MARTIN: What's that?

JEFF: It's the garage. It's the exit.

MARTIN: Good morning.

WELDER: Good morning.

MARTIN: What are you doing?

WELDER: We're welders. We're building a new building.

MARTIN: What's that?

WELDER: It's a door. We're making two large doors. Here's a window.MARTIN: That's interesting.

WELDER: We're making twelve large windows.

MARTIN: Thanks.

JEFF: Come see the old building.

MARTIN: OK.

MARTIN: Tell me about the shopping mall. I'm going to record.

JEFF: There's a clothing store. There's a jewelry store. There's a pet shop. There’s a hardware store. There's a music store.

 

Practice 2：“there”指離講話人較遠的事物的位置，There is a...那兒有一個……Examples:  JEFF: There's a clothing store.

There's a jewelry store.           

There's a pet shop.

There's a hardware store.           

There's a music store.

 

會話B

杰  夫：這是新樓。

馬  ?。耗鞘鞘裁?/span>?

杰  夫：那是運動俱樂部。

馬  ?。耗切┤耸钦l?

杰  夫：他們是油漆工，在給俱樂部刷油漆。

馬  ?。耗鞘鞘裁?/span>?

杰  夫：那是電影院，這兒是鞋店。

馬  ?。耗切┤耸钦l?

杰  夫：他們是木匠，在做架子。他們是工人，在鋪路。

馬  ?。耗鞘鞘裁?/span>?

杰  夫：是車庫，這兒是入口。

馬  ?。核麄兪钦l?

杰  夫：他們是園丁，在修花園。

馬  ?。耗鞘鞘裁?/span>?

杰  夫：是車庫，那是出口。

馬  ?。涸缟虾?。

焊  工：早上好。

馬  ?。耗阍诟墒裁?/span>?

焊  工：我是電焊工，在建新樓。

馬  ?。耗鞘鞘裁?/span>?

焊  工：是門，我們在做兩個大門，這兒是窗子。

馬  ?。河腥?。

焊  工：我們要做12個大窗子。

馬  ?。褐x謝。

杰  夫：過來看看舊樓。

馬  ?。汉?。

馬  丁：給我講講購物中心，我打算錄下來。

杰  夫：有1個服裝店，1個珠寶店，1 個寵物店，1個五金店。1個音樂店。

 

Conversation C

MARTIN: What are they doing?

JEFF: They're musicians. They're playing music. It's a music store. Here’s the pet shop.

MARTIN: They're buying a dog.

CLERK: Who are you?

MARTIN: I'm a reporter.

CLERK: I'm the clerk. I work here. I sell dogs and cats.