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Lesson 19Talking About Families
談?wù)摷彝?/span>
Things to Know 學(xué)前必讀
在美國(guó)也存在著很大的城鄉(xiāng)差別，但這種差別并不是物質(zhì)的優(yōu)劣，而是體現(xiàn)在另一方面。鄉(xiāng)村、郊區(qū)的居民崇尚輕松、儉樸的生活方式和開(kāi)闊的居住環(huán)境，而且往往對(duì)城市所象征的一切持抵觸情緒。近些年來(lái)，越來(lái)越多的人離開(kāi)大都市，遷居郊野、鄉(xiāng)下，就是想躲避城市日趨惡化的環(huán)境，回歸自然。
Conversation A : On a Farm
LISA: Let's sit here, Mr Learner.
MARTIN: Please call me Martin. May I ask some questions?
LISA: Of course.
MARTIN: May I record your answers?
LISA: Yes.
MARTIN: Do you have a family?
LISA: Yes, I have a husband.
MARTIN: What is your husband's name?
LISA: Eric.
MARTIN: Eric. That's right. We've met. Do you have children?
LISA: Yes. We have two children.
MARTIN: Are they boys or girls?
LISA: We have one boy and one girl.
MARTIN: Wonderful. You have a son and a daughter. Are your mother and father living?
LISA: Yes, they are.
MARTIN: Do they live here?
LISA: No, they don't. They live in town.
MARTIN: Do you have a large farm?
LISA: Oh, yes. It's a very large farm. The farm was my father's farm.MARTIN: And you have a very large house.
LISA: It's a wonderful house. The house is old. Here's Eric.
ERIC: Hello, Martin?
MARTIN: That's right.
ERIC: How are you?
MARTIN: Fine, thanks. How are you?
ERIC: Fine, thanks.
LISA: We're talking about families.
ERIC: I have a large family.
MARTIN: Are your parent's living?
ERIC: My mother is living. My father isn't living.
MARTIN: Where does your mother live?
ERIC: She lives in California.
MARTIN: Do you have brothers and sisters?
ERIC: I have three brothers and two sisters.
MARTIN: Where do they live?
ERIC: Two brothers live in town. One lives on a farm.
MARTIN: What do they do? One is a farmer?
ERIC: That's right. Two brothers have businesses in town.
MARTIN: Lisa, do you have brothers and sisters?
LISA: I have a sister.
MARTIN: Where does she live?
LISA: She lives in Texas.
MARTIN: Is she married?
LISA: No, she isn't.
MARTIN: What does she do?
LISA: She's in the army.
MARTIN: Are your sisters married, Eric?
ERIC: One sister lives in Montana. She's married to a rancher. One lives in California. My mother lives with this sister.
MARTIN: What does this sister do?
ERIC: She has a business.
LISA: She's a photographer.
MARTIN: That's interesting.
Practice 1：詢(xún)問(wèn)對(duì)方是否有某物或人，諸如家庭、孩子、父母等，用：
“Do you have...?”回答：Yes, I do. 或 No, I don't.
Examples: MARTIN: Do you have a family?
LISA: Yes, I do.
MARTIN: Do you have children?
LISA: Yes, we do.
MARTIN: Do you have brothers and sisters?
ERIC: Yes, I do.
MARTIN: Are your parents living?
LISA: Yes, they are.
根據(jù)自己的情況回答下列問(wèn)題：
MARTIN: Do you have a family?
YOURSELF: ______________________________.
MARTIN: Do you have children?
YOURSELF: ______________________________.
MARTIN: Do you have brothers and sisters?
YOURSELF: ______________________________.
MARTIN: Are your parents living?
YOURSELF: ______________________________.
會(huì)話(huà)A : 在農(nóng)場(chǎng)
麗 莎：讓我們坐這里吧，勒納先生。
馬 ?。航形荫R丁好了。我能問(wèn)你幾個(gè)問(wèn)題嗎?
麗 莎：當(dāng)然可以。
馬 ?。何铱梢园涯愕幕卮痄浵聛?lái)嗎?
麗 莎：可以的。
馬 ?。耗愠杉伊藛?/span>?
麗 莎：是的，我有丈夫。
馬 丁：你丈夫叫什么名字?
麗 莎：埃里克。
馬 ?。喊＠锟恕?duì)了，我們見(jiàn)過(guò)。你有孩子嗎?
麗 莎：是的。我們有兩個(gè)孩子。
馬 ?。耗泻⑦€是女孩?
麗 莎：一男一女。
馬 丁：太好了。你有一個(gè)兒子和一個(gè)女兒。你的父母還健在嗎?
麗 莎：是的。
馬 ?。核麄冏≡谶@兒?jiǎn)?/span>?
麗 莎：不，他們住在城里。
馬 ?。耗阌幸粋€(gè)大農(nóng)場(chǎng)嗎?
麗 莎：噢，是的，那是個(gè)很大的農(nóng)場(chǎng)，曾經(jīng)是我父親的。
馬 ?。耗氵€有一所大房子。
麗 莎：是一個(gè)很棒的房子。這個(gè)房子很古老。埃里克來(lái)了。
埃里克：你好，馬丁?
馬 ?。翰诲e(cuò)。
埃里克：你怎么樣?
馬 ?。汉芎?，謝謝。你怎么樣?
埃里克：很好，謝謝。
麗 莎：我們正在談?wù)摷彝ァ＊?/span>
埃里克：我有一個(gè)大家庭。
馬 ?。耗愀改高€健在嗎?
埃里克：我母親還健在，父親不在了。
馬 丁：你的母親住在哪兒?
埃里克：她住在加利弗福尼亞。
馬 丁：你有兄弟姐妹嗎?
埃里克：我有三個(gè)兄弟和兩個(gè)姐妹。
馬 丁：他們住在哪兒?
埃里克：兩兄弟住城里，一個(gè)在農(nóng)場(chǎng)。
馬 ?。核麄冏鍪裁垂ぷ?/span>?有一個(gè)是農(nóng)民嗎?
埃里克：是的，另兩個(gè)兄弟在城里做生意。
馬 ?。蝴惿阌行值芙忝脝?/span>?
麗 莎：我有個(gè)姐姐。
馬 ?。核∧膬?/span>?
麗 莎：她住在德克薩斯。
馬 丁：她結(jié)婚了?
麗 莎：沒(méi)有。
馬 丁：她做什么工作的?
麗 莎：她在軍隊(duì)工作。
馬 丁：埃里克，你的姐妹們結(jié)婚了嗎?
埃里克：一個(gè)住在蒙大拿州，她嫁給了一個(gè)農(nóng)場(chǎng)主。一個(gè)住在加利福尼亞，我母
親同她住在一起。
馬 ?。哼@個(gè)姐姐做什么工作?
埃里克：她經(jīng)商。
麗 莎：她是個(gè)攝影家。
馬 丁：很有意思。
Conversation B
LISA: Here are the children now.
ERIC: This is Max. And this is Meg.
MARTIN: Hi, Max. Hi, Meg.
MAX: Hi.
MEG: Hi.
MARTIN: I'm Martin. How old are you, Max?
MAX: I'm fifteen.
MARTIN: Are you in high school?
MAX: Yes. I'm in tenth grade.
MARTIN: Where is your school?
MAX: It's in town.
MARTIN: How old are you, Meg?
MEG: Eleven.
MARTIN: Where is your school?
MEG: I don't know.
LISA: It's east of here.
MARTIN: It's in the country.
ERIC: That's right.
MARTIN: Meg, can I ask some more questions?
MEG: OK.
MARTIN: I want to ask some questions about your family.
MARTIN: Do you have uncles?
MEG: Yes. Three.
MARTIN: Where do they live?
MEG: Two live in town. One lives over there?
MARTIN: Where?
ERIC: West of here.
MEG: See that road? Over there.
MARTIN: Max, do you have grandmothers and grandfathers?
MAX: Yes. Two grandmothers are living, and one grandfather is living.MARTIN: Where does your grandfather live?
MAX: He lives in town now. He lived here.
MARTIN: What does he do?
MAX: He was a farmer.
ERIC: This was his farm.
MARTIN: Meg, where do your grandmothers live?
MEG: One lives in town. One lives in California.
MARTIN: What do your uncles do?
MEG: Uncle Gene is a policeman.
MAX: Uncle Chet is a baker.
MARTIN: Max, is one uncle a farmer?
MAX: Yes, he is. He has a small farm.
MARTIN: What does he grow?
MAX: Corn. All the farmers grow corn.
