初級美語 Lesson 35:Expressing Both Specific and Genera

Conversation A : Buying Tickets
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MALE: Good morning.?
MARTIN: Good morning. I want to buy a train ticket to Baltimore. What time is the train?
MALE: There is a train at four-fifteen. There is another train at six forty-five.
MARTIN: I want the six forty-five train. What time does it arrive in Baltimore?
MALE: At eight-thirty. Here you are.?
FEMALE: Good afternoon. May I help you??
MARTIN: Hello. I want to buy some tickets to the concert.
FEMALE: What night do you want??
MARTIN: Next Wednesday please.?
FEMALE: How many tickets do you want??
MARTIN: I want four tickets.?
FEMALE: I don't have tickets for Wednesday night. Do you want another night?
MARTIN: Do you have tickets for Thursday night??
FEMALE: Let me see. Yes, I have four tickets for Thursday night??
MARTIN: Where are the seats??
FEMALE: Look here. They are right here.?
MARTIN: That's very good. I want those tickets. What time is the concert??
FEMALE: At eight o'clock.?
MARTIN: What time does the concert finish??
FEMALE: At ten-fifteen. Here are your tickets.?
MARTIN: Thanks.?
MARTIN: Hello.?
MALE: Hi.?
MARTIN: I want some tickets for the ball game.?
MALE: When??
MARTN: For next week.?
MALE: What day??
MARTIN: For Sunday.?
MALE: Sunday afternoon? ?
MARTIN: Yes.?
MALE: How many??
MARTIN: Three.?
MALE: Let me see. OK. I have three tickets for Sunday afternoon.?
MARTIN: Where are the seats??
MALE: Right here. Behind the batter. Is that OK??
MARTIN: Good. I want those. What time is the game on Sunday??
MALE: It's at twelve-thirty.?
MARTIN: What time does the game finish??
MALE: I don't know. Maybe it will finish at four or four-thirty.?
MARTIN: OK. Thanks.?
MALE: Wait! Here are your tickets.?

Practice 1： What time (=when)用來詢問確切的時間。?
Example One:
MARTIN: What time is the train??
MALE: At four-fifteen.
MARTIN: What time does it arrive in Baltimore??
MALE: At eight-thirty.?
MARTIN: What time is the concert??
FEMALE: At eight o'clock.?
MARTIN: What time does the concert finish??
FEMALE: At ten- fifteen.?
MARTIN: What time is the game on Sunday??
MALE: At twelve-thirty.?
MARTIN: What time does the game finish??
MALE: At four or four-thirty.?
Example Two:
MARTIN: I'm going to the concert on Thursday.?
FEMALE: What time is the concert??

會話A : 買票?
男 ：早上好。?
馬 丁：早上好，我想買張去巴爾的摩的火車票。火車是幾點的??
男 ：4點15分有一趟，6點45分還有一趟。?
馬 丁：我要坐6點45分那趟火車，什麼時間到達巴爾的摩??
男 ：八點半。給你票。?
女 ：下午好，你要買票嗎??
馬 丁：你好，我想買幾張音樂會的票。?
女 ：你要哪天晚上的??
馬 丁：請要下週三的??
女 ：你要買多少張票??
馬 丁：我買4張票。?
女 ：我沒有周三晚上的票，你要另外一個晚上的票嗎??
馬 丁：你有周四晚上的票嗎??
女 ：讓我看看。有，我有四張週四晚上的票，你要嗎??
馬 丁：什麼座位??
女 ：看這，座位就在這兒。?
馬 丁：那很好，我就要那些票了。音樂會什麼時間開始??
女 ：8點。?
馬 丁：音樂會什麼時間結束??
女 ：10點15分。給你票。?
馬 丁：謝謝。?
馬 丁：你好。?
男 ：你好。?
馬 丁：我想買幾張球票。?
男 ：什麼時間的??
馬 丁：下週的。?
男 ：哪一天的??
馬 丁：星期天的。?
男 ：星期天下午嗎??
馬 丁：是的。?
男 ：多少張??
馬 丁：3張。?
男 ：讓我看看。好的，我有3張星期天下午的票，你要嗎??
馬 丁：什麼座位??
男 ：就在這兒，出球手的後面，可以嗎??
馬 丁：好，我要了。星期天的球賽是在什麼時間??
男 ：12點半。?
馬 丁：球賽什麼時間結束??
男 ：我說不準，可能在4點或4點30分結束。?
馬 丁：好吧，謝謝。?
男 ：等一下，給你票。?

Conversation B
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FEMALE: Good afternoon. May I help you??
MARTIN: Yes, please. I want to buy a ticket for the movie.
FEMALE: For today??
MARTIN: Yes. What time is the movie??
FEMALE: At two o'clock, four o'clock, seven-thirty, and nine-fifteen.?
MARTIN: I want a ticket for four o'clock.?
FEMALE: How many??
MARTIN: Only one.?
FEMALE: For today??
MARTIN: Yes, for today, at four o'clock.?
FEMALE: I'm sorry. I don't have any tickets for four o'clock. Do you want another time??
MARTIN: What time do you have tickets for??
FEMALE: Two o'clock and nine-fifteen. Do you want a ticket??
MARTIN: No, thank you.?
FEMALE2: Hi. ?
MARTIN: Hello. I want to buy a ticket for the movie. Do you have any tickets?
FEMALE2: Yes, I do. What time do you want??
MARTIN: What time is the movie??
FEMALE2: Twelve-thirty, three-fifteen, five-thirty, eight o'clock, and ten o'clock, What time do you want??
MARTIN: Five-thirty.?
FEMALE2: Which movie do you want? ?
MARTIN: Pardon??
FEMALE2: Which movie do you want? There are three movies.?
MARTIN: I don't know.?
MALE: May I help you??
MARTIN: Do you have tickets for tonight??
MALE: No, I don't.?
MARTIN: When do you have tickets for? ?
MALE: I have tickets for next week.?
MARTIN: Which day? ?
MALE: Tuesday night.
MARTIN: Who is playing next week??
MALE: Baltimore and New York.?
MARTIN: What time is the game??
MALE: It's at eight o'clock.?
MARTIN: What time does the game finish??
MALE: It sometimes finishes at ten or ten -thirty.?
MARTIN: Do you have three tickets??
MALE: Of course. Do you want three tickets??
MARTIN: Yes. Where are the seats??
MALE: Here. Or here. Or here. Which seats do you want??
MARTIN: Right here. That's very good. I want three tickets.?
MALE: OK. Wait a minute.?
MALE2: Good evening.?
MARTIN: Good evening. I want to buy a ticket.?
MALE2: Where are you going??
MARTIN: I'm going to Philadelphia. What time is the train to Philadelphia??
MALE2: The next train is at two forty-five.?
MARTIN: I'm not going today. What time is the train tomorrow.?
MALE2: At two forty-five. The train to Philadelphia is at two forty-five every day.
MARTIN: Is that the only train??
MALE2: No.?
MARTIN: What time are the other trains??
MALE2: At six-fifteen in the morning. At two forty-five in the afternoon. And ten-thirty at night. Do you want a ticket??
MARTIN: I don't want a ticket today. Thanks.?
MALE2: You're welcome.?

Practice 2：用 what time 詢問確切時間。?
Examples:
MARTIN: What time is the movie??
What time do you have tickets for??
FEMALE: What time do you want??
MARTIN: What time is the game??
What time does the game finish??

會話B?
女 ：下午好，我能爲你做些什麼??
馬 丁：是的。我想買張電影票。?
女 ：今天的嗎??
馬 丁：對，電影是什麼時間開演??
女 ：兩點，4點，7點30分，還有9點15分。?
馬 丁：我買一張4點的票。?
女 ：多少張??
馬 丁：只要一張。?
女 ：今天的嗎??
馬 丁：對，今天的，4點的。?
女 ：對不起，我沒有4點的票了，你要另外時間的票嗎??
馬 丁：你有什麼時間的票。?
女 ：兩點鐘和9點15分的。你要一張嗎??
馬 丁：不要了，謝謝。?
女 二：你好。?
馬 丁：你好，我要買張電影票，你還有票嗎??
女 二：是的，有。你要幾點的??
馬 丁：電影都有幾點的??
女 二：12：30、3：15、5：30、8點，還有10點的。你要幾點的??
馬 丁：5點半。?
女 二：你要哪部電影的票??
馬 丁：對不起，請再說一遍。?
女 二：你要哪部電影的票?有3部電影。?
馬 丁：我不知道。?
男 ：能爲你效勞嗎??
馬 丁：你有今晚的票嗎??
男 ：沒有。?
馬 丁：你有什麼時間的票??
男 ：我有下週的票。?
馬 丁：哪一天的??
男 ：星期二晚上的。?
馬 丁：下週誰參加比賽??
男 ：巴爾的摩隊和紐約隊。?
馬 丁：比賽是什麼時間??
男 ：8點。?
馬 丁：比賽什麼時間結束??
男 ：有時10點結束，有時10點30分結束。?
馬 丁：你有3張票嗎??
男 ：當然有，你要3張票嗎??
馬 丁：是的，座位在哪兒??
男 ：這裏，或這裏，或這裏。你要哪些座位??
馬 丁：就這裏，那很好，我要3張票。?
男 ：好的，稍候。?
男 二：晚上好。?
馬 丁：晚上好，我要買張票。?
男 二：到哪兒??
馬 丁：到費城，去費城的火車是幾點??
男 二：下趟火車2點45分。?
馬 丁：我不是今天去，明天的火車是幾點??
男 二：2點45分，去費城的火車是每天2點45分。?
馬 丁：只有那麼一趟嗎??
男 二：不是。?
馬 丁：其它的火車是什麼時間??
男 二：早上6點15分，下午3點45和晚上10點30分。你想買1張嗎??
馬 丁：我今天不想買票，謝謝。?
男 二：不用客氣。

New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語?

ticket n. 票?
batter n. 擊球手?

Proper Nouns 專有名詞?

Philadelphia 費城?

Language Points 語言要點
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ticket 的基本含義是“票，券；入場券；車票”。對話中出現了 train ticket(火車票)，與 ticket 有關的常用名詞詞組還有： plane ticket(機票)，one-way ticket(單程票)，round-trip ticket(往返程票)，monthly ticket(月票)，platform ticket(站臺票)，through ticket(通票)，ticket office(售票處)，ticket agency(票代售處)。?
ticket 後常用介詞有 to 和 for，一般表示“去某處的票”時，用 to；表示“何時或何事的票”時，常用 for。例如：train ticket to Baltimore, tickets to the concert, tickets for Wednesday, tickets for the ball game, tickets for the movie, ticket for four o'clock.?

Cultural Notes 文化註釋

美國國產電影分成不同的類別。G代表 general admission，即任何人都可看；PG代表 parental guidance，即小孩要看此類電影必須家長同意；R代表 restricted，18歲以下的青少年要看此類電影必須跟父母同去；X代表X-rated，18歲以下未成年人禁止看此類電影。美國電影之所以要分類是因爲許多電影有暴力、恐怖及有關性方面的不健康內容，不適於未成年人看。?