初級美語 Lesson 34:Expressing Both Specific and Genera

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：什麼時候到匹茲堡??
馬 丁：我不清楚。?
艾 琳：會議什麼時候開??
馬 丁：我有許多會議，它們都是在下午。?
艾 琳：你什麼時候回家??
馬 丁：今晚。?
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：他的球賽是在什麼時候??
艾 琳：明天晚上。?
馬 丁：球賽不是在今天晚上嗎??
艾 琳：不，不是。是在明天晚上。?
馬 丁：上週球賽是在什麼時候進行的??
艾 琳：是在星期三，這周是在星期四。?
馬 丁：我明白了，球賽是在幾點??
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：你什麼時候去上班??
艾 琳：午飯後，我昨晚工作得很晚。?
馬 丁：你幾點去上班??
艾 琳：一點半，火車今晚幾點到??
馬 丁：8點45分到。?
艾 琳：好吧，蘇也能來，你能在火車上吃飯嗎??
馬 丁：能。但我將在匹茲堡吃飯。?
艾 琳：好，蘇在晚飯前能完成作業。?
馬 丁：你們什麼時候吃晚飯??
艾 琳：7點。?
馬 丁：你什麼時候到火車站??
艾 琳：8點。?

Conversation B?

EILEEN: Martin, when did you first visit Pittsburgh??
MARTIN: In 1975. I wrote a story about Pittsburgh ten years ago. I wrote a story three years ago. And I visited last year, too.?
EILEEN: When did you first visit Washington?
MARTIN: I don't know. Many years ago.?

Practice 2：表示過去的事件或活動的時間短語，常常是由“表示時間的名詞(詞組)+副詞 ago”構成，也可由“形容詞 last+表示時間的名詞”或“in+年代”構成。?
Examples:
MARTIN: Three years ago. Ten years ago. Many years ago. ?
In 1975.?Last year.?

會話B?
艾 琳：馬丁，你第一次訪問匹茲堡是在什麼時候??
馬 丁：在1975年，10年前我寫過一篇有關匹茲堡的報導。我3年前寫過一篇報導，我去年也寫過一次。?
艾 琳：你第一次訪問華盛頓是在什麼時候??
馬 丁：我記不清楚了，許多年以前。

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Conversation C?

MARTIN: Are you going shopping today??
EILEEN: Yes.?
MARTIN: When are you going shopping.?
EILEEN: After work. I must buy some food.?
MARTIN: Please buy some coffee.?
EILEEN: Don't we have coffee??
MARTIN: No, I finished the coffee.?
EILEEN: When??
MARTIN: This morning. I made coffee for breakfast. When did you buy coffee?
EILEEN: I bought coffee last week. Are you drinking too much coffee??
MARTIN: I like coffee.?
EILEEN: When do you drink so much coffee??
MARTIN: In the morning. I like coffee in the morning.?
EILEEN: What time is it. Martin??
MARTIN: It's nine-twenty.?
EILEEN: What time is the train to Pittsburgh??
MARTIN: At nine-thirty.?
EILEEN: May I buy a newspaper? I didn't read the newspaper this morning. ?
MARTIN: I don't know. Can you wait??
EILEEN: When can I buy the newspaper??
MARTIN: In a few minutes. I'm going in a few minutes.?
EILEEN: Martin, are you going to work on Saturday??
MARTIN: No, I don't like to work on weekends.?
EILEEN: Can you take Sue and her friends to the park??
MARTIN: When??
EILEEN: In the afternoon. There is band concert.?
MARTIN: What time is the concert??
EILEEN: The concert is at two-fifteen.?
MARTIN: What band is playing??
EILEEN: There are three school bands playing. Some of Sue's friends are playing in the band.?
MARTIN: What time are they going to finish??
EILEEN: At four o'clock. I want to work on Saturday.?
MARTIN: Do you want to work at home??
EILEEN: No, I can't. I want to work at the office.?
VALERIE: Eileen? Hi. How are you??
EILEEN: Hello! What are you doing here, Valerie? Martin, this is Valerie McCormick.?
MARTIN: Hello. Eileen told me about you. I'm happy to meet you. ?
VALERIE: How are you? ?
MARTIN: Fine, thanks.?
EILEEN: Where are you going? What are you doing here??
VALERIE: I'm going home. I brought my husband to the train.?
EILEEN: What time is his train??
VALERIE: It was at nine-ten. It left.?
MARTIN: Where is he going??
VALERIE: He's going to Hartford, Connecticut. Where are you going? ?
EILEEN: Martin is going to Pittsburgh.
VALERIE: What time is your train??
MARTIN: It's at nine-thirty. I'm going now. Good-bye.?
EILEEN: Good-bye. Be careful.?
VALERIE: Good-bye. Martin.?

Practice 3：鞏固確切時間及大致時間的表達法。?
Examples:
MARTIN: At nine-thirty.?
EILEEN: At two-fifteen. At four o'clock.?
EILEEN: After work.?
MARTIN: This morning.?
EILEEN: Last week.?
MARTIN: In the morning. In a few minutes.?
EILEEN: In the afternoon.?

會話C?
馬 丁：你今天去買東西嗎??
艾 琳：是的。?
馬 丁：你什麼時候去買東西??
艾 琳：下班以後。我必須買些食品。?
馬 丁：買些咖啡吧。?
艾 琳：我們沒有咖啡了嗎??
馬 丁：沒有了，我用完了。?
艾 琳：什麼時候??
馬 丁：今天早晨，我早餐煮的咖啡。你什麼時候買的咖啡??
艾 琳：我上週纔買的咖啡，你咖啡喝得太多了吧??
馬 丁：我喜歡咖啡。?
艾 琳：你什麼時候喝下這麼多咖啡??
馬 丁：在早上，我喜歡早上喝咖啡。?
艾 琳：馬丁，幾點了??
馬 丁：9點20分。?
艾 琳：到匹茲堡的火車是什麼時間??
馬 丁：9點30分。?
艾 琳：我去買張報紙好嗎?我今早沒看報紙。?
馬 丁：我不知道，你能等一等嗎??
艾 琳：那我什麼時候能買報紙呢??
馬 丁：幾分鐘後，我幾分鐘後就走了。?
艾 琳：馬丁，你星期六去上班嗎??
馬 丁：不，我不喜歡在週末工作。?
艾 琳：你能帶蘇和她的朋友們去公園嗎??
馬 丁：什麼時候??
艾 琳：下午。有個樂隊演奏的音樂會。?
馬 丁：音樂會什麼時候開始??
艾 琳：音樂會在下午2點15分開始。?
馬 丁：什麼樂隊來演奏??
艾 琳：有3個學校樂隊演奏，蘇的一些朋友在樂隊裏演奏。?
馬 丁：幾點結束??
艾 琳：4點。我想在星期六工作。?
馬 丁：你想要在家裏工作嗎??
艾 琳：不，我不能。我想要在辦公室工作。?
瓦萊麗：艾琳?你好，你近來好嗎??
艾 琳：你好!瓦萊麗，你來這兒有什麼事?馬丁，這是瓦萊麗·麥考密克。?
馬 丁：你好，艾琳跟我提到過你，很高興見到你。?
瓦萊麗：你近來好嗎??
馬 丁：我很好，謝謝。?
艾 琳：你去哪兒?你在這兒做什麼?
瓦萊麗：我正要回家，我來送我丈夫上火車。?
艾 琳：他乘的是幾點的車??
瓦萊麗：9點10分，車已經開走了。?
馬 丁：他去哪兒??
瓦萊麗：他去康涅狄格州的哈特福德。你們去哪兒??
艾 琳：馬丁去匹茲堡。?
瓦萊麗：你乘的是幾點的火車??
馬 丁：9點30分，我現在走了，再見。?
艾 琳：再見，保重。
瓦萊麗：再見，馬丁。

New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語?

meet the train 接火車，接站?
band concert 樂隊演奏的音樂會?

Proper Nouns 專有名詞?

Valerie McCormick 瓦雷利·麥考密克?
Connectcut 康涅狄格州?
Hartford 哈特福德市?

Language Points 語言要點?

1. What time does it arrive in Pittsburgh?(什麼時間到達匹茲堡?)用 arrive 表示“到達”。arrive 是不及物動詞，其後要跟介詞 in 或 at，一般 arrive in 用於大城市、國家，arrive at 用於小地方。表示“到達”的涵義的常用詞還有 reach 和 get to 短語，reach 是及物動詞，可直接與名詞連用。get to 是慣用語，不如 arrive 和 reach 正式，
多用於口語。例如：?
What time do we arrive at Cardiff? 我們什麼時候到達卡爾迪福??
When did you arrive in Britain? 你們是什麼時候到達英國的??
He arrived reached at the station at 5. 他5點到達車站。?
He will get to Tokyo tomorrow. 他將於明天到達東京。?
2. ago 是“以前”的意思，本課中用 ago 的句子有：?
I wrote a story about Pittsburgh ten years ago.
他10年前寫過一篇關於匹茲堡的報道。?
I wrote a story three years ago. 我3年前寫過一篇故事。?
I first visited Washington many years ago.我是多年前首次訪問華盛頓的
由上述句子可看出，ago 是“距今……以前”。我們學過表示“以前”的單詞 before，它是表示“較過去……以前”。也就是說 ago 是相對現在而言的，before 是相對過去而言的。這一點從下面的例句就可以看出。?
I visited him two days ago, but he had gone to London five days before.?
他兩天前去看他，但是他已在那5天前就去了倫敦了。
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Cultural Notes 文化註釋

康涅狄格州(Connecticut)位於美國的東北部，東臨大西洋，首府是 New Haven，與羅德島州、麻薩諸塞州及紐約州相接壤。Connecticut 來源於印第安語，意思是“beside the long tidal river”(在長長的潮河旁)。?