初級美語 Lesson 32:Giving the Specific Time of Ev

Conversation A : At Home in the Evening
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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：情態動詞 may 和 can 在構成疑問句時，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字，後面加上 o'clock(點鐘)構成。?
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.?
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會話A : 晚上在家裏?
艾 琳：你幹完工作了嗎??
馬 丁：是的，幹完了。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：爲了參加晚會，他今晚將參加一個晚會。?
馬 丁：噢，是的。對了，晚會什麼時候開始??
艾 琳：晚會10點開始。?
馬 丁：他現在正在穿衣打扮嗎?才7點。?
艾 琳：我知道。但他已在穿衣打扮，因爲晚會很重要。馬丁，明天你將帶蘇去看電影嗎?
馬 丁：我能帶她去，她明天想去嗎??
艾 琳：是的，她想去。你明天什麼時候開會??
馬 丁：在上午。?
艾 琳：會議什麼時候舉行呢??
馬 丁：11點。?
艾 琳：你能在下午去看電影嗎??
馬 丁：是的，能。什麼時候。?
艾 琳：4點。?
馬 丁：好吧。?
艾 琳：蘇明天想去詹尼弗家，她可以上午去。?
馬 丁：晚飯什麼時候開飯??
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 丁：當然可以。?
蘇 ：你幹完工作了嗎??
馬 丁：是的，幹完了。?
蘇 ：我們明天能去看電影嗎??
馬 丁：是的，能去。?
蘇 ：什麼時候??
馬 丁：在下午。?
蘇 ：可以6點去嗎?我想去詹尼弗家。?
馬 丁：那太晚了，你星期一還要上學。咱們四點去。?
蘇 ：我什麼時候能去詹尼弗家呢??
艾 琳：你可以在上午去詹尼弗家。?
蘇 ：我現在可以給詹尼弗打個電話嗎??
艾 琳：不可以，現在是吃晚飯時候。?
蘇 ：那我什麼時候可以給她打電話??
艾 琳：晚飯後。?
蘇 ：什麼時候吃晚飯??
艾 琳：7點半。?
馬 丁：幾分鐘後。?
蘇 ：好吧，我去看書。?
艾 琳：我去把晚飯準備好，來幫我一把。?
馬 丁：好吧。

Conversation B
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EILEEN: I'm going to call children.?
MARTIN: I'm going to get some water.?
EILEEN: OK. Alan! Sue!?
EILEEN: Did you finish your book, Sue??
SUE: Yes, I did.?
ALAN: Did you like it? I read that book four years ago.?
SUE: Yes, I liked it.?
ALAN: That book is for boys.?
SUE: No, it isn't.?
ALAN: Yes, it is.?
EILEEN: No, it isn't, Alan. I read that book many years ago.?
ALAN: Dad??
MARTIN: Don't ask me. I don't want to say. I read it, too. Alan, when are you coming home??
ALAN: In the morning. At nine o'clock.?
EILEEN: Are you going to have breakfast??
ALAN: Yes.?
EILEEN: When are you going to have breakfast??
ALAN: We're going to have breakfast there, in the morning. When is your meeting, Dad??
MARTIN: The meeting is at eleven o'clock.?
ALAN: May I come home at eleven o'clock? You can meet me at the Itoh's house.?
MARTIN: No. You come home at nine o'clock. I want you to come before my meeting.
ALAN: OK.?
SUE: Alan, can you come to the movies with us??
ALAN: When are you going to the movies??
SUE: At four o'clock.?
ALAN: What movie are you going to see??
SUE: We're going to see the Walt Disney movie.
ALAN: That's for children.?
SUE: Daddy's going with me.?
ALAN: I don't want to see a movie for children.?
EILEEN: Alan, it's not for children.?
ALAN: I have to study in the afternoon.?
SUE: Can you study in the evening??
ALAN: I have to study in the afternoon and in the evening.?
SUE: When are you going to study??
ALAN: I'm going to study after lunch and after dinner.?
EILEEN: When are you going to work??
ALAN: I'm not going to work tomorrw. I have to work on Monday.?
EILEEN: When are you going to work on Monday??
ALAN: At seven-thirty.?
MARTIN: In the evening??
ALAN: No. In the morning.?
EILEEN: Before school??
ALAN: Of course. I'm going to work at seven-thirty and then I'm going to school at eight-thrity.?
MARTIN: I don't like you to work in the morning.?
ALAN: I'm going to work only this week.?

Practice 3：時間短語通常由介詞或副詞與表示時間的名詞一起構成。表示“幾點幾分”用英文“小時+連字符+分鐘”表示，也可以用阿拉伯數字“小時+：+分鐘”表示。表示“在幾點幾分”，用介詞 at。?
Example One:
? ALAN: Four years ago.?
EILLEN: Many years ago.?
ALAN: In the morning.?
MARTIN: Before my meeting.?
ALAN: In the afternoon.?
In the evening.?
After lunch.?
After dinner.?
Tomorrow.?
On Monday.?
EILEEN: Before school.?
ALAN: This week.?
Example Two:?
ALAN: At nine o'clock.?
MARTIN: At eleven o'clock.?
SUE: At four o'clock.?
ALAN: At seven-thirty. (At 7：30)?
ALAN: At eight-thirty. (At 8：30)?

會話B?
艾 琳：我去叫孩子們來吃飯。?
馬 丁：我去拿些水。?
艾 琳：好了，艾倫!蘇!?
艾 琳：蘇，你看完書了嗎??
蘇 ：是的，我看完了。?
艾 倫：你喜歡那本書嗎?我4年前看的那本書。?
蘇 ：是的，我喜歡。?
艾 倫：那本書是寫給男孩子讀的。?
蘇 ：不，它不是。?
艾 倫：是的，它是的。?
艾 琳：不，它不是，艾倫。我許多年前讀過那本書。?
艾 倫：爸爸??
馬 丁：別問我，我不想表態，我也讀過那本書。艾倫，你什麼時候回家??
艾 倫：在上午，9點鐘。?
艾 琳：你吃早飯嗎??
艾 倫：是的。?
艾 琳：你什麼時候吃早飯??
艾 倫：我們早上將在那裏吃早飯。爸爸，你什麼時候開會??
馬 丁：11點。?
艾 倫：我可以在11點回家嗎?你可以在伊藤家接我。?
馬 丁：不行，你得在9點回家，我要你在我開會前回家。?
艾 倫：好吧。?
蘇 ：艾倫，你能和我們一起去看電影嗎??
艾 倫：你們什麼時間去看電影??
蘇 ：4點。?
艾 倫：你們將看什麼電影??
蘇 ：我們將看沃爾特·迪斯尼電影。?
艾 倫：那是給小孩看的。?
蘇 ：爸爸將和我一起去。?
艾 倫：我不想去看兒童片。?
艾 琳：艾倫，那不是給小孩看的。?
艾 倫：我下午得學習。?
蘇 ：你不能在晚上學習嗎??
艾 倫：我在下午和晚上都得學習。?
蘇 ：你將在什麼時間學習??
艾 倫：我將在午飯後和晚飯後學習。?
艾 琳：你什麼時候去工作??
艾 倫：我明天沒有工作，我得在星期一工作。?
艾 琳：你星期一什麼時候工作??
艾 倫：7點半。?
馬 丁：在晚上嗎??
艾 倫：不是，在早上。?
艾 琳：上學前??
艾 倫：當然了，我將在7點半工作，然後8點半分去上學。?
馬 丁：我不喜歡你在早上工作。?
艾 倫：我只這一週去工作。

New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語?

dress v. 穿衣打扮?
lunch n. 午餐?
dinner n. 晚餐?
breakfast n. 早餐?

Language Points 語言要點?

It's time for dinner. 到吃晚飯的時間了。It's time 後接 for+名詞，意爲“該……”，“到……的時間了”。例如：?
It's time for class. 到上課時間了。?
It's time for lunch. 到吃午飯的時間了。?
It's time 後還可接不定式，例如：?
It's time to buy a new car. 該買輛車了。?
It's time for you to go to bed. 該上牀睡覺了。?
當我們要說其他人該做某事了，常用“It's time+主語+動詞過去式”結構，雖然用的是過去時結構，但表示的是現在或將來的含義。
例如：?
It's time you went to bed. 你該上牀睡覺了。?
It's time she washed that dress. 她該洗那件衣服了。?
I'm getting tired —— it's time we went home. 我有點累了，我們該回家了。
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Cultural Notes 文化註釋

大多數美國人說時間都是先說幾點，然後說幾分。例如：7點25分，英語是 seven twenty-five (7：25)。要把時間說得更清楚些，還要加上 a.m. (或 AM 或 A.M.)或 p.m.(或 PM 或P.M.)。a.m.(上午)是拉丁文 anti meridiem 的縮寫，p.m. 是 post meridiem 的縮寫。
美國人說日期通常先說月，後說日，最後說年。日期前的定冠詞經常省略。例如：1992年5月20日的英語是 May 20th, 1992。