初級美語 Lesson 19:Talking About Families 談論家庭

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：詢問對方是否有某物或人，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.?
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會話A : 在農場?
麗 莎：讓我們坐這裏吧，勒納先生。?
馬 丁：叫我馬丁好了。我能問你幾個問題嗎??
麗 莎：當然可以。?
馬 丁：我可以把你的回答錄下來嗎??
麗 莎：可以的。?
馬 丁：你成家了嗎??
麗 莎：是的，我有丈夫。?
馬 丁：你丈夫叫什麼名字??
麗 莎：埃裏克。?
馬 丁：埃裏克。對了，我們見過。你有孩子嗎??
麗 莎：是的。我們有兩個孩子。?
馬 丁：男孩還是女孩??
麗 莎：一男一女。?
馬 丁：太好了。你有一個兒子和一個女兒。你的父母還健在嗎?
麗 莎：是的。?
馬 丁：他們住在這兒嗎??
麗 莎：不，他們住在城裏。?
馬 丁：你有一個大農場嗎??
麗 莎：噢，是的，那是個很大的農場，曾經是我父親的。?
馬 丁：你還有一所大房子。?
麗 莎：是一個很棒的房子。這個房子很古老。埃裏克來了。?
埃裏克：你好，馬丁??
馬 丁：不錯。?
埃裏克：你怎麼樣??
馬 丁：很好，謝謝。你怎麼樣??
埃裏克：很好，謝謝。?
麗 莎：我們正在談論家庭。?
埃裏克：我有一個大家庭。?
馬 丁：你父母還健在嗎??
埃裏克：我母親還健在，父親不在了。?
馬 丁：你的母親住在哪兒??
埃裏克：她住在加利弗福尼亞。?
馬 丁：你有兄弟姐妹嗎??
埃裏克：我有三個兄弟和兩個姐妹。?
馬 丁：他們住在哪兒??
埃裏克：兩兄弟住城裏，一個在農場。?
馬 丁：他們做什麼工作?有一個是農民嗎??
埃裏克：是的，另兩個兄弟在城裏做生意。?
馬 丁：麗莎，你有兄弟姐妹嗎??
麗 莎：我有個姐姐。?
馬 丁：她住哪兒??
麗 莎：她住在德克薩斯。?
馬 丁：她結婚了??
麗 莎：沒有。?
馬 丁：她做什麼工作的??
麗 莎：她在軍隊工作。?
馬 丁：埃裏克，你的姐妹們結婚了嗎??
埃裏克：一個住在蒙大拿州，她嫁給了一個農場主。一個住在加利福尼亞，我母
親同她住在一起。?
馬 丁：這個姐姐做什麼工作??
埃裏克：她經商。?
麗 莎：她是個攝影家。?
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.?
MEG: He grows beans, too.?
MARTIN: Soybeans??
MEG: Yes.?
MARTIN: Does he have animals??
MEG: Oh, yes.?
MARTIN: Do you like animals??
MEG: I like some animals. I like horses.?
MARTIN: Can you ride??
MEG: Yes, I can.?
MARTIN: Max, can you ride??
MAX: Of course.?
MEG: I don't like cows.?
MARTIN: Does your uncle have cows??
MEG: Yes. He has big cows. He has two hundred cows.?
MAX: No, he doesn't.?
MEG: Yes. He has two hundred cows.?
MAX: No, he doesn't. He has fifty cows.?
MEG: No, he doesn't. He has two hundred cows.?
MAX: Fifty.?
MEG: Two-hundred.?
LISA: Children! Stop that!?
MARTIN: Lisa, did your father have cows??
LISA: No, he didn't. He didn't like animals.?
MEG: He likes corn and beans.?
LISA: That's right.?
MARTIN: Did he like horses??
LISA: No. He only liked corn and soybeans.?
MARTIN: You have a very big house, Meg. Do you like your house??
MEG: It's old. But I like it.?
MAX: I like Uncle Gene's house. It's new.?
LISA: Our home is wonderful!?
MAX: Our home is wonderful. But Uncle Gene's is new.?

會話B?
麗 莎：這是孩子們。?
埃裏克：這是麥克斯，這是麥格。?
馬 丁：你好，麥克斯，你好麥格。?
麥克斯：你好。?
麥 格：你好。?
馬 丁：我是馬丁。你幾歲，麥克斯??
麥克斯：我15歲。?
馬 丁：你上高中了嗎??
麥克斯：是的，我在10年級。?
馬 丁：你的學校在哪兒??
麥克斯：在鎮上。?
馬 丁：麥格幾歲了??
麥 格：11歲。?
馬 丁：你的學校在哪兒??
麥 格：我不知道。?
麗 莎：在這兒的東邊。?
馬 丁：在農村嗎??
埃裏克：對。?
馬 丁：麥格，可以再問幾個問題嗎??
麥 格：可以。?
馬 丁：我想問些關於你家的問題，你有叔叔嗎??
麥 格：有，3個。?
馬 丁：他們住在哪兒??
麥 格：兩個住在鎮上，一個在那邊住。?
馬 丁：哪裏??
埃裏克：在這兒的西邊。?
麥 格：看見那條路了?在那邊。?
馬 丁：麥克，你有爺爺、奶奶、姥姥、姥爺嗎??
麥克斯：有，奶奶、姥姥都在，只有一個爺爺在。?
馬 丁：你爺爺住在哪兒??
麥克斯：他現在住鎮上，住這兒。?
馬 丁：他做什麼工作??
麥克斯：他從前是農民。?
埃裏克：這從前是他的農場。?
馬 丁：麥格，你的奶奶、姥姥住哪??
麥 格：一個住在鎮上，一個住在加利福尼亞。?
馬 丁：你叔叔們幹什麼??
麥 格：吉恩叔叔是警察。?
麥克斯：洽特叔叔是麪包師。?
馬 丁：麥克斯，你有個叔叔是農民嗎??
麥克斯：對，有。他有個小農場。?
馬 丁：他種什麼??
麥克斯：玉米，農民們都種玉米。?
麥 格：他也種豆子。?
馬 丁：黃豆嗎??
麥 格：是的。?
馬 丁：他養牲畜嗎??
麥 格：哦，養。?
馬 丁：你喜歡牲畜嗎??
麥 格：喜歡一些，我喜歡馬。?
馬 丁：你會騎馬嗎??
麥 格：是的，會。?
馬 丁：麥克斯，你會騎馬嗎??
麥克斯：當然了。?
麥 格：我不喜歡牛。?
馬 丁：你叔叔養牛嗎??
麥 格：養，他養大牛，有200頭。?
麥克斯：不，他沒有。?
麥 格：不，他有，他有200頭。?
麥克斯：不，他沒有200頭，他有50頭。?
麥 格：不，不是50頭，是200頭。?
麥克斯：50頭。?
麥 格：200頭。?
麗 莎：孩子們，別吵了。?
馬 丁：麗莎，你父親養牛嗎??
麗 莎：不，他不養，他不喜歡動物。?
麥 格：他喜歡玉米和豆子。?
麗 莎：對!?
馬 丁：他喜歡馬嗎??
麗 莎：不，他只喜歡玉米和黃豆。?
馬 丁：你有座大房子，麥格，你喜歡嗎??
麥 格：很舊了，但我喜歡。?
麥克斯：我喜歡吉恩叔叔的房子，是新的。?
麗 莎：我們家房子很好。?
麥克斯：我們家房子很好，但吉恩叔叔的房子是新的。

New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語?

living n. & adj. 生計；活着的?
married adj. 結了婚的?
rancher n. 牧場主?
uncle n. 叔父，伯父，舅父?
baker n. 麪包師?

Proper Nouns 專有名詞?

Texas 得克薩斯州?
Montana 蒙大拿州?

Language Points 語言要點?

1 . She's married to a rancher. 她嫁給了一個牧場主。?
marry 是動詞，意爲結婚、嫁、娶。?
John is going to marry Jane. 約翰要和珍結婚了。?
She married a rancher. 她和一個牧場主結婚了。?
Her father married her to a rancher. 她父親把她嫁給了個牧場主。?
be married to 是嫁給(娶)某人的意思。其中 married 是形容詞。?
2 . See that road? 看見那條路了吧??
這是一句省略了主語和助動詞的一般疑問句。完整的句子爲：?
Do you see that road??

Cultural Notes 文化註釋

在美國也存在着很大的城鄉差別，但這種差別並不是物質的優劣，而是體現在另一方面。鄉村、郊區的居民崇尚輕鬆、儉樸的生活方式和開闊的居住環境，而且往往對城市所象徵的一切持牴觸情緒。近些年來，越來越多的人離開大都市，遷居郊野、鄉下，就是想躲避城市日趨惡化的環境，迴歸自然。