初級美語 Lesson 14:Talking About What People Do f

Conversation A : At a New Shopping Mall?

KATHY: Good morning, Jeff.?
JEFF: Good morning, Kathy. How are you this morning??
KATHY: Fine, thanks. How are you??
JEFF: Fine, thanks.?
KATHY: What's that??
JEFF: It's the plan.?
KATHY: What plan??
JEFF: For the new building. Look.?
KATHY: It's interesting. What's that??
JEFF: Shops. There are ten shops.?
KATHY: What's that??
JEFF: It's the cinema.?
KATHY: Show me the restaurants.?
JEFF: Look here. There are three restaurants.?
KATHY: Show me the sports club.?
JEFF: Look here...?
KATHY: Martin Learner is coming this morning.?
JEFF: Martin Learner??
KATHY: He's a reporter.?
JEFF: Oh, yes. He's a reporter for the“Voice of America”.?
KATHY: Yes.?
JEFF: Please come in, Mr. Learner.?
MARTIN: Thank you.?
JEFF: I'm Jeff O'Neil. I'm the director of the shopping mall. How are you??MARTIN: Fine, thanks.?
JEFF: Please sit down. Coffee??
MARTIN: No, thanks.?
JEFF: Where are you from??
MARTIN: I'm from Baltimore, Maryland.?
JEFF: I lived in Maryland. How can I help you??
MARTIN: Tell me about the shopping mall. May I record??
JEFF: Sure. That's OK. Look here.?
MARTIN: What's that??
JEFF: It's the plan for the new building.?
MARTIN: Show me the old building.?
JEFF: Here is the old building. Here is the new building.?
MARTIN: What's that??
JEFF: It's the cinema.?
MARTIN: Show me the shops.?
JEFF: Here is a shoe store. Here is a bicycle shop. Here is a gift shop. Here is a clothing store. There are ten shops.?
MARTIN: What's that??
JEFF: It's the sports club.?
MARTIN: What's that??
JEFF: It's a restaurant. There are three restaurants.?
MARTIN: Show me.?
JEFF: Here is a restaurant. Here is a restaurant. And here is a restaurant.?

Practice 1：“here”用來指離講話人較近的事物的位置，Here is a... 這兒有一個……
Examples: JEFF: Here is a shoe store.?
Here is a bicycle shop.?
Here is a gift shop.?
Here is a clothing store.?
Here is a restaurant.?

會話A 在一個新的購物中心?
凱 西：早上好，傑夫。?
傑 夫：早上好，凱西，今早怎麼樣??
凱 西：很好，謝謝。你怎麼樣??
傑 夫：很好，謝謝。?
凱 西：那是什麼??
傑 夫：那是設計圖。?
凱 西：什麼設計圖??
傑 夫：新樓的設計圖。看!?
凱 西：很有趣，那是什麼??
傑 夫：商店，10個商店。?
凱 西：那是什麼??
傑 夫：電影院。?
凱 西：告訴我餐館兒在哪兒??
傑 夫：看這兒，有3個餐館兒。?
凱 西：告訴我體育俱樂部在哪兒。?
傑 夫：看這兒。?
凱 西：馬丁·勒納今早要來。?
傑 夫：馬丁·勒納。?
凱 西：他是記者。?
傑 夫：哦!是的，他是“美國之音”記者。?
凱 西：是的。?
傑 夫：請進，勒納先生。?
馬 丁：謝謝。?
傑 夫：我是傑夫·奧尼爾，購物中心經理。你怎麼樣??
馬 丁：很好，謝謝。?
傑 夫：請坐，要咖啡嗎??
馬 丁：不要，謝謝。?
傑 夫：你是哪兒的人??
馬 丁：我是馬里蘭州巴爾的摩市人。?
傑 夫：我在馬里蘭州住過，我能幫什麼忙嗎??
馬 丁：給我講講購物中心，可以錄音嗎??
傑 夫：當然可以。那沒關係。看這兒。?
馬 丁：那是什麼??
傑 夫：那是一座新樓的設計圖。?
馬 丁：帶我看看舊樓。?
傑 夫：這兒是舊樓，這兒是新樓。?
馬 丁：那是什麼??
傑 夫：電影院。?
馬 丁：帶我看看商店??
傑 夫：這兒是鞋店，這是自行車店，這是禮品店，這是服裝店，共有10家商店。?
馬 丁：那是什麼??
傑 夫：那是體育俱樂部。?
馬 丁：那是什麼??
傑 夫：那是餐館，有3家餐館。?
馬 丁：讓我看看。?
傑 夫：這是一家餐館，這是一家餐館，這是一家餐館。?

Conversation B?

JEFF: Here is the new building.?
MARTIN: What's that??
JEFF: It's the sports club.?
MARTIN: Who are they??
JEFF: They're painters. They're painting the sports club.?
MARTIN: What's that??
JEFF: It's the cinema. Here is the shoe store.?
MARTIN: Who are they??
JEFF: They're the carpenters. They're making shelves. They're workers. They're making a road.?
MARTIN: What's that??
JEFF: It's a garage. Here is the entrance.?
MARTIN: Who are they??
JEFF: They're the gardeners. They're making the gardens.?
MARTIN: What's that??
JEFF: It's the garage. It's the exit.?
MARTIN: Good morning.?
WELDER: Good morning.?
MARTIN: What are you doing??
WELDER: We're welders. We're building a new building.?
MARTIN: What's that??
WELDER: It's a door. We're making two large doors. Here's a window.?MARTIN: That's interesting.?
WELDER: We're making twelve large windows.?
MARTIN: Thanks.?
JEFF: Come see the old building.?
MARTIN: OK.?
MARTIN: Tell me about the shopping mall. I'm going to record.?
JEFF: There's a clothing store. There's a jewelry store. There's a pet shop. There’s a hardware store. There's a music store.

Practice 2：“there”指離講話人較遠的事物的位置，There is a...那兒有一個……Examples: JEFF: There's a clothing store.
There's a jewelry store.?
There's a pet shop.
There's a hardware store.?
There's a music store.?

會話B?
傑 夫：這是新樓。?
馬 丁：那是什麼??
傑 夫：那是運動俱樂部。?
馬 丁：那些人是誰??
傑 夫：他們是油漆工，在給俱樂部刷油漆。?
馬 丁：那是什麼??
傑 夫：那是電影院，這兒是鞋店。?
馬 丁：那些人是誰??
傑 夫：他們是木匠，在做架子。他們是工人，在鋪路。?
馬 丁：那是什麼??
傑 夫：是車庫，這兒是入口。?
馬 丁：他們是誰??
傑 夫：他們是園丁，在修花園。?
馬 丁：那是什麼??
傑 夫：是車庫，那是出口。?
馬 丁：早上好。?
焊 工：早上好。?
馬 丁：你在幹什麼??
焊 工：我是電焊工，在建新樓。?
馬 丁：那是什麼??
焊 工：是門，我們在做兩個大門，這兒是窗子。?
馬 丁：有趣。?
焊 工：我們要做12個大窗子。?
馬 丁：謝謝。?
傑 夫：過來看看舊樓。?
馬 丁：好。?
馬 丁：給我講講購物中心，我打算錄下來。?
傑 夫：有1個服裝店，1個珠寶店，1 個寵物店，1個五金店。1個音樂店。

Conversation C?

MARTIN: What are they doing??
JEFF: They're musicians. They're playing music. It's a music store. Here’s the pet shop.?
MARTIN: They're buying a dog.?
CLERK: Who are you??
MARTIN: I'm a reporter.?
CLERK: I'm the clerk. I work here. I sell dogs and cats.?
JEFF: Would you like coffee??
MARTIN: Yes, please.?
JEFF: Here's a cafe. Please sit down.?
MARTIN: They're cleaning the floor.?
JEFF: Yes, sit here.?
MARTIN: What's that??
JEFF: It's a bookstore. There's a photo shop. Look. He's a photographer. He's taking photos now.?

會話C?
馬 丁：他們在做什麼??
傑 夫：他們是音樂家。他們在演奏音樂。那是家音樂店。這是寵物店。?
馬 丁：他們在買狗。?
店 員：你是誰??
馬 丁：我是記者。?
店 員：我是職員。我在這兒工作。我賣狗和貓。?
傑 夫：要咖啡嗎??
馬 丁：是的。?
傑 夫：這是咖啡店。請坐。?
馬 丁：他們在擦地板。?
傑 夫：是的，坐這兒。?
馬 丁：那是什麼??
傑 夫：那是書店，那兒是個照相館。看，他是攝影師，現在在照相呢!

New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語?

shopping mall n. 購物中心?
restaurant n. 飯店?
sports club n. 健身房?
carpenter n. 木工?
shelf n. 架子?
shelves 複數?
entrance n. 入口?
jewelry n. 珠寶?
pet n. 寵物?
hardware n. 五金?
clerk n. 職員?
photographer n. 攝影師?

Language Points 語言要點?

1 . For the new building. 新樓的(設計圖)。?
這句話省略了 the plan，原句應爲 the plan for the new building 介詞 for 用於名詞後，表示被用於某種目的，例如：?
a room for sleeping in 臥室?coal for the winter 冬季用煤?
2 . May I record? 我可以錄音嗎??
這是請求對方允許自己做某事。May I+動詞原形?我可以……嗎?例如：?May I sit here? 我可以坐這嗎??
May I ask you some questions? 我可以問你一些問題嗎??

Cultural Notes 文化註釋

購物中心(shopping mall)是美國新興起的購物場所，一座建築物裏各種類型的專櫃商店，餐廳飲食店、電影院、健身房也一應俱全。還設有免費停車場，通常 shopping mall 裏有兩家大百貨公司，各居一端。?