初級美語 Lesson 10:Responding to Requests 對要求作出反應

Conversation A :My Car Is Missing
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MARTIN: Hello! Hello! Is this the police? Hello. What? Is this the police? Good. I'm Martin Learner. Martin, M-A-R-T-I-N. Learner, L-E-A-R-N-E-R Yes. Martin Learner! What? My car... My car is missing. Missing. It is not here. At the hotel. The Denver Hotel. My car is not here! Come to the police station? OK!?
CLERK: Good morning, Mr. Learner. May I help you??
MARTIN: I'm going to the police.?
CLERK: About your car??
MARTIN: Yes. Where is the police station??
CLERK: The police station!? I don't know. Wait a moment. Mr. Hudson. Where is the police station? It's Mr. Learner. His car is missing. Thank you, Mr. Hudson. The Police Station is on Johnson Street.?
MARTIN: Where is Johnson Street??
CLERK: Go straight ahead for three streets. That's Johnson Street. Turn left.?POLICEWOMAN: Tell me where you live, please.?
MARTIN: I live at fourteen-twenty-seven Grant Street. Baltimore, Maryland.?POLICEWOMAN: Fourteen-twenty-seven Grant Street, Baltimore, Maryland.
Give me your phone number.
MARTIN: Four-one-oh, five-five-five, six-seven-two-nine.?
POLICEWOMAN: Please show me your driver's license.?
MARTIN: Here.?
POLICEWOMAN: OK. Tell me what happened.?
MARTIN: I went to the garage to get my car. I'm going home today. I'm a reporter...
POLICEWOMAN: Stop! Slow down. Now, begin again.?
DETECTIVE: Good morning, Nikki.?
POLICEWOMAN: Good morning, Sam. Come here. Sam, this is Mr. Learner. This is Detective Sam Brook.?
DETECTIVE: I'm looking for your missing car.?
POLICEWOMAN: Sit down, Sam.?

Practice 1：祈使句是請求或命令別人做事的句子，其構成方式很多，最簡單的是用表示動作的實意動詞引導的句子，有時甚至可以只有一個動詞。
Examples: POLICEWOMAN: Tell me where you live.?
POLICEWOMAN: Give me your phone number.?
POLICEWOMAN: Show me your driver's license.?
POLICEWOMAN: Tell me what happened.?
POLICEWOMAN: Stop.?
POLICEWOMAN: Slow down.?
POLICEWOMAN: Begin again.?
POLICEWOMAN: Come here.?
POLICEWOMAN: Sit down.?
請記下以下的動詞並將之運用於祈使句中：?
tell 告訴?come 來?stand 站?give 給?sit 坐?look 看?show 出示walk 走?read 讀?stop 停?turn 轉?write 寫?begin 開始?go 去，

會話A: 我的車丟了。?
馬 丁：你好!你好!是警察局嗎?你好!什麼?是警察局嗎?好! 我叫馬丁·勒納，馬丁，馬-丁，勒納，勒-納。是的，馬丁·勒納，什麼?我的車，我的車丟了，車現在不在這兒，在旅館，丹佛旅館，我的車不在這兒，到警察局去?好的。
服務員：早上好，勒納先生，我能幫忙嗎??
馬 丁：我要去警察局。?
服務員：有關你的車嗎??
馬 丁：是的，警察局在哪兒??
服務員：警察局?!我不知道，等一會兒!?哈得遜先生!警察局在哪?是勒納先生，他的車丟了，謝謝，哈得遜先生。警察局在約翰遜大街。?
馬 丁：約翰遜大街在哪兒??
服務員：朝前走，過三條街就是約翰遜街，向左拐。?
女警官：請告訴我你住哪兒??
馬 丁：我住在馬里蘭州巴爾的摩市格蘭特街1427號。?
女警官：馬里蘭州巴爾的摩市格蘭特街1427號，請把電話號碼告訴我。?
馬 丁：401-555-6729?
女警官：請把駕駛證給我。?
馬 丁：在這兒。?
女警官：好。把情況說一下。?
馬 丁：我去車庫取車，我今天打算回家，我是記者……?
女警官：停下!慢點說，現在重新開始。?
偵 探：早上好!尼基。?
女警官：早上好!山姆，過來，山姆，這是勒納先生。這是山姆·布魯克偵探。偵 探：我正在找你丟的車。?
女警官：請坐，山姆。?

Conversation B
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DETECTIVE: OK. Mr. Learner. Where are you from??
MARTIN: I'm from Baltimore, Maryland. I'm a reporter. I write stories for radio.
DETECTIVE: Where are you going??
MARTIN: I'm going to Baltimore. I'm going home.?
DETECTIVE: I lived in Maryland. I studied at the University of Maryland. I study in Denver now.?
POLICEWOMAN: Excuse me, Mr. Learner. Read this.?
MARTIN: Martin Learner. Fourteen-twenty-seven Grant Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Telephone, four-one-oh, five-five-five, six-seven-two-nine.
WOMAN: OK??
MARTIN: Yes.?
WOMAN: Sign your name here. And sign here.?

Practice 2：按祈使句的要求回答?
Examples: WOMAN: Tell me your name.?
MARTIN: Martin Learner.?
WOMAN: Spell your name.?
MARTIN: Martin. M-A-R-T-I-N. Learner. L-E-A-R-N-E-R.? WOMAN: Give me your phone number.?
MARTIN: Four-oh-one, five-five-five, six-seven-two-nine.?

會話B?
偵 探：好，勒納先生，你是哪兒人??
馬 丁：我是馬里蘭州巴爾的摩市人，我是記者，我爲電臺寫報道。?
偵 探：你準備去哪兒??
馬 丁：我要去巴爾的摩，準備回家。?
偵 探：我曾在馬里蘭州住過，我在馬里蘭大學讀過書，現在在丹佛學習。?
女警察：對不起，勒納先生，讀一下這個。?
馬 丁：馬丁· 勒納，馬里蘭州巴爾的摩市格蘭特街1427號，電話401-555-6729。
女警察：對嗎??
馬 丁：對。?
女 ：在這兒簽名，還要在這兒簽名。?

Conversation C?

DETECTIVE: OK. Mr. Learner. Pick up your driver's license. We're going.?MARTIN: Where are we going??
DETECTIVE: We're going to the hotel. We're going to find your car.?
MARTIN: My car is not there. It's missing.?
DETECTIVE: I know, I know. But I'm going to look.?
WOMAN: Take your coat.?
MARTIN: Thank you.?
DETECTIVE: Tell me the color of your car.?
MARTIN: It's blue.?
DETECTIVE: Tell me what kind of car.?
MARTIN: It's a Ford.?
DETECTIVE: Give me your keys. Wait here. I'm going to look for your car.?DETECTIVE: There is no blue Ford.?
MARTIN: I know! It's not here. It's missing.?
DETECTIVE: First I looked upstairs. Then I looked downstairs.?
MARTIN: I looked upstairs. And I looked downstairs. It's missing!?

Practice 3：動詞的過去式一般是由動詞原形加 ed (或 d)構成。對比下列例句中的動詞形式；注意過去時的構成方法。?
Examples: MARTIN: I live in Baltimore, Maryland.?
DETECTIVE: I lived in Maryland.
DETECTIVE: I studied at the University of Maryland.?
DETECTIVE: I study in Denver now.?
DETECTIVE: I'm going to look for your car.?
MARTIN: I looked upstairs. I looked downstairs.?

會話C?
偵 探：好，勒納先生，拿着你的駕駛證，咱們走。?
馬 丁：去哪兒??
偵 探：我們去旅館找你的車。?
馬 丁：我的車不在那兒，丟了。?
偵 探：我知道，知道，但我要看一看。?
女 ：穿上衣服。?
馬 丁：謝謝你。?
偵 探：告訴我你車的顏色。?
馬 丁：藍色?
偵 探：什麼車??
馬 丁：福特車。?
偵 探：把鑰匙給我，請在這兒等着，我去找你的車。?
偵 探：沒有藍色福特車。?
馬 丁：我知道，車不在這兒，已經丟了。?
偵 探：我樓上看了，樓下也看了。?
馬 丁：我樓上看了，樓下也看了，車丟啦!

New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語
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police n. 警察?
missing adj. 不見了的?
police station n. 警察局?
phone number n. 電話號碼?
driver's license n. 駕駛執照?
garage n. 車庫?
detective n. 偵探?
sign v. 簽名?
look for 尋找?
sit down 坐下?
slow down 慢點?

Proper Nouns 專有名詞?
Maryland 馬里蘭州?
Denver 丹佛市?
Ford 福特車(或牌)?

Language Points 語言要點?

1. I'm going home today. 我今天要回家。?
這句話是現在進行時的形式，表示的是將來的時態。go home 回家，home 是副詞，“回家、到家”之意，因此 go 後面不帶 to。?
2. Tell me where you live. 告訴我你住在哪兒。?
這是一句帶有賓語從句的祈使句。Where you live，是一個從句。做 tell 的賓語，賓語從句中要用陳述語序，例如：
Tell me what happened. 告訴我發生了什麼事。?
Tell me where the police station is. 告訴我警察局在哪。?

Cultural Notes 文化註釋

電話號碼的讀法
英文電話號碼的念法與中文讀法相同，即用基數詞將數字讀出，如：Four-oh-one, five-five-five, six-seven-two-nine. 如果兩個連續的數字，可重複讀出，也可用 double 讀出，如：Four-oh-one, five-five-five, six-six-two-nine 也可讀成 Four-oh-one, five-five-five, double six-two-nine.“0”可用“oh”或“zero”讀出，上面的號碼可讀作：Four-one-zero, five-five-five, six-six-two-nine.