美国之音口语经典教程Expressing Both Specific and General Time 表示确切时间和大

Lesson 34Expressing Both Specific and General Time

表示确切时间和大致时间

 

Things to Know  学前必读

康涅狄格州(Connecticut)位于美国的东北部，东临大西洋，首府是 New Haven，与罗德岛州、麻萨诸塞州及纽约州相接壤。Connecticut 来源于印第安语，意思是“beside the long tidal river”(在长长的潮河旁)。

 

 

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：如果不必说明确切的时间，可以用比较笼统的方式表示时间。

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.

用表示确切时间的短语回答：

MARTIN: What time do you eat lunch?

YOURSELF: _______________________________. 

MARTIN: What time do you listen to English?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

MARTIN: What time do you listen to music?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

用表示大致时间的短语回答：

MARTIN: When do you study English?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

MARTIN: When do you go shopping?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

MARTIN: When do you play sports?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

 

会话A : 在火车站

艾  琳：火车几点开?

马  丁：9点15分。

艾  琳：什么时候到匹兹堡?

马  丁：我不清楚。

艾  琳：会议什么时候开?

马  丁：我有许多会议，它们都是在下午。

艾  琳：你什么时候回家?

马  丁：今晚。

艾  琳：我们来接站。

马  丁：艾伦和你一起来吗?

艾  琳：是的，他来。

马  丁：他的球赛是在什么时候?

艾  琳：明天晚上。

马  丁：球赛不是在今天晚上吗?

艾  琳：不，不是。是在明天晚上。

马  丁：上周球赛是在什么时候进行的?

艾  琳：是在星期三，这周是在星期四。

马  丁：我明白了，球赛是在几点?

艾  琳：7点30分。

马  丁：好，我要去看。

艾  琳：那好极了，他想要你去。

马  丁：你什么时候去上班?

艾  琳：午饭后，我昨晚工作得很晚。

马  丁：你几点去上班?

艾  琳：一点半，火车今晚几点到?

马  丁：8点45分到。

艾  琳：好吧，苏也能来，你能在火车上吃饭吗?

马  丁：能。但我将在匹兹堡吃饭。

艾  琳：好，苏在晚饭前能完成作业。

马  丁：你们什么时候吃晚饭?

艾  琳：7点。

马  丁：你什么时候到火车站?

艾  琳：8点。

 

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：表示过去的事件或活动的时间短语，常常是由“表示时间的名词(词组)+副词 ago”构成，也可由“形容词 last+表示时间的名词”或“in+年代”构成。

Examples:

  MARTIN: Three years ago. Ten years ago. Many years ago. 

In 1975.Last year.

根据上述结构回答下列问题：

MARTIN: When did you leave school?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

MARTIN: When did you visit your family?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

MARTIN: When did you see your teacher?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

 

会话B

艾  琳：马丁，你第一次访问匹兹堡是在什么时候?

马  丁：在1975年，10年前我写过一篇有关匹兹堡的报导。我3年前写过一篇报导，我去年也写过一次。

艾  琳：你第一次访问华盛顿是在什么时候?

马  丁：我记不清楚了，许多年以前。

 

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：巩固确切时间及大致时间的表达法。

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.

根据以上结构回答下列问题：

MARTIN: When are you going to travel?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

MARTIN: When did you listen to the radio?

YOURSELF: _______________________________

MARTIN: When does the English Lesson begin?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

 

会话C

马  丁：你今天去买东西吗?

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