美国之音口语经典教程Stating the General Time of Your Activities 表示活动的大

Lesson 33Stating the General Time of Your Activities

表示活动的大致时间

 

Things to Know  学前必读

美国的环境保护运动 (conservation movement) 早在罗斯福执政期间 (Theodore Roosevelt's administration 1901～1909) 就受到重视，随着环境保护运动影响的扩大，得到公众的广泛信任与支持，导致20世纪60年代和70年代一系列联邦法规的出台，如1970年的《清洁空气法》(Clean Air Act) ，1972年的《水污染控制法》(Water Pollution Control Act) ，1973年的《濒临灭绝物种保护法》(Endangered Species Act)等。

美国各州都有自己的法规，例如：一些州已禁止乱扔瓶罐，禁止在肥皂中使用磷酸盐，禁止倾倒工业垃圾。到1986年，已有40个州，80多个城市通过了某种形式的法规，限制在公共场合或上班时吸烟。

在1965年初，国会通过了一项法规，要求在香烟包装上印上警告。这一做法，仅在几年后就被其它国家采纳、效仿。

公众对污染问题的关注，已成为美国人生活的一部分，就连为大家所熟知的可口可乐饮料罐(Coca Cola can) 也受到影响。今天，按法律要求，罐必须做成顶部的拉环(the rings on top) 不能脱离罐被扔掉。

 

 

Conversation A : At the Office

CARA: Hello, Martin. Did you finish your story?

MARTIN: Yes, I did. I worked on Saturday.

CARA: When did you finish?

MARTIN: I finished in the evening.

WALEED: Hello, Cara, Martin.

CARA: Hi, Waleed.

MARTIN: Good morning, Waleed. How are you?

WALEED: Fine, thanks. Did you have a nice weekend?

CARA: Wonderful.

MARTIN: I worked.

WALEED: Did you work at the office?

MARTIN: No, I worked at home. I finished a story.

WALEED: I can't work on the weekend. The children are very noisy. 

MARTIN: I don't like to work on weekends.

CARA: Martin, when are you going to Pittsburgh?

MARTIN: On Tuesday.

WALEED: Are you working on a story?

MARTIN: Yes, I'm writing a story about Pittsburgh.

WALEED: Didn't you write a story about Pittsburgh last year?

MARTIN: Yes, I did. I wrote a story three years ago, too. I visit Pittsburgh often. sometimes I write a story. I want to see the changes.

WALEED: Has it changed?

MARTIN: Yes, it has changed. I wrote a story ten years ago, too.

WALEED: Pardon?

MARTIN: Ten years ago.

CARA: When did you first visit Pittsburgh?

MARTIN: In 1975. I went with my father to a baseball game.

HOWARD: Good morning, everybody.

OTHERS: Good morning, Howard. Hi. Good morning. How are you?

HOWARD: Where are you going this week, Martin?

MARTIN: Pittsburgh.

HOWARD: When are you going?

MARTIN: I'm going on Tuesday.

CARA: I'm going to work now. There's meeting this morning.

HOWARD: When is the meeting?

CARA: It's at eleven forty-five.

WALEED: Eleven forty-five? When is our meeting, Martin?

MARTIN: Our meeting is at eleven forty-five.

WALEED: Can we change our meeting?

MARTIN: Of course. What time do you want to meet?

WALEED: Can we meet at eleven o'clock?

MARTIN: Yes, we can. Do you want to meet in your office?

WALEED: Can we meet in your office?

MARTIN: When are we going to finish?

WALEED: Before the other meeting.

 

Practice 1：“介词 at+几点钟”表示特定某点时间，介词 on, in, before, ago 等与时间名词搭配表示某段时间。

Example One: 

  MRTIN: At seven o'clock.

CARA: At eleven forty-five.

WALEED: At eleven o'clock.

MARTIN: At four o'clock.

CARA: At ten-thiry.

Example Two:

MARTIN: On Saturday. In the evening.

WALEED: On the weekend.

MARTIN: On Tuesday.

WALEED: Last year.

MARTIN: Three years ago. Ten years ago. In 1975.

WALEED: Before the other meeting.

应用表示时间的短语回答：

MARTIN: When did you go to a movie?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

MARTIN: When did you see you family?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

MARTIN: When are you going to study?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

MARTIN: When are you going to shop?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

 

会话A : 在办公室

卡  拉：你好，马丁。你写完报导了吗?

马  丁：是的，写完了。我星期六工作了。

卡  拉：你什么时候写完的?

马  丁：我在晚上写完的。

瓦利德：你们好，卡拉，马丁。

卡  拉：你好，瓦利德。

马  丁：早上好，瓦利德，你好吗?

瓦利德：我很好，谢谢。你周末过得好吗?

卡  拉：好极了。

马  丁：我工作了。

瓦利德：你在办公室工作的吗?

马  丁：不是，我在家工作的，我写完了一篇报导。

瓦利德：我在周末无法工作，孩子们很吵闹。

马  丁：我不喜欢在周末工作。

卡  拉：马丁，你什么时候去匹兹堡?

马  丁：星期二。

瓦利德：你在写一篇报导吗?

马  丁：是的，我在写一篇有关匹兹堡的报导。

瓦利德：你去年没写过一篇有关匹兹堡的报导吗?

马  丁：写过，我3年前也写过一篇报导。我经常去匹兹堡，有时我写报导，我想看到匹兹堡所发生的变化。

瓦利德：有变化吗?

马  丁：是的，有变化。我10年前也写过一篇报导。

瓦利德：几年前?

马  丁：10年前。

卡  拉：你第一次访问匹兹堡是什么时候?

马  丁：在1975年，我和我父亲一起去看了一场棒球赛。

霍华德：各位，早上好。

其余人：早上好，霍华德。你好，早上好，你好吗?

霍华德：马丁，这周你去哪儿?

马  丁：匹兹堡。

霍华德：你什么时候去?

马  丁：我星期二去。

卡  拉：现在我要去工作了，今天上午有个会议。

霍华德：会什么时候开?

卡  拉：11点45分开。

瓦利德：11点45分?马丁，我们的会什么时候开?

马  丁：我们的会是11点45分。

瓦利德：我们的会议可以换一下时间吗?

马  丁：当然，可以，你想什么时间开会?

瓦利德：我们11点开会如何?

马  丁：好的，你要在你的办公室开吗?

瓦利德：能在你的办公室开吗?

马  丁：什么时间能开完?

瓦利德：在另一个会议开始以前。

 

Conversation B

CARA: When are you going to have lunch?

WALEED: I'm not going to have lunch.

HOWARD: After I finish my work.

MARTIN: At twelve-thirty.

MARTIN: Cara, when are you going to Europe?

CARA: We're going next month.

WALEED: Can we go to lunch now?

CARA: Howard isn't here.

WALEED: When is he coming?

MARTIN: In a few minutes.

WALEED: Where are you going in Europe?

CARA: We're going many places.

WALEED: Are you going to Bulgaria?

CARA: Yes, we are.

WALEED: When are you going there?

CARA: Let me see. In about three weeks.

WALEED: I have an uncle in Bulgaria. Can you phone him?

CARA: Of course. Please give me his phone number.

WALEED: OK. I'm going to bring it next week.

MARTIN: When did your uncle go to Bulgaria?

WALEED: Many years ago. He was a student. He studied engineering.

MARTIN: Did he stay there?

WALEED: Yes, he did. He married. He had children.

MARTIN: When did you see him?

WALEED: Twenty years ago. He came to see my father.

WALEED: He is my father's brother.

HOWARD: I'm here.

WALEED: Good, Can we go now?

HOWARD: Were you waiting for me?

WALEED: Of course.

HOWARD: Yes, let's go.

CARA: Martin, when are we going to Georgetown University?

MARTIN: Next week. The demonstration is on Wednesday.

HOWARD: What demonstration is that?

CARA: It is Environmental Day. There is a big demonstration.

WALEED: What is Environmental Day?

MARTIN: The students are having a demonstration about environmental problems. Cara and I are going to write a story.

WALEED: What problems are they demonstrating about?

CARA: Many problems.

MARTIN: We're going to write about river pollution.

CARA: Yes. The university is on the river. We want to listen to the speeken. We want to write about pollution.

MARTIN: We had a story about ocean pollution.

WALEED: When?

CARA: A few weeks ago. We visited the Atlantic Ocean.

HOWARD: When did you go to the Atlantic Ocean?

MARTIN: In the summer.

WALEED: Did you see pollution in the ocean?

CARA: Yes, we did. We saw pollution in some places.

MARTIN: We saw pollution in the river, too.

HOWARD: When?

MARTIN: Last week. Last month. Last year. We want to write about pollution.

Practice 2：表示一段时间的短语有些是表示过去的时间，有些是表示将来的时间，有些既能表示将来也能表示过去。

Example One: (表示过去)

WALEED: Many years ago. Twenty years ago.

CARA: A few weeks ago.

MARTIN: Last week. Last month. Last year.

Example Two:(表示将来)

CARA: Next month.

MARTIN: In a few minutes.

CARA: In about three weeks.

WALEED: Next week.

Example Three: (表示将来及过去)

WALEED: For three years.

MARTIN: On Wednesday. In the summer.<span lang=\"EN-U