美国之音口语经典教程Giving the Specific Time of Events 表示事件的确切时间

Lesson 32  Giving the Specific Time of Events

表示事件的确切时间

 

Things to Know  学前必读

大多数美国人说时间都是先说几点，然后说几分。例如：7点25分，英语是 seven twenty-five (7：25)。要把时间说得更清楚些，还要加上 a.m. (或 AM 或 A.M.)或 p.m.(或 PM 或P.M.)。a.m.(上午)是拉丁文 anti meridiem 的缩写，p.m. 是 post meridiem 的缩写。

美国人说日期通常先说月，后说日，最后说年。日期前的定冠词经常省略。例如：1992年5月20日的英语是 May 20th, 1992。

 

Conversation A : At Home in the Evening

EILEEN: Did you finish your work?

MARTIN: Yes, I did. Where are the children?

EILEEN: Sue is reading. Alan is dressing.

MARTIN: Dressing?

EILEEN: For the party. He's going to a party tonight.

MARTIN: Oh, yes. That's right. When is the party?

EILEEN: The party begins at ten o'clock.

MARTIN: Is he dressing now? It's only seven o'clock.

EILEEN: I know. But he's dressing. The party is important. Martin, are you going to take Sue to the movies tomorrow?

MARTIN: I can. Does she want to go tomorrow?

EILEEN: Yes, she does. When is your meeting tomorrow?

MARTIN: In the morning.

EILEEN: When is the meeting?

MARTIN: At eleven o'clock.

EILEEN: Can you go to the movies in the afternoon?

MARTIN: Yes, I can. When?

EILEEN: At four o'clock.

MARTIN: OK.

EILEEN: Sue wants to go to Jennifer's house tomorrow. She can go in the morning.

MARTIN: When is dinner?

EILEEN: You didn't eat lunch. Do you want dinner?

MARTIN: Very much!

EILEEN: Dinner is at seven-thirty.

SUE: Hi. May I come in?

MARTIN: Of course.

SUE: Did you finish your work?

MARTIN: Yes, I did.

SUE: Can we go to the movies tomorrow?

MARTIN: Yes, we can.

SUE: When?

MARTIN: In the afternoon.

SUE: Can we go at six o'clock? I want to go to Jennifer's house.

MARTIN: That's very late. You have school on Monday. Let's go at four o'clock.

SUE: When can I go to Jennifer's house?

EILEEN: You can go to Jennifer's house in the morning.

SUE: May I phone Jennifer now?

EILEEN: No. It's time for dinner.

SUE: When may I phone her?

EILEEN: After dinner.

SUE: When is dinner?

EILEEN: At seven-thirty.

MARTIN: Dinner In a few minutes.

SUE: OK. I'm going to read.

EILEEN: I'm going to finish dinner. Come help me.

MARTIN: OK.

 

Practice 1：情态动词 may 和 can 在构成疑问句时，都用倒装句型，移到主语之前，有时都可表示“可以”的意思，但 may 有“许可”的含义，can 有“能够”的含义。

Examples:

  SUE: May I come in?

MARTIN: Of course.

SUE: May I phone Jennifer now?

EILEEN: No. It's time for dinner.

SUE: Can we go to the movies tomorrow?

MARTIN: Yes, we can.

SUE: Can we go at six o'clock?

MARTIN: No, that's very late.

SUE: When can I go to Jennifer's house?

EILEEN: You can go to Jennifer's house in the morning.

根据上述句型回答下列问题：

EILLEEN: Can you finish the story today?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

EILLEEN: Can you have dinner at seven thirty?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

EILLEEN: Can you go to the movies with Sue tomorrow morning?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

 

Practice 2：比较笼统的时间用语，一般表示一段时间。确切的时间用语常常由一个数字，后面加上 o'clock(点钟)构成。

Example One:EILEEN: Tonight.Tomorrow.

MARTIN: In the morning.

EILEEN: In the afternoon.

MARTIN: On Monday.

EILEEN: After dinner.

MARTIN: In a few minutes.

Example Two:MARTIN: At seven o'clock.At eleven o'clock.

EILEEN: At four o'clock.At seven-thirty.

SUE: At six o'clock.

MARTIN: At four o'clock.

用以上时间用语回答：

MARTIN: When do you go to work?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

MARTIN: When do you eat lunch?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

MARTIN: When do you shop?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

 

会话A : 晚上在家里

艾  琳：你干完工作了吗?

马  丁：是的，干完了。孩子们在哪儿?

艾  琳：苏在看书，艾伦在穿衣打扮。

马  丁：穿衣打扮?

艾  琳：为了参加晚会，他今晚将参加一个晚会。

马  丁：噢，是的。对了，晚会什么时候开始?

艾  琳：晚会10点开始。

马  丁：他现在正在穿衣打扮吗?才7点。

艾  琳：我知道。但他已在穿衣打扮，因为晚会很重要。马丁，明天你将带苏去看电影吗?

马  丁：我能带她去，她明天想去吗?

艾  琳：是的，她想去。你明天什么时候开会?

马  丁：在上午。

艾  琳：会议什么时候举行呢?

马  丁：11点。

艾  琳：你能在下午去看电影吗?

马  丁：是的，能。什么时候。

艾  琳：4点。

马  丁：好吧。

艾  琳：苏明天想去詹尼弗家，她可以上午去。

马  丁：晚饭什么时候开饭?

艾  琳：你还没吃午饭，你想吃晚饭吗?

马  丁：非常想吃。

艾  琳：晚饭在7点半。

苏    ：你们好，我可以进来吗?

马  丁：当然可以。

苏    ：你干完工作了吗?

马  丁：是的，干完了。

苏    ：我们明天能去看电影吗?

马  丁：是的，能去。

苏    ：什么时候?

马  丁：在下午。

苏    ：可以6点去吗?我想去詹尼弗家。

马  丁：那太晚了，你星期一还要上学。咱们四点去。

苏    ：我什么时候能去詹尼弗家呢?

艾  琳：你可以在上午去詹尼弗家。

苏    ：我现在可以给詹尼弗打个电话吗?

艾  琳：不可以，现在是吃晚饭时候。

苏    ：那我什么时候可以给她打电话?

艾  琳：晚饭后。

苏    ：什么时候吃晚饭?

艾  琳：7点半。

马  丁：几分钟后。

苏    ：好吧，我去看书。

艾  琳：我去把晚饭准备好，来帮我一把。

马  丁：好吧。



Conversation B

EILEEN: I'm going to call children.

MARTIN: I'm going to get some water.

EILEEN: OK. Alan! Sue!

EILEEN: Did you finish your book, Sue?

SUE: Yes, I did.

ALAN: Did you like it? I read that book four years ago.

SUE: Yes, I liked it.

ALAN: That book is for boys.

SUE: No, it isn't.

ALAN: Yes, it is.

EILEEN: No, it isn't, Alan. I read that book many years ago.

ALAN: Dad?

MARTIN: Don't ask me. I don't want to say. I read it, too. Alan, when are you coming home?

ALAN: In the morning. At nine o'clock.

EILEEN: Are you going to have breakfast?

ALAN: Yes.

EILEEN: When are you going to have breakfast?

ALAN: We're going to have breakfast there, in the morning. When is your meeting, Dad?

MARTIN: The meeting is at eleven o'clock.

ALAN: May I come home at eleven o'clock? You can meet me at the Itoh's house.

MARTIN: No. You come home at nine o'clock. I want you to come before my meeting.

ALAN: OK.

SUE: Alan, can you come to the movies with us?

ALAN: When are you going to the movies?

SUE: At four o'clock.

ALAN: What movie are you going to see?

SUE: We're going to see the Walt Disney movie.

ALAN: That's for children.

SUE: Daddy's going with me.

ALAN: I don't want to see a movie for children.

EILEEN: Alan, it's not for children.

ALAN: I have to study in the afternoon.

SUE: Can you study in the evening?

ALAN: I have to study in the afternoon and in the evening.

SUE: When are you going to study?

ALAN: I'm going to study after lunch and after dinner.

EILEEN: When are you going to work?

ALAN: I'm not going to work tomorrw. I have to work on Monday.

EILEEN: When are you going to work on Monday?

ALAN: At seven-thirty.

MARTIN: In the evening?

ALAN: No. In the morning.

EILEEN: Before school?

ALAN: Of course. I'm going to work at seven-thirty and then I'm going to school at eight-thri