美国之音口语经典教程Talking About What People Do for Work 谈论人们从事的工作

Lesson 14 Talking About What People Do for Work

谈论人们从事的工作

 

Things to Know  学前必读   

购物中心(shopping mall)是美国新兴起的购物场所，一座建筑物里各种类型的专柜商店，餐厅饮食店、电影院、健身房也一应俱全。还设有免费停车场，通常 shopping mall 里有两家大百货公司，各居一端。

 

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”用来指离讲话人较近的事物的位置，Here is a... 这儿有一个……

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.

 

会话A  在一个新的购物中心

凯  西：早上好，杰夫。

杰  夫：早上好，凯西，今早怎么样?

凯  西：很好，谢谢。你怎么样?

杰  夫：很好，谢谢。

凯  西：那是什么?

杰  夫：那是设计图。

凯  西：什么设计图?

杰  夫：新楼的设计图。看!

凯  西：很有趣，那是什么?

杰  夫：商店，10个商店。

凯  西：那是什么?

杰  夫：电影院。

凯  西：告诉我餐馆儿在哪儿?

杰  夫：看这儿，有3个餐馆儿。

凯  西：告诉我体育俱乐部在哪儿。

杰  夫：看这儿。

凯  西：马丁·勒纳今早要来。

杰  夫：马丁·勒纳。

凯  西：他是记者。

杰  夫：哦!是的，他是“美国之音”记者。

凯  西：是的。

杰  夫：请进，勒纳先生。

马  丁：谢谢。

杰  夫：我是杰夫·奥尼尔，购物中心经理。你怎么样?

马  丁：很好，谢谢。

杰  夫：请坐，要咖啡吗?

马  丁：不要，谢谢。

杰  夫：你是哪儿的人?

马  丁：我是马里兰州巴尔的摩市人。

杰  夫：我在马里兰州住过，我能帮什么忙吗?

马  丁：给我讲讲购物中心，可以录音吗?

杰  夫：当然可以。那没关系。看这儿。

马  丁：那是什么?

杰  夫：那是一座新楼的设计图。

马  丁：带我看看旧楼。

杰  夫：这儿是旧楼，这儿是新楼。

马  丁：那是什么?

杰  夫：电影院。

马  丁：带我看看商店?

杰  夫：这儿是鞋店，这是自行车店，这是礼品店，这是服装店，共有10家商店。

马  丁：那是什么?

杰  夫：那是体育俱乐部。

马  丁：那是什么?

杰  夫：那是餐馆，有3家餐馆。

马  丁：让我看看。

杰  夫：这是一家餐馆，这是一家餐馆，这是一家餐馆。

 

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”指离讲话人较远的事物的位置，There is a...那儿有一个……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.

 

会话B

杰  夫：这是新楼。

马  丁：那是什么?

杰  夫：那是运动俱乐部。

马  丁：那些人是谁?

杰  夫：他们是油漆工，在给俱乐部刷油漆。

马  丁：那是什么?

杰  夫：那是电影院，这儿是鞋店。

马  丁：那些人是谁?

杰  夫：他们是木匠，在做架子。他们是工人，在铺路。

马  丁：那是什么?

杰  夫：是车库，这儿是入口。

马  丁：他们是谁?

杰  夫：他们是园丁，在修花园。

马  丁：那是什么?

杰  夫：是车库，那是出口。

马  丁：早上好。

焊  工：早上好。

马  丁：你在干什么?

焊  工：我是电焊工，在建新楼。

马  丁：那是什么?

焊  工：是门，我们在做两个大门，这儿是窗子。

马  丁：有趣。

焊  工：我们要做12个大窗子。

马  丁：谢谢。

杰  夫：过来看看旧楼。

马  丁：好。

马  丁：给我讲讲购物中心，我打算录下来。

杰  夫：有1个服装店，1个珠宝店，1 个宠物店，1个五金店。1个音乐店。

 

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.

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