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：如果不必說明確切的時間，可以用比較籠統(tǒng)的方式表示時間。
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.

會話A : 在火車站
艾  琳：火車幾點開?
馬  丁：9點15分。
艾  琳：什么時候到匹茲堡?
馬  丁：我不清楚。
艾  琳：會議什么時候開?
馬  丁：我有許多會議，它們都是在下午。
艾  琳：你什么時候回家?
馬  丁：今晚。
艾  琳：我們來接站。
馬  丁：艾倫和你一起來嗎?
艾  琳：是的，他來。
馬  丁：他的球賽是在什么時候?
艾  琳：明天晚上。
馬  丁：球賽不是在今天晚上嗎?
艾  琳：不，不是。是在明天晚上。
馬  丁：上周球賽是在什么時候進行的?
艾  琳：是在星期三，這周是在星期四。
馬  丁：我明白了，球賽是在幾點?
艾  琳：7點30分。
馬  丁：好，我要去看。
艾  琳：那好極了，他想要你去。
馬  丁：你什么時候去上班?
艾  琳：午飯后，我昨晚工作得很晚。
馬  丁：你幾點去上班?
艾  琳：一點半，火車今晚幾點到?
馬  丁：8點45分到。
艾  琳：好吧，蘇也能來，你能在火車上吃飯嗎?
馬  丁：能。但我將在匹茲堡吃飯。
艾  琳：好，蘇在晚飯前能完成作業(yè)。
馬  丁：你們什么時候吃晚飯?
艾  琳：7點。
馬  丁：你什么時候到火車站?
艾  琳：8點。
 

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：表示過去的事件或活動的時間短語，常常是由“表示時間的名詞(詞組)+副詞 ago”構(gòu)成，也可由“形容詞 last+表示時間的名詞”或“in+年代”構(gòu)成。
Examples:
  MARTIN: Three years ago. Ten years ago. Many years ago. 
In 1975.Last year.

會話B
艾  琳：馬丁，你第一次訪問匹茲堡是在什么時候?
馬  丁：在1975年，10年前我寫過一篇有關(guān)匹茲堡的報導(dǎo)。我3年前寫過一篇報導(dǎo)，我去年也寫過一次。
艾  琳：你第一次訪問華盛頓是在什么時候?
馬  丁：我記不清楚了，許多年以前。

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