Conversation A : On a University Campus

MARTIN: Hello. I'm Martin Learner. I'm a reporter. Who are you?
NANCY: I'm Nancy Kibelstis.
MARTIN: May I talk to you? I want to ask some questions.
NANCY: Maybe.
MARTIN: Are you a student?
NANCY: Yes.
MARTIN: What are you studying?
NANCY: Elementary education.
MARTIN: Are you going to be a teacher?
NANCY: Of course.
JACKIE: Good morning. I'm Jackie.
MARTIN: What are you doing here, Jackie?
JACKIE: I'm a student. I'm studying history.
MARTIN: What are you doing here today?
JACKIE: Oh, We're demonstrating.
MARTIN: When is the demonstration?
JACKIE: In the afternoon.
NANCY: No, it isn't. It's this morning.
MARTIN: Let's ask those students.

Practice 1：依照會話A回答下列問題：
1.What does Nancy do?
2.What is she studying at the university?
3.Why are they both on campus?
4.When is the demonstration?

會話A : 在大學(xué)校園里
馬  丁：你好。我叫馬丁·勒納，我是記者。你叫什么?
南  希：我叫南希·基貝爾斯蒂斯。
馬  丁：我可以和你談?wù)剢?我想問幾個問題。
南  希：也許可以(回答出你的問題)。
馬  丁：你是學(xué)生嗎?
南  希：是的。
馬  丁：你學(xué)什么?
南  希：基礎(chǔ)教育。
馬  丁：你打算當(dāng)教師嗎?
南  希：當(dāng)然。
杰  姬：早晨好。我叫杰姬。
馬  丁：你在這兒干什么，杰姬?
杰  姬：我是學(xué)生，我是學(xué)歷史的。
馬  丁：你今天在這兒干什么?杰  姬：哦，我們在示威。
馬  丁：示威是在什么時候?
杰  姬：在下午。
南  希：不，不是。示威是在今天上午。
馬  丁：咱們?nèi)枂柲切W(xué)生。
 

Conversation B

CARA: Good morning. I'm Cara Gutierrez. I'm a reporter. May I ask you some questions?
VINCE: OK. Where are you from?
CARA: I'm a reporter for the Voice of America. Who are you?
VINCE: I'm Vince Anzalone.
CARA: Are you a student?
VINCE: Yes. I'm a student at the university.
CARA: Are you a student at this university?
VINCE: Of course.
CARA: Are all these people students?
VINCE: Yes. They are not all from this university.
CARA: Where are they from?
VINCE: I don't know.
CARA: What are you studying?
VINCE: I'm studying biology.
CARA: What is this demonstration?
VINCE: It's about pollution.
CARA: What do you mean?
VINCE: Pollution. You know-pollution.
CARA: What kind of pollution?
VINCE: Environmental pollution. Pollution in the river.
CARA: When is the demonstration?
VINCE: It's now. This is the demonstration.
CARA: What are the students going to do?
VINCE: They're going to talk. They're going to sing. Some are going to speak. Some are going to read things. They're going to demonstrate.
CARA: When is someone going to speak?
VINCE: Before lunch. Maybe after lunch, too.
CARA: Are they going to the river?
VINCE: Yes. We're going to walk to the river. We're going to look at the pollution.
CARA: When are you going to the river?
VINCE: At twelve o'clock. We want everyone to see the river.

Practice 2：依照會話B回答下列問題：
1.Where and what is he studying?
2.Are all the students from the same university?
3.What is this demonstration?
4.When is the demonstration?
5.What are the students going to do ?
6.When are they going to speak and going to the river?

Practice 3： When 用來問時間時，其回答可以是大致時間，也可以是確切時間。
Examples:
MARTIN: When is the demonstration?
NANCY: In the afternoon.
JACKIE: No, it isn't. It's in the morning.
CARA: When is the demonstration?
VINCE: It's now.
CARA: When are you going to the river?
VINCE: At twelve o'clock.

會話B
卡  拉：早晨好。我叫卡拉·古蒂埃勒茲，我是記者。我可以問你幾個問題嗎?
文  斯：可以。你是哪兒的?
卡  拉：我是“美國之音”記者。你叫什么?
文  斯：我叫文斯·阿恩扎洛尼。
卡  拉：你是學(xué)生嗎?
文  斯：是，我是大學(xué)的學(xué)生。
卡  拉：你是這所大學(xué)的學(xué)生嗎?
文  斯：當(dāng)然啦。
卡  拉：這些人都是學(xué)生嗎?
文  斯：是的。他們并不都來自這所大學(xué)。
卡  拉：他們從哪兒來?
文  斯：我不知道。
卡  拉：你學(xué)什么?
文  斯：我學(xué)生物學(xué)。
卡  拉：這次示威的內(nèi)容是什么?
文  斯：是有關(guān)污染的問題。
卡  拉：你指什么?
文  斯：污染。你知道——污染。
卡  拉：什么樣的污染?
文  斯：環(huán)境污染、河流污染。
卡  拉：示威在什么時候?
文  斯：現(xiàn)在，這就是在示威。
卡  拉：學(xué)生們打算干什么呢?
文  斯：他們要談?wù)摚麄円琛Ｒ恍┤艘菡f，一些人要朗讀。他們要示威。
卡  拉：他們什么時候演說?
文  斯：午飯前，也許午飯后還有。
卡  拉：他們?nèi)ズ舆厗?
文  斯：是的，我們打算步行去河邊，我們要去看看那兒的污染情況。
卡  拉：你們什么時候去河邊?
文  斯：12點(diǎn)。我們都要看看那條河。
 

Conversation C

CARA: Hello, Martin.
MARTIN: Hello, When is the demonstration? I've been talking to some students. They don't know.
CARA: I talked to one student. The demonstration is now. This is the demonstration.

Practice 4：依照會話C回答下列問題：
1.Does Martin known the time for the demonstration?
2.When is the demonstration?

會話C
卡  拉：你好，馬丁。
馬  丁：你好。示威在什么時候?我一直在和一些學(xué)生交談，他們不知道。
卡  拉：我和一個學(xué)生談過，示威就在現(xiàn)在，這就是示威。


Conversation D

MARTIN: What are you doing?
PETE: I'm demonstrating.
MARTIN: What's that?
PETE: It's a story. It's a story about pollution. It's a story about the river.
The river was clean.
MARTIN: When was the river clean?
PETE: Many years ago. Now the environment is polluted. Here, read the story.
MARTIN: The river is polluted.
PETE: Of course. Our environment is polluted.
MARTIN: What are you going to do?
PETE: We're going to clean it up.
MARTIN: You're going to clean up the river?
PETE: We're going to clean up everything.
MARTIN: When are you going to clean up the river?
PETE: This year.
CARA: Hi, I'm Cara. Who are you?
HEATHER: I'm Heather.
ALISHA: I'm Alisha. Are you a student?
CARA: No, I'm a reporter.
HEATHER: Good. Where are you from?
CARA: Washington.
HEATHER: What newspaper are you from?
CARA: I'm not from a newspaper. I'm from the Voice of America.
ALISHA: What are you doing here?
CARA: I want to talk to students. I want to write a story about the demonstration. What are you doing here?
HEATHER: We're demonstrating! I don't like pollution!
ALISHA: Look at the river. It's polluted. I want to clean up the river.
CARA: What are you going to do?
ALISHA: We're going to work. We're going to talk.
HEATHER: And write. And speak.
MARTIN: Hello, Cara. This is Vince. He's going to show me the river. Can you come?
CARA: Yes. This is Heather. And this is Alisha.
ALL: Hello. Hi. I'm happy to meet you.
CARA: May I come with you?
VINCE: Of course. Do you want to come?
HEATHER: I can't. I'm going to meet someone.
ALISHA: When are you going to meet them?
HEATHER: Before lunch.
VINCE: Come with us. We're going to come back.
HEATHER: When are you going to come back?
VINCE: In a few minutes.
CARA: I want to see the river.
ALISHA: We want to clean up the river.
HEATHER: We want to clean up the city. We want to clean up everything.
VINCE: We have to clean up the environment.

Practice 5：用大致的時間來回答以 When 開頭的問句。
Examples:
  MARTIN: When was the river clean?
PETE: Many years ago.
MARTIN: When are you going to clean up the river?
PETE: This year.
ALISHA: When are you going to meet them?
HEATHER: Before lunch.

會話D
馬  丁：你在干什么?
皮  特：我在示威。
馬  丁：那是什么?
皮  特：是一篇報導(dǎo)，是一篇有關(guān)污染的報導(dǎo)，是一篇有關(guān)河流的報導(dǎo)。
那條河從前是清澈見底的。
馬  丁：那條河什么時候是清澈的?
皮  特：很多年以前，現(xiàn)在這兒的環(huán)境被污染了。這兒，讀讀這篇報導(dǎo)。
馬  丁：這條河被污染了。
皮  特：當(dāng)然。我們的環(huán)境被污染了。
馬  丁：你們打算做什么?
皮  特：我們打算清理它?
馬  丁：你們打算清理這條河嗎?
皮  特：我們要清理一切。
馬  丁：你們打算什么時候清理這條河?
皮  特：今年。
卡  拉：嗨。我叫卡拉，你叫什么?
希  瑟：我叫希瑟。
艾麗莎：我叫艾麗莎。你是學(xué)生嗎?
卡  拉：不，我是記者。
希  瑟：好。你從哪兒來?
卡  拉：華盛頓。
希  瑟：你是哪家報社的?
卡  拉：我不是報社的，我來自美國之音，我為電臺寫稿。
艾麗莎：你在這兒干什么?
卡  拉：我想和學(xué)生談?wù)劊蚁雽懫嘘P(guān)示威的稿子。你們在這兒干什么?
希  瑟：我們在示威!我可不喜歡污染!
艾麗莎：看看那條河，污染了。我要清理那條河。
卡  拉：你們打算干什么?
艾麗莎：我們要行動起來，我們要談?wù)撈饋怼＊?br /> 希  瑟：還要寫文章，還要發(fā)表演說。
馬  丁：喂，卡拉。這是文斯。他要帶我去看那條河。
卡  拉：噢。這是希瑟，還有這是艾麗莎。
大  家：嗨，你們好。見到你們很高興。你是這兒的學(xué)生嗎?
卡  拉：我能跟你們走嗎?
文  斯：當(dāng)然。你想來嗎?
希  瑟：我不能。我要去見一個人。
艾麗莎：你什么時候去見他們?
希  瑟：午飯前。
文  斯：跟我們來吧，我們還回來。
希  瑟：你們什么時候回來?
文  斯：幾分鐘后。
希  瑟：我要看看那條河。
艾麗莎：我們要清理那條河。
希  瑟：我們要清理這個城市，我們要清理一切。
文  斯：我們必須清理這兒的環(huán)境。
 

New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語

education    n. 教育
elementary    education  小學(xué)教育
demonstrate    v. 示威；游行
biology     n. 生物學(xué)
environment     n. 環(huán)境
pollute    v. 污染
 

Language Points 語言要點(diǎn)

1. I'm studying history. 我學(xué)歷史。在科學(xué)名詞前不加冠詞，例如：
My major is biology (chemistry, maths). 我的專業(yè)是生物(化學(xué)，數(shù)學(xué))
2.I've been talking to some students. 我一直在跟一些學(xué)生談話。
have been doing(sth.) 是現(xiàn)在完成進(jìn)行時，常用于口語中強(qiáng)調(diào)動作的延續(xù)性及某種感情色彩，例如：
I've been waiting for you the whole morning. 我一早上都在等你。
I've been looking for my pen everywhere. 我一直在到處找鋼筆。
3. We're going to come back. 我們還回來。
We want to clean up the river. 我們要凈化這條河。
We have to clean up the environment. 我們必須凈化環(huán)境。
be going to+動詞原形(短語)表示近期內(nèi)將要干或發(fā)生的事，例如：
I am going to take a tour around the country this vacation.
我打算這個假期周游全國。
There are going to be four speeches on campus.
校園里將有4個演講。
want to+動詞原形(短語)表示主觀意愿，例如：
I want to talk with you. 我想和你談?wù)劇＊?br /> I want to be a lawyer. 我想當(dāng)律師。
have to+動詞原形(短語)表示主觀不得不、被迫要做某事，例如：
I have to go, or I'll be late. 我得走了，不然就晚了。
You have to finish your job within this week. 你必須在本周內(nèi)完成任務(wù)。

Cultural Notes  文化注釋

美國是工業(yè)高度發(fā)達(dá)的GJ，但工業(yè)的發(fā)展也造成了各種環(huán)境污染(environmental pollution)，例如：空氣污染(air pollution)，水質(zhì)污染(water pollution)，噪聲污染(noise pollution)等。美國人認(rèn)識到環(huán)境污染的嚴(yán)重危害，因而也格外注意保護(hù)環(huán)境。