Conversation :  At the Coffee Shop

MARTIN: Hi, Stefan. Please sit down.
STEFAN: Hello, Mr Learner.
MARTIN: Oh, please call me Martin. OK?
STEFAN: Martin. OK.
WAITRESS: Morning. What're yu gonna have?
MARTIN: Two coffees, please.
WAITRESS: That's it!? OK.
STEFAN: What did she say?
MARTIN: She said,” What are you going to have?” What’re yu gonna have? What are you going to have?
STEFAN: Ah. What are you going to have? Sometimes, I do not understand waiters?
MARTIN: Sometimes, I do not understand!
WAITRESS: Here y'are. Two coffees.
MARTIN: Thanks. She said,“Here you are”.
STEFAN: I understand.
MARTIN: Stefan, I'm writing a news report. It’s going to be about students in the US and I want to write about you.
STEFAN: You are going to write about me!? OK.
MARTIN: Good. May I record you on this tape recorder?
STEFAN: Yes, sure.
MARTIN: First, tell me your full name.
STEFAN: My name is Stefan Nowak(Novak)
MARTIN: I want to get it right. Please spell it for me.
STEFAN: S-T-E-F-A-N N-O-W-A-K.
MARTIN: Where are you from?
STEFAN: I am from Poland.
MARTIN: I know you're from Poland. What city are you from? Warsaw?
STEFAN: No, I'm not from Warsaw. I am from Cracow. Where are you from?
MARTIN: I'm from Chicago. But I live in Baltimore now.
STEFAN: I lived in Warsaw, too.
MARTIN: Before I lived in Baltimore, I lived in many cities. I lived in Washington, San Francisco, Paris and Berlin.
STEFAN: That's many places!
MARTIN: Well, I write news stories and reports. Reporters go where there is news.
WAITRESS: More coffee?
MARTIN: Yes, please.
STEFAN: Thank you. Excuse me, where are you from?
WAITRESS: Here.
STEFAN: Where?
WAITRESS: Here. I'm from Baltimore. Where're you from?
STEFAN: I live in Baltimore.
WAITRESS: I lived in Florida last year. I lived in California. I lived in Texas. I lived in Ohin, New York, Washington...

Practice 1：當(dāng)我們想知道對方從哪里來或是哪國人時，我們通常問 Where are you from? 你是哪兒的人?回答是 I'm from... 我是……的人。
Examples:  MARTIN: Where are you from?
            STEFAN: I'm from Poland.
            MARTIN: What city are you from?
            STEFAN: I'm from Cracow. Where are you from?
            MARTIN: I'm from Chicago.

Practice 2： 我們想知道對方住在哪兒時，通常這樣問：Where do you live? 你現(xiàn)在住哪兒?回答是：I live in/ at... 我住在…… Where do you live? 是問現(xiàn)在的住址。回答時通常需明確指出城市、街道、門牌號碼。Where are you from? 是問對方的籍貫。回答只需說出GJ或者城市名。
Examples:MARTIN: Where do you live?
            STEFAN: I live in Baltimore.

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