Conversation B : In a Restaurant
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HOWARD: What are you going to eat?
WALEED: I'm going to have a sandwich.
HOWARD: Martin, what are you going to have?
MARTIN: I'm going to have a bowl of soup.
HOWARD: What are going to drink?
WALEED: I'm going to have coffee.
MARTIN: I'm going to have coffee, too.
HOWARD: Let's sit here.
WALEED: Are you going to play softball on Friday night.
HOWARD: No, I'm going to play on Saturday morning. My son is going to Play on Friday night. What are you going to do on Friday night?
WALEED: I'm going to a movie.
MARTIN: Do you like movies?
WALEED: Yes, I like movies.
HOWARD: Did you go to a movie last night?
WALEED: Yes, I did.
HOWARD: My son and I went on Saturday.
WALEED: Did you like it?
HOWARD: He liked it. I didn't like it.
MARTIN: Where is your family, Waleed?
WALEED: They're in Lebanon.
MARTIN: What are they doing there?
WALEED: My wife's family lives there. Her mother and father live there.MARTIN: Does she have brothers and sisters?
WALEED: She has two brothers. They live in the United States.
HOWARD: Did your children go with her?
WALEED: Yes, they went, too. They're going to come home next month. What are you going to do on Saturday, Martin?
MARTIN: I'm going to a swim meet. Cara's daughter is going to swim in Baltimore. My wife and I are going to watch. Do you like music, Waleed?
WALEED: Oh, yes. I like jazz.
MARTIN: What are you going to do next Sunday?
WALEED: Nothing.
MARTIN: Can you come to Baltimore? We're going to have jazz at the harbor.
WALEED: OK. In the afternoon?
MARTIN: Yes.
WALEED: Thanks.
MARTIN: Can you come, Howard?
HOWARD: No, I can't. We're going to visit family.
WALEED: Where are you going?
HOWARD: We're going to visit my sister.
WALEED: Did you go last week?
HOWARD: No, we didn't.
MARTIN: Excuse me. I'm going to work.
HOWARD: OK.
WALEED: See you later.
LEE: Excuse me, Martin. May I come in?
MARTIN: Yes. Please. Sit down.
LEE: Listen. I have a problem.
MARTIN: Tell me.
LEE: My wife is singing in Dallas this week. I'm going to Miami on Saturday. Can my son come to stay with your son Saturday and Sunday?
MARTIN: My son is visiting his grandparents. Does your son like swim meets?
LEE: He likes swimming.
MARTIN: My wife and I are going to a swim meet on Saturday. Does he like jazz?
LEE: He plays jazz in high school.
MARTIN: We're going to hear some jazz on Sunday.
LEE: Where?
MARTIN: At the harbor. Waleed is going to come with us. Lee, your son can come with us.
LEE: Does Waleed like children?
MARTIN: He has two children.

Practice 2：用 be going to 結(jié)構(gòu)回答將要發(fā)生的事情或活動。
Examples:  HOWARD: I'm going to play on Saturday.            MARTIN: Cara's daughter is going to swim in Baltimore. My wife   and I are going to watch.
WALEED: They're going to come home next month.
MARTIN: I'm going to work.

會話 B : 在飯店里
霍華德：你要吃什么?
瓦利德：我想吃一個三明治。
霍華德：馬丁，你要吃什么?
馬  丁：我要喝碗湯。
霍華德：你要喝什么飲料。
瓦利德：我要喝咖啡。
馬  丁：我也喝咖啡。
霍華德：我們坐這兒吧。
瓦利德：你在星期五晚上打壘球嗎?
霍華德：不，我想在星期六早上打壘球，我兒子在星期五晚上打，你星期五晚上做什么?
瓦利德：我去看場電影?
馬  丁：你喜歡電影?
瓦利德：我喜歡電影。
霍華德：你昨晚看電影了嗎?
瓦利德：是的，看了。
霍華德：我和兒子星期六去看的。
瓦利德：你們喜歡那部電影嗎?
霍華德：他喜歡，我不喜歡。
馬  丁：你家人在哪兒，瓦利德?
瓦利德：他們在黎巴嫩。
馬  丁：他們在那兒在做什么?
瓦利德：我妻子的家人住在那兒，她父母住在那兒。
馬  丁：她有兄弟姐妹嗎?
瓦利德：她有兩個兄弟，他們住在美國。
霍華德：你的孩子和她一起去了嗎?
瓦利德：是的，他們也去了。他們下個月回來。馬丁，你星期六要干什么?
馬  丁：我去看游泳比賽，卡拉的女兒將在巴爾的摩游泳，我和妻子去看。瓦利德，你喜歡音樂嗎?
瓦利德：噢，是的。我喜歡爵士樂。
馬  丁：你下星期天要干什么?
瓦利德：沒有什么打算。
馬  丁：你能來巴爾的摩嗎?我們將去港口聽爵士音樂會。
瓦利德：可以，在下午嗎?
馬  丁：是的。
瓦利德：謝謝。
馬  丁：霍華德，你能來嗎?
霍華德：不能，我們要去看望家人。
瓦利德：你要去哪兒?
霍華德：我們?nèi)タ赐颐妹谩＊?br /> 瓦利德：上周你們?nèi)チ藛?
霍華德：沒去。
馬  丁：對不起，我要去工作了。
霍華德：好的。
瓦利德：再見。
李    ：對不起，馬丁，我可以進(jìn)來嗎?
馬  丁：可以，請進(jìn)，請坐。
李    ：聽我說，我有個難題。
馬  丁：說吧。
李    ：這周我妻子在達(dá)拉斯演唱，星期六我又去邁阿密。星期五和星期六能讓我兒子跟你兒子呆在一起嗎?
馬  丁：我兒子還在他外公家。你兒子喜歡游泳比賽嗎?
李    ：他喜歡游泳。
馬  丁：星期六我和妻子去看游泳比賽，他喜歡爵士樂嗎?
李    ：他在中學(xué)里演奏爵士樂。
馬  丁：我們星期天去聽爵士樂。
李    ：在哪里?
馬  丁：在港口，瓦利德將和我們一起去。李，你兒子可以和我們一起去。李    ：瓦利德喜歡孩子嗎?
馬  丁：他有兩個孩子呢。
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New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語

See you later.  再見!
later   adv. 晚些時候
sandwich   n. 三明治；夾心面包
soup   n. 湯
a bowl of soup  一碗湯
softball    n. 壘球
go to a movie  去看電影
harbor   n. 港口
problem   n. (疑難)問題
 

Proper Nouns 專有名詞
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Ocean City   大洋城
the United States   美國
Lebanon   黎巴嫩
Dallas   達(dá)拉斯
Miami   邁阿密
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Language Points 語言要點   

1. See you later. 再見。可簡略地說成 See you，也可在其后加時間狀語，例如：See you on Saturday, See you tomorrow. 以前我們學(xué)過的表達(dá)法有：good-bye, bye-bye, bye。類似的說法還有：
So long.I'll be seeing you.Good night. (晚安)   
2. be going to 是一般將來時的一種常用結(jié)構(gòu)，將來時另一種常用結(jié)構(gòu)是“will/shall+動詞原形”。助動詞 shall 僅用于第一人稱，will 可用于各種人稱。例如：
I will/shall be sixteen years old next year.
Will you open the window?   
在將來時的句子中，一般有明顯表示將來的時間狀語，如對話中的 tonight(今晚)，on Thursday(周四)，on Saturday(周六)，in the afternoon(下午)，on Friday night(周五晚上)，on Saturday morning(周六早上)，next month(下月)，next Sunday(下周日)等等。   
3. the United States 美國。美國的全稱是 the United States of America，簡稱為 America，the States，the US 或 the USA。中國的全稱是 the People's Republic of China(中華人民共和國)，也可簡寫為 P R China。
 

Cultural Notes  文化注釋

有人說如果中國人是教育狂，那么美國人就是運動狂。美國整天都有全國性的運動比賽(national tournaments)，春天有籃球比賽，夏天有棒球賽，秋冬天有美式橄欖球賽，人們隨時可以親自到運動場(the sports arenas)和體育館(gymnasium)觀看比賽，或者通過電視、收音機(jī)、報紙得知各種比賽的消息。很多美國人是運動迷，最受歡迎的兩項運動是美式橄欖球(football)和棒球(baseball)。

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