初級(jí)美語(yǔ)Lesson25:Traveling旅行

2012-06-11 11:07:04 


Conversation B

ATTENDANT: What are you going to eat?
KARL: Nothing.
ATTENDANT: Would you like more coffee?
KARL: Yes, please.
ATTENDANT: What are you going to eat?
MARTIN: Nothing, thank you.
ATTENDANT: Would you like more coffee?
MARTIN: No, thank you. Do you like coaching?
KARL: Yes, I do.
MARTIN: Were you a runner?
KARL: Yes, I was. I ran in school. I was in the Olympics.
MARTIN: That's interesting.
MARTIN: Where does your family like to travel?
KARL: My wife likes cities. She likes New York and Washington D C. My children like the country. They like rivers and mountains.
MARTIN: You have rivers and mountains in Colorado.
KARL: Oh, yes. But my children like the rivers and mountains in Idaho.MARTIN: My family lives in the East. They like to travel in the West.
KARL: Does your family like to travel by plane?
MARTIN: Yes, they do. They don't travel very often.
KARL: Do they like to travel by train?
MARTIN: Yes, they do. They like to travel by car, too.
KARL: Do you travel by bus?
MARTIN: No, I don't. I live in Baltimore. I work in Washington D C.
MARTIN: The train is very good there.
KARL: We don't have a train.
MARTIN: Do you have a bus?
KARL: No, we don't. We travel by car. My daughter likes to travel by horse.MARTIN: That's very nice in the country.
KARL: It's very slow.
MARTIN: My daughter likes animals.
KARL: Does she like horses?
MARTIN: Yes, she does. We don't have a horse.
KARL: We have four horses.
KARL: Where does you wife like to travel?
MARTIN: She likes to visit her family.
KARL: Where does her family live?
MARTIN: Her mother lives in Indianapolis. Her father lives in Florida.
KARL: Does she have aunts and uncles?
MARTIN: Yes.
KARL: Where do they live?
MARTIN: New York, Boston, Los Angeles.
KARL: Do you visit them?
MARTIN: Yes, we do. My wife likes to visit family.
KARL: How do you travel to Los Angeles?
MARTIN: We travel by plane.
KARL: How do you travel to New York.
MARTIN: We take the train. It's very fast.
KARL: That's nice. How do you travel to Indianapolis?
MARTIN: We travel by car. We like to have the car with us.
ATTENDANT: May I get you something?
KARL: May I have more coffee, please?
ATTENDANT: Of course, May I get you something?
MARTIN: No, thank you.
KARL: I'm going to San Antonio for a track meet.
MARTIN: Do you have runners in the track meet?
KARL: Yes, I do.
MARTIN: How many runners do you have in the meet?
KARL: Only three. They run very well.
MARTIN: How do they travel?
KARL: They travel by plane.
MARTIN: Are they here?
KARL: No, they aren't. They're going to travel on Tuesday. You're going to write about football players. Do you write about runners?
MARTIN: I can write about runners. I write about sports often. I'm going to write about swimming.
KARL: I'm going to travel to the East.
MARTIN: Where are you going?
KARL: First, I'm going to New Jersey.
MARTIN: Come to Baltimore.
KARL: Thanks.

會(huì)話 B
服務(wù)員:你要吃點(diǎn)什么?
卡  爾:什么也不要。
服務(wù)員:您再要些咖啡嗎?
卡  爾:是的。
服務(wù)員:你要吃些什么?
馬  丁:不要了,謝謝。
服務(wù)員:您再要些咖啡嗎?
馬  丁:不要了,謝謝。你喜歡教練工作嗎?
卡  爾:是的。
馬  丁:你當(dāng)過(guò)賽跑運(yùn)動(dòng)員嗎?
卡  爾:當(dāng)過(guò),我在讀書(shū)時(shí)跑過(guò),我參加過(guò)奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)。
馬  丁:很有趣。
馬  丁:你家人喜歡到哪兒旅行?
卡  爾:我妻子喜歡城市,她喜歡紐約和華盛頓特區(qū)。我的孩子們喜歡鄉(xiāng)下。他們喜歡山脈和河流。
馬  丁:科羅拉多有許多河流和山脈。
卡  爾:哦,是的,但我的孩子們喜歡愛(ài)德華洲的河流和山脈。
馬  丁:我家住在東部,他們喜歡在西部旅行。
卡  爾:你的家人喜歡坐飛機(jī)旅行嗎?
馬  丁:喜歡,他們不常旅行。
卡  爾:他們喜歡乘火車(chē)旅行嗎?
馬  丁:是的,他們也喜歡開(kāi)車(chē)旅行。
卡  爾:你乘公共汽車(chē)旅行嗎?
馬  丁:不,我住在巴爾的摩,我在華盛頓特區(qū)工作,那兒的火車(chē)很方便。
卡  爾:我們那兒沒(méi)有火車(chē)。
馬  丁:你們那兒有公共汽車(chē)嗎?
卡  爾:沒(méi)有,我們開(kāi)車(chē)旅行。我女兒喜歡騎馬旅行。
馬  丁:那在鄉(xiāng)下很好。
卡  爾:太慢了。
馬  丁:我女兒喜歡動(dòng)物。
卡  爾:她喜歡馬嗎?
馬  丁:喜歡,我們沒(méi)有馬。
卡  爾:我們有四匹馬。
卡  爾:你妻子喜歡去哪兒旅行?
馬  丁:她喜歡看望她家人。
卡  爾:她家人住在哪兒?
馬  丁:她母親住在印第安那波利斯,她父親住在佛羅里達(dá)。
卡  爾:她有姑姑和叔叔嗎?
馬  丁:有。
卡  爾:他們住在哪兒?
馬  丁:紐約、波士頓、洛杉磯。
卡  爾:你去看望他們嗎?
馬  丁:是的,我妻子喜歡走親訪友。
卡  爾:你們?cè)趺慈ヂ迳即?
馬  丁:我們坐飛機(jī)去。
卡  爾:你們?cè)趺慈ゼ~約?
馬  丁:我們坐火車(chē)去,火車(chē)很快。
卡  爾:很好,你們?cè)趺慈ビ〉诎材遣ɡ?
馬  丁:我們開(kāi)車(chē)去,我們喜歡開(kāi)車(chē)去。
服務(wù)員:您需要什么嗎?
卡  爾:再來(lái)些咖啡好嗎?
服務(wù)員:當(dāng)然,您還需要什么嗎?
馬  丁:不要了,謝謝。
卡  爾:我去對(duì)安東尼參加田徑運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)。
馬  丁:有你的賽跑運(yùn)動(dòng)員參加田徑運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)嗎?
卡  爾:有。
馬  丁:有多少賽跑運(yùn)動(dòng)員參加運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)?
卡  爾:只有3名,他們跑得很好。
馬  丁:他們?cè)趺慈?
卡  爾:他們坐飛機(jī)去參賽。
馬  丁:他們?cè)谶@兒?jiǎn)?
卡  爾:不在,他們星期二出發(fā)。你要寫(xiě)有關(guān)足球運(yùn)動(dòng)員的報(bào)導(dǎo),你寫(xiě)有關(guān)賽跑運(yùn)動(dòng)員的報(bào)導(dǎo)嗎?
馬  丁:我能寫(xiě)有關(guān)賽跑運(yùn)動(dòng)員的報(bào)導(dǎo),我經(jīng)常寫(xiě)有關(guān)體育的報(bào)導(dǎo),我將寫(xiě)有關(guān)游泳的報(bào)導(dǎo)。
卡  爾:我將去東部旅行。
馬  丁:你去什么地方?
卡  爾:首先要去新澤西。
馬  丁:歡迎你到巴爾的摩來(lái)。
卡  爾:謝謝。

New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ)

attendant   n. 服務(wù)員
fasten   v. 扎牢
seat belt  n. 安全帶
be ready for  v. 為……做好準(zhǔn)備
take off v.  take off n. 起飛
cowboy   n. 牛仔
nervous   adj. 緊張不安的
coach   n. 教練  v. 訓(xùn)練;輔導(dǎo)
track   n. 田徑運(yùn)動(dòng)
camp   n. 野營(yíng);集訓(xùn)營(yíng)
the Olympics   n. 奧運(yùn)會(huì)
 

Proper Nouns 專有名詞

San Antonio   圣安東尼市
Germany    德國(guó)
Colorado   科羅拉多州
Washington D C   華盛頓特區(qū)
Idaho   愛(ài)達(dá)荷州
Indianapolis   印安那波利斯
Florida   佛羅里達(dá)州
New Jersey   新澤西州

Language Points 語(yǔ)言要點(diǎn)

本課中出現(xiàn)的由介詞 by 構(gòu)成的表示旅行方式的短語(yǔ)歸納如下:
by car  乘小汽車(chē)   by bus  乘公共汽車(chē)
by train  乘火車(chē)    by horse  騎馬
by plane  乘飛機(jī)
類似的介詞短語(yǔ)還有:
on foot  步行      by sea  乘船
by air  乘飛機(jī)     by ship  乘船
 

Cultural Notes  文化注釋

在美國(guó)乘飛機(jī)旅行非常方便,價(jià)格也比其它任何地方便宜。美國(guó)的州際及國(guó)際航空公司有幾百家,全都是私營(yíng),各航空公司之間的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)很激烈。據(jù)國(guó)際民航組織1986年統(tǒng)計(jì),美國(guó)有3200架民航飛機(jī),占世界總數(shù)的五分之一,占世界總航行里程的46.7%,占世界總旅客人數(shù)的64.7%。世界上10個(gè)最繁忙的機(jī)場(chǎng)中,美國(guó)占了8個(gè)。其順序排列為:Chicago-O'Hare International(1), Atlanta(2), Los Angeles(3), Dallas-Fort Worth(4), New York-Kennedy International(6), Newark, New Jersey(7), Denver(8)和 San Francisco International(10)。      
在波士頓(Boston)、紐約(New York)和華盛頓(Washington)間的航班,不須預(yù)訂,不須辦理行李手續(xù),甚至不須買(mǎi)票,可直接在飛機(jī)上買(mǎi)票,每小時(shí)都有航班。

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