Conversation A : At a Football Game

MARTIN: Hello, Lee. How are you?
LEE: Fine, thanks. How are you?
MARTIN: Fine, thanks. You're early. Who was that young man with you?
LEE: He's my son.
MARTIN: How old is he? He's very big.
LEE: He's fifteen. He wants to play football.
MARTIN: Does he play now?
LEE: Yes, he does. He plays in school. He's sitting with my brother.
MARTIN: Which man is your brother?
LEE: He has curly brown hair.
MARTIN: Is he on the left?
LEE: Yes, he's the one.
MARTIN: His hair is black.
LEE: No, it's dark brown. Here's Waleed.
WALEED: Hi.
MARTIN: Good afternoon, Waleed.
LEE: How are you?
WALEED: Fine, thanks. How are you, Lee?
LEE: Fine.
WALEED: How are you, Martin?
MARTIN: I'm OK. Sit here, Waleed.
WALEED: Thanks. Who is that?
LEE: Which one?
WALEED: Do you see that very tall man?
LEE: I see two tall men. Which one?
WALEED: He has light brown hair.
LEE: Does he have very big feet?
WALEED: Yes, he does! He has very big feet.
LEE: Is that the coach?
MARTIN: Yes, it is.
WALEED: Where is the other coach?
LEE: He's over there. Do you see that man with blond hair?
WALEED: Is he short?
LEE: Yes. He has a black book.
WALEED: Yes, I see. Is your son here?
LEE: Yes, he is. he's sitting with my brother.
WALEED: Where?
LEE: Over there.
WALEED: What does he look like?
MARTIN: He's big.
WALEED: How old is he?
LEE: He's fifteen years old.
MARTIN: He has dark brown hair.
LEE: No, he doesn't. He has black hair. My brother has dark brown hair.
MARTIN: He has straight black hair. 
WALEED: Is it long?
LEE: It's not very long.
WALEED: What does your brother look like?
MARTIN: He has curly brown hair.
LEE: That's right.
WALEED: I see them. Your son is very handsome.
LEE: Thanks. He wants to play football.

Practice 1：
1.How old is Lee's son?
2.What does he want to do?
3.What color is Lee's brother's hair?
4.Where is he sitting?
5.Who is the very tall man with light brown hair and big feet?
6.Does the other coach also have light brown hair?
7.Is he tall or short?
8.What does he have with him?

Practice 2：?jiǎn)柲橙碎L(zhǎng)相如何可用：What does he/she look like?他/她長(zhǎng)得什么樣?
Examples:
WALEED: What does he look like?
MARTIN: He's big.
WALEED: What does your brother look like?
MARTIN: He has curly brown hair.

會(huì)話A : 在橄欖球賽場(chǎng)
馬  丁：嘿，李。你好嗎?
李    ：很好，謝謝。你好嗎?
馬  丁：很好，謝謝。你早。剛才和你在一起那個(gè)男的是誰?
李    ：他是我兒子。
馬  丁：他多大了?他長(zhǎng)得很大。
李    ：他15歲，他想打橄欖球。
馬  丁：他現(xiàn)在打橄欖球嗎?
李    ：是的，他打。他在學(xué)校打橄欖球，他和我兄弟在一起。
馬  丁：哪個(gè)是你兄弟?
李    ：他長(zhǎng)著棕色卷發(fā)。
馬  丁：他在左邊嗎?
李    ：是的，就是他。
馬  丁：他的頭發(fā)是黑的。
李    ：不，是深棕色。這是瓦利德。
瓦利德：嘿。
馬  丁：下午好，瓦利德。
李    ：你好嗎?
瓦利德：很好，謝謝，你好嗎，李?
李    ：很好。
瓦利德：你好嗎，馬丁?
馬  丁：還可以。坐這兒，瓦利德。
瓦利德：謝謝。那人是誰?
李    ：哪個(gè)?
瓦利德：你看見那個(gè)高個(gè)兒男的了嗎?
李    ：我看見兩個(gè)高個(gè)兒男的，哪一個(gè)?
瓦利德：他長(zhǎng)著淡棕色頭發(fā)。
李    ：他的腳很大嗎?
瓦利德：是的，他的腳很大，他長(zhǎng)著大腳。
李    ：那人是教練嗎?
馬  丁：是的。
瓦利德：另一個(gè)教練是誰?
李    ：他在那邊。你看見長(zhǎng)著金黃色頭發(fā)那個(gè)男的了嗎?
瓦利德：他個(gè)子矮嗎?
李    ：是的。他拿著一本黑色的書。
瓦利德：是，我看見了。你兒子在這兒?jiǎn)?
李    ：是的，他在。他和我兄弟坐在一起。
瓦利德：哪兒?
李    ：那邊。
瓦利德：他長(zhǎng)得什么樣?
馬  丁：他長(zhǎng)得很大。
瓦利德：他多大了?
李    ：他15歲。
馬  丁：他長(zhǎng)著深棕色頭發(fā)。
李    ：不對(duì)，他長(zhǎng)著黑頭發(fā)。我兄弟長(zhǎng)著深棕色頭發(fā)。
馬  丁：他長(zhǎng)著黑直頭發(fā)。
瓦利德：長(zhǎng)嗎?
李    ：不很長(zhǎng)。
瓦利德：你兄弟長(zhǎng)得什么樣?
馬  丁：他長(zhǎng)著卷曲的棕色頭發(fā)。
李    ：對(duì)。
瓦利德：我看見他們了。你兒子很英俊。
李    ：謝謝。他想打橄欖球。
 

Conversation B

WALEED: Lee, does your son play football now?
LEE: Yes, he does. He plays in high school.
MARTIN: Does he want to go to college?
LEE: Yes, he does. He wants to play college football.
WALEED: Lee, who is that woman with your brother?
LEE: I can't see. What does she look like?
WALEED: She has long blonde hair.
MARTIN: She's very tall and thin.
LEE: Is she pretty?
WALEED: She's very pretty.
MARTIN: She's sitting behind your brother.
LEE: Oh. I see. That's my sister.

Practice 3：依照會(huì)話B回答下列問題：
1.Where does Lee's son play football?
2.What does she look like?

會(huì)話B
瓦利德：李，你兒子現(xiàn)在打橄欖球嗎?
李    ：是的，他打。他在中學(xué)打橄欖球。
馬  丁：他想上大學(xué)嗎?
李    ：是的，他想。他想在大學(xué)打橄欖球。
瓦利德：李，和你兄弟在一起的那個(gè)女的是誰?
李    ：我看不見，她長(zhǎng)得什么樣?
瓦利德：她長(zhǎng)著金黃色頭發(fā)。
馬  丁：她個(gè)兒很高，很瘦。
李    ：她漂亮嗎?
瓦利德：她很漂亮。
馬  丁：她坐在你兄弟的后面。
李    ：啊，我看見了。那是我姊妹。
 

Conversation C

WALEED: Lee, your son is very handsome and your sister is very pretty.
LEE: We're a handsome family.
MARTIN: Some are handsome and some are not.
LEE: Do you see that player over there?
MARTIN: The very big player?
LEE: Yes. He's the one with long legs and big arms.
WALEED: This is a football game. There are many players with long legs and big arms.
LEE: I know. Do you see that short player? Look behind the short player. Now do you see the one with long legs and big arms?
MARTIN: Maybe.
LEE: Who is he?
WALEED: He's a new player.
MARTIN: I don't know his name. He came from Dallas.
LEE: Would you like something to eat?
WALEED: Something to drink.

Practice 4：依照會(huì)話C回答下列問題：
1.Are there many players with long legs and big arms?
2.Where is the new player from?

會(huì)話C
瓦利德：李，你兒子很英俊，你姊妹很漂亮。
李    ：我們一家都漂亮。
馬  丁：有些漂亮，有些不漂亮。
李    ：你看見那邊那個(gè)隊(duì)員了嗎?
馬  丁：很膀的那個(gè)隊(duì)員嗎?
李    ：對(duì)，他的腿長(zhǎng)得很長(zhǎng)，胳膊也很粗。
瓦利德：這是橄欖球賽，有很多隊(duì)員長(zhǎng)著粗胳膊長(zhǎng)腿。
李    ：我知道。你看見那個(gè)矮個(gè)兒的隊(duì)員了嗎?往那個(gè)矮個(gè)兒隊(duì)員后面看，現(xiàn)在你看見那個(gè)長(zhǎng)腿粗胳膊的隊(duì)員了吧?
馬  丁：也許。
李    ：他是誰?
瓦利德：他是新隊(duì)員。
馬  丁：我不知道他的姓名，他從達(dá)拉斯來。
李    ：你想吃點(diǎn)什么嗎?
瓦利德：想喝點(diǎn)什么。


Conversation D

WALEED: Martin, does your son play football?
MARTIN: He's not on the team. I don't want him to play football. He's too small.
WALEED: He isn't very small. He's tall.
MARTIN: But he's too thin.
WALEED: There's Lee over there. Who is that?
MARTIN: I can't see him. Is it his brother?
WALEED: No, It isn't.
MARTIN: What does he look like?
WALEED: He's not very tall.
MARTIN: What color is his hair?
WALEED: I can't see his hair. He has a cap. Come here. Can you see him now?
MARTIN: Is he the one with a red cap?
WALEED: Yes, that's the man.
MARTIN: It looks like Lee's brother.
WALEED: His brother is sitting with Lee's son.
LEE: OK. I have hot dogs.
MARTIN: What do you have to drink?
LEE: I have two beers and one coke.
WALEED: May I have the coke?
LEE: Of course.
MARTIN: Who was the man in the red cap?
LEE: That's my uncle. He loves football. He comes to every game. 
WALEED: He looks like your brother.
MARTIN: He doesn't look like you.
LEE: That's right. He's the handsome uncle. Let's eat.
MARTIN: Did you play football, Waleed?
WALEED: No. I played soccer. My family likes soccer.
LEE: My family loves football.

Practice 5：依照會(huì)話D回答下列問題：
1.Why doesn't Martin want his son to play football?
2.Is Martin's son on the football team?
3.What about Waleed's family?
4.Does Lee's family like soccer, too?

Practice 6：形容詞加在“be”動(dòng)詞后或名詞前來描述人的特征。
Examples:
MARTIN: He is very big. He is fifteen years old.
His hair is black. No, it's dark brown.
He has curly brown hair.
Do you see that very tall man?
I see two tall men.

會(huì)話D
瓦利德：馬丁，你兒子打橄欖球嗎?
馬  丁：他不在球隊(duì)，我不想讓他打橄欖球，他太小了。
瓦利德：他并不小，他個(gè)子高。
馬  丁：但他太瘦了。
瓦利德：李在那邊。那是誰?
馬  丁：我看不見他。那是他兄弟嗎?
瓦利德：不，不是。
馬  丁：他長(zhǎng)得什么樣?
瓦利德：他不很高。
馬  丁：他的頭發(fā)是什么顏色?
瓦利德：我看不見他的頭發(fā)，他戴著帽子。過來，你現(xiàn)在能看見他了吧?
馬  丁：他是不是那個(gè)戴紅帽子的?
瓦利德：對(duì)，就是那個(gè)男的。
馬  丁：看起來像李的兄弟。
瓦利德：他兄弟和李的兒子坐在一起。
李    ：好了。我買來熱狗了。
馬  丁：我買來什么喝的了?
李    ：我買了兩罐啤酒一罐可樂。
瓦利德：我可以來那罐可樂嗎?
李    ：當(dāng)然。
馬  丁：剛才戴紅帽子的那個(gè)男的是誰?
李    ：那是我叔叔。他特別喜歡橄欖球。他每場(chǎng)都來。
瓦利德：他長(zhǎng)得像你兄弟。
馬  丁：他長(zhǎng)得不像你。
李    ：那就對(duì)了，他是我那個(gè)漂亮叔叔。咱們吃吧。
馬  丁：瓦利德，你打過橄欖球嗎?
瓦利德：沒有。我打過足球，我們家喜歡足球。
李    ：我們家特別喜歡橄欖球。
 

New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語

football   n. 美式足球
curly   adj. 卷曲的
blond   adj. (男子)金黃頭發(fā)的
straight    adj. 直的
college   n. 學(xué)院
hot dog   n. 熱狗
soccer   n.足球

Proper Nouns 專有名詞

Dallas   達(dá)拉斯(美國(guó)城市名)
 

Language Poirts 語言要點(diǎn)

1. He wants to play football. 他想玩美式足球。
英語中球類體育活動(dòng)名詞前不加冠詞，例如：
play soccer/baseball/tennis/basketball
而在樂器名詞前加冠詞 the.
2. Does he want to go to college? 他想上大學(xué)嗎?
college 一般指規(guī)模較小而專業(yè)單一的學(xué)院，也可泛指高等學(xué)校。university 指規(guī)模較大的綜合大學(xué)，其中可包括 college, school, department 等。school 是最泛指的詞，可指任何規(guī)模級(jí)別的教育機(jī)構(gòu)，但常用于比較初級(jí)的學(xué)校。
3. I have two beers and one coke. 我要2個(gè)啤酒，1個(gè)可樂。
beer 是不可數(shù)名詞，但這兒表示2瓶(2 bottles)或2罐(2 cans)啤酒，故加-s。

Cultural Notes  文化注釋

有關(guān)美式足球或橄欖球,請(qǐng)參閱本書第三十課文化注釋.