Conversation B

WILT: Here we are. This is our home. Come inside the house. Emily!?EMILY: Good morning.
MARTIN: Good morning. How are you today?
EMILY: Fine, thanks.
MARTIN: You have an interesting house.
EMILY: Thank you. It's old.
WILT: It's about one-hundred years old.
EMILY: It's a wonderful home.
MARTIN: Do you have a big farm?
WILT: Yes, it's very big.
MARTIN: Who does all the work?
EMILY: He does.
WILT: No, I don't. She works, too.
MARTIN: Who makes the garden?
WILT: She does.
MARTIN: What do you grow?
EMILY: Now, I have onions and peas.
WILT: She has beans and squash.
EMILY: I'm going to have tomatoes and potatoes.
WILT: And she's going to have corn, too. Come see the farm.
MARTIN: Do you have two tractors?
WILT: Yes, we do. We have a big tractor and a small tractor.
MARTIN: Do you have animals?
WILT: We only have horses.
EMILY: We ride the horses. Can you see the horses?
MARTIN: Yes, I can.
EMILY: We ride over the farm. Can you ride?
MARTIN: No, I can't.
WILT: Yes, you can. Come see the horses.
WILT: You can ride this old horse.
MARTIN: OK.
WILT: We're going to ride over there. Can you ride there?
MARTIN: Maybe.
WILT: We can ride slowly.
MARTIN: OK.
MARTIN: I see corn. What other things do you grow?
WILT: I grow wheat, too. Look there. I grew wheat there last year.
MARTIN: Let's ride there.
WILT: Can you ride there?
MARTIN: Yes, I can. I want to ask more questions.
MARTIN: What's this?
WILT: It's soybeans. Let's ride south of here.
MARTIN: Can we stop here? It's wonderful!
WILT: Look to the west. That's the river.
MARTIN: Yes, I can see the river.
WILT: Now look to the north. Can you see the town?
MARTIN: Yes, I can. Is that your farm?
WILT: No. My farm stops at the river. That farm is Les Danzig's farm.
WILT: He has a small farm.
MARTIN: I can't see a house.
WILT: No, you can't. His home is in town. Can you see my house?
MARTIN: Yes, I can.
WILT: Let's ride there.

Practice 2:  詢問對(duì)方是否能夠做某事常用：Can you+動(dòng)詞原形?
回答用：Yes 或 No.
Examples:  EMILY: Can you see the horse?
MARTIN: Yes, I can.
EMILY: Can you ride?
MARTIN: No, I can't.
WILT: Yes, you can. You can ride this old horse.
WILT: We can ride slowly.

會(huì)話B

威爾特：到了。這是我們的家。請(qǐng)到屋里來。艾米莉!
艾米莉：早上好。
馬  丁：早上好，你今天好嗎?
艾米莉：很好，謝謝。
馬  丁：你有一所很好的房子。
艾米莉：謝謝。房子很舊。
威爾特：大概有100年的歷史了。
艾米莉：這是一個(gè)很棒的家。
馬  丁：你有一個(gè)大農(nóng)場(chǎng)嗎?
威爾特：是的，很大。
馬  丁：所有活都由誰來做?
艾米莉：他做。
威爾特：不，不是。她也做。
馬  丁：誰來整理花園。
威爾特：她整理。
馬  丁：你們都種些什么?
艾米莉：現(xiàn)在我們種圓蔥和豌豆。
威爾特：她種豆和南瓜。
艾米莉：我打算種西紅市和土豆。
威爾特：她還打算種玉米，來看農(nóng)場(chǎng)吧。
馬  丁：你有兩臺(tái)拖拉機(jī)嗎?
威爾特：是的，我們有一臺(tái)大的和一臺(tái)小的拖拉機(jī)。
馬  丁：你們有牲畜嗎?威爾特：我們只有馬。
艾米莉：我們騎馬。看見那些馬了嗎?
馬  丁：是的，看見了。
艾米莉：我們?cè)谵r(nóng)場(chǎng)騎馬，你會(huì)騎馬嗎?
馬  丁：不，不會(huì)。
威爾特：可以，你能騎的，來看看這些馬。
威爾特：你可以騎這匹老馬。
馬  丁：好吧。
威爾特：我們騎到那邊去，你能騎到那里嗎?
馬  丁：也許吧。
威爾特：我們可以慢點(diǎn)騎。
馬  丁：好的。
馬  丁：我看見玉米了。你還種什么?
威爾特：我也種小麥。看那兒。去年我在那兒種小麥。
馬  丁：讓我們騎到那兒吧。
威爾特：你能騎到那兒嗎?
馬  丁：能，我想再問一些問題。
馬  丁：這是什么?
威爾特：這是黃豆。我們往南騎吧。
馬  丁：我們能在這停一下嗎?真是太美了。
威爾特：往西邊看。那是一條河。
馬  丁：是的，我看見了。
威爾特：你現(xiàn)在往北看。看見城鎮(zhèn)了嗎?
馬  丁：看見了，那是你的農(nóng)場(chǎng)嗎?
威爾特：不。我的農(nóng)場(chǎng)就到河邊為止。那個(gè)農(nóng)場(chǎng)是萊斯·丹齊格的。
威爾特：他有一個(gè)小農(nóng)場(chǎng)。
馬  丁：我怎么看不見房屋。
威爾特：是的，看不見。他家住在城里，你能看見我的房子嗎?
馬  丁：是的。
威爾特：我們騎到那兒去。
 

New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語

squash   n. 南瓜，瓜類
tomato   n. 番茄
potato   n. 馬鈴薯
wheat   n. 小麥
 

Language Points 語言要點(diǎn)

I live south of here. 我在這兒的南邊住。
south of here 這兒的南邊。其中 south 是副詞，意為“在南邊，向南”。here  在這里是名詞而不是副詞，類似的詞組還有 west of here, east of here, north of here 等。

Cultural Notes  文化注釋

美國大約有250萬個(gè)農(nóng)場(chǎng)，大多數(shù)農(nóng)場(chǎng)只生產(chǎn)一兩種商業(yè)性產(chǎn)品，比如：玉米、雞蛋或牛奶。美國是世界上最大的玉米生產(chǎn)國，玉米也是美國產(chǎn)量最大的谷物，主要產(chǎn)于美國中部的玉米生產(chǎn)帶(corn belt)。最初種玉米的是美洲印第安人，他們稱玉米為 maize。

《初級(jí)美語Lesson18:TalkingAboutHomesandFarming&nbs》永久閱讀地址: http://www.jiazhineng.cn/yingyu/2162/