Conversation B

JEFF: Here is the new building.
MARTIN: What's that?
JEFF: It's the sports club.
MARTIN: Who are they?
JEFF: They're painters. They're painting the sports club.
MARTIN: What's that?
JEFF: It's the cinema. Here is the shoe store.
MARTIN: Who are they?
JEFF: They're the carpenters. They're making shelves. They're workers. They're making a road.
MARTIN: What's that?
JEFF: It's a garage. Here is the entrance.
MARTIN: Who are they?
JEFF: They're the gardeners. They're making the gardens.
MARTIN: What's that?
JEFF: It's the garage. It's the exit.
MARTIN: Good morning.
WELDER: Good morning.
MARTIN: What are you doing?
WELDER: We're welders. We're building a new building.
MARTIN: What's that?
WELDER: It's a door. We're making two large doors. Here's a window.MARTIN: That's interesting.
WELDER: We're making twelve large windows.
MARTIN: Thanks.
JEFF: Come see the old building.
MARTIN: OK.
MARTIN: Tell me about the shopping mall. I'm going to record.
JEFF: There's a clothing store. There's a jewelry store. There's a pet shop. There’s a hardware store. There's a music store.

Practice 2：“there”指離講話人較遠(yuǎn)的事物的位置，There is a...那兒有一個……Examples:  JEFF: There's a clothing store.
There's a jewelry store.           
There's a pet shop.
There's a hardware store.           
There's a music store.

會話B
杰  夫：這是新樓。
馬  丁：那是什么?
杰  夫：那是運(yùn)動俱樂部。
馬  丁：那些人是誰?
杰  夫：他們是油漆工，在給俱樂部刷油漆。
馬  丁：那是什么?
杰  夫：那是電影院，這兒是鞋店。
馬  丁：那些人是誰?
杰  夫：他們是木匠，在做架子。他們是工人，在鋪路。
馬  丁：那是什么?
杰  夫：是車庫，這兒是入口。
馬  丁：他們是誰?
杰  夫：他們是園丁，在修花園。
馬  丁：那是什么?
杰  夫：是車庫，那是出口。
馬  丁：早上好。
焊  工：早上好。
馬  丁：你在干什么?
焊  工：我是電焊工，在建新樓。
馬  丁：那是什么?
焊  工：是門，我們在做兩個大門，這兒是窗子。
馬  丁：有趣。
焊  工：我們要做12個大窗子。
馬  丁：謝謝。
杰  夫：過來看看舊樓。
馬  丁：好。
馬  丁：給我講講購物中心，我打算錄下來。
杰  夫：有1個服裝店，1個珠寶店，1 個寵物店，1個五金店。1個音樂店。

Conversation C

MARTIN: What are they doing?
JEFF: They're musicians. They're playing music. It's a music store. Here’s the pet shop.
MARTIN: They're buying a dog.
CLERK: Who are you?
MARTIN: I'm a reporter.
CLERK: I'm the clerk. I work here. I sell dogs and cats.
JEFF: Would you like coffee?
MARTIN: Yes, please.
JEFF: Here's a cafe. Please sit down.
MARTIN: They're cleaning the floor.
JEFF: Yes, sit here.
MARTIN: What's that?
JEFF: It's a bookstore. There's a photo shop. Look. He's a photographer. He's taking photos now.

會話C
馬  丁：他們在做什么?
杰  夫：他們是音樂家。他們在演奏音樂。那是家音樂店。這是寵物店。
馬  丁：他們在買狗。
店  員：你是誰?
馬  丁：我是記者。
店  員：我是職員。我在這兒工作。我賣狗和貓。
杰  夫：要咖啡嗎?
馬  丁：是的。
杰  夫：這是咖啡店。請坐。
馬  丁：他們在擦地板。
杰  夫：是的，坐這兒。
馬  丁：那是什么?
杰  夫：那是書店，那兒是個照相館。看，他是攝影師，現(xiàn)在在照相呢!
 

New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語

shopping mall   n. 購物中心
restaurant   n. 飯店
sports club    n. 健身房
carpenter   n. 木工
shelf   n. 架子
shelves   復(fù)數(shù)
entrance   n. 入口
jewelry   n. 珠寶
pet   n. 寵物
hardware   n. 五金
clerk   n. 職員
photographer   n. 攝影師
 

Language Points 語言要點(diǎn)

1 . For the new building. 新樓的(設(shè)計(jì)圖)。
這句話省略了 the plan，原句應(yīng)為 the plan for the new building 介詞 for  用于名詞后，表示被用于某種目的，例如：
a room for sleeping in 臥室coal for the winter 冬季用煤
2 . May I record? 我可以錄音嗎?
這是請求對方允許自己做某事。May I+動詞原形?我可以……嗎?例如：May I sit here? 我可以坐這嗎?
May I ask you some questions? 我可以問你一些問題嗎?

Cultural Notes  文化注釋

購物中心(shopping mall)是美國新興起的購物場所，一座建筑物里各種類型的專柜商店，餐廳飲食店、電影院、健身房也一應(yīng)俱全。還設(shè)有免費(fèi)停車場，通常 shopping mall 里有兩家大百貨公司，各居一端。

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