Conversation A : Buying Tickets
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MALE: Good morning.
MARTIN: Good morning. I want to buy a train ticket to Baltimore. What time is the train?
MALE: There is a train at four-fifteen. There is another train at six forty-five.
MARTIN: I want the six forty-five train. What time does it arrive in Baltimore?
MALE: At eight-thirty. Here you are.
FEMALE: Good afternoon. May I help you?
MARTIN: Hello. I want to buy some tickets to the concert.
FEMALE: What night do you want?
MARTIN: Next Wednesday please.
FEMALE: How many tickets do you want?
MARTIN: I want four tickets.
FEMALE: I don't have tickets for Wednesday night. Do you want another night?
MARTIN: Do you have tickets for Thursday night?
FEMALE: Let me see. Yes, I have four tickets for Thursday night?
MARTIN: Where are the seats?
FEMALE: Look here. They are right here.
MARTIN: That's very good. I want those tickets. What time is the concert?
FEMALE: At eight o'clock.
MARTIN: What time does the concert finish?
FEMALE: At ten-fifteen. Here are your tickets.
MARTIN: Thanks.
MARTIN: Hello.
MALE: Hi.
MARTIN: I want some tickets for the ball game.
MALE: When?
MARTN: For next week.
MALE: What day?
MARTIN: For Sunday.
MALE: Sunday afternoon? 
MARTIN: Yes.
MALE: How many?
MARTIN: Three.
MALE: Let me see. OK. I have three tickets for Sunday afternoon.
MARTIN: Where are the seats?
MALE: Right here. Behind the batter. Is that OK?
MARTIN: Good. I want those. What time is the game on Sunday?
MALE: It's at twelve-thirty.
MARTIN: What time does the game finish?
MALE: I don't know. Maybe it will finish at four or four-thirty.
MARTIN: OK. Thanks.
MALE: Wait! Here are your tickets.

Practice 1： What time (=when)用來詢問確切的時間。
Example One:
MARTIN: What time is the train?
MALE: At four-fifteen.
MARTIN: What time does it arrive in Baltimore?
MALE: At eight-thirty.
MARTIN: What time is the concert?
FEMALE: At eight o'clock.
MARTIN: What time does the concert finish?
FEMALE: At ten- fifteen.
MARTIN: What time is the game on Sunday?
MALE: At twelve-thirty.
MARTIN: What time does the game finish?
MALE: At four or four-thirty.
Example Two:
MARTIN: I'm going to the concert on Thursday.
FEMALE: What time is the concert?

會話A : 買票
男    ：早上好。
馬  ?。涸缟虾?，我想買張去巴爾的摩的火車票。火車是幾點(diǎn)的?
男    ：4點(diǎn)15分有一趟，6點(diǎn)45分還有一趟。
馬  ?。何乙?點(diǎn)45分那趟火車，什么時間到達(dá)巴爾的摩?
男    ：八點(diǎn)半。給你票。
女    ：下午好，你要買票嗎?
馬  丁：你好，我想買幾張音樂會的票。
女    ：你要哪天晚上的?
馬  丁：請要下周三的?
女    ：你要買多少張票?
馬  ?。何屹I4張票。
女    ：我沒有周三晚上的票，你要另外一個晚上的票嗎?
馬  ?。耗阌兄芩耐砩系钠眴?
女    ：讓我看看。有，我有四張周四晚上的票，你要嗎?
馬  ?。菏裁醋?
女    ：看這，座位就在這兒。
馬  ?。耗呛芎茫揖鸵切┢绷恕Ｒ魳窌裁磿r間開始?
女    ：8點(diǎn)。
馬  ?。阂魳窌裁磿r間結(jié)束?
女    ：10點(diǎn)15分。給你票。
馬  ?。褐x謝。
馬  ?。耗愫?。
男    ：你好。
馬  ?。何蚁胭I幾張球票。
男    ：什么時間的?
馬  丁：下周的。
男    ：哪一天的?
馬  ?。盒瞧谔斓摹＊?br /> 男    ：星期天下午嗎?
馬  ?。菏堑?。
男    ：多少張?
馬  ?。?張。
男    ：讓我看看。好的，我有3張星期天下午的票，你要嗎?
馬  丁：什么座位?
男    ：就在這兒，出球手的后面，可以嗎?
馬  ?。汉?，我要了。星期天的球賽是在什么時間?
男    ：12點(diǎn)半。
馬  丁：球賽什么時間結(jié)束?
男    ：我說不準(zhǔn)，可能在4點(diǎn)或4點(diǎn)30分結(jié)束。
馬  ?。汉冒?，謝謝。
男    ：等一下，給你票。
 

Conversation B
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FEMALE: Good afternoon. May I help you?
MARTIN: Yes, please. I want to buy a ticket for the movie.
FEMALE: For today?
MARTIN: Yes. What time is the movie?
FEMALE: At two o'clock, four o'clock, seven-thirty, and nine-fifteen.
MARTIN: I want a ticket for four o'clock.
FEMALE: How many?
MARTIN: Only one.
FEMALE: For today?
MARTIN: Yes, for today, at four o'clock.
FEMALE: I'm sorry. I don't have any tickets for four o'clock. Do you want another time?
MARTIN: What time do you have tickets for?
FEMALE: Two o'clock and nine-fifteen. Do you want a ticket?
MARTIN: No, thank you.
FEMALE2: Hi. 
MARTIN: Hello. I want to buy a ticket for the movie. Do you have any tickets?
FEMALE2: Yes, I do. What time do you want?
MARTIN: What time is the movie?
FEMALE2: Twelve-thirty, three-fifteen, five-thirty, eight o'clock, and ten o'clock, What time do you want?
MARTIN: Five-thirty.
FEMALE2: Which movie do you want? 
MARTIN: Pardon?
FEMALE2: Which movie do you want? There are three movies.
MARTIN: I don't know.
MALE: May I help you?
MARTIN: Do you have tickets for tonight?
MALE: No, I don't.
MARTIN: When do you have tickets for? 
MALE: I have tickets for next week.
MARTIN: Which day? 
MALE: Tuesday night.
MARTIN: Who is playing next week?
MALE: Baltimore and New York.
MARTIN: What time is the game?
MALE: It's at eight o'clock.
MARTIN: What time does the game finish?
MALE: It sometimes finishes at ten or ten -thirty.
MARTIN: Do you have three tickets?
MALE: Of course. Do you want three tickets?
MARTIN: Yes. Where are the seats?
MALE: Here. Or here. Or here. Which seats do you want?
MARTIN: Right here. That's very good. I want three tickets.
MALE: OK. Wait a minute.
MALE2: Good evening.
MARTIN: Good evening. I want to buy a ticket.
MALE2: Where are you going?
MARTIN: I'm going to Philadelphia. What time is the train to Philadelphia?
MALE2: The next train is at two forty-five.
MARTIN: I'm not going today. What time is the train tomorrow.
MALE2: At two forty-five. The train to Philadelphia is at two forty-five every day.
MARTIN: Is that the only train?
MALE2: No.
MARTIN: What time are the other trains?
MALE2: At six-fifteen in the morning. At two forty-five in the afternoon. And ten-thirty at night. Do you want a ticket?
MARTIN: I don't want a ticket today. Thanks.
MALE2: You're welcome.

Practice 2：用 what time 詢問確切時間。
Examples: 
MARTIN: What time is the movie?
What time do you have tickets for?
FEMALE: What time do you want?
MARTIN: What time is the game?
What time does the game finish?

會話B
女    ：下午好，我能為你做些什么?
馬  ?。菏堑摹Ｎ蚁胭I張電影票。
女    ：今天的嗎?
馬  丁：對，電影是什么時間開演?
女    ：兩點(diǎn)，4點(diǎn)，7點(diǎn)30分，還有9點(diǎn)15分。
馬  ?。何屹I一張4點(diǎn)的票。
女    ：多少張?
馬  ?。褐灰粡?。
女    ：今天的嗎?
馬  丁：對，今天的，4點(diǎn)的。
女    ：對不起，我沒有4點(diǎn)的票了，你要另外時間的票嗎?
馬  ?。耗阌惺裁磿r間的票。
女    ：兩點(diǎn)鐘和9點(diǎn)15分的。你要一張嗎?
馬  丁：不要了，謝謝。
女  二：你好。
馬  ?。耗愫?，我要買張電影票，你還有票嗎?
女  二：是的，有。你要幾點(diǎn)的?
馬  丁：電影都有幾點(diǎn)的?
女  二：12：30、3：15、5：30、8點(diǎn)，還有10點(diǎn)的。你要幾點(diǎn)的?
馬  ?。?點(diǎn)半。
女  二：你要哪部電影的票?
馬  ?。簩Σ黄?，請?jiān)僬f一遍。
女  二：你要哪部電影的票?有3部電影。
馬  丁：我不知道。
男    ：能為你效勞嗎?
馬  丁：你有今晚的票嗎?
男    ：沒有。
馬  ?。耗阌惺裁磿r間的票?
男    ：我有下周的票。
馬  ?。耗囊惶斓?
男    ：星期二晚上的。
馬  ?。合轮苷l參加比賽?
男    ：巴爾的摩隊(duì)和紐約隊(duì)。
馬  ?。罕荣愂鞘裁磿r間?
男    ：8點(diǎn)。
馬  ?。罕荣愂裁磿r間結(jié)束?
男    ：有時10點(diǎn)結(jié)束，有時10點(diǎn)30分結(jié)束。
馬  ?。耗阌?張票嗎?
男    ：當(dāng)然有，你要3張票嗎?
馬  ?。菏堑模辉谀膬?
男    ：這里，或這里，或這里。你要哪些座位?
馬  丁：就這里，那很好，我要3張票。
男    ：好的，稍候。
男  二：晚上好。
馬  丁：晚上好，我要買張票。
男  二：到哪兒?
馬  ?。旱劫M(fèi)城，去費(fèi)城的火車是幾點(diǎn)?
男  二：下趟火車2點(diǎn)45分。
馬  丁：我不是今天去，明天的火車是幾點(diǎn)?
男  二：2點(diǎn)45分，去費(fèi)城的火車是每天2點(diǎn)45分。
馬  ?。褐挥心敲匆惶藛?
男  二：不是。
馬  ?。浩渌幕疖囀鞘裁磿r間?
男  二：早上6點(diǎn)15分，下午3點(diǎn)45和晚上10點(diǎn)30分。你想買1張嗎?
馬  ?。何医裉觳幌胭I票，謝謝。
男  二：不用客氣。
 

New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語

ticket   n. 票
batter   n. 擊球手

Proper Nouns 專有名詞

Philadelphia   費(fèi)城
 

Language Points 語言要點(diǎn)
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ticket 的基本含義是“票，券；入場券；車票”。對話中出現(xiàn)了 train ticket(火車票)，與 ticket 有關(guān)的常用名詞詞組還有： plane ticket(機(jī)票)，one-way ticket(單程票)，round-trip ticket(往返程票)，monthly ticket(月票)，platform ticket(站臺票)，through ticket(通票)，ticket office(售票處)，ticket agency(票代售處)。
ticket 后常用介詞有 to 和 for，一般表示“去某處的票”時，用 to；表示“何時或何事的票”時，常用 for。例如：train ticket to Baltimore, tickets to the concert, tickets for Wednesday, tickets for the ball game, tickets for the movie, ticket for four o'clock.

Cultural Notes  文化注釋

美國國產(chǎn)電影分成不同的類別。G代表 general admission，即任何人都可看；PG代表 parental guidance，即小孩要看此類電影必須家長同意；R代表 restricted，18歲以下的青少年要看此類電影必須跟父母同去；X代表X-rated，18歲以下未成年人禁止看此類電影。美國電影之所以要分類是因?yàn)樵S多電影有暴力、恐怖及有關(guān)性方面的不健康內(nèi)容，不適于未成年人看。