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Conversation B

MOTHER: Hello.
MARTIN: Hello, mother.
MOTHER: Martin! This is a nice surprise!
MARTIN: How are you?
MOTHER: Fine. How are you?
MARTIN: Fine, thanks. How is father?
MOTHER: He's fine.
MARTIN: Is he there?
MOTHER: Yes. How is Eileen?
MARTIN: She's fine.
MOTHER: How are the children?
MARTIN: They're fine.
MOTHER: May I talk to them?
MARTIN: No. I'm not at home.
MOTHER: Where are you?
MARTIN: I'm in Boston. I'm writing a story about baseball.
MOTHER: That's very nice. Did you talk to the players?
MARTIN: Yes, I did. What are you doing?
MOTHER: We're painting the house.
MARTIN: Who is painting?
MOTHER: Your father is painting outside. I'm painting inside.
MARTIN: Can you do that?
MOTHER: Yes. It's small house.
MARTIN: But you're not young.
MOTHER: Your brother Philip is coming on Saturday. He's going to help.MARTIN: That's good. Did you go to the park last week?
MOTHER: No, we didn't. It's too expensive. We worked in the garden.MARTIN: I phoned on Saturday. Where were you?
MOTHER: We went shopping.
MARTIN: What did you buy?
MOTHER: We bought paint.
MARTIN: May I talk to father?
MOTHER: Yes. Here he is.
FATHER: Hello, Martin.
MARTIN: Hello, how are you?
FATHER: Fine. Are you coming to visit?
MARTIN: No. I'm working.
FATHER: Where are you?
MARTIN: I'm in Boston. I'm writing a story about baseball.
FATHER: Boston? I like Chicago.
MARTIN: I know. Did you see the baseball game on Saturday?
FATHER: Yes. I watched the game on television.
MARTIN: Did you like the game?
FATHER: No!!
FATHER: Martin, how are the children? 
MARTIN: They're fine.
FATHER: How is Eileen?
MARTIN: She's fine. How is Philip?
FATHER: He's OK. He's coming on Saturday. We're going to paint.
MARTIN: Are you painting?
FATHER: Yes, I am.
MARTIN: Can you do that?
FATHER: Yes, I can. I'm fine. Philip's going to help. Did you go to California?
MARTIN: No, I didn't.
FATHER: Did you go to Nebraska?
MARTIN: No, I didn't. I went to Iowa.
FATHER: You went to lowa, but didn't come to Chicago?
MARTIN: I came to the airport. I was going to Iowa.
FATHER: You didn't phone.
MARTIN: No, I didn't.
FATHER: Excuse me. Your mother wants to talk. Here she is. Good-bye.MARTIN: Good-bye, father.
MOTHER: Martin, tell Eileen to phone.
MARTIN: You can phone her.
MOTHER: Is she working?
MARTIN: Of course. She doesn't work in the evening.
MARTIN: You can phone in the evening.
MOTHER: OK. Can I phone this evening?
MARTIN: Sure.
MOTHER: OK. Good-bye.
MARTIN: Good-bye.

會話 B
母  親：喂。
馬  丁：喂，母親。
母  親：馬丁!這真是意外的驚喜!
馬  丁：你怎么樣?
母  親：很好，你怎么樣?
馬  丁：很好，謝謝。父親好嗎?
母  親：他很好。
馬  丁：他在嗎?
母  親：在，艾琳好嗎?
馬  丁：她很好。
母  親：孩子們都好嗎?
馬  丁：他們很好。
母  親：讓孩子們聽電話，好嗎?
馬  ?。翰怀?，我不是在家打的電話。
母  親：你在哪兒?
馬  ?。何以诓ㄊ款D，我在寫有關(guān)棒球的報導(dǎo)。
母  親：很好，你跟運動員談話了嗎?
馬  ?。赫劻耍阍谧鍪裁?
母  親：我們在粉刷房子。
馬  ?。赫l在做?
母  親：你父親在外面刷，我在里面刷。
馬  ?。耗銈兡苄袉?
母  親：行，是個小房子。
馬  ?。旱銈兡昙o(jì)都很大了。
母  親：你兄弟菲利普星期六來，他來幫忙。
馬  ?。耗呛芎?，上周你們?nèi)ス珗@了嗎?
母  親：沒有，太貴了，我們在花園里干活了。
馬  ?。何抑芰蛄穗娫?，你們?nèi)ツ膬毫?
母  親：我們?nèi)ベI東西了。
馬  ?。嘿I什么了?
母  親：買涂料。
馬  ?。鹤尭赣H聽電話好嗎?
母  親：好的，他來了。
父  親：喂，馬丁。
馬  ?。何?，你好嗎?
父  親：很好，你要來家看看嗎?
馬  ?。翰?，我在工作。
父  親：你在哪兒?
馬  ?。何以诓ㄊ款D，我正在寫有關(guān)棒球的報導(dǎo)。
父  親：波士頓?我喜歡芝加哥。
馬  丁：我知道，你看了周六那場棒球賽嗎?
父  親：看了，我在電視上看了那場比賽。
馬  ?。耗阆矚g這場比賽嗎?
父  親：不!!
父  親：馬丁，孩子們好嗎?
馬  ?。核麄兒芎谩＊?br /> 父  親：艾琳好嗎?
馬  ?。核芎?，菲利普好嗎?
父  親：他還可以，他周六來，我們要一起刷房子。
馬  丁：你也刷房子嗎?
父  親：是的。
馬  ?。耗隳苄袉?
父  親：行，我很好，菲利普來幫忙。你去加利福尼亞了嗎?
馬  ?。簺]有。
父  親：你去內(nèi)布拉斯加州了嗎?
馬  丁：不，我去了衣阿華州。
父  親：你去了衣阿華州，但沒來芝加哥?
馬  ?。何业搅藱C場，我是去衣阿華州。
父  親：你也沒打電話。
馬  丁：沒打。
父  親：對不起，你母親要說話，她來了，再見。
馬  丁：再見，父親。
母  親：馬丁，告訴艾琳打電話來。
馬  ?。耗憧梢越o她打電話。
母  親：她上班嗎?
馬  ?。寒?dāng)然，她晚上不上班，你可以在晚上打電話。
母  親：好的，我今晚打電話可以嗎?
馬  丁：當(dāng)然可以。
母  親：好的，再見。
馬  丁：再見。
 

New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語

watch television   v. 看電視
baseball game   n. 棒球賽
just a minute 稍等一會兒
go to the movies   去看電影
go swimming   去游泳
pizza   n. 意大利烤餡餅
shopping mall   n. 購物中心；商業(yè)區(qū)
museum   n. 博物館
surprise   n. 出乎意料的事；驚訝
expensive   adj. 貴

Proper Nouns 專有名詞

Boston   波士頓
California   加利福尼亞州
Nebraska   內(nèi)布拉斯加州
Iowa   衣阿華州
 

Language Points 語言要點
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對話中出現(xiàn)的打電話用語歸納如下：
Hello. 喂。
May I speak to (the children)?請讓(孩子們)聽電話好嗎?
May I talk to (Sue)?請讓(蘇)聽電話好嗎?
Just a minute. 請等一下。
(Your mother) wants to talk.(你媽媽)想和你講話。
Here (she) is. (她)來講話。
Bye/Good-bye. 再見。
類似的常用語還有：
Who's speaking, please? 請問您是哪位?
Just a moment, please. 請等一下。
Could you speak up as I can't hear you well?能否說大聲些，我聽不清楚。  He's on the other line. 他正在接別的電話。
You have the wrong number. 你打錯電話了。
This is he (she). 我就是。
Sorry. He's not in right now. 對不起，他不在。

Cultural Notes  文化注釋

美國的電話系統(tǒng)為私營公司所有，最有名的公司是貝爾電話公司(the Bell Telephone Company)。 美國的電話普及率高達(dá)百分之八十以上，幾乎每個家庭和辦公室都有至少一部電話。

《初級美語Lesson23:ActivitiesinthePresentand》永久閱讀地址: http://www.jiazhineng.cn/yingyu/2554/