Conversation A : In a Small Town

MARTIN: Good afternoon. I'm Martin Learner.
ASSISTANT: Good afternoon, Mr. Learner. I'm Mayor Walker's assistant. The Mayor is expecting you. Please go in.
MARTIN: Thank you. Good afternoon, Mayor Walker.
MAYOR: Hello. How are you?
MARTIN: Fine, thanks, How are you?
MAYOR: Fine, thanks. What can I do for you?
MARTIN: I'm a reporter. I want to talk about the work people do in this town.MAYOR: Fine.
MARTIN: How long have you been mayor of Greentown?
MAYOR: Three years.
MARTIN: How many people live in Greentown?
MAYOR: Thirteen thousand.
MARTIN: Let's talk about the work people do. What do they do?
MAYOR: They work in small factories. They work in small businesses.MARTIN: How many factories do you have?
MAYOR: We have five small factories.
MARTIN: What do they make?
MAYOR: Look at these pictures. See these people?
MARTIN: Yes.
MAYOR: They work in the battery factory. They make batteries.
MARTIN: What do they make?
MAYOR: They work in the tire factory. They make tires.
MARTIN: What do they make?
MAYOR: They work in the glass factory. They make windows and windshields.
MARTIN: What do they make?
MAYOR: They make bottles. And they make plastic bags. Come see the town.
MARTIN: Thank you, I'd like that.
MAYOR: Do you see those people? They work on the roads and streets.MARTIN: I see. How many teachers do you have?
MAYOR: About one-hundred. They teach in the schools. Look at that school.
MARTIN: Is it a new school?
MAYOR: Yes, it is. Twenty teachers teach in that school.
MARTIN: Is that a hospital?
MAYOR: Yes, it is. It's small. Twenty-three nurses work in the hospital.

Practice 1：詢問對方的工作地點，我們通常用：
Where do you work? 你在哪工作?
其回答方式是：“I work+地點介詞短語”. 我在……工作。
Examples:  MARTIN: Where do they work?
MAYOR: They work in small businesses.
MARTIN: Where do they work?
MAYOR: They work in the battery factory.
MARTIN: Where do they work?
MAYOR: They work in the tire factory.
MARTIN: Where do they work?
MAYOR: They work in the glass factory.
MARTIN: Where do they work?
MAYOR: They work on the roads and streets.

會話A : 在小鎮(zhèn)
馬  丁：下午好!我是馬丁·勒納。
助  手：下午好，勒納先生。我是沃克市長的助手。市長正等你呢!請進(jìn)。
馬  丁：謝謝。下午好。沃克市長。
市  長：你好，你怎么樣?
馬  丁：很好，謝謝。你怎么樣?
市  長：很好，謝謝。我能為你做什么?
馬  丁：我是個記者，我想和你談?wù)勥@個城市的人們所做的工作。
市  長：好的。
馬  丁：你擔(dān)任格林市市長有多久了?
市  長：3年了。
馬  丁：格林市有多少居民?
市  長：一萬三千人。
馬  丁：讓我們談?wù)勊麄兊墓ぷ靼伞Ｋ麄兌甲鍪裁垂ぷ髂?
市  長：他們在小工廠里上班。他們在小企業(yè)上班。
馬  丁：你們有多少廠子?
市  長：我們有5個小廠。
馬  丁：生產(chǎn)什么?
市  長：看看這些照片，看到這些人了?
馬  丁：是的。
市  長：他們在電池廠工作，生產(chǎn)電池。
馬  丁：他們做什么?
市  長：他在輪胎廠工作，生產(chǎn)輪胎。
馬  丁：他們生產(chǎn)什么?
市  長：他們在玻璃廠工作，生產(chǎn)窗玻璃和擋風(fēng)玻璃。
馬  丁：他們生產(chǎn)什么?
市  長：他們生產(chǎn)瓶子。他們生產(chǎn)塑料袋。來看看這座城市。
馬  丁：謝謝。我很愿意。
市  長：看到那些人了嗎?他們在街道上作業(yè)。
馬  丁：我看到了。你們有多少教師?
市  長：大約100。他們在學(xué)校教書。看那所學(xué)校。
馬  丁：是所新學(xué)校嗎?
市  長：是的。有20名教師在那里教書。
馬  丁：那是個醫(yī)院嗎?
市  長：是的。小醫(yī)院。有23名護(hù)士。

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