Conversation A : At Home in the Evening
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EILEEN: Did you finish your work?
MARTIN: Yes, I did. Where are the children?
EILEEN: Sue is reading. Alan is dressing.
MARTIN: Dressing?
EILEEN: For the party. He's going to a party tonight.
MARTIN: Oh, yes. That's right. When is the party?
EILEEN: The party begins at ten o'clock.
MARTIN: Is he dressing now? It's only seven o'clock.
EILEEN: I know. But he's dressing. The party is important. Martin, are you going to take Sue to the movies tomorrow?
MARTIN: I can. Does she want to go tomorrow?
EILEEN: Yes, she does. When is your meeting tomorrow?
MARTIN: In the morning.
EILEEN: When is the meeting?
MARTIN: At eleven o'clock.
EILEEN: Can you go to the movies in the afternoon?
MARTIN: Yes, I can. When?
EILEEN: At four o'clock.
MARTIN: OK.
EILEEN: Sue wants to go to Jennifer's house tomorrow. She can go in the morning.
MARTIN: When is dinner?
EILEEN: You didn't eat lunch. Do you want dinner?
MARTIN: Very much!
EILEEN: Dinner is at seven-thirty.
SUE: Hi. May I come in?
MARTIN: Of course.
SUE: Did you finish your work?
MARTIN: Yes, I did.
SUE: Can we go to the movies tomorrow?
MARTIN: Yes, we can.
SUE: When?
MARTIN: In the afternoon.
SUE: Can we go at six o'clock? I want to go to Jennifer's house.
MARTIN: That's very late. You have school on Monday. Let's go at four o'clock.
SUE: When can I go to Jennifer's house?
EILEEN: You can go to Jennifer's house in the morning.
SUE: May I phone Jennifer now?
EILEEN: No. It's time for dinner.
SUE: When may I phone her?
EILEEN: After dinner.
SUE: When is dinner?
EILEEN: At seven-thirty.
MARTIN: Dinner In a few minutes.
SUE: OK. I'm going to read.
EILEEN: I'm going to finish dinner. Come help me.
MARTIN: OK.

Practice 1：情態(tài)動詞 may 和 can 在構(gòu)成疑問句時，都用倒裝句型，移到主語之前，有時都可表示“可以”的意思，但 may 有“許可”的含義，can 有“能夠”的含義。
Examples:
  SUE: May I come in?
MARTIN: Of course.
SUE: May I phone Jennifer now?
EILEEN: No. It's time for dinner.
SUE: Can we go to the movies tomorrow?
MARTIN: Yes, we can.
SUE: Can we go at six o'clock?
MARTIN: No, that's very late.
SUE: When can I go to Jennifer's house?
EILEEN: You can go to Jennifer's house in the morning.

Practice 2：比較籠統(tǒng)的時間用語，一般表示一段時間。確切的時間用語常常由一個數(shù)字，后面加上 o'clock(點鐘)構(gòu)成。
Example One:EILEEN: Tonight.Tomorrow.
MARTIN: In the morning.
EILEEN: In the afternoon.
MARTIN: On Monday.
EILEEN: After dinner.
MARTIN: In a few minutes.
Example Two:MARTIN: At seven o'clock.At eleven o'clock.
EILEEN: At four o'clock.At seven-thirty.
SUE: At six o'clock.
MARTIN: At four o'clock.
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會話A : 晚上在家里
艾  琳：你干完工作了嗎?
馬  丁：是的，干完了。孩子們在哪兒?
艾  琳：蘇在看書，艾倫在穿衣打扮。
馬  ?。捍┮麓虬?
艾  琳：為了參加晚會，他今晚將參加一個晚會。
馬  ?。亨?，是的。對了，晚會什么時候開始?
艾  琳：晚會10點開始。
馬  丁：他現(xiàn)在正在穿衣打扮嗎?才7點。
艾  琳：我知道。但他已在穿衣打扮，因為晚會很重要。馬丁，明天你將帶蘇去看電影嗎?
馬  ?。何夷軒ィ魈煜肴?
艾  琳：是的，她想去。你明天什么時候開會?
馬  ?。涸谏衔纭＊?br /> 艾  琳：會議什么時候舉行呢?
馬  ?。?1點。
艾  琳：你能在下午去看電影嗎?
馬  ?。菏堑模?。什么時候。
艾  琳：4點。
馬  ?。汉冒伞＊?br /> 艾  琳：蘇明天想去詹尼弗家，她可以上午去。
馬  ?。和盹埵裁磿r候開飯?
艾  琳：你還沒吃午飯，你想吃晚飯嗎?
馬  ?。悍浅Ｏ氤浴＊?br /> 艾  琳：晚飯在7點半。
蘇    ：你們好，我可以進來嗎?
馬  ?。寒斎豢梢浴＊?br /> 蘇    ：你干完工作了嗎?
馬  ?。菏堑模赏炅?。
蘇    ：我們明天能去看電影嗎?
馬  ?。菏堑?，能去。
蘇    ：什么時候?
馬  丁：在下午。
蘇    ：可以6點去嗎?我想去詹尼弗家。
馬  ?。耗翘砹?，你星期一還要上學。咱們四點去。
蘇    ：我什么時候能去詹尼弗家呢?
艾  琳：你可以在上午去詹尼弗家。
蘇    ：我現(xiàn)在可以給詹尼弗打個電話嗎?
艾  琳：不可以，現(xiàn)在是吃晚飯時候。
蘇    ：那我什么時候可以給她打電話?
艾  琳：晚飯后。
蘇    ：什么時候吃晚飯?
艾  琳：7點半。
馬  ?。簬追昼姾蟆＊?br /> 蘇    ：好吧，我去看書。
艾  琳：我去把晚飯準備好，來幫我一把。
馬  ?。汉冒?。

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