美國之音口語經(jīng)典教程Expressing Both Specific and General Time 表示確切時間和大

Lesson 34Expressing Both Specific and General Time

表示確切時間和大致時間

 

Things to Know  學(xué)前必讀

康涅狄格州(Connecticut)位于美國的東北部，東臨大西洋，首府是 New Haven，與羅德島州、麻薩諸塞州及紐約州相接壤。Connecticut 來源于印第安語，意思是“beside the long tidal river”(在長長的潮河旁)。

 

 

Conversation A : At the Train Station

EILEEN: What time does the train go?

MARTIN: At nine-fifteen.

EILEEN: What time does it arrive in Pittsburgh?

MARTIN: I don't know.

EILEEN: When is your meeting?

MARTIN: I have many meetings. They are in the afternoon.

EILEEN: When are you coming home?

MARTIN: Tonight.

EILEEN: We're going to meet the train.

MARTIN: Is Alan going to come with you?

EILEEN: Yes, he is.

MARTIN: When is his game?

EILEEN: Tomorrow evening.

MARTIN: Isn't the game this evening?

EILEEN: No, it isn't. It's tomorrow evening.

MARTIN: When was it last week?

EILEEN: It was on Wednesday. It's on Thursday this week.

MARTIN: I see. What time is the game?

EILEEN: Is't at seven-thirty.

MARTIN: Good. I'm going to go.

EILEEN: That's wonderful. He wants you to go.

MARTIN: When are you going to your office?

EILEEN: After lunch. I worked late last night.

MARTIN: What time are you going to go?

EILEEN: At one-thirty. What time is the train tonight?

MARTIN: It arrives at eight-forty-five.

EILEEN: OK. Sue can come, too. Can you eat on the train?

MARTIN: Yes, I can. But I'm going to eat in Pittsburgh.

EILEEN: Good. Sue can finish her homework before dinner.

MARTIN: What time are you going to have dinner?

EILEEN: At seven o'clock.

MARTIN: When are you going to come to the train station?

EILEEN: At eight o'clock.

 

Practice 1：如果不必說明確切的時間，可以用比較籠統(tǒng)的方式表示時間。

Examples:

MARTIN: In the afternoon. Tonight.

EILEEN: Tomorrow evening. On Wednesday. On Thursday.

After lunch. Last night. Before dinner.

MARTIN: At nine-fifteen.

EILEEN: At seven-thirty. At one-thirty.

MARTIN: At eight-forty-five.

EILEEN: At seven o'clock. At eight o'clock.

用表示確切時間的短語回答：

MARTIN: What time do you eat lunch?

YOURSELF: _______________________________. 

MARTIN: What time do you listen to English?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

MARTIN: What time do you listen to music?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

用表示大致時間的短語回答：

MARTIN: When do you study English?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

MARTIN: When do you go shopping?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

MARTIN: When do you play sports?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

 

會話A : 在火車站

艾  琳：火車幾點開?

馬  ?。?/span>9點15分。

艾  琳：什么時候到匹茲堡?

馬  ?。何也磺宄?。

艾  琳：會議什么時候開?

馬  丁：我有許多會議，它們都是在下午。

艾  琳：你什么時候回家?

馬  ?。航裢?。

艾  琳：我們來接站。

馬  ?。喊瑐惡湍阋黄饋韱?/span>?

艾  琳：是的，他來。

馬  ?。核那蛸愂窃谑裁磿r候?

艾  琳：明天晚上。

馬  ?。呵蛸惒皇窃诮裉焱砩蠁?/span>?

艾  琳：不，不是。是在明天晚上。

馬  ?。荷现芮蛸愂窃谑裁磿r候進(jìn)行的?

艾  琳：是在星期三，這周是在星期四。

馬  ?。何颐靼琢?，球賽是在幾點?

艾  琳：7點30分。

馬  丁：好，我要去看。

艾  琳：那好極了，他想要你去。

馬  ?。耗闶裁磿r候去上班?

艾  琳：午飯后，我昨晚工作得很晚。

馬  ?。耗銕c去上班?

艾  琳：一點半，火車今晚幾點到?

馬  ?。?/span>8點45分到。

艾  琳：好吧，蘇也能來，你能在火車上吃飯嗎?

馬  ?。耗?。但我將在匹茲堡吃飯。

艾  琳：好，蘇在晚飯前能完成作業(yè)。

馬  丁：你們什么時候吃晚飯?

艾  琳：7點。

馬  丁：你什么時候到火車站?

艾  琳：8點。

 

Conversation B

EILEEN: Martin, when did you first visit Pittsburgh?

MARTIN: In 1975. I wrote a story about Pittsburgh ten years ago. I wrote a story three years ago. And I visited last year, too.

EILEEN: When did you first visit Washington?

MARTIN: I don't know. Many years ago.

 

Practice 2：表示過去的事件或活動的時間短語，常常是由“表示時間的名詞(詞組)+副詞 ago”構(gòu)成，也可由“形容詞 last+表示時間的名詞”或“in+年代”構(gòu)成。

Examples:

  MARTIN: Three years ago. Ten years ago. Many years ago. 

In 1975.Last year.

根據(jù)上述結(jié)構(gòu)回答下列問題：

MARTIN: When did you leave school?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

MARTIN: When did you visit your family?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

MARTIN: When did you see your teacher?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

 

會話B

艾  琳：馬丁，你第一次訪問匹茲堡是在什么時候?

馬  丁：在1975年，10年前我寫過一篇有關(guān)匹茲堡的報導(dǎo)。我3年前寫過一篇報導(dǎo)，我去年也寫過一次。

艾  琳：你第一次訪問華盛頓是在什么時候?

馬  ?。何矣洸磺宄耍S多年以前。

 

Conversation C

MARTIN: Are you going shopping today?

EILEEN: Yes.

MARTIN: When are you going shopping.

EILEEN: After work. I must buy some food.

MARTIN: Please buy some coffee.

EILEEN: Don't we have coffee?

MARTIN: No, I finished the coffee.

EILEEN: When?

MARTIN: This morning. I made coffee for breakfast. When did you buy coffee?

EILEEN: I bought coffee last week. Are you drinking too much coffee?

MARTIN: I like coffee.

EILEEN: When do you drink so much coffee?

MARTIN: In the morning. I like coffee in the morning.

EILEEN: What time is it. Martin?

MARTIN: It's nine-twenty.

EILEEN: What time is the train to Pittsburgh?

MARTIN: At nine-thirty.

EILEEN: May I buy a newspaper? I didn't read the newspaper this morning. 

MARTIN: I don't know. Can you wait?

EILEEN: When can I buy the newspaper?

MARTIN: In a few minutes. I'm going in a few minutes.

EILEEN: Martin, are you going to work on Saturday?

MARTIN: No, I don't like to work on weekends.

EILEEN: Can you take Sue and her friends to the park?

MARTIN: When?

EILEEN: In the afternoon. There is band concert.

MARTIN: What time is the concert?

EILEEN: The concert is at two-fifteen.

MARTIN: What band is playing?

EILEEN: There are three school bands playing. Some of Sue's friends are playing in the band.

MARTIN: What time are they going to finish?

EILEEN: At four o'clock. I want to work on Saturday.

MARTIN: Do you want to work at home?

EILEEN: No, I can't. I want to work at the office.

VALERIE: Eileen? Hi. How are you?

EILEEN: Hello! What are you doing here, Valerie? Martin, this is Valerie McCormick.

MARTIN: Hello. Eileen told me about you. I'm happy to meet you. 

VALERIE: How are you? 

MARTIN: Fine, thanks.

EILEEN: Where are you going? What are you doing here?

VALERIE: I'm going home. I brought my husband to the train.

EILEEN: What time is his train?

VALERIE: It was at nine-ten. It left.

MARTIN: Where is he going?

VALERIE: He's going to Hartford, Connecticut. Where are you going? 

EILEEN: Martin is going to Pittsburgh.

VALERIE: What time is your train?

MARTIN: It's at nine-thirty. I'm going now. Good-bye.

EILEEN: Good-bye. Be careful.

VALERIE: Good-bye. Martin.

 

Practice 3：鞏固確切時間及大致時間的表達(dá)法。

Examples:

  MARTIN: At nine-thirty.

EILEEN: At two-fifteen. At four o'clock.

EILEEN: After work.

MARTIN: This morning.

EILEEN: Last week.

MARTIN: In the morning. In a few minutes.

EILEEN: In the afternoon.

根據(jù)以上結(jié)構(gòu)回答下列問題：

MARTIN: When are you going to travel?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

MARTIN: When did you listen to the radio?

YOURSELF: _______________________________

MARTIN: When does the English Lesson begin?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

 

會話C

馬  丁：你今天去買東西嗎?