初級美語Lesson25:Traveling旅行

2012-06-11 11:07:04 


Conversation B

ATTENDANT: What are you going to eat?
KARL: Nothing.
ATTENDANT: Would you like more coffee?
KARL: Yes, please.
ATTENDANT: What are you going to eat?
MARTIN: Nothing, thank you.
ATTENDANT: Would you like more coffee?
MARTIN: No, thank you. Do you like coaching?
KARL: Yes, I do.
MARTIN: Were you a runner?
KARL: Yes, I was. I ran in school. I was in the Olympics.
MARTIN: That's interesting.
MARTIN: Where does your family like to travel?
KARL: My wife likes cities. She likes New York and Washington D C. My children like the country. They like rivers and mountains.
MARTIN: You have rivers and mountains in Colorado.
KARL: Oh, yes. But my children like the rivers and mountains in Idaho.MARTIN: My family lives in the East. They like to travel in the West.
KARL: Does your family like to travel by plane?
MARTIN: Yes, they do. They don't travel very often.
KARL: Do they like to travel by train?
MARTIN: Yes, they do. They like to travel by car, too.
KARL: Do you travel by bus?
MARTIN: No, I don't. I live in Baltimore. I work in Washington D C.
MARTIN: The train is very good there.
KARL: We don't have a train.
MARTIN: Do you have a bus?
KARL: No, we don't. We travel by car. My daughter likes to travel by horse.MARTIN: That's very nice in the country.
KARL: It's very slow.
MARTIN: My daughter likes animals.
KARL: Does she like horses?
MARTIN: Yes, she does. We don't have a horse.
KARL: We have four horses.
KARL: Where does you wife like to travel?
MARTIN: She likes to visit her family.
KARL: Where does her family live?
MARTIN: Her mother lives in Indianapolis. Her father lives in Florida.
KARL: Does she have aunts and uncles?
MARTIN: Yes.
KARL: Where do they live?
MARTIN: New York, Boston, Los Angeles.
KARL: Do you visit them?
MARTIN: Yes, we do. My wife likes to visit family.
KARL: How do you travel to Los Angeles?
MARTIN: We travel by plane.
KARL: How do you travel to New York.
MARTIN: We take the train. It's very fast.
KARL: That's nice. How do you travel to Indianapolis?
MARTIN: We travel by car. We like to have the car with us.
ATTENDANT: May I get you something?
KARL: May I have more coffee, please?
ATTENDANT: Of course, May I get you something?
MARTIN: No, thank you.
KARL: I'm going to San Antonio for a track meet.
MARTIN: Do you have runners in the track meet?
KARL: Yes, I do.
MARTIN: How many runners do you have in the meet?
KARL: Only three. They run very well.
MARTIN: How do they travel?
KARL: They travel by plane.
MARTIN: Are they here?
KARL: No, they aren't. They're going to travel on Tuesday. You're going to write about football players. Do you write about runners?
MARTIN: I can write about runners. I write about sports often. I'm going to write about swimming.
KARL: I'm going to travel to the East.
MARTIN: Where are you going?
KARL: First, I'm going to New Jersey.
MARTIN: Come to Baltimore.
KARL: Thanks.

會話 B
服務員:你要吃點什么?
卡  爾:什么也不要。
服務員:您再要些咖啡嗎?
卡  爾:是的。
服務員:你要吃些什么?
馬  丁:不要了,謝謝。
服務員:您再要些咖啡嗎?
馬  丁:不要了,謝謝。你喜歡教練工作嗎?
卡  爾:是的。
馬  丁:你當過賽跑運動員嗎?
卡  爾:當過,我在讀書時跑過,我參加過奧林匹克運動會。
馬  丁:很有趣。
馬  丁:你家人喜歡到哪兒旅行?
卡  爾:我妻子喜歡城市,她喜歡紐約和華盛頓特區(qū)。我的孩子們喜歡鄉(xiāng)下。他們喜歡山脈和河流。
馬  丁:科羅拉多有許多河流和山脈。
卡  爾:哦,是的,但我的孩子們喜歡愛德華洲的河流和山脈。
馬  丁:我家住在東部,他們喜歡在西部旅行。
卡  爾:你的家人喜歡坐飛機旅行嗎?
馬  丁:喜歡,他們不常旅行。
卡  爾:他們喜歡乘火車旅行嗎?
馬  丁:是的,他們也喜歡開車旅行。
卡  爾:你乘公共汽車旅行嗎?
馬  丁:不,我住在巴爾的摩,我在華盛頓特區(qū)工作,那兒的火車很方便。
卡  爾:我們那兒沒有火車。
馬  丁:你們那兒有公共汽車嗎?
卡  爾:沒有,我們開車旅行。我女兒喜歡騎馬旅行。
馬  丁:那在鄉(xiāng)下很好。
卡  爾:太慢了。
馬  丁:我女兒喜歡動物。
卡  爾:她喜歡馬嗎?
馬  丁:喜歡,我們沒有馬。
卡  爾:我們有四匹馬。
卡  爾:你妻子喜歡去哪兒旅行?
馬  丁:她喜歡看望她家人。
卡  爾:她家人住在哪兒?
馬  丁:她母親住在印第安那波利斯,她父親住在佛羅里達。
卡  爾:她有姑姑和叔叔嗎?
馬  丁:有。
卡  爾:他們住在哪兒?
馬  丁:紐約、波士頓、洛杉磯。
卡  爾:你去看望他們嗎?
馬  丁:是的,我妻子喜歡走親訪友。
卡  爾:你們怎么去洛杉磯?
馬  丁:我們坐飛機去。
卡  爾:你們怎么去紐約?
馬  丁:我們坐火車去,火車很快。
卡  爾:很好,你們怎么去印第安那波利斯?
馬  丁:我們開車去,我們喜歡開車去。
服務員:您需要什么嗎?
卡  爾:再來些咖啡好嗎?
服務員:當然,您還需要什么嗎?
馬  丁:不要了,謝謝。
卡  爾:我去對安東尼參加田徑運動會。
馬  丁:有你的賽跑運動員參加田徑運動會嗎?
卡  爾:有。
馬  丁:有多少賽跑運動員參加運動會?
卡  爾:只有3名,他們跑得很好。
馬  丁:他們怎么去?
卡  爾:他們坐飛機去參賽。
馬  丁:他們在這兒嗎?
卡  爾:不在,他們星期二出發(fā)。你要寫有關足球運動員的報導,你寫有關賽跑運動員的報導嗎?
馬  丁:我能寫有關賽跑運動員的報導,我經常寫有關體育的報導,我將寫有關游泳的報導。
卡  爾:我將去東部旅行。
馬  丁:你去什么地方?
卡  爾:首先要去新澤西。
馬  丁:歡迎你到巴爾的摩來。
卡  爾:謝謝。

New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語

attendant   n. 服務員
fasten   v. 扎牢
seat belt  n. 安全帶
be ready for  v. 為……做好準備
take off v.  take off n. 起飛
cowboy   n. 牛仔
nervous   adj. 緊張不安的
coach   n. 教練  v. 訓練;輔導
track   n. 田徑運動
camp   n. 野營;集訓營
the Olympics   n. 奧運會
 

Proper Nouns 專有名詞

San Antonio   圣安東尼市
Germany    德國
Colorado   科羅拉多州
Washington D C   華盛頓特區(qū)
Idaho   愛達荷州
Indianapolis   印安那波利斯
Florida   佛羅里達州
New Jersey   新澤西州

Language Points 語言要點

本課中出現的由介詞 by 構成的表示旅行方式的短語歸納如下:
by car  乘小汽車   by bus  乘公共汽車
by train  乘火車    by horse  騎馬
by plane  乘飛機
類似的介詞短語還有:
on foot  步行      by sea  乘船
by air  乘飛機     by ship  乘船
 

Cultural Notes  文化注釋

在美國乘飛機旅行非常方便,價格也比其它任何地方便宜。美國的州際及國際航空公司有幾百家,全都是私營,各航空公司之間的競爭很激烈。據國際民航組織1986年統(tǒng)計,美國有3200架民航飛機,占世界總數的五分之一,占世界總航行里程的46.7%,占世界總旅客人數的64.7%。世界上10個最繁忙的機場中,美國占了8個。其順序排列為:Chicago-O'Hare International(1), Atlanta(2), Los Angeles(3), Dallas-Fort Worth(4), New York-Kennedy International(6), Newark, New Jersey(7), Denver(8)和 San Francisco International(10)。      
在波士頓(Boston)、紐約(New York)和華盛頓(Washington)間的航班,不須預訂,不須辦理行李手續(xù),甚至不須買票,可直接在飛機上買票,每小時都有航班。

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