Lesson 19 Talking About Families 谈论家庭

Lesson 19 Talking About Families 谈论家庭

Conversation A : On a Farm?

LISA: Let's sit here, Mr Learner.?
MARTIN: Please call me Martin. May I ask some questions??
LISA: Of course.?
MARTIN: May I record your answers??
LISA: Yes.?
MARTIN: Do you have a family??
LISA: Yes, I have a husband.?
MARTIN: What is your husband's name??
LISA: Eric.?
MARTIN: Eric. That's right. We've met. Do you have children??
LISA: Yes. We have two children.?
MARTIN: Are they boys or girls??
LISA: We have one boy and one girl.?
MARTIN: Wonderful. You have a son and a daughter. Are your mother and father living??
LISA: Yes, they are.?
MARTIN: Do they live here??
LISA: No, they don't. They live in town.?
MARTIN: Do you have a large farm??
LISA: Oh, yes. It's a very large farm. The farm was my father's farm.?MARTIN: And you have a very large house.?
LISA: It's a wonderful house. The house is old. Here's Eric.?
ERIC: Hello, Martin??
MARTIN: That's right.?
ERIC: How are you??
MARTIN: Fine, thanks. How are you??
ERIC: Fine, thanks.?
LISA: We're talking about families.?
ERIC: I have a large family.?
MARTIN: Are your parent's living??
ERIC: My mother is living. My father isn't living.?
MARTIN: Where does your mother live??
ERIC: She lives in California.?
MARTIN: Do you have brothers and sisters??
ERIC: I have three brothers and two sisters.?
MARTIN: Where do they live??
ERIC: Two brothers live in town. One lives on a farm.?
MARTIN: What do they do? One is a farmer??
ERIC: That's right. Two brothers have businesses in town.?
MARTIN: Lisa, do you have brothers and sisters??
LISA: I have a sister.?
MARTIN: Where does she live??
LISA: She lives in Texas.?
MARTIN: Is she married??
LISA: No, she isn't.?
MARTIN: What does she do??
LISA: She's in the army.?
MARTIN: Are your sisters married, Eric??
ERIC: One sister lives in Montana. She's married to a rancher. One lives in California. My mother lives with this sister.?
MARTIN: What does this sister do??
ERIC: She has a business.?
LISA: She's a photographer.?
MARTIN: That's interesting.?

Practice 1：询问对方是否有某物或人，诸如家庭、孩子、父母等，用：
“Do you have...?”回答：Yes, I do. 或 No, I don't.?
Examples:  MARTIN: Do you have a family??
LISA: Yes, I do.?
MARTIN: Do you have children??
LISA: Yes, we do.?
MARTIN: Do you have brothers and sisters??
ERIC: Yes, I do.?
MARTIN: Are your parents living??
LISA: Yes, they are.?
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会话A : 在农场?
丽  莎：让我们坐这里吧，勒纳先生。?
马  丁：叫我马丁好了。我能问你几个问题吗??
丽  莎：当然可以。?
马  丁：我可以把你的回答录下来吗??
丽  莎：可以的。?
马  丁：你成家了吗??
丽  莎：是的，我有丈夫。?
马  丁：你丈夫叫什么名字??
丽  莎：埃里克。?
马  丁：埃里克。对了，我们见过。你有孩子吗??
丽  莎：是的。我们有两个孩子。?
马  丁：男孩还是女孩??
丽  莎：一男一女。?
马  丁：太好了。你有一个儿子和一个女儿。你的父母还健在吗?
丽  莎：是的。?
马  丁：他们住在这儿吗??
丽  莎：不，他们住在城里。?
马  丁：你有一个大农场吗??
丽  莎：噢，是的，那是个很大的农场，曾经是我父亲的。?
马  丁：你还有一所大房子。?
丽  莎：是一个很棒的房子。这个房子很古老。埃里克来了。?
埃里克：你好，马丁??
马  丁：不错。?
埃里克：你怎么样??
马  丁：很好，谢谢。你怎么样??
埃里克：很好，谢谢。?
丽  莎：我们正在谈论家庭。?
埃里克：我有一个大家庭。?
马  丁：你父母还健在吗??
埃里克：我母亲还健在，父亲不在了。?
马  丁：你的母亲住在哪儿??
埃里克：她住在加利弗福尼亚。?
马  丁：你有兄弟姐妹吗??
埃里克：我有三个兄弟和两个姐妹。?
马  丁：他们住在哪儿??
埃里克：两兄弟住城里，一个在农场。?
马  丁：他们做什么工作?有一个是农民吗??
埃里克：是的，另两个兄弟在城里做生意。?
马  丁：丽莎，你有兄弟姐妹吗??
丽  莎：我有个姐姐。?
马  丁：她住哪儿??
丽  莎：她住在德克萨斯。?
马  丁：她结婚了??
丽  莎：没有。?
马  丁：她做什么工作的??
丽  莎：她在军队工作。?
马  丁：埃里克，你的姐妹们结婚了吗??
埃里克：一个住在蒙大拿州，她嫁给了一个农场主。一个住在加利福尼亚，我母
亲同她住在一起。?
马  丁：这个姐姐做什么工作??
埃里克：她经商。?
丽  莎：她是个摄影家。?
马  丁：很有意思。?
 

Conversation B?

LISA: Here are the children now.?
ERIC: This is Max. And this is Meg.?
MARTIN: Hi, Max. Hi, Meg.?
MAX: Hi.?
MEG: Hi.?
MARTIN: I'm Martin. How old are you, Max??
MAX: I'm fifteen.?
MARTIN: Are you in high school??
MAX: Yes. I'm in tenth grade.?
MARTIN: Where is your school??
MAX: It's in town.?
MARTIN: How old are you, Meg??
MEG: Eleven.?
MARTIN: Where is your school??
MEG: I don't know.?
LISA: It's east of here.?
MARTIN: It's in the country.?
ERIC: That's right.?
MARTIN: Meg, can I ask some more questions??
MEG: OK.?
MARTIN: I want to ask some questions about your family.
MARTIN: Do you have uncles?
MEG: Yes. Three.?
MARTIN: Where do they live??
MEG: Two live in town. One lives over there??
MARTIN: Where??
ERIC: West of here.?
MEG: See that road? Over there.?
MARTIN: Max, do you have grandmothers and grandfathers??
MAX: Yes. Two grandmothers are living, and one grandfather is living.?MARTIN: Where does your grandfather live??
MAX: He lives in town now. He lived here.?
MARTIN: What does he do??
MAX: He was a farmer.?
ERIC: This was his farm.?
MARTIN: Meg, where do your grandmothers live??
MEG: One lives in town. One lives in California.?
MARTIN: What do your uncles do??
MEG: Uncle Gene is a policeman.?
MAX: Uncle Chet is a baker.?
MARTIN: Max, is one uncle a farmer??
MAX: Yes, he is. He has a small farm.?
MARTIN: What does he grow??
MAX: Corn. All the farmers grow corn.?
MEG: He grows beans, too.?
MARTIN: Soybeans??
MEG: Yes.?
MARTIN: Does he have animals??
MEG: Oh, yes.?
MARTIN: Do you like animals??
MEG: I like some animals. I like horses.?
MARTIN: Can you ride??
MEG: Yes, I can.?
MARTIN: Max, can you ride??
MAX: Of course.?
MEG: I don't like cows.?
MARTIN: Does your uncle have cows??
MEG: Yes. He has big cows. He has two hundred cows.?
MAX: No, he doesn't.?
MEG: Yes. He has two hundred cows.?
MAX: No, he doesn't. He has fifty cows.?
MEG: No, he doesn't. He has two hundred cows.?
MAX: Fifty.?
MEG: Two-hundred.?
LISA: Children! Stop that!?
MARTIN: Lisa, did your father have cows??
LISA: No, he didn't. He didn't like animals.?
MEG: He likes corn and beans.?
LISA: That's right.?
MARTIN: Did he like horses??
LISA: No. He only liked corn and soybeans.?
MARTIN: You have a very big house, Meg. Do you like your house??
MEG: It's old. But I like it.?
MAX: I like Uncle Gene's house. It's new.?
LISA: Our home is wonderful!?
MAX: Our home is wonderful. But Uncle Gene's is new.?

会话B?
丽  莎：这是孩子们。?
埃里克：这是麦克斯，这是麦格。?
马  丁：你好，麦克斯，你好麦格。?
麦克斯：你好。?
麦  格：你好。?
马  丁：我是马丁。你几岁，麦克斯??
麦克斯：我15岁。?
马  丁：你上高中了吗??
麦克斯：是的，我在10年级。?
马  丁：你的学校在哪儿??
麦克斯：在镇上。?
马  丁：麦格几岁了??
麦  格：11岁。?
马  丁：你的学校在哪儿??
麦  格：我不知道。?
丽  莎：在这儿的东边。?
马  丁：在农村吗??
埃里克：对。?
马  丁：麦格，可以再问几个问题吗??
麦  格：可以。?
马  丁：我想问些关于你家的问题，你有叔叔吗??
麦  格：有，3个。?
马  丁：他们住在哪儿??
麦  格：两个住在镇上，一个在那边住。?
马  丁：哪里??
埃里克：在这儿的西边。?
麦  格：看见那条路了?在那边。?
马  丁：麦克，你有爷爷、奶奶、姥姥、姥爷吗??
麦克斯：有，奶奶、姥姥都在，只有一个爷爷在。?
马  丁：你爷爷住在哪儿??
麦克斯：他现在住镇上，住这儿。?
马  丁：他做什么工作??
麦克斯：他从前是农民。?
埃里克：这从前是他的农场。?
马  丁：麦格，你的奶奶、姥姥住哪??
麦  格：一个住在镇上，一个住在加利福尼亚。?
马  丁：你叔叔们干什么??
麦  格：吉恩叔叔是警察。?
麦克斯：洽特叔叔是面包师。?
马  丁：麦克斯，你有个叔叔是农民吗??
麦克斯：对，有。他有个小农场。?
马  丁：他种什么??
麦克斯：玉米，农民们都种玉米。?
麦  格：他也种豆子。?
马  丁：黄豆吗??
麦  格：是的。?
马  丁：他养牲畜吗??
麦  格：哦，养。?
马  丁：你喜欢牲畜吗??
麦  格：喜欢一些，我喜欢马。?
马  丁：你会骑马吗??
麦  格：是的，会。?
马  丁：麦克斯，你会骑马吗??
麦克斯：当然了。?
麦  格：我不喜欢牛。?
马  丁：你叔叔养牛吗??
麦  格：养，他养大牛，有200头。?
麦克斯：不，他没有。?
麦  格：不，他有，他有200头。?
麦克斯：不，他没有200头，他有50头。?
麦  格：不，不是50头，是200头。?
麦克斯：50头。?
麦  格：200头。?
丽  莎：孩子们，别吵了。?
马  丁：丽莎，你父亲养牛吗??
丽  莎：不，他不养，他不喜欢动物。?
麦  格：他喜欢玉米和豆子。?
丽  莎：对!?
马  丁：他喜欢马吗??
丽  莎：不，他只喜欢玉米和黄豆。?
马  丁：你有座大房子，麦格，你喜欢吗??
麦  格：很旧了，但我喜欢。?
麦克斯：我喜欢吉恩叔叔的房子，是新的。?
丽  莎：我们家房子很好。?
麦克斯：我们家房子很好，但吉恩叔叔的房子是新的。
 

New Words and Expressions 生词和短语?

living   n. & adj. 生计；活着的?
married   adj. 结了婚的?
rancher   n. 牧场主?
uncle   n. 叔父，伯父，舅父?
baker   n. 面包师?
 

Proper Nouns 专有名词?

Texas   得克萨斯州?
Montana   蒙大拿州?
 

Language Points 语言要点?

1 . She's married to a rancher. 她嫁给了一个牧场主。?  
marry 是动词，意为结婚、嫁、娶。? 
John is going to marry Jane. 约翰要和珍结婚了。? 
  She married a rancher. 她和一个牧场主结婚了。?  
Her father married her to a rancher. 她父亲把她嫁给了个牧场主。?  
be married to 是嫁给(娶)某人的意思。其中 married 是形容词。?
2 . See that road? 看见那条路了吧??  
这是一句省略了主语和助动词的一般疑问句。完整的句子为：? 
  Do you see that road??
 

Cultural Notes  文化注释

在美国也存在着很大的城乡差别，但这种差别并不是物质的优劣，而是体现在另一方面。乡村、郊区的居民崇尚轻松、俭朴的生活方式和开阔的居住环境，而且往往对城市所象征的一切持抵触情绪。近些年来，越来越多的人离开大都市，迁居郊野、乡下，就是想躲避城市日趋恶化的环境，回归自然。