Lesson 35 Asking Questions About Specific Time 询问确切时间

Lesson 35 Asking Questions About Specific Time 询问确切时间

Conversation A : Buying Tickets
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MALE: Good morning.?
MARTIN: Good morning. I want to buy a train ticket to Baltimore. What time is the train?
MALE: There is a train at four-fifteen. There is another train at six forty-five.
MARTIN: I want the six forty-five train. What time does it arrive in Baltimore?
MALE: At eight-thirty. Here you are.?
FEMALE: Good afternoon. May I help you??
MARTIN: Hello. I want to buy some tickets to the concert.
FEMALE: What night do you want??
MARTIN: Next Wednesday please.?
FEMALE: How many tickets do you want??
MARTIN: I want four tickets.?
FEMALE: I don't have tickets for Wednesday night. Do you want another night?
MARTIN: Do you have tickets for Thursday night??
FEMALE: Let me see. Yes, I have four tickets for Thursday night??
MARTIN: Where are the seats??
FEMALE: Look here. They are right here.?
MARTIN: That's very good. I want those tickets. What time is the concert??
FEMALE: At eight o'clock.?
MARTIN: What time does the concert finish??
FEMALE: At ten-fifteen. Here are your tickets.?
MARTIN: Thanks.?
MARTIN: Hello.?
MALE: Hi.?
MARTIN: I want some tickets for the ball game.?
MALE: When??
MARTN: For next week.?
MALE: What day??
MARTIN: For Sunday.?
MALE: Sunday afternoon? ?
MARTIN: Yes.?
MALE: How many??
MARTIN: Three.?
MALE: Let me see. OK. I have three tickets for Sunday afternoon.?
MARTIN: Where are the seats??
MALE: Right here. Behind the batter. Is that OK??
MARTIN: Good. I want those. What time is the game on Sunday??
MALE: It's at twelve-thirty.?
MARTIN: What time does the game finish??
MALE: I don't know. Maybe it will finish at four or four-thirty.?
MARTIN: OK. Thanks.?
MALE: Wait! Here are your tickets.?

Practice 1： What time (=when)用来询问确切的时间。?
Example One:
MARTIN: What time is the train??
MALE: At four-fifteen.
MARTIN: What time does it arrive in Baltimore??
MALE: At eight-thirty.?
MARTIN: What time is the concert??
FEMALE: At eight o'clock.?
MARTIN: What time does the concert finish??
FEMALE: At ten- fifteen.?
MARTIN: What time is the game on Sunday??
MALE: At twelve-thirty.?
MARTIN: What time does the game finish??
MALE: At four or four-thirty.?
Example Two:
MARTIN: I'm going to the concert on Thursday.?
FEMALE: What time is the concert??

会话A : 买票?
男    ：早上好。?
马  丁：早上好，我想买张去巴尔的摩的火车票。火车是几点的??
男    ：4点15分有一趟，6点45分还有一趟。?
马  丁：我要坐6点45分那趟火车，什么时间到达巴尔的摩??
男    ：八点半。给你票。?
女    ：下午好，你要买票吗??
马  丁：你好，我想买几张音乐会的票。?
女    ：你要哪天晚上的??
马  丁：请要下周三的??
女    ：你要买多少张票??
马  丁：我买4张票。?
女    ：我没有周三晚上的票，你要另外一个晚上的票吗??
马  丁：你有周四晚上的票吗??
女    ：让我看看。有，我有四张周四晚上的票，你要吗??
马  丁：什么座位??
女    ：看这，座位就在这儿。?
马  丁：那很好，我就要那些票了。音乐会什么时间开始??
女    ：8点。?
马  丁：音乐会什么时间结束??
女    ：10点15分。给你票。?
马  丁：谢谢。?
马  丁：你好。?
男    ：你好。?
马  丁：我想买几张球票。?
男    ：什么时间的??
马  丁：下周的。?
男    ：哪一天的??
马  丁：星期天的。?
男    ：星期天下午吗??
马  丁：是的。?
男    ：多少张??
马  丁：3张。?
男    ：让我看看。好的，我有3张星期天下午的票，你要吗??
马  丁：什么座位??
男    ：就在这儿，出球手的后面，可以吗??
马  丁：好，我要了。星期天的球赛是在什么时间??
男    ：12点半。?
马  丁：球赛什么时间结束??
男    ：我说不准，可能在4点或4点30分结束。?
马  丁：好吧，谢谢。?
男    ：等一下，给你票。?
 

Conversation B
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FEMALE: Good afternoon. May I help you??
MARTIN: Yes, please. I want to buy a ticket for the movie.
FEMALE: For today??
MARTIN: Yes. What time is the movie??
FEMALE: At two o'clock, four o'clock, seven-thirty, and nine-fifteen.?
MARTIN: I want a ticket for four o'clock.?
FEMALE: How many??
MARTIN: Only one.?
FEMALE: For today??
MARTIN: Yes, for today, at four o'clock.?
FEMALE: I'm sorry. I don't have any tickets for four o'clock. Do you want another time??
MARTIN: What time do you have tickets for??
FEMALE: Two o'clock and nine-fifteen. Do you want a ticket??
MARTIN: No, thank you.?
FEMALE2: Hi. ?
MARTIN: Hello. I want to buy a ticket for the movie. Do you have any tickets?
FEMALE2: Yes, I do. What time do you want??
MARTIN: What time is the movie??
FEMALE2: Twelve-thirty, three-fifteen, five-thirty, eight o'clock, and ten o'clock, What time do you want??
MARTIN: Five-thirty.?
FEMALE2: Which movie do you want? ?
MARTIN: Pardon??
FEMALE2: Which movie do you want? There are three movies.?
MARTIN: I don't know.?
MALE: May I help you??
MARTIN: Do you have tickets for tonight??
MALE: No, I don't.?
MARTIN: When do you have tickets for? ?
MALE: I have tickets for next week.?
MARTIN: Which day? ?
MALE: Tuesday night.
MARTIN: Who is playing next week??
MALE: Baltimore and New York.?
MARTIN: What time is the game??
MALE: It's at eight o'clock.?
MARTIN: What time does the game finish??
MALE: It sometimes finishes at ten or ten -thirty.?
MARTIN: Do you have three tickets??
MALE: Of course. Do you want three tickets??
MARTIN: Yes. Where are the seats??
MALE: Here. Or here. Or here. Which seats do you want??
MARTIN: Right here. That's very good. I want three tickets.?
MALE: OK. Wait a minute.?
MALE2: Good evening.?
MARTIN: Good evening. I want to buy a ticket.?
MALE2: Where are you going??
MARTIN: I'm going to Philadelphia. What time is the train to Philadelphia??
MALE2: The next train is at two forty-five.?
MARTIN: I'm not going today. What time is the train tomorrow.?
MALE2: At two forty-five. The train to Philadelphia is at two forty-five every day.
MARTIN: Is that the only train??
MALE2: No.?
MARTIN: What time are the other trains??
MALE2: At six-fifteen in the morning. At two forty-five in the afternoon. And ten-thirty at night. Do you want a ticket??
MARTIN: I don't want a ticket today. Thanks.?
MALE2: You're welcome.?

Practice 2：用 what time 询问确切时间。?
Examples: 
MARTIN: What time is the movie??
What time do you have tickets for??
FEMALE: What time do you want??
MARTIN: What time is the game??
What time does the game finish??

会话B?
女    ：下午好，我能为你做些什么??
马  丁：是的。我想买张电影票。?
女    ：今天的吗??
马  丁：对，电影是什么时间开演??
女    ：两点，4点，7点30分，还有9点15分。?
马  丁：我买一张4点的票。?
女    ：多少张??
马  丁：只要一张。?
女    ：今天的吗??
马  丁：对，今天的，4点的。?
女    ：对不起，我没有4点的票了，你要另外时间的票吗??
马  丁：你有什么时间的票。?
女    ：两点钟和9点15分的。你要一张吗??
马  丁：不要了，谢谢。?
女  二：你好。?
马  丁：你好，我要买张电影票，你还有票吗??
女  二：是的，有。你要几点的??
马  丁：电影都有几点的??
女  二：12：30、3：15、5：30、8点，还有10点的。你要几点的??
马  丁：5点半。?
女  二：你要哪部电影的票??
马  丁：对不起，请再说一遍。?
女  二：你要哪部电影的票?有3部电影。?
马  丁：我不知道。?
男    ：能为你效劳吗??
马  丁：你有今晚的票吗??
男    ：没有。?
马  丁：你有什么时间的票??
男    ：我有下周的票。?
马  丁：哪一天的??
男    ：星期二晚上的。?
马  丁：下周谁参加比赛??
男    ：巴尔的摩队和纽约队。?
马  丁：比赛是什么时间??
男    ：8点。?
马  丁：比赛什么时间结束??
男    ：有时10点结束，有时10点30分结束。?
马  丁：你有3张票吗??
男    ：当然有，你要3张票吗??
马  丁：是的，座位在哪儿??
男    ：这里，或这里，或这里。你要哪些座位??
马  丁：就这里，那很好，我要3张票。?
男    ：好的，稍候。?
男  二：晚上好。?
马  丁：晚上好，我要买张票。?
男  二：到哪儿??
马  丁：到费城，去费城的火车是几点??
男  二：下趟火车2点45分。?
马  丁：我不是今天去，明天的火车是几点??
男  二：2点45分，去费城的火车是每天2点45分。?
马  丁：只有那么一趟吗??
男  二：不是。?
马  丁：其它的火车是什么时间??
男  二：早上6点15分，下午3点45和晚上10点30分。你想买1张吗??
马  丁：我今天不想买票，谢谢。?
男  二：不用客气。
 

New Words and Expressions 生词和短语?

ticket   n. 票?
batter   n. 击球手?

Proper Nouns 专有名词?

Philadelphia   费城?
 

Language Points 语言要点
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ticket 的基本含义是“票，券；入场券；车票”。对话中出现了 train ticket(火车票)，与 ticket 有关的常用名词词组还有： plane ticket(机票)，one-way ticket(单程票)，round-trip ticket(往返程票)，monthly ticket(月票)，platform ticket(站台票)，through ticket(通票)，ticket office(售票处)，ticket agency(票代售处)。?
ticket 后常用介词有 to 和 for，一般表示“去某处的票”时，用 to；表示“何时或何事的票”时，常用 for。例如：train ticket to Baltimore, tickets to the concert, tickets for Wednesday, tickets for the ball game, tickets for the movie, ticket for four o'clock.?

Cultural Notes  文化注释

美国国产电影分成不同的类别。G代表 general admission，即任何人都可看；PG代表 parental guidance，即小孩要看此类电影必须家长同意；R代表 restricted，18岁以下的青少年要看此类电影必须跟父母同去；X代表X-rated，18岁以下未成年人禁止看此类电影。美国电影之所以要分类是因为许多电影有暴力、恐怖及有关性方面的不健康内容，不适于未成年人看。