美國之音口語經(jīng)典教程Giving the Specific Time of Events 表示事件的確切時間

Lesson 32  Giving the Specific Time of Events

表示事件的確切時間

 

Things to Know  學前必讀

大多數(shù)美國人說時間都是先說幾點，然后說幾分。例如：7點25分，英語是 seven twenty-five (7：25)。要把時間說得更清楚些，還要加上 a.m. (或 AM 或 A.M.)或 p.m.(或 PM 或P.M.)。a.m.(上午)是拉丁文 anti meridiem 的縮寫，p.m. 是 post meridiem 的縮寫。

美國人說日期通常先說月，后說日，最后說年。日期前的定冠詞經(jīng)常省略。例如：1992年5月20日的英語是 May 20th, 1992。

 

Conversation A : At Home in the Evening

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.

根據(jù)上述句型回答下列問題：

EILLEEN: Can you finish the story today?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

EILLEEN: Can you have dinner at seven thirty?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

EILLEEN: Can you go to the movies with Sue tomorrow morning?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

 

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.

用以上時間用語回答：

MARTIN: When do you go to work?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

MARTIN: When do you eat lunch?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

MARTIN: When do you shop?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

 

會話A : 晚上在家里

艾  琳：你干完工作了嗎?

馬  ?。菏堑?，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?/span>?

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?，她明天想去嗎?

艾  琳：是的，她想去。你明天什么時候開會?

馬  ?。涸谏衔?。

艾  琳：會議什么時候舉行呢?

馬  ?。?/span>11點。

艾  琳：你能在下午去看電影嗎?

馬  ?。菏堑?，能。什么時候。

艾  琳：4點。

馬  ?。汉冒?。

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＊?/span>

艾  琳：晚飯在7點半。

蘇    ：你們好，我可以進來嗎?

馬  ?。寒斎豢梢?。

蘇    ：你干完工作了嗎?

馬  ?。菏堑?，干完了。

蘇    ：我們明天能去看電影嗎?

馬  丁：是的，能去。

蘇    ：什么時候?

馬  ?。涸谙挛?。

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  丁：幾分鐘后。

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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Conversation B

EILEEN: I'm going to call children.

MARTIN: I'm going to get some water.

EILEEN: OK. Alan! Sue!

EILEEN: Did you finish your book, Sue?

SUE: Yes, I did.

ALAN: Did you like it? I read that book four years ago.

SUE: Yes, I liked it.

ALAN: That book is for boys.

SUE: No, it isn't.

ALAN: Yes, it is.

EILEEN: No, it isn't, Alan. I read that book many years ago.

ALAN: Dad?

MARTIN: Don't ask me. I don't want to say. I read it, too. Alan, when are you coming home?

ALAN: In the morning. At nine o'clock.

EILEEN: Are you going to have breakfast?

ALAN: Yes.

EILEEN: When are you going to have breakfast?

ALAN: We're going to have breakfast there, in the morning. When is your meeting, Dad?

MARTIN: The meeting is at eleven o'clock.

ALAN: May I come home at eleven o'clock? You can meet me at the Itoh's house.

MARTIN: No. You come home at nine o'clock. I want you to come before my meeting.

ALAN: OK.

SUE: Alan, can you come to the movies with us?

ALAN: When are you going to the movies?

SUE: At four o'clock.

ALAN: What movie are you going to see?

SUE: We're going to see the Walt Disney movie.

ALAN: That's for children.

SUE: Daddy's going with me.

ALAN: I don't want to see a movie for children.

EILEEN: Alan, it's not for children.

ALAN: I have to study in the afternoon.

SUE: Can you study in the evening?

ALAN: I have to study in the afternoon and in the evening.

SUE: When are you going to study?

ALAN: I'm going to study after lunch and after dinner.

EILEEN: When are you going to work?

ALAN: I'm not going to work tomorrw. I have to work on Monday.

EILEEN: When are you going to work on Monday?

ALAN: At seven-thirty.

MARTIN: In the evening?

ALAN: No. In the morning.

EILEEN: Before school?

ALAN: Of course. I'm going to work at seven-thirty and then I'm going to school at eight-thri