初级美语会话：谈论人们从事的工作(1)

Conversation¹ A : At a New Shopping Mall²?

　　KATHY: Good morning, Jeff.?

　　JEFF: Good morning, Kathy. How are you this morning??

　　KATHY: Fine, thanks. How are you??

　　JEFF: Fine, thanks.?

　　KATHY: What's that??

　　JEFF: It's the plan³.?

　　KATHY: What plan??

　　JEFF: For the new building. Look.?

　　KATHY: It's interesting. What's that??

　　JEFF: Shops. There are ten shops.?

　　KATHY: What's that??

　　JEFF: It's the cinema.?

　　KATHY: Show me the restaurants.?

　　JEFF: Look here. There are three restaurants.?

　　KATHY: Show me the sports club⁴.?

　　JEFF: Look here……?

　　KATHY: Martin Learner⁵ is coming this morning.?

　　JEFF: Martin Learner??

　　KATHY: He's a reporter⁶.?

　　JEFF: Oh, yes. He's a reporter for the“Voice of America”.?

　　KATHY: Yes.?

　　JEFF: Please come in, Mr. Learner.?

　　MARTIN: Thank you.?

　　JEFF: I'm Jeff O'Neil. I'm the director⁷ of the shopping mall. How are you??MARTIN: Fine, thanks.?

　　JEFF: Please sit down. Coffee??

　　MARTIN: No, thanks.?

　　JEFF: Where are you from??

　　MARTIN: I'm from Baltimore, Maryland.?

　　JEFF: I lived in Maryland. How can I help you??

　　MARTIN: Tell me about the shopping mall. May I record⁸??

　　JEFF: Sure. That's OK. Look here.?

　　MARTIN: What's that??

　　JEFF: It's the plan for the new building.?

　　MARTIN: Show me the old building.?

　　JEFF: Here is the old building. Here is the new building.?

　　MARTIN: What's that??

　　JEFF: It's the cinema.?

　　MARTIN: Show me the shops.?

　　JEFF: Here is a shoe store⁹. Here is a bicycle shop. Here is a gift shop. Here is a clothing¹⁰ store. There are ten shops.?

　　MARTIN: What's that??

　　JEFF: It's the sports club.?

　　MARTIN: What's that??

　　JEFF: It's a restaurant. There are three restaurants.?

　　MARTIN: Show me.?

　　JEFF: Here is a restaurant. Here is a restaurant. And here is a restaurant.?

　　Practice¹¹ 1：“here”用来指离讲话人较近的事物的位置，Here is a…… 这儿有一个……

　　Examples:  JEFF: Here is a shoe store.?

　　Here is a bicycle shop.?

　　Here is a gift shop.?

　　Here is a clothing store.?

　　Here is a restaurant.?

　　会话A  在一个新的购物中心?

　　凯  西：早上好，杰夫。?

　　杰  夫：早上好，凯西，今早怎么样??

　　凯  西：很好，谢谢。你怎么样??

　　杰  夫：很好，谢谢。?

　　凯  西：那是什么??

　　杰  夫：那是设计图。?

　　凯  西：什么设计图??

　　杰  夫：新楼的设计图。看!?

　　凯  西：很有趣，那是什么??

　　杰  夫：商店，10个商店。?

　　凯  西：那是什么??

　　杰  夫：电影院。?

　　凯  西：告诉我餐馆儿在哪儿??

　　杰  夫：看这儿，有3个餐馆儿。?

　　凯  西：告诉我体育俱乐部在哪儿。?

　　杰  夫：看这儿。?

　　凯  西：马丁·勒纳今早要来。?

　　杰  夫：马丁·勒纳。?

　　凯  西：他是记者。?

　　杰  夫：哦!是的，他是“美国之音”记者。?

　　凯  西：是的。?

　　杰  夫：请进，勒纳先生。?

　　马  丁：谢谢。?

　　杰  夫：我是杰夫·奥尼尔，购物中心经理。你怎么样??

　　马  丁：很好，谢谢。?

　　杰  夫：请坐，要咖啡吗??

　　马  丁：不要，谢谢。?

　　杰  夫：你是哪儿的人??

　　马  丁：我是马里兰州巴尔的摩市人。?

　　杰  夫：我在马里兰州住过，我能帮什么忙吗??

　　马  丁：给我讲讲购物中心，可以录音吗??

　　杰  夫：当然可以。那没关系。看这儿。?

　　马  丁：那是什么??

　　杰  夫：那是一座新楼的设计图。?

　　马  丁：带我看看旧楼。?

　　杰  夫：这儿是旧楼，这儿是新楼。?

　　马  丁：那是什么??

　　杰  夫：电影院。?

　　马  丁：带我看看商店??

　　杰  夫：这儿是鞋店，这是自行车店，这是礼品店，这是服装店，共有10家商店。?

　　马  丁：那是什么??

　　杰  夫：那是体育俱乐部。?

　　马  丁：那是什么??

　　杰  夫：那是餐馆，有3家餐馆。?

　　马  丁：让我看看。?

　　杰  夫：这是一家餐馆，这是一家餐馆，这是一家餐馆。