初級美語 Lesson 31:Events and Activities That You 

Conversation A : At Home
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MARTIN: Alan! Alan!?
ALAN: What??
MARTIN: Turn off that music. I don't like that music. I'm work.ng.?
EILEEN: Did you call, Martin??
MARTIN: No, I didn't. I mean I called Alan. I didn't call you.?
EILEEN: Do you want Alan??
MARTIN: No, I don't want him. I wanted him to turn off the music. I'm working. I'm writing. I didn't want that music.?
EILEEN: You often play music.?
MARTIN: I don't play that music. I don't like that music.?
EILEEN: OK. I'm going to tell him.?
MARTIN: I told him. He turned off the music.?
EILEEN: Oh, yes, he did. I'm going to make some tea. Do you want some??
MARTIN: No, thanks. May I have some coffee? I don't like tea in the morning.
EILEEN: I'm going to bring coffee.?
MARTIN: Sue! Sue! Eileen!?
EILEEN: Did you call??
MARTIN: Is Sue listening to television??
EILEEN: Yes. She often listens on Saturday morning.?
MARTIN: May I speak to her??
EILEEN: Of course. I'm going to get her.?
SUE: Did you want me, Daddy??
MARTIN: Yes, I did. What are you doing??
SUE: I'm watching TV.?
MARTIN: Do you like TV.?
SUE: Of course. Don't you like TV??
MARTIN: I don't like loud TV. I want to work today. I can't work with loud TV.?
SUE: Do you want me to turn off the TV??
MARTIN: No, I don't want you to turn it off. Can you turn it down? I cant' write with loud TV.?
SUE: What are you writing??
MARTIN: I'm writing a story about football.?
SUE: You wrote about baseball. You wrote about tennis. Now you're writing about football.?
MARTIN: Don't you like sports??
SUE: I don't like some sports.?
MARTIN: What sports don't you like??
SUE: I don't like ball games.?
MARTIN: What sports do you like??
SUE: I like swimming. What sports don't you like??
MARTIN: I don't like racing.?
SUE: You don't like horses?! Yes, you do.?
MARTIN: I don't like car racing.?
SUE: Oh.?
MARTIN: And I don't like loud TV.?
SUE: TV isn't a sport!?
MARTIN: I don't like it.?
SUE: OK. Is it too loud now??
MARTIN: No, it isn't. I want to finish this story today.?
EILEEN: Here's the coffee. Do you want some cake??
MARTIN: No, thanks. Only coffee.?

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Practice 1：“不喜歡”的表達法 don't like sth.?
Examples:
MARTIN: I don't like that music.?
I don't like tea in the morning.?
I don't like loud TV.?
I don't like racing.?

會話A : 在家裏?
馬 丁：艾倫!艾倫!?
艾 倫：什麼??
馬 丁：把音樂關掉，我不喜歡那音樂，我在工作。?
艾 琳：馬丁，你叫誰了嗎??
馬 丁：沒有，我是說我叫艾倫來着，我沒叫你。?
艾 琳：你要找艾倫嗎??
馬 丁：不，我不找他。我要他關掉音樂。我在工作，我正在寫報導，我不想聽那音樂。?
艾 琳：你經常放音樂聽。?
馬 丁：我不放那種音樂，我不喜歡那種音樂。?
艾 琳：好的，我去告訴他。?
馬 丁：我告訴過他了，他關掉了音樂。?
艾 琳：噢，是的，他關掉了。我要去煮茶，你要些茶嗎??
馬 丁：不，謝謝。我可以喝些咖啡嗎?我在上午不喜歡喝茶。?
艾 琳：我去拿些咖啡。?
馬 丁：蘇!蘇!艾琳!?
艾 琳：你叫誰了嗎??
馬 丁：蘇在聽電視嗎??
艾 琳：是的，她經常在星期六上午聽。?
馬 丁：我跟她談談好嗎??
艾 琳：當然，我去叫她。?
蘇 ：爸爸，你找我嗎??
馬 丁：是的，我找你。你在做什麼??
蘇 ：我在看電視。?
馬 丁：你喜歡看電視嗎??
蘇 ：當然，你不喜歡看電視嗎??
馬 丁：我不喜歡電視聲音太大，我今天想工作，電視聲音太大，我無法工作。
蘇 ：你要我關掉電視嗎??
馬 丁：不，我不是讓你把電視關掉，你能把音量調小些嗎? 電視聲音太大，我無法寫作。
蘇 ：你在寫什麼??
馬 丁：我在寫有關橄欖球的報導。?
蘇 ：你寫過有關棒球的報導，你寫過有關網球的報導，你現在正在寫橄欖球的報導。?
馬 丁：你不喜歡運動嗎??
蘇 ：有些運動項目我不喜歡。?
馬 丁：你不喜歡什麼運動??
蘇 ：我不喜歡球類運動。?
馬 丁：你喜歡什麼運動??
蘇 ：我喜歡游泳，你不喜歡什麼運動??
馬 丁：我不喜歡賽車。?
蘇 ：你喜不喜歡賽馬?!?
馬 丁：我不喜歡的是賽車(不是賽馬)。?
蘇 ：噢。?
馬 丁：我還不喜歡電視聲音太大。?
蘇 ：電視播放的不是體育運動項目。?
馬 丁：我不喜歡。?
蘇 ：好吧，現在聲音還太大嗎??
馬 丁：不，不大。我想今天寫完這篇報導。?
蘇 ：咖啡來了，你要些蛋糕嗎??
馬 丁：不，謝謝。只要咖啡。

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Conversation B?

SUE: Daddy, can we go to the movies today??
MARTIN: I don't know. I want to write this story today. I don't like to go on Saturday. Can we go tomorrow??
SUE: No, I can't. I want to go to Jennifer's house tomorrow.?
MARTIN: I don't like to stop my work. Can your mother take you??
SUE: I didn't ask.?
MARTIN: Please ask her. I don't want to ask now.?
SUE: She's making lunch.?
MARTIN: Now? I don't want to eat now. I don't want to stop my writing. Please tell her.?
SUE: OK.?
EILEEN: Martin. Come to lunch.?
MARTIN: No, thank you. I don't want to eat.?
EILEEN: You have to eat!?
MARTIN: I want to write.?
EILEEN: You can't stop eating.?
MARTIN: I don't want to stop now. I don't like to stop.?
EILEEN: But you can't write all day.?
MARTIN: I'm going to finish this story.?
EILEEN: OK.?
MARTIN: Oh, hello, mother. No, I'm not eating lunch. I don't like to stop writing. I know. I can't stop eating. I'm going to eat later. What? No, I don't like going to the office on Saturday. I like to work at home on Saturday. No, I don't like to drive on Saturday. Mother, how is father? Good. Is he at home? No, I don't like to stop work. I'm going to see him next week. OK. Good-bye.?
ALAN: Hi, Dad. May I come in??
MARTIN: Yes. You are in.?
ALAN: Dad, may I go to a party tonight??
MARTIN: I don't know. Where is the party??
ALAN: It's going to be at Billy's house.?
MARTIN: Who is Billy??
ALAN: Billy Itoh.?
MARTIN: Excuse me.?
ALAN: Billy Itoh.?
MARTIN: Spell it for me.?
ALAN: I-T-O-H. Itoh.?
MARTIN: Who is Billy Itoh??
ALAN: He's a boy in my class. His parents are from Japan.?
MARTIN: What do they do??
ALAN: His father has a business downtown.?
MARTIN: What kind of business??
ALAN: Electronics. Billy's mother works in the business, too.?
MARTIN: When is the party??
ALAN: Tonight.?
MARTIN: What time??
ALAN: Ten o'clock.?
MARTIN: Ten o'clock. That's very late. I don't like late parties.?
ALAN: It's Saturday night. There is no school tomorrow.?
MARTIN: When is it going to finish??
ALAN: I don't know. In the morning??
MARTIN: The party is all night?! I don't like all-night parties, you are too young.
ALAN: I'm not young. I don't like to be called young.?
MARTIN: You are young.?
ALAN: Oh, Dad. I'm not very young. Sue is young. I'm not young.?
MARTIN: Are Billy's parents going to be there??
ALAN: Of course.?
MARTIN: Did you ask your mother??
ALAN: Of course.?
MARTIN: What did she say??
ALAN: She doesn't like late parties. She doesn't like all-night parties.?
MARTIN: Excuse me.?
ALAN: She doesn't like all-night parties.?
ALAN: May I go, Dad??
MARTIN: I want to talk to your mother. Please tell her.?
ALAN: OK. I know you don't like parties, but I want to go.?
MARTIN: Eileen, do you know the Itoh family??
EILEEN: Yes, I do. Very very nice family.?
MARTIN: OK. Alan can go to the party. Please tell him.?

會話B?
蘇 ：爸爸，我們今天能去看電影嗎??
馬 丁：我說不準，我今天想寫這篇報導，我不喜歡星期六去看電影，我們明天去可以嗎?
蘇 ：不行，我明天想去詹尼弗家。?
馬 丁：我不想把工作停下來，你母親能帶你去嗎??
蘇 ：我沒問。?
馬 丁：請問問她，我現在不想問她。?
蘇 ：她在做午飯。?
馬 丁：現在嗎?我現在不想吃，我不想停下工作，請告訴她。?
蘇 ：好吧。?
艾 琳：馬丁，來吃午飯。?
馬 丁：不，謝謝。我不想吃飯。?
艾 琳：你得吃飯!?
馬 丁：我想寫作。?
艾 琳：你不能不吃飯。?
馬 丁：我現在不想停下來，我不願意停下來。?
艾 琳：但你也不能整天都寫作。?
馬 丁：我要把這篇報導寫完。?
艾 琳：好吧。?
馬 丁：噢，喂，母親。不，我沒在吃午飯，我不想停止寫作。我知道，我不能不吃飯，我晚些時候吃。什麼? 不，我不喜歡星期六去辦公室，我喜歡星期六在家工作。不，我不喜歡在星期六開車。母親，父親怎麼樣?好，他在家嗎? 不，我不想停止工作，我下週去看他。好，再見。?
艾 倫：你好，爸爸。我可以進來嗎??
馬 丁：可以，你已經進來了。?
艾 倫：爸爸，我今晚可以去參加一個晚會嗎??
馬 丁：我不知道，晚會在哪兒舉行??
艾 倫：將在比利家裏。?
馬 丁：比利是誰??
艾 倫：比利·伊藤。?
馬 丁：誰??
艾 倫：比利·伊藤。?
馬 丁：給我拼寫一下。?
艾 倫：I-T-O-H，伊藤。?
馬 丁：比利伊藤是誰??
艾 倫：他是我班同學，他的父母是從日本來的。?
馬 丁：他們做什麼工作??
艾 倫：他父親在市中心開了家商店。?
馬 丁：什麼商店??
艾 倫：電子設備商店，比利的母親也在商店裏工作。?
馬 丁：什麼時候開晚會??
艾 倫：今晚。?
馬 丁：幾點??
艾 倫：10點。?
馬 丁：10點，太晚了，我不喜歡這麼晚的晚會。?
艾 倫：在星期六晚上，明天也不上學。?
馬 丁：晚會什麼時候結束??
艾 倫：我不知道，可能在早上??
馬 丁：晚會進行一整夜!我不喜歡通宵晚會，你還太小。?
艾 倫：我已不小了，我不喜歡被人稱做很小。?
馬 丁：你是很小。?
艾 倫：噢，爸爸。我不小了，蘇才小呢，我不小了。?
馬 丁：比利的父母在場嗎??
艾 倫：當然。?
馬 丁：你問過你母親嗎??
艾 倫：當然。?
馬 丁：她說什麼??
艾 倫：她不喜歡很晚的晚會，她不喜歡通宵晚會。?
馬 丁：什麼??
艾 倫：她不喜歡通宵晚會。?
艾 倫：爸爸，我可以走了嗎??
馬 丁：我想和你母親談談，請告訴她來一下。?
艾 倫：好的。我知道你不喜歡晚會，但我想去。?
馬 丁：艾琳，你瞭解伊藤家嗎??
艾 倫：是的，瞭解。他們一家人很好。?
馬 丁：好吧，艾倫可以去參加晚會，請告訴他吧。

New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語?

turn off v. 關掉?
TV＝television n. 電視?
turn down v. 關小；調低?
racing n. 賽車(馬)，是動詞?
race 的動名詞形式?
downtown adv. 在城市的商業區，在市中心?
electronics n. 電子設備?

Proper Nouns 專有名詞?

Japan 日本?

Language Points 語言要點
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1．turn off, turn down 等動詞短語是“動詞+副詞(或介詞)”結構，這類結構在英語中很常見，又如：take off(起飛)，sit down(坐下)，get up(起牀)，turn up(到達；出現)，put off(推遲)，put on (穿上)等等。?
2．stop後接不定式(to do sth.)結構和動名詞(do+-ing)結構，含義不同，前者意爲“停下來去做某事”，後者意爲“停止做某事”。例如：?
Every half hour I stop to smoke a cigatette.?
每半小時我就停下來去吸支菸。?
I don't like to stop writing. 我不願停止寫作。?

Cultural Notes 文化註釋

典型的美國家庭是由父母及他們未婚的孩子構成的一種核心家庭。一對美國夫婦有兩三個孩子，甚至更多些，都是很常見的。美國人的獨立意識很強，每個成年人都應有自立的能力，特別是經濟上。小孩高中畢業就不依靠父母生活。有些成年人即使與父母生活在同一城市裏，他們也願意另找住房生活，從不在經濟上依靠父母。有不少高中生甚至初中生在晚上或週末打工賺零錢，以支持社交或生活所需的費用。許多大學生讀大學也是靠自己假期打工賺回生活費來完成學業的。如果一位已工作的成年人還與父母同住的話，他會被夥伴們嘲笑。?
美國人對子女的愛，體現方式與中國人不同，他們注重孩子獨立生活能力的培養，父母的責任就是把孩子培養成有自立能力的人。?