初級美語 Lesson 23:Activities in the Present and 

Conversation A On the Phone?

EILEEN: Hello.?
MARTIN: Hello, Eileen.?
EILEEN: Martin! Hello.?
MARTIN: How are you??
EILEEN: Fine. How are you??
MARTIN: OK. What are you doing?
EILEEN: We're eating.?
MARTIN: Can you talk now?
EILEEN: Oh, sure. Where are you??
MARTIN: I'm in Boston. I'm coming home on Thursday.
EILEEN: Wonderful. What are you doing??
MARTIN: I'm watching television.
EILEEN: Did you go to the baseball game??
MARTIN: I went to the baseball game on Sunday afternoon.?
EILEEN: Did you talk to the players??
MARTIN: Yes. I talked to some players. It was very interesting. I recorded some players.?
EILEEN: Are you writing your story??
MARTIN: I wrote it on Monday. May I speak to the children??
EILEEN: Of course, Just a minute. Alan, it's your father.?
ALAN: Hi, dad.?
MARTIN: Hi, Alan. What are you doing??
ALAN: Nothing.?
MARTIN: Nothing? What did you do on Sunday? Did you go to the movies??ALAN: No, we didn't go. I didn't have any money.?
MARTIN: What did you do??
ALAN: We watched television.?
MARTIN: What did you do on Monday??
ALAN: I worked.?
MARTIN: Did you go swimming??
ALAN: Yes. We went swimming in the evening.?
MARTIN: Who went swimming??
ALAN: I went with my friends.?
MARTIN: Did Sue go swimming??
ALAN: No, she didn't.?
MARTIN: What did you do today??
ALAN: I worked in the morning??
MARTIN: Do you like your work??
ALAN: It's OK.?
MARTIN: What are you doing now??
ALAN: We're eating.?
MARTIN: May I talk to Sue??
ALAN: Sure. Sure! Dad wants to talk to you. Bye, dad.?
MARTIN: Good-bye. I'm coming home on Thursday.?
SUE: Hello, Daddy.?
MARTIN: Hi, Sue. How are you??
SUE: Fine.?
MARTIN: What are you doing??
SUE: We're eating.?
MARTIN: What are you eating??
SUE: I don't know.?
MARTIN: You don't know!?
SUE: Let's see. Green beans.?
MARTIN: That's all?!?
SUE: No. We have meat and potatoes. We had pizza last night.?
MARTIN: And you were very happy.?
SUE: Yes. I love pizza.?
MARTIN: Sue, may I speak to your mother??
SUE: OK. Bye, Daddy.?
MARTIN: Good-bye.?
EILEEN: Hi.?
MARTIN: What did you do on Monday??
EILEEN: I worked. I went to the shopping mall in the evening.
MARTIN: Did you buy anything??
EILEEN: Yes. Sue went with me. We bought some clothes.?
MARTIN: I went to the movies last night.?
EILEEN: Did you go to the museum??
MARTIN: No, I didn't. Are you going to meet me at the airport on Thursday??EILEEN: Yes.?
MARTIN: OK. Good-bye.?
EILEEN: Good-bye.

會話 A 打電話?
艾 琳：喂。?
馬 丁：喂，艾琳。?
艾 琳：馬丁!你好。?
馬 丁：你怎麼樣??
艾 琳：很好，你怎麼樣??
馬 丁：還可以，你在做什麼??
艾 琳：我們正在吃飯。?
馬 丁：現在能講話嗎??
艾 琳：噢，當然了。你在哪兒??
馬 丁：我在波士頓，我週四回家。?
艾 琳：好極了，你在做什麼??
馬 丁：我在看電視。?
艾 琳：你去看棒球賽了嗎??
馬 丁：我星期天下午去看棒球賽了。?
艾 琳：你跟運動員談話了嗎??
馬 丁：談了，我跟一些運動員談了談，很有趣，我錄了一些運動員的談話。?艾 琳：你在寫你的報導嗎??
馬 丁：我週一寫的，請讓孩子們聽電話，好嗎??
艾 琳：當然可以，稍等一下，艾倫，是你父親。
艾 倫：你好，爸爸。?
馬 丁：你好，艾倫。你在做什麼?
艾 倫：什麼也沒做。?
馬 丁：什麼也沒做?你星期天做什麼了?你去看電影了嗎?
艾 倫：沒有，我們沒去，我沒有錢。?
馬 丁：你做什麼了?
艾 倫：我們看電視了。?
馬 丁：星期一你做什麼了??
艾 倫：我上班了。?
馬 丁：你去游泳的嗎??
艾 倫：去了，我們晚上去的。?
馬 丁：都誰去了??
艾 倫：我和朋友一起去的。
馬 丁：蘇去游泳了嗎??
艾 倫：沒有，她沒去。
馬 丁：你今天做什麼了??
艾 倫：我上午上班。
馬 丁：你喜歡你的工作嗎??
艾 倫：還可以。
馬 丁：你現在做什麼??
艾 倫：我們在吃飯。
馬 丁：請讓蘇來聽電話，好嗎??
艾 倫：當然可以。蘇!爸爸想和你講話。再見，爸爸。
馬 丁：再見。我週四回家。?
蘇 ：你好，爸爸。?
馬 丁：你好，蘇。你怎麼樣??
蘇 ：很好。?
馬 丁：你在做什麼??
蘇 ：我們在吃飯。?
馬 丁：你在吃什麼??
蘇 ：不知道。?
馬 丁：你不知道!?
蘇 ：我看看，青豆。?
馬 丁：就這個?!?
蘇 ：不，還有肉和土豆。我們昨晚吃的是意大利餡餅。?
馬 丁：所以你很高興。?
蘇 ：對，我喜愛意大利餡餅。?
馬 丁：蘇，讓你母親聽電話，好嗎??
蘇 ：好的，再見，爸爸。?
馬 丁：再見。?
艾 琳：你好。?
馬 丁：你週一做什麼了??
艾 琳：我上班了。晚上去了購物中心。?
馬 丁：你買什麼東西了嗎??
艾 琳：是的，蘇和我一起去的，我買了一些衣服。?
馬 丁：我昨晚去看電影了。?
艾 琳：你去博物館了嗎??
馬 丁：沒有，週四你去機場接我嗎??
艾 琳：去。?
馬 丁：好，再見。?
艾 琳：再見。

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Conversation B?

MOTHER: Hello.?
MARTIN: Hello, mother.?
MOTHER: Martin! This is a nice surprise!?
MARTIN: How are you??
MOTHER: Fine. How are you??
MARTIN: Fine, thanks. How is father??
MOTHER: He's fine.?
MARTIN: Is he there??
MOTHER: Yes. How is Eileen??
MARTIN: She's fine.?
MOTHER: How are the children??
MARTIN: They're fine.?
MOTHER: May I talk to them??
MARTIN: No. I'm not at home.?
MOTHER: Where are you??
MARTIN: I'm in Boston. I'm writing a story about baseball.?
MOTHER: That's very nice. Did you talk to the players??
MARTIN: Yes, I did. What are you doing??
MOTHER: We're painting the house.?
MARTIN: Who is painting??
MOTHER: Your father is painting outside. I'm painting inside.?
MARTIN: Can you do that??
MOTHER: Yes. It's small house.?
MARTIN: But you're not young.?
MOTHER: Your brother Philip is coming on Saturday. He's going to help.?MARTIN: That's good. Did you go to the park last week??
MOTHER: No, we didn't. It's too expensive. We worked in the garden.?MARTIN: I phoned on Saturday. Where were you??
MOTHER: We went shopping.?
MARTIN: What did you buy??
MOTHER: We bought paint.?
MARTIN: May I talk to father??
MOTHER: Yes. Here he is.?
FATHER: Hello, Martin.?
MARTIN: Hello, how are you??
FATHER: Fine. Are you coming to visit??
MARTIN: No. I'm working.?
FATHER: Where are you??
MARTIN: I'm in Boston. I'm writing a story about baseball.?
FATHER: Boston? I like Chicago.?
MARTIN: I know. Did you see the baseball game on Saturday??
FATHER: Yes. I watched the game on television.?
MARTIN: Did you like the game??
FATHER: No!!?
FATHER: Martin, how are the children? ?
MARTIN: They're fine.?
FATHER: How is Eileen??
MARTIN: She's fine. How is Philip??
FATHER: He's OK. He's coming on Saturday. We're going to paint.?
MARTIN: Are you painting??
FATHER: Yes, I am.?
MARTIN: Can you do that??
FATHER: Yes, I can. I'm fine. Philip's going to help. Did you go to California?
MARTIN: No, I didn't.?
FATHER: Did you go to Nebraska??
MARTIN: No, I didn't. I went to Iowa.?
FATHER: You went to lowa, but didn't come to Chicago??
MARTIN: I came to the airport. I was going to Iowa.?
FATHER: You didn't phone.?
MARTIN: No, I didn't.?
FATHER: Excuse me. Your mother wants to talk. Here she is. Good-bye.?MARTIN: Good-bye, father.?
MOTHER: Martin, tell Eileen to phone.?
MARTIN: You can phone her.?
MOTHER: Is she working??
MARTIN: Of course. She doesn't work in the evening.
MARTIN: You can phone in the evening.?
MOTHER: OK. Can I phone this evening??
MARTIN: Sure.?
MOTHER: OK. Good-bye.?
MARTIN: Good-bye.?

會話 B?
母 親：喂。?
馬 丁：喂，母親。?
母 親：馬丁!這真是意外的驚喜!?
馬 丁：你怎麼樣??
母 親：很好，你怎麼樣??
馬 丁：很好，謝謝。父親好嗎??
母 親：他很好。?
馬 丁：他在嗎??
母 親：在，艾琳好嗎??
馬 丁：她很好。?
母 親：孩子們都好嗎??
馬 丁：他們很好。?
母 親：讓孩子們聽電話，好嗎??
馬 丁：不成，我不是在家打的電話。?
母 親：你在哪兒??
馬 丁：我在波士頓，我在寫有關棒球的報導。?
母 親：很好，你跟運動員談話了嗎??
馬 丁：談了，你在做什麼??
母 親：我們在粉刷房子。?
馬 丁：誰在做??
母 親：你父親在外面刷，我在裏面刷。?
馬 丁：你們能行嗎??
母 親：行，是個小房子。?
馬 丁：但你們年紀都很大了。?
母 親：你兄弟菲利普星期六來，他來幫忙。?
馬 丁：那很好，上週你們去公園了嗎??
母 親：沒有，太貴了，我們在花園裏幹活了。?
馬 丁：我週六打了電話，你們去哪兒了??
母 親：我們去買東西了。?
馬 丁：買什麼了??
母 親：買塗料。?
馬 丁：讓父親聽電話好嗎??
母 親：好的，他來了。?
父 親：喂，馬丁。?
馬 丁：喂，你好嗎??
父 親：很好，你要來家看看嗎??
馬 丁：不，我在工作。?
父 親：你在哪兒??
馬 丁：我在波士頓，我正在寫有關棒球的報導。?
父 親：波士頓?我喜歡芝加哥。?
馬 丁：我知道，你看了週六那場棒球賽嗎??
父 親：看了，我在電視上看了那場比賽。?
馬 丁：你喜歡這場比賽嗎??
父 親：不!!?
父 親：馬丁，孩子們好嗎??
馬 丁：他們很好。?
父 親：艾琳好嗎??
馬 丁：她很好，菲利普好嗎??
父 親：他還可以，他週六來，我們要一起刷房子。?
馬 丁：你也刷房子嗎??
父 親：是的。?
馬 丁：你能行嗎??
父 親：行，我很好，菲利普來幫忙。你去加利福尼亞了嗎??
馬 丁：沒有。?
父 親：你去內布拉斯加州了嗎??
馬 丁：不，我去了衣阿華州。?
父 親：你去了衣阿華州，但沒來芝加哥??
馬 丁：我到了機場，我是去衣阿華州。?
父 親：你也沒打電話。?
馬 丁：沒打。?
父 親：對不起，你母親要說話，她來了，再見。?
馬 丁：再見，父親。?
母 親：馬丁，告訴艾琳打電話來。?
馬 丁：你可以給她打電話。?
母 親：她上班嗎??
馬 丁：當然，她晚上不上班，你可以在晚上打電話。?
母 親：好的，我今晚打電話可以嗎??
馬 丁：當然可以。?
母 親：好的，再見。?
馬 丁：再見。?

New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語?

watch television v. 看電視?
baseball game n. 棒球賽?
just a minute 稍等一會兒?
go to the movies 去看電影?
go swimming 去游泳?
pizza n. 意大利烤餡餅?
shopping mall n. 購物中心；商業區?
museum n. 博物館?
surprise n. 出乎意料的事；驚訝?
expensive adj. 貴?

Proper Nouns 專有名詞

Boston 波士頓?
California 加利福尼亞州?
Nebraska 內布拉斯加州?
Iowa 衣阿華州?

Language Points 語言要點
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對話中出現的打電話用語歸納如下：?
Hello. 喂。?
May I speak to (the children)??請讓(孩子們)聽電話好嗎??
May I talk to (Sue)??請讓(蘇)聽電話好嗎??
Just a minute. 請等一下。?
(Your mother) wants to talk.?(你媽媽)想和你講話。?
Here (she) is. (她)來講話。?
Bye/Good-bye. 再見。?
類似的常用語還有：?
Who's speaking, please? 請問您是哪位??
Just a moment, please. 請等一下。?
Could you speak up as I can't hear you well??能否說大聲些，我聽不清楚。? He's on the other line. 他正在接別的電話。?
You have the wrong number. 你打錯電話了。?
This is he (she). 我就是。?
Sorry. He's not in right now. 對不起，他不在。?

Cultural Notes 文化註釋

美國的電話系統爲私營公司所有，最有名的公司是貝爾電話公司(the Bell Telephone Company)。 美國的電話普及率高達百分之八十以上，幾乎每個家庭和辦公室都有至少一部電話。