美国之音口语经典教程Expressing Both Specific and General Time 表示确切时间和大
Lesson 34Expressing Both Specific and General Time
表示确切时间和大致时间
Things to Know 学前必读
康涅狄格州(Connecticut)位于美国的东北部，东临大西洋，首府是 New Haven，与罗德岛州、麻萨诸塞州及纽约州相接壤。Connecticut 来源于印第安语，意思是“beside the long tidal river”(在长长的潮河旁)。
Conversation A : At the Train Station
EILEEN: What time does the train go?
MARTIN: At nine-fifteen.
EILEEN: What time does it arrive in Pittsburgh?
MARTIN: I don't know.
EILEEN: When is your meeting?
MARTIN: I have many meetings. They are in the afternoon.
EILEEN: When are you coming home?
MARTIN: Tonight.
EILEEN: We're going to meet the train.
MARTIN: Is Alan going to come with you?
EILEEN: Yes, he is.
MARTIN: When is his game?
EILEEN: Tomorrow evening.
MARTIN: Isn't the game this evening?
EILEEN: No, it isn't. It's tomorrow evening.
MARTIN: When was it last week?
EILEEN: It was on Wednesday. It's on Thursday this week.
MARTIN: I see. What time is the game?
EILEEN: Is't at seven-thirty.
MARTIN: Good. I'm going to go.
EILEEN: That's wonderful. He wants you to go.
MARTIN: When are you going to your office?
EILEEN: After lunch. I worked late last night.
MARTIN: What time are you going to go?
EILEEN: At one-thirty. What time is the train tonight?
MARTIN: It arrives at eight-forty-five.
EILEEN: OK. Sue can come, too. Can you eat on the train?
MARTIN: Yes, I can. But I'm going to eat in Pittsburgh.
EILEEN: Good. Sue can finish her homework before dinner.
MARTIN: What time are you going to have dinner?
EILEEN: At seven o'clock.
MARTIN: When are you going to come to the train station?
EILEEN: At eight o'clock.
Practice 1：如果不必说明确切的时间，可以用比较笼统的方式表示时间。
Examples:
MARTIN: In the afternoon. Tonight.
EILEEN: Tomorrow evening. On Wednesday. On Thursday.
After lunch. Last night. Before dinner.
MARTIN: At nine-fifteen.
EILEEN: At seven-thirty. At one-thirty.
MARTIN: At eight-forty-five.
EILEEN: At seven o'clock. At eight o'clock.
用表示确切时间的短语回答：
MARTIN: What time do you eat lunch?
YOURSELF: _______________________________.
MARTIN: What time do you listen to English?
YOURSELF: _______________________________.
MARTIN: What time do you listen to music?
YOURSELF: _______________________________.
用表示大致时间的短语回答：
MARTIN: When do you study English?
YOURSELF: _______________________________.
MARTIN: When do you go shopping?
YOURSELF: _______________________________.
MARTIN: When do you play sports?
YOURSELF: _______________________________.
会话A : 在火车站
艾 琳：火车几点开?
马 丁：9点15分。
艾 琳：什么时候到匹兹堡?
马 丁：我不清楚。
艾 琳：会议什么时候开?
马 丁：我有许多会议，它们都是在下午。
艾 琳：你什么时候回家?
马 丁：今晚。
艾 琳：我们来接站。
马 丁：艾伦和你一起来吗?
艾 琳：是的，他来。
马 丁：他的球赛是在什么时候?
艾 琳：明天晚上。
马 丁：球赛不是在今天晚上吗?
艾 琳：不，不是。是在明天晚上。
马 丁：上周球赛是在什么时候进行的?
艾 琳：是在星期三，这周是在星期四。
马 丁：我明白了，球赛是在几点?
艾 琳：7点30分。
马 丁：好，我要去看。
艾 琳：那好极了，他想要你去。
马 丁：你什么时候去上班?
艾 琳：午饭后，我昨晚工作得很晚。
马 丁：你几点去上班?
艾 琳：一点半，火车今晚几点到?
马 丁：8点45分到。
艾 琳：好吧，苏也能来，你能在火车上吃饭吗?
马 丁：能。但我将在匹兹堡吃饭。
艾 琳：好，苏在晚饭前能完成作业。
马 丁：你们什么时候吃晚饭?
艾 琳：7点。
马 丁：你什么时候到火车站?
艾 琳：8点。
Conversation B
EILEEN: Martin, when did you first visit Pittsburgh?
MARTIN: In 1975. I wrote a story about Pittsburgh ten years ago. I wrote a story three years ago. And I visited last year, too.
EILEEN: When did you first visit Washington?
MARTIN: I don't know. Many years ago.
Practice 2：表示过去的事件或活动的时间短语，常常是由“表示时间的名词(词组)+副词 ago”构成，也可由“形容词 last+表示时间的名词”或“in+年代”构成。
Examples:
MARTIN: Three years ago. Ten years ago. Many years ago.
In 1975.Last year.
根据上述结构回答下列问题：
MARTIN: When did you leave school?
YOURSELF: _______________________________.
MARTIN: When did you visit your family?
YOURSELF: _______________________________.
MARTIN: When did you see your teacher?
YOURSELF: _______________________________.
会话B
艾 琳：马丁，你第一次访问匹兹堡是在什么时候?
马 丁：在1975年，10年前我写过一篇有关匹兹堡的报导。我3年前写过一篇报导，我去年也写过一次。
艾 琳：你第一次访问华盛顿是在什么时候?
马 丁：我记不清楚了，许多年以前。
Conversation C
MARTIN: Are you going shopping today?
EILEEN: Yes.
MARTIN: When are you going shopping.
EILEEN: After work. I must buy some food.
MARTIN: Please buy some coffee.
EILEEN: Don't we have coffee?
MARTIN: No, I finished the coffee.
EILEEN: When?
MARTIN: This morning. I made coffee for breakfast. When did you buy coffee?
EILEEN: I bought coffee last week. Are you drinking too much coffee?
MARTIN: I like coffee.
EILEEN: When do you drink so much coffee?
MARTIN: In the morning. I like coffee in the morning.
EILEEN: What time is it. Martin?
MARTIN: It's nine-twenty.
EILEEN: What time is the train to Pittsburgh?
MARTIN: At nine-thirty.
EILEEN: May I buy a newspaper? I didn't read the newspaper this morning.
MARTIN: I don't know. Can you wait?
EILEEN: When can I buy the newspaper?
MARTIN: In a few minutes. I'm going in a few minutes.
EILEEN: Martin, are you going to work on Saturday?
MARTIN: No, I don't like to work on weekends.
EILEEN: Can you take Sue and her friends to the park?
MARTIN: When?
EILEEN: In the afternoon. There is band concert.
MARTIN: What time is the concert?
EILEEN: The concert is at two-fifteen.
MARTIN: What band is playing?
EILEEN: There are three school bands playing. Some of Sue's friends are playing in the band.
MARTIN: What time are they going to finish?
EILEEN: At four o'clock. I want to work on Saturday.
MARTIN: Do you want to work at home?
EILEEN: No, I can't. I want to work at the office.
VALERIE: Eileen? Hi. How are you?
EILEEN: Hello! What are you doing here, Valerie? Martin, this is Valerie McCormick.
MARTIN: Hello. Eileen told me about you. I'm happy to meet you.
VALERIE: How are you?
MARTIN: Fine, thanks.
EILEEN: Where are you going? What are you doing here?
VALERIE: I'm going home. I brought my husband to the train.
EILEEN: What time is his train?
VALERIE: It was at nine-ten. It left.
MARTIN: Where is he going?
VALERIE: He's going to Hartford, Connecticut. Where are you going?
EILEEN: Martin is going to Pittsburgh.
VALERIE: What time is your train?
MARTIN: It's at nine-thirty. I'm going now. Good-bye.
EILEEN: Good-bye. Be careful.
VALERIE: Good-bye. Martin.
Practice 3：巩固确切时间及大致时间的表达法。
Examples:
MARTIN: At nine-thirty.
EILEEN: At two-fifteen. At four o'clock.
EILEEN: After work.
MARTIN: This morning.
EILEEN: Last week.
MARTIN: In the morning. In a few minutes.
EILEEN: In the afternoon.
根据以上结构回答下列问题：
MARTIN: When are you going to travel?
YOURSELF: _______________________________.
MARTIN: When did you listen to the radio?
YOURSELF: _______________________________
MARTIN: When does the English Lesson begin?
YOURSELF: _______________________________.
会话C
马 丁：你今天去买东西吗?
