初級美語 Lesson 9:Giving Addresses 告訴地址[2]

Conversation A : An Accident?

CAST: Look out! Did you see that? Stand back. What happened? Is anyone hurt? Where did he come from??
POLICEMAN: All right, all right. Stand back. Move. Stand back.?ALEXANDER: Who are you??
POLICEMAN: I'm a policeman. Did you see the accident??
CAST: Yes, I did. Sure. I was standing right herr. Well. I think so.?POLICEMAN: I want your names and addresses. OK. Who are you??
PAULA: I am Paula Roberts.?
POLICEMAN: Where do you live??
PAULA: I live at fifty-five Georgia Street.?
POLICEMAN: Where do you work??
PAULA: I work at Johnson's.?
POLICEMAN: What is the address??
PAULA: Three-oh-seven California Street.?
POLICEMAN: Thanks. OK. Who are you??
MARTIN: I'm Martin Learner. I'm a reporter.?
POLICEMAN: Where do you live??
MARTIN: I live in Baltimore.?
POLICEMAN: Where do you live in Baltimore??
MARTIN: I live at fourteen-twenty-seven Grant Street.?
POLICEMAN: OK. Who are you??
NANCY: I'm Nancy Kim.?
POLICEMAN: Where do you live??
NANCY: I live at sixteen Carter Street.?
POLICEMAN: Where do you work??
NANCY: I work at the Arizona Hotel.?
POLICEMAN: What is the address??
NANCY: The address is ten-eighty Arizona Street.?
POLICEMAN: Good. Now. Who are you??
ALEXANDER: I'm Alexander Macrakis.?
POLICEMAN: Please spell it for me.?
ALEXANDER: M-A-C-R-A-K-I-S.?
POLICEMAN: Where do you live??
ALEXANDER: I live in Chicago.?
POLICEMAN: Where do you live in Chicago??
ALEXANDER: I live at nine-three-eight North Florida Street.?
POLICEMAN: Where do you work??
ALEXANDER: I'm a student.?
POLICEMAN: Where are you a student??
ALEXANDER: At the Mills Institute of Technology.?

Practice 1： 美國人說地址的方法與中國人不同，是由小到大的順序，即由門牌號到街再到城市的順序。住在哪一號要用介詞 at。?
Examples: POLICEMAN: Where do you live??
PAULA: I live at fifty-five Georgia Street.?
POLICEMAN: Where do you live??
MARTIN: I live at fourteen-twenty-seven Grant Street.?
POLICEMAN: Where do you live??
NANCY: I live at sixteen Carter Street.?
POLICEMAN: Where do you live??
ALEXANDER: I live at nine-three-eight North Florida Street.?

會話A : 一起事故?
衆 ：當心!你看到了嗎?往後站。發生了什麼?有人受傷了嗎?他是哪兒的人?警 察：好了，好了，往後站，讓一讓，往後站。?
亞歷山大：你是什麼人??
警 察：我是警察，你看到這起事故了嗎??
衆 ：是的，我看到了，當然，我就站在這兒，嗯，我想是這樣。發生得太快了。?
警 察：我要你的姓名和地址。好，你叫什麼名字??
普 拉：我叫普拉·羅伯茨。?
警 察：你住哪兒??
普 拉：我住在佐治亞街55號。?
警 察：你在哪兒工作??
普 拉：我在約翰遜公司工作。?
警 察：地址呢??
普 拉：加利福尼亞街307號。?
警 察：謝謝。好了，你是幹什麼的??
馬 丁：我是馬丁·勒納。我是記者。?
警 察：你住在哪兒??
馬 丁：我住在巴爾的摩。?
警 察：在巴爾的摩住哪兒??
馬 丁：我住在格蘭特街1427號。?
警 察：你好。你是哪位??
南 希：我叫南希·基姆。?
警 察：你住在哪兒??
南 希：我住在卡特街16號。?
警 察：你在哪兒工作??
南 希：我在亞利桑那賓館工作。?
警 察：地址是什麼??
南 希：地址是亞利桑那街1080號。?
警 察：好。那麼你是哪位??
亞歷山大：我是亞歷山大·馬克拉奇斯。?
警 察：請拼給我看。?
亞歷山大：馬-克-拉-奇-斯。?
警 察：你住在哪兒??
亞歷山大：我住在芝加哥。?
警 察：你住在芝加哥的什麼地方??
亞歷山大：我住佛羅里達北街938號。?
警 察：你在哪兒工作??
亞歷山大：我是學生。?
警 察：你在哪兒學習??
亞歷山大：在米爾斯工學院。?

Conversation B?

LIEUTENANT: Good afternoon, officer.?
POLICEMAN: Good afternoon, Lieutenant.?
LIEUTENANT: Who are these people??
POLICEMAN: I have names and addresses, Lieutenant.?
LIEUTENANT: I want to ask some questions. Excuse me, where are you from?
ALEXANDER: I'm from Chicago.?
LIEUTENANT: What do you do??
ALEXANDER: I'm a student.?
LIEUTENANT: OK. Who are you??
NANCY: I'm Nancy Kim.?
LIEUTENANT: Where do you live??
NANCY: I live at sixteen Carter Street.?
LIEUTENANT: You, please. Where are you from??
MARTIN: I'm from Baltimore.?
POLICEMAN: Look out.?
LIEUTENANT: OK, OK. Move along.?
POLICEMAN: Step aside. Watch your step.?
MARTIN: Hello. I'm Martin Learner. I'm a reporter. I want to ask you some questions.
ALEXANDER: OK.?
MARTIN: You're a student.?
ALEXANDER: Yes, I'm a student. I'm Alexander Macrakis.?
MARTIN: Alexander Macrakis. Please write it for me.?
ALEXANDER: OK.?
MARTIN: Where are you from??
ALEXANDER: I'm from Chicago.?
MARTIN: Hello. I'm Martin Learner. Who are you??
NANCY: Hi. I'm Nancy Kim.?
MARTIN: Where do you live??
NANCY: I live at sixteen Carter Street. Where do you live??
MARTIN: I live in Baltimore. This is Alexander Macrakis.?
NANCY: Hi. I'm Nancy. What do you do??
ALEXANDER: Hi, Nancy. I'm a student. I'm from Chicago.?
PAULA: Excuse me, where is a telephone??
MARTIN: Sorry. I don't know. I'm from Baltimore.?
ALEXANDER: I don't know. I'm from Chicago.?
NANCY: Hi. I'm Nancy Kim.?
PAULA: Hello. Where is a telephone??
NANCY: Go straight ahead. Turn left on Michigan Street. There is a telephone at the coffee shop.?
PAULA: Thanks. By the way, I'm Paula Roberts.?
NANCY: He's Martin.?
MARTIN: Martin Learner.?
PAULA: What do you do??
MARTIN: I'm a reporter. What do you do??
PAULA: I'm a lawyer.?
MARTIN: Where are you from??
PAULA: Here. I live here.?
NANCY: I live here, too. He lives in Chicago. And he lives in Baltimore.?PAULA: Let's see. You're Alexander. You're Nancy. And you're Martin.?MARTIN: Wonderful.?
PAULA: But the telephone. Where is the telephone??
NANCY: Go straight ahead. Turn left on Michingan Street. Then go to the coffee shop.
PAULA: Thank you very much. Goodbye.?
ALL: Goodbye, bye, bye-bye.?
POLICEMAN: Thank you for your time.?
CAST: That's all right. No trouble, don't mentionit glad to help.?
MARTIN: Well, goodbye, Alexander. Goodbye, Nancy.?
ALEXANDER: Goodbye. Mr. Learner.?
NANCY: Bye, Martin.?
ALEXANDER: Nancy.?
NANCY: Yes.?
ALEXANDER: Please call me Alex.?
NANCY: OK, Alex.?
ALEXANDER: Where do you work, Nancy??
NANCY: I work at the Arizona Hotel.?
ALEXANDER: Where is the Arizona Hotel.?
NANCY: Straight ahead. Do you see that tall, glass building? That's the Arizona Hotel.
ALEXANDER: What do you do??
NANCY: I'm an accountant. What are you studying??
ALEXANDER: I'm studying computers.?
NANCY: That's wonderful. I like computers.?
ALEXANDER: Do you like coffee??
NANCY: Yes, I like coffee. I'm going to go to work.

Practice 3：用 Who are you? 詢問別人姓名?
Examples:?POLICEMAN: Who are you??
PAULA: I'm Paula Roberts.?
POLICEMAN: Who are you??
MARTIN: I'm Martin Learner.?
POLICEMAN: Who are you??
NANCY: I'm Nancy Kim.?
POLICEMAN: Who are you??
ALEXANDER: I'm Alexander Macrakis.

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會話B?
中 尉：下午好!警官。?
警 察：下午好!中尉。?
中 尉：這些人是誰??
警 察：我正在錄姓名和地址，中尉。?
中 尉：我想提些問題，對不起，你是哪兒的人??
亞歷山大：我是芝加哥人。?
中 尉：你做什麼工作??
亞歷山大：我是學生。?
中 尉：好了。你是哪位??
南 希：我是南希·基姆。?
中 尉：你住在哪兒??
南 希：我住在卡特街16號。?
中 尉：請問你呢?你從哪兒來??
馬 丁：我從巴爾的摩來。?
中 尉：好了，好了。請便吧。?
警 察：小心。請讓開。注意腳下。?
馬 丁：你好。我叫馬丁·勒納。我是記者。我想問你幾個問題。?
亞歷山大：好的。?
馬 丁：你是學生。?
亞歷山大：是的，我是學生，我叫亞力山大·馬克拉奇斯。?
馬 丁：亞力山大·馬克拉奇斯。請寫給我看。?
亞歷山大：好的。?
馬 丁：你是哪兒的人??
亞歷山大：我是芝加哥人。?
馬 丁：你好，我叫馬丁·勒納，你是哪位??
南 希：你好，我叫南希·基姆。?
馬 丁：你住在哪兒??
南 希：我住在卡特街16號。你在哪兒住??
馬 丁：我住在巴爾的摩。這是亞歷山大·馬克拉奇斯。?
南 希：你好，我叫南希。你做什麼工作。?
亞歷山大：你好，南希。我是學生，我是芝加哥人。?
普 拉：對不起，哪兒有電話??
馬 丁：對不起，我不知道。我是巴爾的摩人。?
亞歷山大：我不知道。我是芝加哥人。?
南 希：你好，我叫南希·基姆。?
普 拉：你好，哪兒有電話??
南 希：一直向前走。在密執安街向左轉。那個咖啡館裏有電話。?
普 拉：謝謝。順便說一句，我叫普拉·羅伯茨。?
南 希：他叫馬丁。?
馬 丁：馬丁·勒納。?
普 拉：你做什麼工作??
馬 丁：我是記者。你做什麼工作。?
普 拉：我是律師。?
馬 丁：你是哪兒的人??
普 拉：這兒，我住在這兒。?
南 希：我也住在這兒。他住在芝加哥。他住在巴爾的摩。?
普 拉：咱們看看。你是亞力山大，你是南希。你是馬丁。?
馬 丁：好極了。?
普 拉：但是電話，電話在哪兒??
南 希：一直向前走。在密執安街向左轉。然後進咖啡館。?
普 拉：非常感謝，再見。?
全 體：再見。?
警 察：感謝你們爲我花的時間。?
衆 ：別客氣。?
馬 丁：那麼，再見，亞歷山大。再見，南希。?
亞歷山大：再見，勒納先生。?
南 希：再見，馬丁。?
亞歷山大：南希。?
南 希：是的。?
亞歷山大：請叫我阿里克斯。?
南 希：好的，阿里克斯。?
亞歷山大：你在哪兒工作，南希??
南 希：我在亞利桑那賓館工作。?
亞歷山大：亞利桑那賓館在哪兒??
南 希：一直向前走。看到那棟高層玻璃建築了嗎?那就是亞利桑那賓館。?
亞歷山大：你做什麼工作??
南 希：我是會計。你在學習什麼??
亞歷山大：我在學計算機。?
南 希：好極了。我喜歡計算機。?
亞歷山大：你喜歡咖啡嗎??
南 希：是的。我喜歡咖啡。我要去上班了。

New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語

policeman n. 警察?
accident n. 事故?
lieutenant n. 中尉?
telephone n. 電話?
lawyer n. 律師?

Proper Nouns 專有名詞?
Georgia Street 佐治亞街?
Grant Street 格蘭特街?
Carter Street 卡特街?
Arizona Street 亞利桑那街?
Michigan Street 密執安街?
Mills Institute of Technology 米爾斯理工學院?


Language Points 語言要點

1 . I want to ask you some questions. 我想問你幾個問題。?
want(想要)是表示意願的及物動詞，其後可接動詞不定式(to+動詞原形)作賓 語。例如：?
I want to go to the coffee shop. 我想去咖啡館。?
I want to study computers. 我想學習計算機。?
's all right. 別客氣。這是在別人感謝你時，你應回答的一句話，相當於漢語的不用謝，別客氣。類似的用法還有：?
You are welcome.?It's my pleasure.?Don't mention it.?No trouble.? Any time. It was nothing.?With pleasure. Glad to help.?Not at all.?
3.本課中出現了一些祈使句，一般是由動詞短語構成，例如：?
Look out! 小心!(或者說 Watch out!) Step aside. 靠邊。?
Stand back. 往後站。?
Watch your step. 小心腳下。?
Turn left on Michigan Street. 在密執安街向左轉。?
Move along. 繼續走。?
Go straight ahead. 一直向前走。?

Cultural Notes 文化註釋

是一個“汽車王國”，交通非常發達，高速公路網四通八達，但是交通事故(traffic accident)率也很高。在駕車時如果與別人撞車，千萬不要馬上向對方道歉，因爲這樣會被認爲是你違反交通規則，與你不利；也不要吵鬧，爭執誰是誰非，而要等待警察來處理。