Conversation B?

WILT: Here we are. This is our home. Come inside the house. Emily!??EMILY: Good morning.?
MARTIN: Good morning. How are you today??
EMILY: Fine, thanks.?
MARTIN: You have an interesting house.?
EMILY: Thank you. It's old.?
WILT: It's about one-hundred years old.?
EMILY: It's a wonderful home.?
MARTIN: Do you have a big farm??
WILT: Yes, it's very big.?
MARTIN: Who does all the work??
EMILY: He does.?
WILT: No, I don't. She works, too.?
MARTIN: Who makes the garden??
WILT: She does.?
MARTIN: What do you grow??
EMILY: Now, I have onions and peas.?
WILT: She has beans and squash.?
EMILY: I'm going to have tomatoes and potatoes.?
WILT: And she's going to have corn, too. Come see the farm.?
MARTIN: Do you have two tractors??
WILT: Yes, we do. We have a big tractor and a small tractor.?
MARTIN: Do you have animals??
WILT: We only have horses.?
EMILY: We ride the horses. Can you see the horses??
MARTIN: Yes, I can.?
EMILY: We ride over the farm. Can you ride??
MARTIN: No, I can't.?
WILT: Yes, you can. Come see the horses.?
WILT: You can ride this old horse.?
MARTIN: OK.?
WILT: We're going to ride over there. Can you ride there??
MARTIN: Maybe.?
WILT: We can ride slowly.?
MARTIN: OK.?
MARTIN: I see corn. What other things do you grow??
WILT: I grow wheat, too. Look there. I grew wheat there last year.?
MARTIN: Let's ride there.?
WILT: Can you ride there??
MARTIN: Yes, I can. I want to ask more questions.?
MARTIN: What's this??
WILT: It's soybeans. Let's ride south of here.?
MARTIN: Can we stop here? It's wonderful!?
WILT: Look to the west. That's the river.?
MARTIN: Yes, I can see the river.?
WILT: Now look to the north. Can you see the town??
MARTIN: Yes, I can. Is that your farm??
WILT: No. My farm stops at the river. That farm is Les Danzig's farm.
WILT: He has a small farm.?
MARTIN: I can't see a house.?
WILT: No, you can't. His home is in town. Can you see my house??
MARTIN: Yes, I can.?
WILT: Let's ride there.?

Practice 2: 询问对方是否能够做某事常用：Can you+动词原形??
回答用：Yes 或 No.?
Examples: EMILY: Can you see the horse??
MARTIN: Yes, I can.?
EMILY: Can you ride??
MARTIN: No, I can't.?
WILT: Yes, you can. You can ride this old horse.
WILT: We can ride slowly.?

会话B?

威尔特：到了。这是我们的家。请到屋里来。艾米莉!?
艾米莉：早上好。?
马 丁：早上好，你今天好吗??
艾米莉：很好，谢谢。?
马 丁：你有一所很好的房子。?
艾米莉：谢谢。房子很旧。?
威尔特：大概有100年的历史了。?
艾米莉：这是一个很棒的家。?
马 丁：你有一个大农场吗??
威尔特：是的，很大。?
马 丁：所有活都由谁来做??
艾米莉：他做。?
威尔特：不，不是。她也做。?
马 丁：谁来整理花园。?
威尔特：她整理。?
马 丁：你们都种些什么??
艾米莉：现在我们种圆葱和豌豆。?
威尔特：她种豆和南瓜。?
艾米莉：我打算种西红市和土豆。?
威尔特：她还打算种玉米，来看农场吧。?
马 丁：你有两台拖拉机吗??
威尔特：是的，我们有一台大的和一台小的拖拉机。?
马 丁：你们有牲畜吗??威尔特：我们只有马。?
艾米莉：我们骑马。看见那些马了吗??
马 丁：是的，看见了。?
艾米莉：我们在农场骑马，你会骑马吗??
马 丁：不，不会。?
威尔特：可以，你能骑的，来看看这些马。?
威尔特：你可以骑这匹老马。?
马 丁：好吧。?
威尔特：我们骑到那边去，你能骑到那里吗??
马 丁：也许吧。?
威尔特：我们可以慢点骑。?
马 丁：好的。?
马 丁：我看见玉米了。你还种什么??
威尔特：我也种小麦。看那儿。去年我在那儿种小麦。?
马 丁：让我们骑到那儿吧。?
威尔特：你能骑到那儿吗??
马 丁：能，我想再问一些问题。?
马 丁：这是什么??
威尔特：这是黄豆。我们往南骑吧。?
马 丁：我们能在这停一下吗?真是太美了。?
威尔特：往西边看。那是一条河。?
马 丁：是的，我看见了。?
威尔特：你现在往北看。看见城镇了吗??
马 丁：看见了，那是你的农场吗??
威尔特：不。我的农场就到河边为止。那个农场是莱斯·丹齐格的。
威尔特：他有一个小农场。?
马 丁：我怎么看不见房屋。?
威尔特：是的，看不见。他家住在城里，你能看见我的房子吗??
马 丁：是的。?
威尔特：我们骑到那儿去。

New Words and Expressions 生词和短语?

squash n. 南瓜，瓜类?
tomato n. 番茄?
potato n. 马铃薯?
wheat n. 小麦?

Language Points 语言要点?

I live south of here. 我在这儿的南边住。?
south of here 这儿的南边。其中 south 是副词，意为“在南边，向南”。here 在这里是名词而不是副词，类似的词组还有 west of here, east of here, north of here 等。?

Cultural Notes 文化注释

美国大约有250万个农场，大多数农场只生产一两种商业性产品，比如：玉米、鸡蛋或牛奶。美国是世界上最大的玉米生产国，玉米也是美国产量最大的谷物，主要产于美国中部的玉米生产带(corn belt)。最初种玉米的是美洲印第安人，他们称玉米为 maize。?