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.?
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.?
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。