PROGRAMME 9
Dialogue 1
Alan Hardie 先生从外地来到墨尔本,想在一家旅馆里订一个房间.这段对话在广播里分两部分播放.
RECEPTIONIST:
Good afternoon,sir.May I help you?
MR HARDIE:
Yes,I'd like a room,please.
RECEPTIONIST:
Have you got a booking?
MR HARDIE:
No,I haven't.
RECEPTIONIST:
Well,just a moment,please.I've got a single room with bath.
MR HARDIE:
That's fine.
RECEPTIONIST:
May I have your name,please?
MR HARDIE:
Hardie,Alan Hardie.H-A-R-D-I-E.
RECEPTIONIST:
Thanks,Mr Hardie.Now would you fill in this registration card,please?
MR HARDIE:
Sure.
RECEPTIONIST:
And would you mind printing in block letters?
MR HARDIE:
All right.There you are.
RECEPTIONIST:
Thank you.And would you mind signing your name please,Mr Hardie?
MR HARDIE:
Certainly.

Dialogue 2
Hardie 先生在打听上哪儿可以买到当地的纪念品.
RECEPTIONIST:
Good morning.May I help you?
MR HARDIE:
Yes.I want to get some souvenirs. Where should I go?
RECEPTIONIST:
Try the big department stores in Bourke Street.
MR HARDIE:
Bourke Street,eh?How do I get there?
RECEPTIONIST:
You can catch a bus outside the hotel.

Dialogue 3
Hardie 先生在回旅馆的路上和出租汽车司机聊天.Hardie先生是昆士兰人.昆士兰是澳大利亚北部的一个州,气候好,旅游事业发达,因此很出名.那位司机碰巧是他的同乡,而且是个话匣子!
MR HARDIE:
Travelodge,please.
DRIVER:
Right.Are you staying at the Travelodge?
MR HARDIE:
Yes...
DRIVER:
How long have you been in Melbourne?
MR HARDIE:
Since Monday...Hey!Look out!
DRIVER:
Hm...And where are you from?
MR HARDIE:
Queensland...
DRIVER:
Queensland,eh?Me,too!Great place,Queensland...
great weather...
MR HARDIE:
Look out!Would you mind stopping here,please?
DRIVER:
Great beaches in Queensland,too...
MR HARDIE:
Would you stop here,please?
DRIVER:
Great food...
MR HARDIE:
Driver...Stop here!
DRIVER:
This isn't the Travelodge.
MR HARDIE:
I know.I suddenly feel like walking to the hotel...
How much is that?

PART II - Vocabulary
block letters (大写)印刷体字母
a form 表格
madam 夫人;太太;小姐(对妇女的尊称)
Queensland (澳大利亚)昆士兰州
a registration card 登记卡
a single room with bath 单人房间带浴室
sir 先生(对男子的尊称)
a department store 百货公司
a souvenir 纪念品
a taxi 出租汽车
fill .. in 填写
look at 注视;看
print in block letters 用印刷体书写
outside 在......外面
catch a bus 坐(或:赶上)公共汽车
Have you got a booking? 你订了房间了吗?
How do I get there? 我怎么去啊?
I suddenly feel like walking 我忽然想走着去(意思:不坐车了)
Just a moment 请等一下
Look out! 留神:小心:注意(有车)
May I help you?你有事吗?你要什么?你找谁?(视上下文而定)
Try the big department stores 你上那几家大百货公司试试
Where are you from? 你是那儿人?
Where should I go? 我上那儿去呢?
Would you mind signing your name? 能不能请你签上名字?
*这是旅馆业的格式,bath 前不用a.

PART III - The Lesson

1.POLITE WAYS TO ASK SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING FOR YOU 有礼貌的请求别人为你做某些事情
May I have your name,please?
(Yes) Certainly./O.K.
Would you sign here,please?
(Yes)Sure.
Would you mind signing here,please?
(No)Not at all./Certainly./All right.
Do you mind helping me?
(No) Not at all./O.K.
注意:
*Would you + verb(动词)是表示请求的一种客套格式.Would you mind + verb + -ing 是另一种格式,语气显得特别礼貌.
*Do you mind + verb + -ing 是比较普通的请求格式
*对would/do you mind ...的回答通常是说No(见上),表示"并不介意"实际上就是表示同意.
*对上面列举的各种要求,一般总是同意的,因为提出这样请求的人总以为对方不会反对,否则就不提出请求了.

2.POLITE WAYS TO OFFER TO HELP SOMEONE 有礼貌的表示愿意为别人服务
May I help you?
Are you right?
Can I give you a hand?(参看第八讲)
Would you like me to ...?
在商店里可以听到这样的对话:
May I help you?
Yes,I'm looking for .../
No,thanks. I'm just having a look.
Are you right?
Well,I'm looking for .../
Yes,thanks.I'm just having a look.
3.TALKING TO FOREIGNERS IN CHINA 在中国与外国人交谈
向外国旅游者常常可以问:
How long have you been in China?
回答可能是:
| since July
(I've been here) | for a year

问句 How long have you been ...用现在完成时.你一定还记得,这种时态用来把过去和现在做某种联系.

I came here a | I've been here for a year.
year ago and
I'm still here. | I've been here since last year.
请记住:
Since 用来表明从过去的某个时间一直到说话的时刻.
For 用来表明一段时间.

CONVERSATIONAL DEVICES

a) Sure 这个词有好几个意思,在Dialogue 1 表示"行,我愿意."
b) All right 也有许多意思.在Dialogue 1 也表示"行,我愿意"
c) There you are 也有许多意思,在Dialogue 1 表示"这件事我已经做完了".或"你要我做的事我已经做了".

PRONUNCIATION CORNER

广播里Alan Hardie 先生这样拼自己的姓:H-A-R-D-IE他的名字叫Alan
请做以下的语音练习.这两个短语都是时间短语.注意[r]这个连接音.
for two years
for a long time

PROGRAMME 10
PAER I - The Dialogue
White 太太到一家旅馆找事做，经理和她谈话，同时记下了她提供的情况。
MANAGER：
...And ...um...What's your date of birth,Mrs White?



感谢网友“真空泡沫”利用休息时间抄录出该篇原文。---2006年5月16号。