PROGRAAMME 19

PART 1 - The dialogues

Dialogue 1
Mark 和 Emma是一对年轻夫妇,他们到朋友Michelle家来看看她住的单元套房.

MICHELLE:
This is the lounge room.
EMMA:
It's a good size! And I like your rug.
MICHEELLE:
Thanks. I'm fond of green... And it matches the curtains. How do you like the lights?
MARK:
Mmm... They're nice.

Dialogue 2
在回家的路上,Mark和Emma说出了他们对Michelle的住房的真实想法.
(请注意,Emma和Mark看了Michelle的住房以后,在路上议论的时候,虽然他们提到的的起居室,厨房等仍然存在,动词却用过去时.)
MARK:
Well,what did you think of it?
EMMA:
The lounge room was all right,but the kitchen was very small.
MARK:
Right! There wasn't room to swing a cat!
EMMA:
Oh,Mark!
MARK:
Well... There wasn't!
EMMA:
You're right.I can't bear small kitchens! The plants were nice. I like indoor plants.
MARK:
I don't.
EMMA:
I like our lounge room better.
MARK:
Me too.The ceilings are higher.
EMMA:
Mmm. Actually,on the whole,I like our place better.
MARK:
So do I.

PART 2 - Vocabulary

a colour 颜色
indoor plants 室内养的花草
a kitchen 厨房
a lounge room 起居室
a spider 蜘蛛
I can't bear sb/sth 我讨厌...
I don't like anything blank 我不喜欢黑色的东西
I'm fond of sb/sth 我喜欢...
It's a good size 大小正好
I was going to say 我刚才(就)想说
Mind your head on the light 小心脑袋别顶了灯
The rug matches the curtains 小地毯和窗帘颜色相配
They're easy to paint 上油漆的时候方便
Neither do I 我也不(这样)
So do I 我也这样
(关于这两个短语的用法,请参看第三部分)
IDIOM:
There wasn't room to swing a cat. 地方太小,连转身的地方都没有

NAMES:

Mark (男子名)
Emma (女子名)
Michelle/Michele (女子名)

PART 3 - The Lesson

DISCUSSING LIKES AND DISLIKES 怎样谈论喜欢与不喜欢
我们在第四讲里学了下面几个说法,表示喜欢和不喜欢什么:
表示喜欢 表示不喜欢
I like ... I don't like ...
I'm keen on... I can't stand...
I love ... I hate ...
在今天这一讲里,我们学习以下两个说法:
表示喜欢 表示不喜欢
I'm fond of ... I can't bear ...
在和别人谈起喜欢什么和不喜欢什么的时候,可以用下面几个说法:
1. 表示别人喜欢,你也喜欢
BARBARA: I like music.
JOHN: Me too*
BARBARA: I like folk music.
JOHN: So do I.
*Me too 比 So do I 或 I do too 更为口语化.
2. 表示别人喜欢,而你却不喜欢
JOHN: I like hot food.
BARBARA: I don't.**
JOHN: I'm keen on rock and roll.
BARBARA: I'm not.**
**用这样的话来回答，要注意：如果说得突然，会显得不礼貌。所以最好在前面加上点儿什么，比如这样说：
JOHN: I like hot food.
BARBARA: Oh... I don't.
JOHN: I'm keen On rock and roll.
BARBARA: Are you? I'm not.
3. 表示别人不喜欢．你也不落欢
BARBARA: I don't like spiders.
JOHN: Neither do I.
4. 表示别人不喜欢,而你却喜欢.
BARBARA: I don't like hot food.
JOHN: Oh... I do.
注意：
●听广播时请特别注意表示同意或不同意
的答话，应把重音放在哪里．语调如何。
●接在肯定句后面的肯定旬，用这一结构：
S0+助动词+主语
I like coffee and SO does he
(=he likes coffee too)
He came and SO did his wife
(=his wife came too)
She's finished and SO have I
(=I've finished too)
● 接在否定句后面的否定句，用这一结构:
NEITHER + 助动词 + 主语
She doesn't like coffee and NEIGTHER do I.
They didn't come and NEITHER did he.
I won't go to town and NEITHER will my husband.
● So dol和 Neither I这类简短的回答，看上去象问句，实际是陈述句，因此要用降调。
●Neither一词可以读作...也可以读作...你在广播里将听到...
5. 其他表示同意或不同意的说法
你在广播里会听到John和Barbra说:
BARBARA: I don't like hot food. I'm not keen on it.
JOHN: No.You're not keen on hot food,are you?
请注意，对一句否定的话表示同意，不说Yes而说No.

概括起来，对一句肯定的话或否定的话表示同意或不同意，可以这样表示：
表示同意一句肯定的话
A: It's hot in here!
B: Yes, it is!
表示不同意一句肯定的话
A: My nose is too long.
B: No,it isn't. I like it.
表示不同意一句否定的话
A: I'm not sick.
B: Yes,you are.

A CONVERSATIONAL DEVICE

Actually 有人在会话中常用actually一词,意思是"说真的","确切地说"或"实际上"(请参看第一部分中地第二段对话.)
感谢网友“xingbaogang”利用休息时间抄录出该篇原文。---2006年5月17号。