3.MUST
You must be here by 9.00 a.m.
I must fly.
注意:
must这个词,既可以表示现在,也可以表示将来。在这一点上,它与have got to 是一样的。
must比have got to更为正式,在日常会话里用得较少。
在日常会话里使用must时,语气往往是比较强的。在上面第一个例子里,must一词可以重读。
must一词还用于若干固定短语,例如:I must fly,I must be going, I must be off,意思都是:我该走了。
must 没有过去式。表示过去,要用had to。PART IV -Background Material
工厂里的安全制度
澳大利亚的工厂里都要订有安全制度,以防发生事故。机器上装有安全罩。工人呢,根据各工厂的不同情况,有的要戴耳罩以保护听力,有的要戴风镜以保护眼睛,有的要戴安全帽以保护头部。为了提醒工人遵守安全制度,有的工厂还贴了宣传画,请看下面这两张。
PAROGRAMME 38
PART I - The Dialogues
Dialgue 1
两位邻居Taylor 先生和White先生在上班的路上聊天。Taylor先生告诉White先生,他和他的妻子已经决定搬到远郊区去住,因为市区污染太厉害。
MR TAYLOR:
Well,we've decided to move to the country.
MR WHITE:
Oh,Have you ?Why's that?
MR TAYLOR:
Because the city's too noisy and crowded.
Dialogue 2
Taylor太太和White太太谈论他们搬家的事。
MRS TATLOR:
Well, we've decide to move to the country.
MRS WHITE:
Have you really? What for?
MRS TATLOR:
To get a bit more space. Some fresh air. To hear the birds again.
Dialogue 3
aylor太太和White太太继续交谈。
MRS WHITE:
Which town will you go to?
MRS TATLOR:
Woy Woy.
MRS WHITE:
Woy Woy!What are you going there for?
MR TAYLOR:
Well,it's a nice little place...
very quiet...And there's a good train service to the city.
PART II - Vocabulary
a bird [ ]鸟
a concert [ ]音乐会
the country [ ] 乡下(在这一讲里指远郊区)
hsopital [ ]医院
a motor bike [ ]摩托车
decide [ ]决定
move[ ]/shift[ ]搬家
sell[ ]卖
crowded[ ]拥挤
fresh [ ]新鲜
because [ ]因为(其他常见的读法有[ ] [ ] [ ]说得快的时候,第二个章节甚至失去重音,读作[ ])
so that[ ]以便
I'm going next door[ ]我要到隔壁去
I'm sick of the city[ ]我讨厌市区
in order to explain the facts[ ]为了澄清事实
so that I can be where it's quiet[ ]
这样我就可以呆在一个清静的地方
take photographs[ ]照相
There's a good train service to the city[ ]
乘火车进城很方便
Time's up![ ]时间到了!
To get a bit more space[ ]为了地方宽敝一些
What for?[ ]为什么?
NAMES:
Taylor[ ]/White[ ] family names
The Taylore(means the Taylor family)
PART III - The Lesson
ASKING AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT PURPOSE OR REASON
目的或原因——怎样询问,怎样回答
1.ASKING QUESTIONS怎样询问
要问别人做一件事的目的或原因,有这样几个现成的说法:Why? Why's that? What for?
例如:
A:We've decided to move to the country.
B:OH.Have you?
或
Have you really?
Why?/Why's that?/What for?
在询问的时候,如果只问Why?或Why's that?What for?会显得很很硬,所以往往先提出一个小问题,如:Have you?或Did you?
如果前面是一个否定句,询问的时候就不用Why,而用Why not?例如:
He didn't go to the concert.
Didn't he? Why not?
1.ANSWERING SUCH QUESTINS怎样回答
如果有人问你做一件事的目的或原因,你就可以用because,so that,(in order)to 等词语来回答。例如:
A:We've decided to move to the country.
B:Oh,Have you? What's that?
A:(Because)the city's too noisy and crowded.
或:So that we can have a bit more space.
或:(In order)to get some fresh air.
注意:
在回答的时候,because 一词往往省略。
to...这个说法比较随便,多用于日常会话。in order to ... 比较文,多用于较为正式的场合。
PART IV - Background Material
郊区新事
我们从对话里知道,Taylor一家之所以要搬到Woy Woy*去,是为了呼吸新鲜空气。在悉尼这样的大城市里,的确存在着空气污染的问题,这主要是工厂和汽车造成的。澳大利亚虽然订有规章制度,尽量控制工业生产排出的烟尘和汽车排出的一氧化碳城市里的烟雾还是很严重。许多人为此感到担忧,有的人宁愿搬家,搬到空气比较新鲜的郊区去。
诚然,人们搬离市区是有各种原因的,躲避污染不过是其中一个原因。有的人搬到离市区不太远的地方,这样他们每天仍然可以到市区去上班。这种每天要跑相当一段路程去上班的人叫做commuters.也有的人喜欢住在更安静的地方,他们就搬到远郊区去住,不过到城里来上班就显得太远了。
PROGRAMME 39
PART I - The Dialogues
我们从第32讲知道Norm打算退休了。在这一讲里,我们可以听到有关欢送会事的情况。
Dialogue 1
Norm 办公室的秘书Betty邀请他们的同事Bruce 参加欢送会。
BETTY:
As you know, Norm'll be retiring in a couple of weeks. We were wondering if yu'd like to come to a farewell for him on the fourteenth.
BRUCE:
Love to.But I'm not sure if I'll be free then. Can I let you know?