Alice Jones is a secretary.

She works in a big office in Taipei.

She usually works eight hours a day, five days a week.

She never works at night.

She sometime works on Saturday, but she never works on Sunday.

Alice lives near Taipei.

She has a car and a bicycle.

She sometimes drives her car to work and sometime goes by bus.

But she usually goes to work by train.

The train is very fast.

She is never late for work.

She never rides her bicycle to work.

Bicycles are too slow.

Betty Watt is a secretary, too.

She works with Alice.

They have a new computer in their office.

“Alice, do you often use this new computer?”

“No, I don’t. I usually use a typewriter.”

“Can you type fast?”

“Yes, I do. But typewriter is slow.”

“I usually use the typewriter, too.

But I sometimes use the computer.”

“I sometimes use the computer, too.

Now I go to a computer class in the evening.”

“How do you go to class?”

“I always go by bus.”

“Do you ever go by taxi?”

“No, I never go by taxi.’’

“Can I go to your computer class,too?”

“Yes, you can. You can start class this evening.

We can go to together.”

译文：

琼斯爱丽丝是一位秘书，她在台北的一家大公司里工作。

她通常一星期工作五天，每天工作八小时。

她从不在晚上工作，有时在星期六工作，但她从来不在星期日工作。

爱丽丝住在台北附近，她有一辆小汽车和一辆自行车。

她有时开车去上班，有时搭公交车(去上班)，但是她通常坐火车去上班，火车很快，她上班从不迟到。她从不骑自行车去上班，自行车太慢了。

瓦特贝蒂也是一位秘书，她和爱丽丝在一起工作。她们的办公室里有一部新电脑.

“爱丽丝，你经常使用这部新电脑吗？”

“不，我不用，我通常使用打字机。”

“你打字很快吗？”

“是的，我打得很快。但是打字机很慢。”

“我通常也使用打字机，但有时使用电脑。”

“我有时也使用电脑，现在我晚上去上一堂电脑课。”

“你怎么去上课呢？”

“我总是坐公交车去。”

“你曾经坐出租车去吗？”

“不，我从不坐出租车去。”

“我也可以去上你们的电脑课吗？”

“是的，可以，你今晚可以开始上课.我们可以一起去。”