美國之音口語經(jīng)典教程Talking About Part-time Jobs 談論業(yè)余工作

Lesson 13Talking About Occupations

談論職業(yè)

 

Things to Know  學前必讀   

美國人認為受教育是公民的權(quán)利和義務。根據(jù)美國法律，兒童在16歲之前必須入學學習。大約50%的高中畢業(yè)生升入高等院校學習，美國每年大約100萬大學生畢業(yè)。   

許多美國中學每年都要給學生安排一次“父子餐”(Fathers and Sons' Meal)活動。這一天父親專門到學校來跟孩子一起共進早餐、午餐或晚餐，并一起拍照紀念。   

教師家長會(parents and teachers meeting)是美國教育中的一種增強學校與家長溝通的形式。

 

Conversation A : At a Parent and Teachers Meeting

MRS WEAVER: Good evening, Mr. Learner. How are you?

MARTIN: Fine, thanks. How are you?

MRS WEAVER: Fine, thanks. This is Mrs. Bane.

MRS BANE: Hello. I'm Robin's mother.

MRS WEAVER: Mr. Learner is a reporter.

MARTIN: Robin is making a picture book.

MRS WEAVER: That's right. Come see, Mrs. Bane.

HAL: Hello, Mr. Learner.

MARTIN: Hello. Call me Martin.

HAL: Martin, this is Wendy Silver. She's a teacher, too.

MARTIN: Good evening.

WENDY: Hi. I teach third grade.

HAL: Martin visited my room today.

MARTIN: Yes, I saw the geography lesson.

WENDY: You're a reporter.

MARTIN: Yes, I write stories for the Voice of America. I'm writing a story about schools.

HAL: Martin, this is Mrs. Bane.

MRS. Bane: We've met.

HAL: And this is Mr. Bane.

MARTIN: Hello.

MR BANE: Hello. You're a teacher?

MARTIN: No, I'm a reporter.

MR BANE: A reporter?

MARTIN: I'm writing a story about schools.

MR BANE: I see.

MARTIN: What do you do?

MR BANE: I'm a contractor. I build schools.

MARTIN: Wonderful.

WENDY: Martin, come meet Mrs. Steele.

MARTIN: Excuse me, Mr. Bane, Mrs. Bane.

WENDY: This is Jessica.

MARTIN: Good evening. I'm Martin Learner.

MRS STEELE: I'm happy to meet you.

MARTIN: What's that?

MRS STEELE: It's a dress from Romania. It was my grandmother's dress.WENDY: Mrs. Steele is Roberta's mother.

MARTIN: Fifth grade geography?

MRS STEELE: That's right.

MARTIN: What do you do, Mrs. Steele?

MRS STEELE: I'm a housewife. I'm raising three young children. I studied nursing.

HAL: Martin, this is Melissa's mother.

MARTIN: Hello. I'm Martin Learner.

MRS ROBERTSON: Good evening. I'm Rachel Robertson.

MARTIN: I'm happy to meet you. This is Mrs. Steele, Roberta's mother.

MRS ROBERTSON: We've met, thank you.

MARTIN: What do you do, Mrs. Robertson.

MRS ROBERTSON: I'm a farmer.

MARTIN: A farmer!?

MRS ROBERTSON: Yes, I farm five-hundred acres.

MARTIN: Wonderful! What's that?

MRS ROBERTSON: Corn. Soybeans. And wheat. I grow them.

WENDY: Mrs. Robertson is Becky's mother, too. Becky's in third grade.

MRS ROBERTSON: They are studying food.

MARTIN: I see.

PAT: Hello, I'm Pat Bryan. Who are you?

MARTIN: I'm Martin Learner. I'm a reporter.

PAT: Where are you from, Martin?

MARTIN: I'm from Baltimore. What do you do?

PAT: I'm a farmer. And I'm a mechanic, too. I farm a hundred acres. And I fix tractors.

MARTIN: What's that?

PAT: I have a boy in the third grade. It's beans.

MARTIN: Soybeans?

PAT: No. Red beans. I grow soybeans, red beans, and white beans. Last year I grew green beans and peas.

 

會話A : 在教師家長會上

韋弗夫人：晚上好，勒納先生，你好嗎?

馬    丁：很好，謝謝，你好嗎?

韋弗夫人：很好，謝謝，這是貝恩夫人。

貝恩夫人：你好，我是羅賓的母親。

韋弗夫人：勒納先生是記者" s

馬    丁：羅賓在做圖畫書。

韋弗夫人：對，過來，看一看，貝恩夫人。

哈    爾：你好，勒納先生。

馬    丁：你好，叫我馬丁吧。

哈    爾：馬丁，這是溫迪·謝爾弗，她也是老師。

馬    ?。和砩虾谩＊?/span>

溫    迪：你好，我教三年級。

哈    爾：馬丁今天來我教室了。

馬    ?。簩?，我看到了地理課。

溫    迪：你是記者。

馬    丁：是的，我為“美國之音”寫報導，我在寫一篇有關學校的報導。

哈    爾：馬丁，這是貝恩夫人。

貝恩夫人：我們見過。

哈    爾：這是貝恩先生。

馬    ?。耗愫?。

貝恩先生：你好，你是教師嗎?

馬    ?。翰皇牵沂怯浾?。

貝恩先生：記者?

馬    丁：我在寫一篇有關學校的報導。

貝恩先生：我明白了。

馬    ?。耗阕鍪裁垂ぷ?/span>?

貝恩先生：我是承包商，建學校。

馬    ?。禾昧?。

溫    迪：馬丁，來見見斯梯爾夫人。

馬    丁：對不起，貝恩先生，貝恩夫人。

溫    迪：這是杰西卡·斯梯爾。

馬    丁：晚上好，我叫馬丁·勒納。

斯梯爾夫人：幸會。

馬    丁：那是什么?

斯梯爾夫人：這是從羅馬尼亞帶來的衣服，我祖母的衣服。

溫    迪：斯梯爾夫人是羅伯塔的母親。

馬    ?。何迥昙壍乩碚n上的那個嗎?

斯梯爾夫人：對。

馬    ?。耗阕鍪裁垂ぷ?，斯梯爾夫人。

斯梯爾夫人：我是家庭主婦，有3個小孩，我學過護理。

哈    爾：馬丁，這是梅利莎的母親。

馬    丁：你好，我叫馬丁·勒納。

羅伯森夫人：晚上好，我是雷切爾·羅伯森。

馬    ?。汉芨吲d見到你，這是斯梯爾的夫人，梅利莎的母親。

羅伯森夫人：我們見過面，謝謝。

馬    丁：你做什么工作，羅伯森夫人。

羅伯森夫人：我是農(nóng)民。

馬    ?。恨r(nóng)民!

羅伯森夫人：是的，我有500英畝地。

馬    丁：太好了，那是什么?

羅伯森夫人：玉米、黃豆、還有小麥，我種這些作物。

溫    迪：羅伯森夫人還是貝奇的母親，貝奇在三年級。

羅伯森夫人：她們在學習烹調(diào)。

馬    ?。何颐靼琢恕＊?/span>

派    特：你好，我是派特·布瑞恩，你是哪位?

馬    ?。何医旭R丁勒納，我是記者。

派    特：你從哪里來?馬丁?

馬    ?。何覐陌蜖柕哪恚阕鍪裁垂ぷ?/span>?

派    特：我是農(nóng)民，還是個機械師，種100英畝地，還修理拖拉機。

馬    ?。耗鞘鞘裁?/span>?

派    特：我有個兒子在三年級，那是豆子。

馬    丁：黃豆?

派    特：不，是紅豆。我種大豆、紅豆和白豆，去年，我種了豆角和豌豆。

 

Conversation B

MRS WEAVER: This is Mr. Gary Durant.

MARTIN: Hello. How are you?

GARY: Fine, thanks.

MRS WEAVER: Mr. Durant is the assistant principal. Mr. Learner, would you like some coffee?

MARTIN: Yes, please. Excuse me, Mr. Durant.

MARTIN: Black coffee, please.

MRS WEAVER: No sugar?

MARTIN: That's right. Thank you.

MRS WEAVER: Mr. McCammon. This is Martin Learner.

MR MCCAMMON: Hello. I'm Malcolm McCammon. How are you?

MARTIN: Fine, thanks. How are you? What do you do?

MR MCCAMMON: I'm Conrad's father.

MARTIN: What grade?

MR MCCAMMON: Second grade. I'm a father and a lawyer.

MARTIN: Where are you from?

MR MCCAMMON: I'm from Lawrence, Kansas. I studied at the university there. What do you do?

MARTIN: I'm a reporter for the“Voice of America”. I’m writing a story about schools.

MRS WEAVER: This is Glen Edwards.

MARTIN: Hello. How are you?

GLEN: Fine, thanks. How are you?

MARTIN: Fine, thanks.

GLEN: Are you a father?

MR MCCAMMON: He's a reporter.

MARTIN: I'm a father, too. What's that?

GLEN: It's corn.

MR MCCAMMON: It's red!

GLEN: Yes. It's interesting.

MARTIN: Your child is in third grade?

GLEN: Yes, my son is in third grade.

MARTIN: What do you do?

GLEN: I'm a gardener. I grow red corn.

MR MCCAMMON: He's a gardener. He's a banker, too.

MARTIN: Is your son a gardener?

GLEN: Yes. He grows carrots and onions. I grow corn, tomatoes, potatoes and squash.

MARTIN: Mr. McCammon, are you a gardener?

MR MCCAMMON: Oh, no. But I'm a cook.

GLEN: Yes, he's a good cook.

MR MCCAMMON: I don't cook red corn! I cook yellow corn and white corn, but I don't cook red corn.

MRS WEAVER: Mr. Learner. Come meet Miss Frazetta. Tobi, this is Martin Learner.

TOBI: Good evening. Are you a teacher?

MARTIN: No, I'm a reporter.

TOBI: That's interesting. I'm a reporter, too.

MARTIN: I write stories for radio.

TOBI: I write for the newspaper. Are you a parent?

MARTIN: Yes, but my children are in Baltimore.

TOBI: Are you from Baltimore?

MARTIN: Yes, I live in Baltimore.

TOBI: My daughter is in fourth grade.

MARTIN: I visited fifth grade today. What's that?

TOBI: It's a rock. They're studying rocks in science.

 

會話B

韋弗夫人：這是加里·杜蘭特。

馬    丁：你好，你好嗎?