Conversation B : In the Classroom
    HAL: Here we are. Come in.
    MARTIN: Hi. I'm Martin Learner.
    ROBERTA: Hi.
    MARTIN: Who are you?
    ROBERTA: Roberta. What's that?
    MARTIN: It's a tape recorder. Listen.
    MARTIN: Tell me your name.
    ROBERTA: Roberta Miller.
    MARTIN: Where do you live?
    ROBERTA: I live at 34 Harrison Street.
    MARTIN: What's that, Roberta?
    ROBERTA: It's a map. We're studying geography. It's a map of Europe.MARTIN: Thank you. Let's listen to that.
    ROBERTA: Roberta Miller.
    MARTIN: Where do you live?
    ROBERTA: I live at 34 Harrison Street.
    MARTIN: What's that, Roberta?
    ROBERTA: It's a map. We're studying geography. It's a map of Europe.MARTIN: Hello. Who are you?
    JANE: I'm Jane. Who are you?
    MARTIN: I'm Martin. I'm a reporter.
    HAL: Mr. Learner reports the news on the radio.
    MARTIN: I report the news on the Voice of America. What's that, Jane?JANE: It's Europe.
    MARTIN: What country is that?
    JANE: It's……It's Poland?
    HAL: That's right. What's that?
    JANE: It's Hungary.
    HAL: Good. Can you spell Hungary?
    JANE: H-u-n-g-a-r-y.
    MARTIN: Thank you, Jane.
    HAL: Martin, come see these students.
    MARTIN: Hello.
    BOY: Hi.
    GIRL: Hi.
    MARTIN: May I record you?
    BOY: Sure.
    GIRL: OK.
    BOY: What's that?
    MARTIN: It's a tape recorder.
    BOY: It's very big!
    MARTIN: I'm a reporter. I report news on the radio. I need a good tape recorder.
    BOY: Oh.
    MARTIN: What's that you're studying?
    GIRL: It's a globe.
    MARTIN: What's a globe?
    GIRL: It's a map. It's a map shaped like the world.
    MARTIN: What are you studying?
    BOY: Geography.
    GIRL: We're studying Europe.
    MARTIN: I see. Show me Europe.
    BOY: Here.
    MARTIN: Please show me Germany.
    GIRL: Here.
    MARTIN: Please show me Italy.
    BOY: Here.
    MARTIN: Please show me Denmark.
    BOY: Is it here?
    MARTIN: Yes. Show me Russia.
    GIRL: It's an old globe. It's here, I think.
    BOY: It's here, I think.
    MARTIN: Look here. It's right here.
    HAL: Mr. Learner, come here please. This is Robin and Melissa.
    MARTIN: Show me your book, please. Who is that?
    ROBIN: He's a driver.
    MELISSA: He drives a truck in Germany.
    MARTIN: Who is that?
    MELISSA: She's a teacher.
    ROBIN: She teaches school in Greece.
    MARTIN: Who is that?
    ROBIN: She's a writer.
    MELISSA: She writes stories.
    MARTIN: What's that?
    MELISSA: It's a school in Poland.
    MARTIN: What's that?
    ROBIN: It's a factory in Hungary.
    MARTIN: Thank you. I like your book.
    Practice 2：當(dāng)我們想知道某物的名稱時(shí)我們問(wèn)：
    What's that（this）? 那（這）是什么?
    回答是 It's a……
    Examples: BOY: What's that?
    MARTIN: It's a road.
    會(huì)話B : 在教室
    哈 爾：我們到了，請(qǐng)進(jìn)。
    馬 丁：你好，我叫馬丁·勒納。
    羅伯塔：你好。
    馬 ?。耗憬惺裁疵?
    羅伯塔：羅伯塔。那是什么?
    馬 ?。耗鞘卿浺魴C(jī)，聽(tīng)。
    馬 ?。赫f(shuō)出你的名字。
    羅伯塔：羅伯塔·米勒。
    馬 ?。耗阕≡谀?
    羅伯塔：我住在哈里森街34號(hào)。
    馬 ?。耗鞘鞘裁矗_伯塔。
    羅伯塔：那是張地圖，我們?cè)趯W(xué)地理，這是歐洲地圖。
    馬 丁：謝謝。我們聽(tīng)聽(tīng)這段。
    羅伯塔：羅伯塔·米勒。
    馬 ?。耗阕≡谀?
    羅伯塔：我住哈里森街34號(hào)。
    馬 ?。耗鞘鞘裁矗_伯塔?
    羅伯塔：那是張地圖，我們?cè)趯W(xué)地理，這是歐洲地圖。
    馬 ?。耗愫茫憬惺裁?
    簡(jiǎn) ：我叫簡(jiǎn)，你叫什么?
    馬 ?。何医旭R丁。我是記者。
    哈 爾：勒納先生在電臺(tái)報(bào)導(dǎo)新聞。
    馬 ?。何以凇懊绹?guó)之音”節(jié)目中報(bào)導(dǎo)新聞，簡(jiǎn)，那是什么?
    簡(jiǎn) ：那是歐洲。
    馬 ?。耗鞘悄膫€(gè)國(guó)家?
    簡(jiǎn) ：那是，那是波蘭。
    哈 爾：對(duì)，那是哪個(gè)國(guó)家?
    簡(jiǎn) ：是匈牙利。
    哈 爾：好，你能拼寫一下匈牙利嗎?
    簡(jiǎn) ：匈-牙-利。
    馬 丁：謝謝，簡(jiǎn)。
    哈 爾：馬丁，過(guò)來(lái)看這些學(xué)生。
    馬 ?。耗愫?
    男 孩：你好!
    女 孩：你好!
    馬 ?。何铱梢越o你們錄音嗎?
    男 孩：當(dāng)然可以。
    女 孩：好。
    男 孩：那是什么?
    馬 丁：那是錄音機(jī)。
    男 孩：很大啊!
    馬 ?。何沂怯浾?，在電臺(tái)報(bào)導(dǎo)新聞，需要一臺(tái)好的錄音機(jī)。
    男 孩：哦!
    馬 ?。耗阍谘芯渴裁?
    女 孩：這是個(gè)地球儀。
    馬 ?。菏裁词堑厍騼x?
    女 孩：它是張地圖，是一張地球形狀的地圖。
    馬 ?。耗阍趯W(xué)習(xí)什么?
    男 孩：學(xué)地理。
    女 孩：我們?cè)趯W(xué)習(xí)歐洲。
    馬 丁：我明白了，請(qǐng)給我指出歐洲。
    男 孩：在這兒。
    馬 ?。赫?qǐng)指出德國(guó)。
    女 孩：在這兒。
    馬 ?。赫?qǐng)指出意大利。
    男 孩：在這兒。
    馬 ?。赫?qǐng)指出丹麥。
    女 孩：是這兒?jiǎn)?
    男 孩：是的，請(qǐng)指出俄國(guó)。
    女 孩：我的是個(gè)舊的地球儀，我想俄國(guó)在這兒。
    男 孩：我想在這兒。
    馬 ?。嚎催@兒，就在這兒。
    哈 爾：勒納先生，請(qǐng)過(guò)來(lái)，這是羅賓和梅利莎。
    馬 ?。赫?qǐng)讓我看一看你的畫冊(cè)，那是誰(shuí)?
    羅 賓：他是司機(jī)。
    梅利莎：他在德國(guó)開(kāi)卡車。
    馬 ?。耗鞘钦l(shuí)?
    梅利莎：她是老師。
    羅 賓：她在希臘教書(shū)。
    馬 ?。耗鞘钦l(shuí)?
    羅 賓：她是個(gè)作家。
    梅利莎：她寫小說(shuō)。
    馬 丁：那是什么?
    梅利莎：波蘭的一所學(xué)校。
    馬 丁：那是什么?
    羅 賓：匈牙利一家工廠。
    馬 丁：謝謝。我喜歡你的書(shū)。
    New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ)　　
    unfamiliar adj. 陌生的
    elementary adj. 基礎(chǔ)的
    principa n. 校長(zhǎng)
    secretary n. 秘書(shū)
    cafeteria n. 自助餐廳
    geography n. 地理
    picture book n. 畫冊(cè)
    truck n.卡車
    Proper Nouns 專有名詞
    Europe 歐洲
    Hungary 匈牙利
    Germany 德國(guó)
    Italy 意大利
    Denmark 丹麥
    Russia 俄羅斯
    Greece 希臘　　
    Language Points 語(yǔ)言要點(diǎn)
    1. Are you a teacher? 你是老師嗎?
    這是一個(gè)一般疑問(wèn)句，它的結(jié)構(gòu)是“be+主語(yǔ)+表詞”，即，將陳述句中系動(dòng)詞放在句首，例如：
    Is he a reporter? 他是記者嗎?
    Is she a designer? 她是設(shè)計(jì)師嗎?
    2. I report news on the Voice of America. 我在“美國(guó)之音”報(bào)導(dǎo)新聞。
    on 是表示“通過(guò)……”的意思。　　
    Cultural Notes 文化注釋
    美國(guó)的學(xué)校主要有兩種：一種是公立學(xué)校（public school），是由政府興辦的。另一種是私立學(xué)校（private school），是由私人或社會(huì)團(tuán)體（包括基督教會(huì)、*教會(huì)，或其他一些宗教團(tuán)體）興辦的。目前有4，300萬(wàn)中小學(xué)生在公立學(xué)校就讀，約有600萬(wàn)學(xué)生在私立學(xué)校就讀。每年有1，200萬(wàn)人進(jìn)入大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)。