来自世界不同地方的六位学生在美国相遇。他们都是交换学生,到美国大学就读一个学期,学习英语,了解美国文化,同时修专业课程。英语“日常会话” (Everyday Conversations)系列围绕这六位学生在美国的经历展开。这套材料适于中级或中级以上英语水平的学生使用。
在这段会话中,刚到校的新生亚娜(Jana)、露西娅(Lucia)和阿金伊(Akinyi)相互帮助寻找校园中的一个地点。
Jana: Excuse me. Do you know how to get to the Campus Center?
Lucía: Yes, I do. Go straight on this path. At the big brick building, take a left. Walk on that path for about a minute. The Campus Center is on the right. It’s a big white building.
Jana: Great! Thank you so much. Do you also know where the Burton Conference Hall is? It’s located somewhere inside the Campus Center.
Lucía: I’m not exactly sure. But my roommate and I are heading there now. Do you want to come with us?
Jana: That would be great!
Lucía:By the way, I’m Lucía, and this is my roommate Akinyi. We’re exchange students for the fall semester.
Jana: I am too! My name is Jana. It’s nice to meet you both.
Lucía and Akinyi: It’s nice to meet you too.
让我们来学习一些词语(也可选择阅读英文解释):
问路的方法之一是:“Do you know how to get to _____?”[你知道怎样去_____吗?] 例如:“Do you know how to get to Main Street?” (你知道怎么去主街吗?) “Do you know how to get to the post office?”(你知道怎么去邮局吗?)
在指路的时候, go straight的意思是直走,不要转弯。
Take a left的意思是向左转。
在指路的时候也会用到On the right[在右边]。 它用来告诉问路人其要找的地方的位置,例如是在马路的右边。
Not exactly sure: 不十分确定,不完全有把握。
To head somewhere的意思是前往某个地方。
短语by the way用于说话中要临时插入或者改变话题的时候,意思是“顺便提一下”。例如:“I went to the movies last night and saw the movie you recommended. By the way, I saw your sister there.” (我昨天晚上去看了你推荐的那部电影。顺便说一句,我在那儿看见你妹妹了。)
交换生是来自其他国家的外国学生类型之一。
如果你想进一步学习英语,请浏览“英语学习”专题网页。
“日常会话”由美国国务院教育与文化事务局英语语言项目处(Office of English Language Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs)资深项目官员海蒂·豪兰(Heidi Howland)编写。