简单的英语口语对话

A: You know, Ralph, since I started speaking English all the time my pronunciation's getting better and even the grammar's beginning to make some sense. But I don't think I'll ever be able to spell.

B: You're not alone there. I have trouble with spelling too. When I was in grade school, I learned which words were the most frequently misspelled, but I never did learn how to spell them.

A: Since it's so difficult, why is it so important to learn how to spell properly?

B: Because if you spell satisfactorily, you're considered educated. If you don't, you're not.

A：拉尔夫，你知道，自从我开始所有时间都讲英语以来，我的发音有了进步，而且语法也开始理顺了。不过我不认为我能把字拼出来。

B：不是你一个人如此。我在拼音方面也有困难。当我上小学的时候，我知道哪些词是经常拼错的，但我没有学会如何拼这些词。

A：既然这么难，为什么学会准确拼音又如此重要呢?

B：因为如果你能准确无误地拼音，人家就会把你看作受到教育的人。否则，在别人眼里你是个缺乏教育的人。

A: Hi, Mary, how are you doing?

B: Fine. What happended to you yesterday? I didn't see you in class.

A: Oh, I overslept as usual. What went on anyway?

B: We heard about two-word verbs.

A: What's a two-word verb?

B: Things like drop in, go over, get out, fill up. Listen to these two sentences: citation will run in the third race tomorrow; Mr.Lee will run in to see you tomorrow. Can you tell which run in is the two-word verb?

A：喂，玛丽，你好吗?

B：很好。昨天你出了什么事?我在课堂上没有见到你。

A：啊，像往常一样睡过头了，难道有什么事?

B：我们学了一些成语动词。

A：什么成语动词?

B：像drop in, go over, get out, fill up这些词。听听下面这两句话：Citation will run in the third race tomorrow; Mr.Lee will run in to see you tomorrow. 这两句中都有run in，你能说出哪一个是成语动词吗?

A: I hadn't finished telling you about two-word verbs, Bob.

B: Do I have to hear more? I'm not sure I can follow it.

A: Sure you can. This part is the most interesting.

B: Okay. Go ahead.

A: Well, here are sentences with two-word verbs with objects:

I can't get over

I can't get it over

I can't get over it

I can't get him over it

They all mean different things

B: Can you explain how they're different?

A: Each part or both parts of the two-word verb can have an object. The verb may have different meanings with different objects, or different arrangements of object. Is that clear? You look confused.

B: I'm not confused, I was just thinking.

A：鲍勃，关于成语动词，我还没有对你讲完。

B：我还需要听你讲吗?我不知道是否能理解。

A：你当然能理解。这一部分是最有意思的。

B：好，说吧。

A：嗯，下列这些句子里的成语动词有宾语：

I can't get over

I can't get it over

I can't get over it

I can't get him over it

这些句子的意思都不相同。

B：你能否解释一下怎么不同?

A：成语动词的每个部分或两个部分可以有一个宾语。动词加上不同的宾语或宾语的不同组合，就可以有不同的含意。清楚了吗?你好像弄糊涂了。

B：我没有糊涂。我只是在思考。

A: I don't understand why we have to memorize conversations. We need more vocabulary, not pronunciation.

B: Don't you think memorizing conversations is a part of learning vocabulary? Every time we memorize a conversation, we're memorizing a whole series of contexts. Each context tells us one way a word can be used, I know from my own language that I can't always use words by simply looking them up in a dictionary and then putting them into sentences. Some words have many meanings. We have to know which meanings go where.

A：我弄不懂为什么我们一定要记住会话。我们需要的是词汇，而不是发音。

B：你不认为记住会话是学习词汇的一个组成部分吗?每当我们记住一句会话，我们就记住了全部的上下文。而这上下文可以供我们了解一个单词的一种用法。我从自己的语言中意识到，光靠查词典然后把这些词汇拼成句子，并不意味着会正确使用这些词。有些意识有很多解释。我们必须弄清楚在哪种情况下适用哪一种解释。