對話練習1.[00:00.00]PART2:PRIMARYDIALOGUES[00:-0.50]初級對話[00:-1.00]1.HowLongWillItTaketoLearnEnglish[00:-1.50]學會英語要多長時間[00:-2.00]A:HowlongwillittaketolearnEnglish?WillIbeabletotakeothercoursesnextsemesterorwillEnglishtakeupallofmytime?[00:-2.50]學會英語要花多長時間？我下學期可不可以選修別的課程？還是要把英語一直學下去？[00:-3.00]B:It'shardtosay.Languageisn'tlikeotherstudies.[00:-3.50]很難說。語言不同于其他的學問。[00:-4.00]A:YoumeanIcouldfinishthiscourseandstillnotknowEnglish?You'vegottobekidding![00:-4.50]你是說我修完了這門課還是不懂英文？你在開玩笑吧！2.[00:-5.00]B:I'mnotkidding.Learningalanguageisaquestionofforminglanguagehabitsandthattakestime.[00:-5.50]絕無戲言。這是一個養成語言習慣的問題，得花不少時間。[00:-6.00]A:SodowehavetostayinthisEnglishclassforever?[00:-6.50]那我們一輩子都得留在英語班了嗎？[00:-7.00]B:No.Youjusthavetostayherelongenoughtogetsomeorientation.Thenyougoonpracticingandlearningoutside.Alotoflearningdependsonyourpersonalmotivation.[00:-7.50]那倒不必。你要在班上待到獲得一些學習的方法為止。然后你就可以在外面練習和進修了。學習很多時候是要靠你的個人動力。3.[00:-8.00]A:Soit'sreallythesamestory.Practice,practice,practiceandmorepracticeistheonlywaytolearnalanguage.[00:-8.50]還是那句話，練習、練習、再練習是學習一門語言的惟一辦法。[00:-9.00]B:Yousaidit.[00:-9.50]你說對了！4.[00:10.00]2.AmericansHaveSoMuchMoney[00:10.50]美國人好有錢[00:11.00]A:IusedtothinkthatAmericanshadsomuchmoneytheydidn'tknowwhattodowithit.[00:11.50]從前我老以為美國人都錢多得不知道該怎么花。[00:12.00]B:Youdid?[00:12.50]你真這么想？[00:13.00]A:Yes.ButnowI'velearneddifferently.NowIhaveamorerealisticopinion.[00:13.50]是呀。不過我已經知道不是這么回事了。現在我的看法更實際。[00:14.00]B:Whatdoyouthinknow?[00:14.50]那你現在怎么想？5.[00:15.00]A:Therearelotsofjobs,andalmosteverybodyworks.Thereisahighstandardofliving.Peopleearnalot,buttheyspendalottolive.Sothereisn'tsomuchmoneyafterall.[00:15.50]美國有許多行業，而且幾乎人人都工作。生活水準高，個人收入多，但生活開支也大。所以最后也沒剩多少錢。[00:16.00]B:ButIstillsayAmericansspendalotmoremoneyonuselessthingsthanweChinesedo.[00:16.50]但我還是認為美國人比我們中國人愛亂花錢。[00:17.00]A:That'strue.ButAmericansworkhardfortheirmoneylikewedo.Idon'tknowwhyourspendinghabitsaresodifferent.[00:17.50]那倒是。但是美國人和我們一樣努力地工作。我不知道為什么兩國的消費習慣這么不同。6.[00:18.00]3.CouldYouExplainaLittleMore[00:18.50]你能再解釋一下嗎[00:19.00]A:Whatdoyouthinkisharder,readingorwriting?[00:19.50]你認為讀和寫哪個比較難？[00:20.00]B:Well,they'recompletelydifferent.Readingispassive,andwritingisactive.[00:20.50]它們是截然不同的兩碼事。讀是被動的，寫是主動的。[00:21.00]A:Idon'tthinkIunderstandwhatyoumean.Couldyouexplainalittlemore?[00:21.50]我不知道你說的是什么意思。能不能再給我稍微解釋一下？7.[00:22.00]B:Inreadingyouneedtorecognizelanguagebyseeingthewordsonthepageandknowingwhattheyare.Inwritingyouhavetoproducelanguage,youhavetocreateyourownwordsonablankpage.[00:22.50]閱讀是認識紙上現有的語言文字，而寫作是在白紙上用自己的話創造語言。[00:23.00]A:Oh,nowIseewhatyoumean.Whenyou'rereading,youarejustlooking,butwhenyouarewriting,youareactuallydoingsomething![00:23.50]哦，我明白你的意思了。讀只是瀏覽，而寫卻是創造。[00:24.00]B:Areadingknowledgeofalanguageislargeranddifferentfromawritingknowledge.Don'tyouthinkso?[00:24.50]一種語言的閱讀知識要比寫作知識來得廣泛而且大不相同。你難道不同意嗎？[00:25.00]A:IthinkIseewhatyoumean.IcanreadShakespearebutIdefinitelycan'twriteit.[00:25.50]我想我懂你的意思了。我可以閱讀莎士比亞的作品，但卻寫不出來。8.[00:26.00]B:Exactly.[00:26.50]對極了。[00:27.00]A:SoIhaveanotherquestionforyou.Whatdoyouthinkisharder,speakingorunderstanding?[00:27.50]我還有一個問題。你認為聽和說哪個比較難？[00:28.00]B:They'rebothharderthanreadingorwriting.[00:28.50]兩個都比讀和寫難。[00:29.00]A:Inwhatway?[00:29.50]在哪一方面？[00:30.00]B:Becausetheyaredirectcommunicationwithanotherperson,andthere'satimelimit.Thistimelimitisthemostseriousproblemforforeigners,evenforthosewhoknowlotsofEnglish.[00:30.50]因為他們直接與他人溝通，而且還有時間上的限制。時間上的限制對外國人來說是最嚴重的問題，甚至對那些懂得很多英文的人也是如此。9.[00:31.00]A:Youaremakingmefeelreallydiscouraged.[00:31.50]你弄得我好泄氣。[00:32.00]B:I'mnottryingtodiscourageyou.I'mtryingtohelpyou.Youhavetolivewiththesedifficulties.Isn'titbettertoknowaboutthem?Themoreyouknowaboutwhatyouhavetoface,thebetteryou'lldo.Ipromise![00:32.50]我不是在打擊你，而是想幫你。你總得面對這些困難，了解了這些困難不是更好嗎？你對要面對的問題了解越多，就會做得越好，我向你保證。[00:33.00]4.Don'tWorryaboutMakingMistakes[00:33.50]不要擔心犯錯誤10.[00:34.00]A:I'vealwayswondered,what'sthedifferencebetweenEnglishforChinesestudentsandEnglishfornativestudents?[00:34.50]我一直弄不明白，中國學生學英語和美國學生學英語有什么不同？[00:35.00]B:Idon'tknow.Whatdoyouthink?[00:35.50]不知道。你覺得呢？[00:36.00]A:IthinkaChinesestudentconcentratesonwrittenEnglish,andusesitasabasisforcommunicating.Fromstarttofinishhe'slearningvocabularyandfundamentalsofgrammar.Thisisaverydifficultwaytolearn.[00:36.50]我認為中國學生注重局面語言，而且以此來交流。他們從始至終都在背單詞和學語法基礎。這是一種很困難的學習方法。11.[00:37.00]B:Whatdonativesget?[00:37.50]那美國人呢？[00:38.00]A:TheygethigherlevelEnglish,whichismoreformalthaneverydayspokenEnglish.Theyalsodealwithmattersofstyleandcreativity.[00:38.50]他們注重比口語更為正規和高級的成文英語。他們也學習文體和創作。[00:39.00]B:Doyoumeanthatanativedoesn'tmakeanymistakesingrammar?[00:39.50]你說美國本土人都不會犯語法錯誤嗎？[00:40.00]A:Absolutelynot!Nativespeakersmakealotofgrammarmistakes,especiallyiftheycomefromahomewherenonstandardEnglishisspoken.[00:40.50]當然不是！他們同樣犯很多錯誤，尤其是來自一個說不標準英語的家庭的人。12.[00:41.00]B:Isupposethatonlyasmallpercentageofcollegestudentsdon'tknowstandardEnglishinAmericanuniversities.[00:41.50]我想在美國大學里只有極少數的大學生不懂得標準英語。[00:42.00]A:Actuallytherearemorenon-nativespeakersthanyouthink.That'swhyit'ssoimportanttoquitworryingaboutmakingmistakes.Justtalktoeveryoneeverychanceyouget.[00:42.50]實際上在美國的非英語母語者要比你想象的多。這就是為什么你不必擔心犯錯誤。見到人就說，不放過每一個練英語的機會。[00:43.00]5.AreYouNewinthisClass[00:43.50]你剛到這個班上嗎[00:44.00]A:Hi.Areyounewinthisclass?[00:44.50]你剛到這個班上嗎？13.[00:45.00]B:Yes,Iam.Ireallydon'tknowanyone.[00:45.50]是的。我誰也不認識。[00:46.00]A:Didyoujustarriveinthiscountry?Youlookalittlenervous.[00:46.50]你是不是剛到這個國家？你看上去有點拘束。[00:47.00]B:No.Iwasherelastsemester,butIdidn'tfindoutaboutthisclassintime.SoI'mtakingitthissemester.[00:47.50]不是。我上學期就來了，不過我沒趕上這班，所以這學期才上。[00:48.00]A:Itookthiscourselastsemestertoo.NowIamtakingitagain![00:48.50]我上學期就在學這門課。現在又在學！[00:49.00]B:Howisit?Doyoulearnanythinghere?Whyareyoutakingitagain?[00:49.50]這課怎樣？你學了什么沒有？你為什么再學一遍呀？14.[00:50.00]A:Wow,youhavealotofquestions!Ilearnedalot.Infact,that'swhyIamtakingitagain.Igetlotsofpracticeinspeaking,andalsoinwriting.I'msureyou'llbegladyoutookthiscourse.I'llevenhelpyoustudyifyou'dlike.[00:50.50]哇，你的問題真多！我學到了很多東西。實際上，這也是為什么我又學一遍的原因。在這門課上，我有很多練習佳話和寫作的機會。我相信你也會喜歡這門課的。如果你愿意的話，我還可以幫你。[00:51.00]B:That'sjustwhatIneed.Thankssomuch.You'vebeenabighelpalready.[00:51.50]這正是我所要的。非常感謝。你已經幫了我個大忙了。[00:52.00]6.TellMeaboutthisCampus[00:52.50]告訴我一些這個學校的事15.[00:53.00]A:Excuseme,Iwouldliketoknowsomethingaboutthiscampus.Rightnowitseemsverybigandconfusing.IhavenoideawhereIamgoingorwhatIamdoing.[00:53.50]對不起，打擾一下，我想了解一些關于這個學校的事。現在我覺得它太大了，把人搞糊涂了。我連去哪和做什么都搞不清。[00:54.00]B:Doyouhaveamapofthecampus?[00:54.50]你有沒有校區地圖？[00:55.00]A:Yes,Ihave,butitdoesn'thelpmeverymuch.I'mnotverygoodatreadingmaps.[00:55.50]有，不過也沒多大用處。我不怎么會看地圖。[00:56.00]B:Doyouknowwhereyourclassesare?[00:56.50]你知不知道你的教室在哪里？16.[00:57.00]A:Moreorless.Igotothreedifferentbuildings,andalwaysgettherelate.Ifeelsohopeless.Idon'tknowwhyIamlateallthetime,nooneelseseemstobe.[00:57.50]多少知道一點。我要到三棟不同的大樓上課，老是遲到，真是沒希望。我也不知道為什么總是遲到，別人怎么就不遲到。[00:58.00]B:That'sbecauseyoudon'tknowtheshortcuts.You'lllearnthemafterawhile.Icanshowyoutheropes.[00:58.50]那是因為你不會抄小路。不久以后你就會知道了。我可以告訴你這竅門。[00:59.00]7.I'mAfraidtoSpeakEnglish[00:59.50]我怕說英語[-1:00.00]A:CanIaskyouaquestion?[-1:-0.50]我能問你個問題嗎？[-1:-1.00]B:Sure,goahead.[-1:-1.50]當然了，問吧。17.[-1:-2.00]A:HowdoyougetalongwiththeAmericanstudentsinyourclasses?[-1:-2.50]你跟班上的美國同學相處得怎樣？[-1:-3.00]B:Idon'thavemuchcontactwiththem.[-1:-3.50]沒什么來往。[-1:-4.00]A:Really?Whynot?Don'tyougoupandtalktothem?[-1:-4.50]真的？為什么？你不跟他們攀談嗎？[-1:-5.00]B:No,Idon't.I'mtooafraidofmakingmistakesinEnglish.Idon'twanttobelaughedat.[-1:-5.50]不，我怕說錯，怕別人笑話我。[-1:-6.00]A:Youwon'tgetanywherethatway.You'retheonewhoneedstopracticeEnglish,soyoushouldmakethefirstmove.Besides,mostAmericanstudentsarereallyfriendlyandoutgoing.Theywillbegladtotalktoyou.[-1:-6.50]你這樣子不行。是你需要練習英語，所以你要主動地找別人講話。再說，大多數美國同學都很友好而且很外向，他們會很樂意跟你說英語的。18.[-1:-7.00]B:Thanksfortheadvice.Iguessyou'reright.It'sjusthardtoovercomemyshyness.Ireallywilltryfromnowon.Ipromise.[-1:-7.50]謝謝你的建議。我想你說得對。我就是克服不了膽怯。從現在起我一定要試著開口，我保證。[-1:-8.00]8.WhatDoesthePaperSay[-1:-8.5