澳大利亚广播英语讲座 第37期:起早
日期:2013-11-28 10:30

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PROGRAMME 37

第一部分对对话:起早

有一对年轻夫妇,男的叫Chris,女的叫Kerry。这一天早上,他们需要提前起床。(闹钟响了)

Dialogue 1
英语情景对话1

KERRY:(打哈欠) Ohhh!!! Turn it off! Turn it off! It's far too early to get up!
CHRIS:(嘟嚷)I know…but I have to get up.
KERRY: What! This early?!
CHRIS: Yes.Don't you remember? I have to get up early today. I have to be at work by seven thirty.

Dialogue 2
英语情景对话2

他们临走以前,还得把门锁好。

CHRIS: Kerry! Hurry up! What are you doing?
KERRY: I'm trying to lock the door…
CHRIS: Come on!
KERRY: I have to lock it, don't I?
CHRIS: No! Leave it! I've got to go!
(汽车发动起来,急速驶去。)
KERRY: Wait for me!
(汽车没走多远,停了下来。)
CHRIS: Come on…hurry up…

Dialogue 3
英语情景对话3

Chris是工厂里的安全员。他提前来到工厂是为了接待政府派来的检查员(government inspector)。检查员对Chris说工人必须遵守安全制度。

INSPECTOR: A lot of the men didn't have their ear muffs on!
CHRIS: Yes, it's a problem…They know they have to wear them. They know it's a safety regulation.
INSPECTOR: But they won't wear them... Is that the problem?
CHRIS: That’s right...They just won't wear them.
INSPECTOR: Well, you've got to educate them...Tell them about safety!
此外,广播里还有几段对话。Chris和Kerry要到乡下去度周末,临走以前,他们有一段对话。他们到了乡下以后,在一家饭馆里吃饭的时候,忽然想起有一件事忘了做,一件什么事呢?请你仔细听。

第二部分:英语词汇表达

ear muffs 耳罩
a regulation 规章,制度
safety 安全
check 检查
educate 教育
lock 锁
lock the door 锁门
lock the windows 把窗户上的插销插好
wear 穿
Come on! 快来呀!
have another look 再看一遍
have their ear muffs on 戴耳罩
Hurry up! 快点儿!
I've got a terrible feeling 我有一种可怕的感觉
I've got to go 我得走了
Leave it! 就那样吧!
Oh no! 哎哟,是吗?(相当于Oh,don't tell me that! 表示不希望听到对方刚才说的话。)
That's the trouble 问题就在这里
There was something else they had to do 他们当时还有一件事需要做
What do you mean he's still there? 你说他还在那儿,是什么意思?
What! This early?! 什么!这么早(就起床)?!

第三部分:课程

HOW TO TALK ABOUT THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO怎样表示不得不做某件事
表示不得不做某件事,通常有三种说法:
一个是have to;另一个是have got to,这个说法比第一个说法更为口语化;还有一个是must,这个说法比较正式,不如前两个说法来得自然,而且还有其他含义。
1.HAVE TO现在时:
I have to help my brother.
He has to do an exam,
在疑问句(表示“有必要……吗?”)和否定句(表示“没有必要……”)中,助动词用do。例如:
Do I have to wear a tie?
Does Kerry have to get up early?
I don't have to go to that meeting, do I?
将来时:
You'll have to be more careful (in future).
过去时:
I had to go to the bank yesterday.
注意:
在这个短语中,to里面的t是个清辅音。在说得快的时候,前面那个词里的浊辅音往往也变为清辅音。
Have to,has to, had to往往读作:
have to…
has to…
had to…
to用于动词前面不重读,但若用于句尾,则要重读。
I have to go.
Why are you doing that?
Because I have to
2.HAVE GOT TO
I've got to go.
My wife's got to see the dentist.
Have you got to clean the house?
- Yes,I have.
注意:
这个说法只用于现在时。表示过去要用had to。表示将来,可以用will have to.也可以用have got to。
Have got to比较口语化。在肯定句里,have往往简化为've,'has往往简化为's。(说得快的时候,'ve可能就听不出来了,got to里面的两个t音也要合在一起。)
3.MUST
You must be here by 9.00 a.m.
I must fly.
注意:
Must这个词,既可以表示现在,也可以表示将来。在这一点上,它与have got to是一样的。
Must比have to更为正式,在日常会话里用得较少。
在口常会话里使用must时,语气往往是比较强的。在上两第一个例子里,must…词可以霞读。
Must 一词还用于若干固定短语,例如,I must-fly, I must be going,I must be off,意思都是:我该走了。
Must没有过去式。表示过去,要用had to。

第四部分:背景资料

工厂里的安全制度

澳大利亚的工厂里都订有安全制度,以防发生事故。机器上装有安全罩。工人呢,根据各工厂的不同情况,有的要戴耳罩以保护听力,有的要戴风镜以保护眼睛,有的要戴安全帽以保护头部。
为了提醒工人遵守安全制度,有的工厂还贴了宣传画,暗看下面这两张。

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重点单词
  • regulationn. 规则,规章,管理 adj. 规定的,官方的
  • checkn. 检查,支票,账单,制止,阻止物,检验标准,方格图案
  • dentistn. 牙科医生