澳大利亚广播英语讲座 第42期:烤肉野餐
日期:2013-12-03 10:46

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PROGRAMME 42

第一部分对话:烤肉野餐

旱灾终于过去了。Dick和他的妻子Jane为了庆祝一下,想举行一次烤肉野餐。他们正在商量什么时候举行,以及请哪些朋友参加。

Dialogue 1
英语情景对话1

DICK: Will Sun day week be a good time, do you think?
JANE: Mmm... probably. Most people are free on Sundays.
DICK: But what about the Rossis? They'll probably have their children home from school for the long weekend.
JANE:Well,they call come too. There will be other children for them to play with, probably.
DICK: But perhaps they'd rather stay home than travel all this way.
JANE: Yes... that's quite likely. After all, they've got a long trip back to school on Monday night.

Dialogue 2
英语情景对话2

随后Dick问Jane,要请的客人,是否都打电话联系过了。

DICK: Have you rung them all up yet, Jane?
JANE: No,I couldn't get on to Marie. She must be away.
DICK: Think she'll be back in time?
JANE: Probably not! When she goes to the city, she usually stays a fortnight.
DICK:Well,how many do you think will come?
JANE:We Should have about twenty.

第二部分:英语词汇表达

a boarding school 寄宿学校
a long weekend 周末
a weather forecast 天气预报
probable 很可能
likely 很可能(形容词)
unlikely 不大可能(形容词)
probably 很可能
ring... up 给……打电话(ring的过去式是rang,过去分词是rung)
do lessons by correspondence 通过函授进行学习
After all, they've got a long trip back to school 他们还要走很远的路,赶回学校去呢
Hope you can make it 希望你能做到(在这一讲里的意思是:希望你能来参加我们的烤肉野餐)
I couldn't get through to town 道路不通,我无法到城里去
The creek's up 小河涨水了
I couldn't get on to Marie 我和Marie联系了,但是没有联系上
Sunday week 下下星期天
on a farm 在农场
Their closest neighbours live half an hour away by car 他们的邻居,住得最近的也要开着小汽车走上半个钟头
travel long distances 走很远的路

NAMES:

Marie (female)
Smith a common surname
Rossi a surname(本来是意大利人的姓)
The Rossis
在这一讲里指的足Rossi夫妇。扯姓的后断加s有时是指全家(包括孩子),有时只指夫妇二人。
New Zealand 新西兰

第三部分:课程

SPECULATING (Ⅲ)- PROBABILITY推测(Ⅲ) —很可能发生的事情
很可能发生的事情,比我们在上一讲里 学的有可能发生的事情更为肯定。表示很可能发生的事情,可以用下列词语:
1.PROBABLY
这个副词是从形容词probable派生而来的。它在句子里可以放在各种不同的位置。如果谓语动词只有一个词,probably就放在这个动
词的前面。例如:
He PROBABLY went to town.
如果谓语动词里有助动词,或者是由动词be构成的,probably就放在助动词或be之后。例如:
I can PROBABLY come to your barbecue.
She's PROBABLY in town.
Probably 一词还可以放在句子开头,或者单独用作简短的答语。
例如:
(i) PROBABLY she'll be late.
(ii) A: Do you think she'll belate?
B: PROBABLY.
如果谓语动词是否定的,probably就放在整个谓语动词之前。例如:
It PROBABLY won t stop raining for days.
Probably 一词还可以用于石定的简短答语。例如:
A: Do you think John will come?
B: PROBABLY NOT.
2. LIKELY
这不是一个副词,而是形容词,意思和probable 一样。
A: Do you think it'll rain?
B: Yes, it's quite LIKELY.
(No, it's UNLIKELY.)
(= It's not likely)
请注意下面这个用法:
It's LIKELY TO rain
(= It will probably rain.)
They're LIKELY TO come.
(= They will probably come.)
3.SHOULD
Should可以用来表示根据当时情况估计很可能发生的事情。例如:
A: How many people do you think will come?
B: There SHOULD be about twenty.
(= There will probably be about 20)
4.MUST
Must可以用来表示根据已知的情况作出的判断。例如:
Marie isn't at home.
She MUST be away.
CONVERSATIONAL DEVICES
After all这个常用的短语在这一讲里出现了两次,用法不同。
(1)意思是虽然我原先那样说过或想过。例如:
At first I said l wouldn't be able to come to the barbecue but the situation has changed so I'll probably come after aff.
(2)意思是我们应当承认、知道或记得。例如:
DICK:Perhaps the children would rather stay at home than travel all this way to our barbecue.
JANE: That's quite likely. After all, they've got a long tip back to school on Monday night.

第四部分:背景资料

澳大利亚的内地

上一讲,我们向你介绍了澳大利亚的旱灾。在内地,农场主除了应付旱灾之外,还有路途遥远的问题。他们住的地方可能离最近的城
镇都是很远的,离最近的邻居说不定也有五十公里。因此,他们有一种孤独感。道路不好更加重了他们这种孤独感,因为内地的道路
往往是土路,一下雨就泥泞不堪。旱灾过后,很可能接着就是水灾,道路就不通了。
内地的学校往往离家很远,许多学寄宿学校。寄宿学校的膳宿费较高,但收入低的家庭可以得到政府的补助。学期结束以后,或者赶
上长周末,学生就回家度假。离城镇太远的学生也可以通过面授进行学习。澳大利亚各州的首府设有函授学校。函授学校有时把教学
内容录在录音带上,寄给学生,学生在家里完成作业,然后寄回学校批改。

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重点单词
  • forecastn. 预测,预报 v. 预测
  • rungn. 横档,脚蹬横木;地位 v. 给…打电话(ring的
  • probabilityn. 可能性,或然率,机率
  • creekn. 小湾,小溪 Creek n. 克里克族,克里克人,
  • unlikelyadj. 不太可能的