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PART 2：PRIMARY DIALOGUES初级对话下面的20段对话主要是围绕初到美国的中国学生的学习生活而展开的。

有初到异乡的困惑，有学习中不可避免的障碍，有对美国花花世界的猜测，也有低头思故乡的酸涩。

对话中讨论的话题，都是最基本、最实用的。

如果将这20段对话连接起来，就构成了一幅中国学生在国外的生活画面。

1．How Long Will It Take to Learn English学会英语要多长时间【背景介绍】初到美国的中国学生，往往要先过语言关，然后才可以选修其他的课程。

下面这段对话就是一个正在进修语言的中国学生的困惑。

A: How long will it take to learn English? Will I be able to take other courses next semester or will English take up all of my time?学会英语要花多长时间?我下学期可不可以选修别的课程？还是要把英语一直学下去?B: It’s hard to say. Language isn’t like other studies.很难说。

语言不同于其它的学问。

A: You mean I could finish this course and still not know English? You’ve got to be kidding!你是说我修完了这门课还是不懂英文? 你在开玩笑吧！B: I’m not kidding. Learning a language is a question of forming language habits and that takes time.绝无戏言。

这是一个养成语言习惯的问题，得花不少时间。

A: So do we have to stay in this English class forever?那我们一辈子都得留在英语班了吗?B: No. You just have to stay here long enough to get some orientation. Then you go on practicing and learning outside. A lot of learning depends on your personal motivation.那倒不必。

你要在班上待到获得一些学习的方法为止。

然后你就可以在课外练习和进修了。

学习很多时候是要靠你的个人动力。

A: So it’s really the same story. Practice, practice, practice and morepractice is the only way to learn a language.还是那句话，操练，操练，再操练是学习一门语言的唯一办法。

B: You said it.你说对了！★It’s hard to say. 很难说。

★Certainly. 当然了。

be able to 能，会* Will you be able to come with me tomorrow?明天你能跟我一起来吗?* I haven’t been able to get in touch with her.我尚未能和她取得联系。

go on 继续* Don’t keep me in suspense. Go on with the story!别吊我胃口，接着讲！* I just wanted to look for a book. You can go on with your work. 我只是来找一本书，你继续工作吧。

★You mean 你的意思是说……* You mean we can finish this course and still not know English? 你是说我们修完了这门课还是不懂英文?* You mean I don’t need to come to work tomorrow?你是说我明天不用来上班了？★It’s a question of 是……的问题* It’s a question of forming language habits and that takes time.这是一个养成语言习惯的问题，得花不少时间。

* It’s a question of attitude, not action.这是个态度问题，而无关行动。

★You stay here long enough to get some orientation. Then you go on practicing and learning outside.你在班上待到获得一些学习的方法为止。

然后你就可以在课外练习和进修了。

一般将来时：表示即将发生的动作* How long will it take to learn English?学会英语要花多长时间?* Will I be able to take other courses next semester?我下学期能选修别的课程吗?* When will you finish the term paper?你什么时候能完成学期论文？* What are you going to do during the National Day vacation?国庆节放假期间你准备做什么？* We’re going to Hawaii to spend our honeymoon next week.下个星期我们要到夏威夷去度蜜月。

2. Americans Have So Much Money美国人好有钱A: I used to think that Americans had so much money they didn’t know what to do with it.从前我老以为美国人都好有钱，却不知道该怎么花。

B: You did?你真这么想?A: Yes. But now I’ve learned differently. Now I have a more realistic opinion.是呀。

不过我已经知道不是这么回事了。

现在我的看法更实际。

B: What do you think now?那你现在怎么想?A: There are lots of jobs, and almost everybody works. There is a high standard of living. People earn a lot, but they spend a lot to live. So there isn’t so much money after all.美国有许多行业，而且几乎人人都工作。

生活水准高，个人收入多，但生活开支也大。

所以最后也没剩多少钱。

B: But I still say Americans spend a lot more money on useless things than we Chinese do.但我还是认为美国人比我们中国人爱乱花钱。

A: That’s true. But Americans work hard for their money like we do. I don’t know why our spending habits are so different.那倒是。

但是美国人和我们一样努力地工作。

我不知道为什么两国的消费习惯这么不同。

used to 过去常常* I used to go to English salon on Sundays.我以前常在周日去参加英语沙龙。

* I used to live in Beijing.我以前住在北京。

after all 毕竟；结果；虽然* I’m so sorry. I can’t come after all.对不起，结果我还是不能来。

* It’s not surprising you’ve got stomachache. After all, you’ve eaten too much.你的胃痛并不奇怪，毕竟你吃得实在太多了。

* I know he hasn’t finished the work, but after all, he’s done his best. 我知道他未完成这项工作，但毕竟他尽力了。

3.Could You Explain a Little More你能再解释一下吗A: What do you think is harder, reading or writing?你认为读和写哪个比较难?B: Well, they’re completely different. Reading is passive, and writing is active.它们是截然不同的两码事，读是被动的，写是主动的。

A: I don’t think I understand what you mean. Could you explain a little more?我不知道你说的是什么意思，能不能再给我稍微解释一下?B: In reading you need to recognize language by seeing the words on the page and knowing what they are. In writing you have to producelanguage, you have to create your own words on a blank page.阅读是认识纸上现有的语言文字，而写作是在白纸上用自己的话创造语言。

A: Oh, now I see what you mean. When you’re reading, you are just looking, but when you are writing, you are actually doing something!哦，我明白你的意思了。

读只是浏览，而写却是创造。

B: A reading knowledge of a language is larger and different from a writing knowledge. Don’t you think so?一种语言的阅读知识要比写作知识来得广泛而且大不相同。

你难道不同意吗？A: I think I see what you mean. I can read Shakespeare but I definitely can’t write it.我想我懂你的意思了。