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第 13 课:Talking About Occupations 谈论职业 - 4

Conversation : At a Parent and Teachers Meeting

MARTIN: A farmer!? 农民!

MRS ROBERTSON: Yes, I farm five-hundred acres.是的,我有500英亩地。

MARTIN: Wonderful! What's that?太好了,那是什么?

MRS ROBERTSON: Corn. Soybeans. And wheat. I grow them.玉米、黄豆、还有小麦,我种这些作物。

WENDY: Mrs. Robertson is Becky's mother, too. Becky's in third grade.罗伯森夫人还是贝奇的母亲,贝奇在三年级。

MRS ROBERTSON: They are studying food.她们在学习烹调。

MARTIN: I see.我明白了。

PAT: Hello, I'm Pat Bryan. Who are you?你好,我是派特·布瑞恩,你是哪位?

MARTIN: I'm Martin Learner. I'm a reporter.我叫马丁勒纳,我是记者。

PAT: Where are you from, Martin?你从哪里来?马丁?

MARTIN: I'm from Baltimore. What do you do?我从巴尔的摩来,你做什么工作?

PAT: I'm a farmer. And I'm a mechanic, too. I farm a hundred acres. And I fix tractors.我是农民,还是个机械师,种100英亩地,还修理拖拉机。

MARTIN: What's that?那是什么?

PAT: I have a boy in the third grade. It's beans.我有个儿子在三年级,那是豆子。

MARTIN: Soybeans?黄豆?

PAT: No. Red beans. I grow soybeans, red beans, and white beans. Last year I grew green beans and peas.不,是红豆。我种大豆、红豆和白豆,去年,我种了豆角和豌豆。