Conversation A : On a Farm
    LISA: Let's sit here, Mr Learner.
    MARTIN: Please call me Martin. May I ask some questions?
    LISA: Of course.
    MARTIN: May I record your answers?
    LISA: Yes.
    MARTIN: Do you have a family?
    LISA: Yes, I have a husband.
    MARTIN: What is your husband's name?
    LISA: Eric.
    MARTIN: Eric. That's right. We've met. Do you have children?
    LISA: Yes. We have two children.
    MARTIN: Are they boys or girls?
    LISA: We have one boy and one girl.
    MARTIN: Wonderful. You have a son and a daughter. Are your mother and father living?
    LISA: Yes, they are.
    MARTIN: Do they live here?
    LISA: No, they don't. They live in town.
    MARTIN: Do you have a large farm?
    LISA: Oh, yes. It's a very large farm. The farm was my father's farm.MARTIN: And you have a very large house.
    LISA: It's a wonderful house. The house is old. Here's Eric.
    ERIC: Hello, Martin?
    MARTIN: That's right.
    ERIC: How are you?
    MARTIN: Fine, thanks. How are you?
    ERIC: Fine, thanks.
    LISA: We're talking about families.
    ERIC: I have a large family.
    MARTIN: Are your parent's living?
    ERIC: My mother is living. My father isn't living.
    MARTIN: Where does your mother live?
    ERIC: She lives in California.
    MARTIN: Do you have brothers and sisters?
    ERIC: I have three brothers and two sisters.
    MARTIN: Where do they live?
    ERIC: Two brothers live in town. One lives on a farm.
    MARTIN: What do they do? One is a farmer?
    ERIC: That's right. Two brothers have businesses in town.
    MARTIN: Lisa, do you have brothers and sisters?
    LISA: I have a sister.
    MARTIN: Where does she live?
    LISA: She lives in Texas.
    MARTIN: Is she married?
    LISA: No, she isn't.
    MARTIN: What does she do?
    LISA: She's in the army.
    MARTIN: Are your sisters married, Eric?
    ERIC: One sister lives in Montana. She's married to a rancher. One lives in California. My mother lives with this sister.
    MARTIN: What does this sister do?
    ERIC: She has a business.
    LISA: She's a photographer.
    MARTIN: That's interesting.
    Practice 1：詢問對方是否有某物或人，諸如家庭、孩子、父母等，用：
    “Do you have……?”回答：Yes, I do. 或 No, I don't.
    Examples: MARTIN: Do you have a family?
    LISA: Yes, I do.
    MARTIN: Do you have children?
    LISA: Yes, we do.
    MARTIN: Do you have brothers and sisters?
    ERIC: Yes, I do.
    MARTIN: Are your parents living?
    LISA: Yes, they are.　　
    會話A : 在農(nóng)場
    麗 莎：讓我們坐這里吧，勒納先生。
    馬 ?。航形荫R丁好了。我能問你幾個問題嗎?
    麗 莎：當(dāng)然可以。
    馬 ?。何铱梢园涯愕幕卮痄浵聛韱?
    麗 莎：可以的。
    馬 ?。耗愠杉伊藛?
    麗 莎：是的，我有丈夫。
    馬 ?。耗阏煞蚪惺裁疵?
    麗 莎：埃里克。
    馬 ?。喊＠锟?。對了，我們見過。你有孩子嗎?
    麗 莎：是的。我們有兩個孩子。
    馬 ?。耗泻⑦€是女孩?
    麗 莎：一男一女。
    馬 ?。禾昧恕Ｄ阌幸粋€兒子和一個女兒。你的父母還健在嗎?
    麗 莎：是的。
    馬 丁：他們住在這兒嗎?
    麗 莎：不，他們住在城里。
    馬 丁：你有一個大農(nóng)場嗎?
    麗 莎：噢，是的，那是個很大的農(nóng)場，曾經(jīng)是我父親的。
    馬 ?。耗氵€有一所大房子。
    麗 莎：是一個很棒的房子。這個房子很古老。埃里克來了。
    埃里克：你好，馬丁?
    馬 ?。翰诲e。
    埃里克：你怎么樣?
    馬 ?。汉芎?，謝謝。你怎么樣?
    埃里克：很好，謝謝。
    麗 莎：我們正在談?wù)摷彝ァ＊?BR>    埃里克：我有一個大家庭。
    馬 ?。耗愀改高€健在嗎?
    埃里克：我母親還健在，父親不在了。
    馬 ?。耗愕哪赣H住在哪兒?
    埃里克：她住在加利弗福尼亞。
    馬 丁：你有兄弟姐妹嗎?
    埃里克：我有三個兄弟和兩個姐妹。
    馬 ?。核麄冏≡谀膬?
    埃里克：兩兄弟住城里，一個在農(nóng)場。
    馬 ?。核麄冏鍪裁垂ぷ?有一個是農(nóng)民嗎?
    埃里克：是的，另兩個兄弟在城里做生意。
    馬 ?。蝴惿阌行值芙忝脝?
    麗 莎：我有個姐姐。
    馬 丁：她住哪兒?
    麗 莎：她住在德克薩斯。
    馬 ?。核Y(jié)婚了?
    麗 莎：沒有。
    馬 丁：她做什么工作的?
    麗 莎：她在軍隊工作。
    馬 ?。喊＠锟?，你的姐妹們結(jié)婚了嗎?
    埃里克：一個住在蒙大拿州，她嫁給了一個農(nóng)場主。一個住在加利福尼亞，我母
    親同她住在一起。
    馬 ?。哼@個姐姐做什么工作?
    埃里克：她經(jīng)商。
    麗 莎：她是個攝影家。
    馬 ?。汉苡幸馑肌＊?BR>