英语对话教学

　　Susan在自己的老板John Marchetta的办公室里，鼓足勇气请老板给Grandpa一个工作的机会。另她有些出人意料的是，John Marchetta先生即时就允许让Grandpa明天将来来笔试的英语对话教学背景介绍。对话内容为：

　　Marchetta: Now, how's the Stewart family?

　　Susan: Fine, thank you, Mr. Marchetta. Except for my grandfather.

　　Marchetta: What's wrong, Susan? What's wrong with him?

　　Susan: He needs to work. In fact, that is the reason why I'm here to see you. I know you're building a new factory, and I thought…maybe …my grandfather is so experienced in the construction trade, he could be so valuable.

　　Marchetta: Tel him to come and see me at ten o'clock tomorrow morning. I have an idea that may solve the problem for him and help a lot of other people.

　　Susan: Really, Mr. Marchetta? Can I tell him that?

　　Marchetta: Sure can. Ten o'clock in the morning. Here.

　　Susan: Oh, thank you!

　　【英语对话教学其中的语言点精讲】

　　1. How's the Stewart family?

　　Stewart全家人还好吗？这里动词用单数is，因为family是群体名词，表示全家人作为一个整体。

　　2. Except for my grandfather.

　　这句话是“Everyone is fine except for my grandfather.”的省略。

　　except for: 除……之外。英语对话教学指若不计被除掉的这一点，其它方面都合乎主句的断言。

　　3. What's wrong, Susan? What's wrong with him?

　　怎么了，Susan？他怎么了？

　　向对方表现关怀，询问对方遇到什么麻烦了、有什么艰难，可以有多种表白方式。如：

　　What's wrong?

　　What's the problem?

　　There is something on your mind.

　　Something's bothering you.

　　What's the matter?

　　Is anything/something wrong?

　　4. In fact, that is the reason why I'm here to see you.

　　事实上，我就是为这事来见你的。

　　the reason why … : …的起因，…的理由。也能够说the reason that或者the reason for.

　　5. My grandfather is so experienced in the construction trade, he could be so valuable.

　　so experienced in the construction trade: 在建造行业很有教训。trade除“贸易，交换”以外，还有“行业，手艺”的意思，因此有 the construction trade的说法。

　　valuable:有价值的，有用的的英语对话教学。留心以下多少个词的意思: invaluable（无价的；非常可贵的），valueless（无价值的；不值钱的），unvalued（不受重视的）， valued（重要的；宝贵的）。

　　6. Sure can.

　　当然可能。是一种非正式用法。