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Unit 13 Train Schedule
第十三单元 列车时刻表
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今天我们要学习两个询问火车时刻的对话和讲述一位旅客一次在车站等候火车的经历的短文；语法讲和宾格。我们平时用作句子主语的I, we, they 等就是人称代词的主格；用作动词或介词宾语的me, us, them等就是人称代词的宾格。
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对话一 火车什么时候开？
布伦达要去沈阳参加朋友聚会。她正在向火车站售票员询问有关情况。
布伦达：请问到沈阳的火车都有几点的？
售票员：每天有7：42，13：40和4：00这三趟。
布伦达：都是快车吗？
售票员：是的，都是快车。
布伦达：13：40那一趟什么时间到沈阳？
售票员：17点46分到。
布伦达：谢谢。
对话二 有直快列车吗？
海伦要乘火车去费城，她正在问询处咨询有关情况。
海伦：下一趟到费城的火车是什么时间？
职员：今天下午没有去费城的车，明天早晨和上午有。
海伦：明天的火车几点有？
职员：早晨6点有一趟，11点到。但是中途要停许多站。
海伦：有直快列车吗？
职员：有，早晨8点半有一趟，11点40到。
海伦：那我就乘8点半的这一趟吧。
短文 在火车站
王先生在售票处买了一张火车票。离开车还有一段时间，他找了一个座位坐下来。几分钟后，他听到喇叭里传来通知的声音：
“请注意，8点30去费城的火车将晚点20分钟，本列火车的运行将推迟20分钟。我们对由此产生的任何不便表示歉意。”
这正是王先生要乘的车。他看了看手表又继续等。就在他快要睡着时，突然又听到了通知声：
“8点30去费城的火车正停在第五站台。请乘客们马上上车。”
王先生高兴地站起身来向收票员走去。很快他就要到家了。
Main points of the text
Dialogue A
注意：客运时刻表是基本固定的，谈论时多用一般现在时。
1. She is now asking a ticket agent for information.
asking a ticket agent for information.
ask sb. for information / advice / help 向某人寻求信息/建议/帮助
2. Daily at 7:42, 13:40 and 14:00. 省略句。
Dialogue B
1. But there are some tomorrow morning.
some是代词，代的是some trains to Philadelphia
2. …and it arrives at 11:40 a.m.
这里的“到达”仅是arrive 而非arrive at，用at是因为后面的时刻。
3. I think I’ll take the 8:30(train).
口语中常用省略句。
Passage
这篇短文基本用的是一般现在时。
1. Mr. Wang has bought a train ticket at the booking office.
这句话用的是现在完成时。现在完成时由have/ has + v. (p.p.) 动词的过去分词构成。
buy — bought — bought (购买)
售票处 ticket agent, booking office 前者还有“售票员”的意思
问讯处 inquiry office；服务台是information desk
2. He still has some time || before the train leaves.
后半个句子是连词before引导的时间状语从句。有时候before是介词(后面如果有动词要变成动名词)。
eg. Before leaving the office, he turned off the lights (关灯 turn on the light 开灯).
Before he left the office, he turned off the lights.
3. The 8:30 train to Philadelphia will be delayed for 20 minutes.
will be delayed 一般将来时与被动结构的结合，be就是结合点。
4. The 8:30 train is running about 20 minutes late.
在这里的意思是“运行”。一词多义的现象英语里有许多。
5. We apologize for any inconvenience ( this may cause ) .”
我们对由此产生的任何不便表示歉意。”
apologize for sth. to sb. 为…而向…道歉；thank for 为而…感谢
eg. The Japanese Airways hasn’t apologized to the Chinese passengers yet.
日本航空公司尚未向这些中国乘客道歉。
6. He has almost fallen asleep, when he hears the announcement:…
就在他快要睡着时，突然又听到了通知声：
1) 这是一个由主句加时间状语从句构成的复合句，主句(He has almost fallen asleep,) 用的是现在完成时；从句(when he hears the announcement:…) 用的是一般现在时。
2) fall – fell – fallen(落下)
3) 比较以下的几个表达：
be sleepy ( adj. 困倦)
go to bed ( v. 去睡觉)
go to sleep // fall asleep ( v. 入睡)
be asleep ( adj. 睡着的)
4) when 在这里的意思是“正在此时”。
7. Passengers are requested to board the train immediately.”
请乘客们马上上车。
这句话用了被动语态，同学们不妨把be request to do sth.(被要求做某事) 当词组来记。
immediately 是副词，修饰动词board。
8. Mr Wang gets to his feet happily.
happily 是副词，修饰动词词组get to one’s feet。
Please try to explain the phrase “get to one’s feet” in English:
(请同学们用一个你学过的英文词组来解释get to one’s feet:)
More practice of the text
Complete the following the dialogue by filling in the blanks.
A: 1 . Does this train go to Bright?
B: No, 2 doesn’t. It 3 to Blight. You want the Number 5 train.
A: The 4 train? Can you 5 me where I can get it?
B: 6 . It’s on track(轨道)2.
A: Thank you 7 much.
B: 8 .
Key:
1. Excuse me. 2. It 3. goes 4. Number 5 5. tell 6. Sure. // Certainly. // Of course.
7. very 8. It’s my pleasure. // You’re welcome. // Don’t mention it. // Not at all. (或其它类似答案)
Helping you with the exercises
1 Are the following statements true (T) or false (F) according to the dialogues?
Key:
1. F a get-together 2. F the railway station 3. T 4. T
5. F We don’t know what she’s going there for. 6. F It’s a none-stop.
2 Answer the following questions according to the passage.
Key:
1. He finds a seat and sits down.
2. Through a loudspeaker.
3. At 8: 30 a.m.
4. It has a delay of 20 minutes.
5. Because the delay may cause inconvenience for the passengers.
6. No, he continues to wait.
7. He almost falls asleep.
8. At platform 5
9. 8:50a.m.
10. He returns home
3 Here is a summary of the patterns and expressions for talking about traveling on a train. Read them and try to remember them by heart.
1. When is the next train to Hangzhou? (next和to如果紧挨着则是词组，意为“紧挨着”)
2. How long will the journey take? (It takes sometime to do sth. 花…时间做某事)
a fast/express train (快车).
3. There are a lot of (许多) stops along the way.(沿路)
Is it a non-stop train (中途不停的车)?
4 At the booking office, a foreign tourist wants to buy a ticket to Beijing. Complete the following dialogue by using the expressions you’ve learned.
Key:
1. Can I help you
2. can you tell the times of the trains
3. What time does the 7:59 get to Beijing
4. It’s due to arrive // It arrives
5. it’s a non-stop
6. take it
5 Fill in the blanks with the given words, changing the form when necessary.
Key:
1. announcements, loudspeakers 2. platform 3. inquiries
4. requested 5. boards 6. non-stop
7. later 8. booking office 9. delay
10. cause 11. continues 12. immediately
6 Translate the following sentences into English with the given words.
Key:
1. Please have a look at the train schedule.
2. The ladies soon fell asleep.
3. They come up to the clerk and ask a question.
4. Readers are requested to be quiet in the library.
5. I am due/ to leave soon(很快).
6. This is an express (train) to Nanjing.
7. Mr. Chen asks the travel agency for advice.
8. Tommy apologizes to his patents for his bad manners.
7 Read the passage carefully and then decide the best answer from each group of four choices.
Key:
1. b 2. c 3. d 4. a
Grammar Focus
代词的主格和宾格
Practice your grammar
1 Put a personal pronoun in the blanks. 用人称代词填空.
Key:
1. I ... you 2. It ...her 3. them 4. It 5. Them ... they
6. it 7. He 8. They 9. We …us 10. him ... me
11. He ... him 12. He … them 13. us 14. it 15. They ... it.
2 Translate the following sentences into English.
Key:
1. She teaches us English.
2. He doesn't like her at all, but shi likes him very much.
3. They will take the train to Shenyang.
4. She told me the answer.
5. They often help us.
6. We won't go to see the film, how about you?
7. She always goes to school with them.
8. Where is the cat/kitty? I want to play with it.
9. They are not college students.
10. I work at the inquiry office of the railway station.
Merry Learning
内容详见多媒体配套光盘。
Listening In and Speaking Out
1Conversations
Listen to the conversations and choose the best answers to complete the statements.
1.They will plant trees on ____.
a. the first of June b. the 4th of June c. the 5th of July d. the 14th of June
2.The Olympics will last for ____.
a. two weeks b. three weeks c. sixteen days d. thirty days
3.Today is ____.
a. Feb.5 b. Feb.6 c. Feb.7 d. Feb.8
4.The man sends a letter home about ____.
a. once (一次) a week b. once a month c. twice (两次) a week d. twice a month
5.The man thinks the news will begin at ____.
a. 6:15 b. 6:50 c.5:45 d. 5:55
2 Passage
Listen to the short passage and choose the best answer to each question
1.When did the speaker go to lunch with George?
a. Last night. b. Last week. c. Last weekend d. Yesterday afternoon.
2.What did they have in the restaurant?
a. A simple(简单的) meal. b. A light meal. c. A quick meal. d. A big meal.
3.When did they finish their lunch?
a. Ten to four. b. Ten past four. c. Four to ten. d. Four past ten.
4.What can we learn from the passage?
a. George is hungry. b. The speaker is George’s brother.
c. George was surprised to see the speaker. d. They usually have tea at about 4:00 p.m.
3 Spot Dictation
Listen to the short passage and fill in the blanks with the missing words.
Mr. Johnson always gets ____ late. He washes and ____ quickly. Then he runs all the way to the ____ to catch the train. Mr. Johnson ____eats anything in the morning. He always ____ to his friends in the office: “It’s nice to ____ breakfast in the morning. But it is _____to lie in bed.
4 Picture Identification
Listen to the five statements and judge whether they are true (T) or false (F) according to the picture.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
