表示事件的确切时间
Conversation A : At Home in the Evening
EILEEN: Did you finish your work?
MARTIN: Yes, I did. Where are the children?
EILEEN: Sue is reading. Alan is dressing.
MARTIN: Dressing?
EILEEN: For the party. He's going to a party tonight.
MARTIN: Oh, yes. That's right. When is the party?
EILEEN: The party begins at ten o'clock.
MARTIN: Is he dressing now? It's only ven o'clock.
EILEEN: I know. But he's dressing. The party is important. Martin, are you going to take Sue to the movies tomorrow?
MARTIN: I can. Does she want to go tomorrow?
EILEEN: Yes, she does. When is your meeting tomorrow?
MARTIN: In the morning.
EILEEN: When is the meeting?
MARTIN: At eleven o'clock.
EILEEN: Can you go to the movies in the afternoon?
MARTIN: Yes, I can. When?
EILEEN: At four o'clock.
MARTIN: OK.
EILEEN: Sue wants to go to Jennifer's hou tomorrow. She can go in the morning.
MARTIN: When is dinner?
EILEEN: You didn't eat lunch. Do you want dinner?
MARTIN: Very much!
EILEEN: Dinner is at ven-thirty.
SUE: Hi. May I come in?
MARTIN: Of cour.
SUE: Did you finish your work?
MARTIN: Yes, I did.
SUE: Can we go to the movies tomorrow?
MARTIN: Yes, we can.
SUE: When?
MARTIN: In the afternoon.
SUE: Can we go at six o'clock? I want to go to Jennifer's hou.
MARTIN: That's very late. You have school on Monday. Let's go at four o'clock.
SUE: When can I go to Jennifer's hou?
EILEEN: You can go to Jennifer's hou in the morning.
SUE: May I phone Jennifer now?
EILEEN: No. It's time for dinner.
SUE: When may I phone her?
EILEEN: After dinner.
SUE: When is dinner?
EILEEN: At ven-thirty.
MARTIN: Dinner In a few minutes.
SUE: OK. I'm going to read.
EILEEN: I'm going to finish dinner. Come help me.
MARTIN: OK.
Practice 1：情态动词 may 和 can 在构成疑问句时，都用倒装句型，移到主语之前，有时都可表示“可以”的意思，但 may 有“许可”的含义，can 有“能够”的含义。
Examples:
SUE: May I come in?
MARTIN: Of cour.
SUE: May I phone Jennifer now?
EILEEN: No. It屈原的爱国诗句
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SUE: Can we go to the movies tomorrow?
MARTIN: Yes, we can.
SUE: Can we go at six o'clock?
MARTIN: No, that's very late.
SUE: When can I go to Jennifer's hou?
EILEEN: You can go to Jennifer's hou in the morning.
Practice 2：比较笼统的时间用语，一般表示一段时间。确切的时间用语常常由一个数字，后面加上 o'clock(点钟)构成。
Example One: EILEEN: Tonight. Tomorrow.
MARTIN: In the morning.
EILEEN: In the afternoon.
MARTIN: On Monday.
EILEEN: After dinner.
MARTIN: In a few minutes.
Example Two: MARTIN: At ven o'clock. At eleven o'clock.
EILEEN: At four o'clock. At ven-thirty.
SUE: At six o'clock.
MARTIN: At four o'clock.
会话A : 晚上在家里
艾 琳：你干完工作了吗?
马 丁：是的，干完了。孩子们在哪儿?
艾 琳：苏在看书，艾伦在穿衣打扮。
马 丁：穿衣打扮?
艾 琳：为了参加晚会，他今晚将参加一个晚会。
马 丁：噢，是的。对了，晚会什么时候开始?
艾 琳：晚会10点开始。
马 丁：他现在正在穿衣打扮吗?才7点。
艾 琳：我知道。但他已在穿衣打扮，因为晚会很重要。马丁，明天你将带苏去看电影吗?
马 丁：我能带她去，她明天想去吗?
艾 琳：是的，她想去。你明天什么时候开会?
马 冬天菜谱
丁：在上午。
艾 琳：会议什么时候举行呢?
马 丁：11点。
艾 琳：好用护肤品
你能在下午去看电影吗?
马 丁：是的，能。什么时候。
艾 琳：4点。
马 丁：好吧。
艾 琳：苏明天想去詹尼弗家，她可以上午去。
马 丁：晚饭什么时候开饭?
艾 琳：你还没吃午饭，你想吃晚饭吗?
马&nb营养粥的配方
sp; 丁：非常想吃。
艾 琳：晚饭在7点半。
苏 ：你们好，我可以进来吗?
马 丁：当然可以。
苏 ：你干完工作了吗?
马 丁：是的，干完了。
苏 ：我们明天能去看电影吗?
马 丁：是的，能去。
苏 ：什么时候?
马 丁：在下午。
苏 ：可以6点去吗?我想去詹尼弗家。
马 丁：那太晚了，你星期一还要上学。咱们四点去。
苏 ：我什么时候能去詹尼弗家呢?
艾 琳：你可以在上午去詹尼弗家。
苏 ：我现在可以给詹尼弗打个电话吗?
艾 琳：不可以，现在是吃晚饭时候。
苏 ：那我什么时候可以给她打电话?
艾 琳：晚饭后。
苏 ：什么时候吃晚饭?
艾 琳：7点半。
马 丁：几分钟后。
苏 ：好吧，我去看书。
艾 琳：我去把晚饭准备好，来帮我一把。
马 丁：好吧。
