選自《新概念英語》
先來一句一句讀：
1.FATHER: What are you going to do this evening, Jill?
父親:今晚你打算幹什麼，吉爾？
this evening 今晚2.JILL: I'm going to meet some friends, Dad.
吉爾:我打算去看幾個朋友，爸爸。
meet some friends 看幾個朋友3.FATHER: You mustn't come home late.
父親:你不準回家太晚。
come home late 回家太晚4.You must be home at half past ten.
你必須在10點半到家。
at half past ten 10點半
5.JILL: I can't get home so early, Dad.
吉爾:這麼早我到不了家,爸爸!
get home 到家6.JILL: Can I have the key to the front door, please?
吉爾:我能帶上前門的鑰匙嗎?
the front door 前門 the key to the front door 前門的鑰匙
7.FATHER: No, you can't.
父親:不行，你不能帶。
8.MOTHER: Jill's eighteen years old, Tom.
母親:吉爾都18歲了，湯姆。
eighteen years old 18歲9.She's not a baby.
她不是小孩子了。
10.Give her the key.
把鑰匙給她吧。
11.She always comes home early.
她總是早早回家的。
comes home early 早早回家12.FATHER: Oh, all right!
父親:那麼,好吧!
13.FATHER: Here you are.
父親:拿去。
14.But you mustn't come home after a quarter past eleven.
但你不能超過11點1刻回家。
a quarter past eleven 11點1刻
15.Do you hear?
聽見了嗎？
16.JILL: Yes, Dad.
吉爾:聽見了，爸爸。
17.JILL: Thanks, Mum.
吉爾:謝謝，媽媽。
18.MOTHER: That's all right. Goodbye. Enjoy yourself!
母親:不用謝。再見。好好玩吧!
Enjoy yourself! 好好玩吧!19.JILL: We always enjoy ourselves, mum. Bye-bye.
吉爾:我們總是玩得很開心的，媽媽。再見。
再來讀一遍完整的對話：
FATHER: What are you going to do this evening, Jill?
JILL: I'm going to meet some friends, Dad.
FATHER: You mustn't come home late.
You must be home at half past ten.
JILL: I can't get home so early, Dad.
JILL: Can I have the key to the front door, please?
FATHER: No, you can't.
MOTHER: Jill's eighteen years old, Tom.
She's not a baby.
Give her the key.
She always comes home early.
FATHER: Oh, all right!
FATHER: Here you are.
But you mustn't come home after a quarter past eleven.
Do you hear?
JILL: Yes, Dad.
JILL: Thanks, Mum.
MOTHER: Thats all right. Goodbye. Enjoy yourself!
JILL: We always enjoy ourselves, mum. Bye-bye.
重點注意時間的表達和反身代詞的用法。
多讀以下句子：
1.You must be home at half past ten.
2....you mustn't come home after a quarter past eleven.
3.Enjoy yourself!
4.We always enjoy ourselves.