PROGRAMME 42

第一部分对话：烤肉野餐

旱灾终于过去了。Dick和他的妻子Jane为了庆祝一下，想举行一次烤肉野餐。他们正在商量什么时候举行，以及请哪些朋友参加。

Dialogue 1
英语情景对话1

DICK: Will Sun day week be a good time, do you think?
JANE: Mmm... probably. Most people are free on Sundays.
DICK: But what about the Rossis? They'll probably have their children home from school for the long weekend.
JANE：Well，they call come too. There will be other children for them to play with, probably.
DICK: But perhaps they'd rather stay home than travel all this way.
JANE: Yes... that's quite likely. After all, they've got a long trip back to school on Monday night.

Dialogue 2
英语情景对话2

随后Dick问Jane，要请的客人，是否都打电话联系过了。

DICK: Have you rung them all up yet, Jane?
JANE: No,I couldn't get on to Marie. She must be away.
DICK: Think she'll be back in time?
JANE: Probably not! When she goes to the city, she usually stays a fortnight.
DICK：Well,how many do you think will come?
JANE：We Should have about twenty.

第二部分：英语词汇表达

a boarding school 寄宿学校
a long weekend 周末
a weather forecast 天气预报
probable 很可能
likely 很可能（形容词）
unlikely 不大可能（形容词）
probably 很可能
ring... up 给……打电话（ring的过去式是rang，过去分词是rung）
do lessons by correspondence 通过函授进行学习
After all, they've got a long trip back to school 他们还要走很远的路，赶回学校去呢
Hope you can make it 希望你能做到（在这一讲里的意思是：希望你能来参加我们的烤肉野餐）
I couldn't get through to town 道路不通，我无法到城里去
The creek's up 小河涨水了
I couldn't get on to Marie 我和Marie联系了，但是没有联系上
Sunday week 下下星期天
on a farm 在农场
Their closest neighbours live half an hour away by car 他们的邻居，住得最近的也要开着小汽车走上半个钟头
travel long distances 走很远的路

NAMES:

Marie (female)
Smith a common surname
Rossi a surname（本来是意大利人的姓）
The Rossis
在这一讲里指的足Rossi夫妇。扯姓的后断加s有时是指全家（包括孩子），有时只指夫妇二人。
New Zealand 新西兰

第三部分：课程

SPECULATING (Ⅲ)- PROBABILITY推测(Ⅲ) —很可能发生的事情
很可能发生的事情，比我们在上一讲里 学的有可能发生的事情更为肯定。表示很可能发生的事情，可以用下列词语：
1．PROBABLY
这个副词是从形容词probable派生而来的。它在句子里可以放在各种不同的位置。如果谓语动词只有一个词，probably就放在这个动
词的前面。例如：
He PROBABLY went to town.
如果谓语动词里有助动词，或者是由动词be构成的，probably就放在助动词或be之后。例如：
I can PROBABLY come to your barbecue．
She's PROBABLY in town.
Probably 一词还可以放在句子开头，或者单独用作简短的答语。
例如：
(i) PROBABLY she'll be late.
(ii) A: Do you think she'll belate?
B: PROBABLY．
如果谓语动词是否定的，probably就放在整个谓语动词之前。例如：
It PROBABLY won t stop raining for days.
Probably 一词还可以用于石定的简短答语。例如：
A: Do you think John will come?
B: PROBABLY NOT．
2. LIKELY
这不是一个副词，而是形容词，意思和probable 一样。
A: Do you think it'll rain?
B: Yes, it's quite LIKELY.
(No, it's UNLIKELY.)
(= It's not likely)
请注意下面这个用法：
It's LIKELY TO rain
(= It will probably rain.)
They're LIKELY TO come.
(= They will probably come.)
3．SHOULD
Should可以用来表示根据当时情况估计很可能发生的事情。例如：
A: How many people do you think will come?
B: There SHOULD be about twenty.
(= There will probably be about 20)
4．MUST
Must可以用来表示根据已知的情况作出的判断。例如：
Marie isn't at home.
She MUST be away.
CONVERSATIONAL DEVICES
After all这个常用的短语在这一讲里出现了两次，用法不同。
(1)意思是虽然我原先那样说过或想过。例如：
At first I said l wouldn't be able to come to the barbecue but the situation has changed so I'll probably come after aff.
(2)意思是我们应当承认、知道或记得。例如：
DICK：Perhaps the children would rather stay at home than travel all this way to our barbecue.
JANE: That's quite likely. After all, they've got a long tip back to school on Monday night.

第四部分：背景资料

澳大利亚的内地

上一讲，我们向你介绍了澳大利亚的旱灾。在内地，农场主除了应付旱灾之外，还有路途遥远的问题。他们住的地方可能离最近的城
镇都是很远的，离最近的邻居说不定也有五十公里。因此，他们有一种孤独感。道路不好更加重了他们这种孤独感，因为内地的道路
往往是土路，一下雨就泥泞不堪。旱灾过后，很可能接着就是水灾，道路就不通了。
内地的学校往往离家很远，许多学寄宿学校。寄宿学校的膳宿费较高，但收入低的家庭可以得到政府的补助。学期结束以后，或者赶
上长周末，学生就回家度假。离城镇太远的学生也可以通过面授进行学习。澳大利亚各州的首府设有函授学校。函授学校有时把教学
内容录在录音带上，寄给学生，学生在家里完成作业，然后寄回学校批改。