Chapter 1 Personal Information and People
第一章 个人情况和人物
在本章内，考生应该能：
用英语问候好友的近况和谈谈自己的情况；
用英语向别人介绍自己的朋友、亲戚等的姓名、电话以及个人情况；
学会用英语谈论名人生平事迹和相关信息。 来源：考试大
Personal Information
个人情况
Dialogues
Yang is introducing John Brown’s new house to Bill.
Yang: Have you heard about John Brown’s new house?
Bill: What? I haven’t heard about it. Tell me something about it.
Yang: All right. Yesterday, I got my invitation to the house warming party. They told me that they’ve bought a new house in the suburbs. It’s about half an hour from the city.
Bill: Have you seen the house?
Yang: Yes, I have. I went out with them last weekend. They had to measure the rooms.
Bill: What’s it like?
Yang: It has four bedrooms, a living room, a dining room, a big kitchen, and three bathrooms. There’s a large garden and a garage, too.
Bill: That does sound nice. How do you like the house, Yang?
Yang: Well, everything looks fine except the three car garage.
Bill: Do you mean it’s a little too large?
Yang: Too large? Not at all. They have five cars. There’s not nearly enough room for them. They’ve got to do something about that. 来源：考试大
Bill: Have they moved in yet?
Yang: They are moving today. I guess they’ll have all the furniture in the house by tonight.
Bill: When are they going to have the party?
Yang: Next Friday night. You’ll get your invitation today or tomorrow.
Bill: Well, that’ll be something to look forward to.
Questions:
1. Who will have the house warming party?
2. What’s John Brown’s new house like?
3. How many cars does John Brown have?
4. When will they move in the new house?
Smith is introducing her cousin to Alice.
Alice: Hello, Smith. How are you?
Smith: Fine, thank you. I’d like you to meet Mary. She’s my cousin.
Alice: Nice to meet you, Mary.
Mary: Same here. Are you a student here?
Alice: An economic student.
Mary: How long will you be here?
Alice: I’ll be here four years.
Smith: It’s almost time for the bell.
Mary: Hope to see you later.
Alice: See you later.
Questions:
1. What’s the relationship between Smith and Mary?
2. What does Alice study?
3. How long will Alice be here?
Aaron asks Abel the situation about Jack and Bob.
Aaron: Where is Jack this evening? 来源：考试大
Abel: He’s not feeling very well.
Aaron: Really? What’s the trouble?
Abel: I think he must have eaten something wrong.
Aaron: Give him my regards and tell him to take things easy.
Abel: Thank you very much. I’ll tell him what you said.
Aaron: I haven’t seen Bob lately, how is he?
Abel: As a matter of fact, he’s laid up.
Aaron: Oh, dear! What’s up with him?
Abel: We don’t know, but we’re having the doctor tomorrow.
Aaron: Let me know if there’s anything I can do.
Abel: Thanks very much. I’ll tell him you inquired about him.
Questions:
1. Where is Jack this evening?
2. What’s wrong with Jack?
3. How about Bob?
4. When will Abel send for a doctor?
Sue and Sally are asking Tony something that he is opening a travel agency.
Sue: Where will your travel agency be?
Tony: Downtown near a store called Handy Andy’s.
Sally: Oh! You’ll be where the hotel used to be! That’s near the ice cream shop, too.
Tony: That’s right.
Sally: Well, you’ll have to stop in the ice cream shop sometimes. That’s my business.
Sue: And Handy Andy is a very good friend of ours. I think you’ll like him a lot.
Tony: That’s why I like small towns. Everyone is so friendly.
Tony: Have you been running your bed and breakfast a long time?
Sue: Uh, well, no. You’re our first guest.来源：考试大
Tony: Really? Why did you start a bed and breakfast?
Sally: We have a big old house. And Sue wants to start a business, too.
Sue: And besides, we like to meet new people.
Emily: Don’t you have any kids?
Sue: Emily! That’s not polite.
