课文详注 Further notes on the text
1.My name's = My name is。
这是自我介绍时通常使用的句型：My name is…(后面加上自己的姓名)。有时也可用I'm…这一句型。
2.Are you French，too?你也是法国人吗?
在英语中，too和either两个词都表示“也”的意思，然而too仅用于肯定句中，either 则限于用在否定句中。too和either一般都放在句末，且前面通常用逗号隔开。例如：
Is Sophie Italian, too?
索菲娅也是意大利人吗?
Is Robert a keyboard operator, too?
罗伯特也是电脑录入员吗?
3.What nationality are you?你是哪国人?
此问句用来询问对方的国籍。也可以问 Where are you from?或 Where do you come from?
4.What's your job?你是做什么工作的?
What's =What is。询问对方从事何种职业时还可以说：What do you do?
5.I'm an engineer.我是工程师。
I'm/aim/=I am。口语中经常使用这种缩略形式。英语不定冠词有两个：a，an。在发音以元音音素开头的词前面用an，在发音以辅音音素开头的词前面用a。engineer/?enDNi'ni+/的发音是以元音音素开头的，所以前面要用an。(可参见Lessons 5～6 中的有关说明。)
6.数字16～20的英文写法
16—sixteen 17—seventeen 18—eighteen 19—nineteen 20—twenty
以疑问词what所引导的特殊疑问句
(可参见 Lessons 5～6中的有关说明。)What…?这一问句可以用来询问国籍、工作等等：
What nationality are you?
你是哪国人?
What's your job?
你是干什么的?
对于以上两个问句可如下回答：
I'm Swedish.
我是瑞典人。
I'm an air hostess.
我是一名空中小姐。
现在不妨改用第3人称单数来进行类似的问答：
1.job n.
(1)职业：
What's your job?
你是做什么工作的?
(2)(一件)工作，活计：
The whole job takes about 40 minutes.
整个工作大约需要四十分钟。
(3)职责：
It's your job to be on time.
准时是你应该做到的事。
2.nurse
(1)n.护士;照料者：
Is she a nurse or a housewife?
她是护士还是家庭主妇?
(2)v.照料;照看：
All her time goes into nursing her child.
她把全部时间都花于照看自己的孩子上了。
(3)v .养护;培养：
nurse a young tree 养护树苗
nurse an author of promise 培养有前途的作家
Lesson 8
A
1 My name is Robert. I am a student. I am Italian.
2 Sophie is not Italian. She is French.
3 Mr. Black is my teacher. He is not French.
B
1 What's his job? Is he a policeman? Yes, he is.
2 What's her job? Is she a policewoman? Yes, she is.
3 What's his job? Is he a taxi driver? Yes, he is.
4 What's her job? Is she an air hostess? Yes, she is.
5 What's his job? Is he a postman? Yes, he is.
6 What's her job? Is she a nurse? Yes, she is.
7 What's his job? Is he a mechanic? Yes, he is.
8 What's his job? Is he a hairdresser? Yes, he is.
9 What's her job? Is she a housewife? Yes, she is.
10 What's his job? Is he a milkman? Yes, he is.