The Sawyer family
新概念英语－听录音，并回答问题
When do the children do their homework?孩子们什么时候做功课？
新概念英语－课文
NarratorThe Sawyers live at 87 King Street.
NarratorIn the morning, Mr Sawyer goes to work and the children go to school. Their father takes them to school every day.
NarratorMrs Sawyer stays at home every day. She does the housework. She always eats her lunch at noon.
NarratorIn the afternoon, she usually sees her friends. They often drink tea together.
NarratorIn the evening, the children come home from school. They arrive home early.
NarratorMr Sawyer comes home from work. He arrives home late.
NarratorAt night, the children always do their homework. Then they go to bed. Mr Sawyer usually reads his newspaper, but sometimes he and his wife watch television.
新概念英语－单词与短语
live
[liv]
v.
住，生活
stay
[stei]
v.
呆在，停留
home
[həum]
n. ad.
家 在家，到家
housework
['hauswə:k]
n.
家务
lunch
[lʌntʃ]
n.
午饭
afternoon
[ˌɑ:ftə'nu:n]
n.
下午
usually
['ju:ʒuəli]
ad.
通常
together
[tə'geðə]
ad.
一起
evening
['i:vniŋ]
n.
晚上
arrive
[ə'raiv]
v.
到达
night
[nait]
n.
夜间
新概念英语－翻译
叙述者索耶一家住在国王街87号。
叙述者早上，索耶先生去上班，孩子们去上学。父亲每天送孩子们去上学。
叙述者索耶夫人每天呆在家里。她料理家务。
叙述者她总是在正午吃午饭。
叙述者下午，她总是会见她的朋友。她们经常在一起喝茶。
叙述者傍晚，孩子们放学回家。他们到家很早。
叙述者索耶先生下班回家。他到家很晚。
叙述者晚上，孩子们总是做作业。然后去睡觉。索耶先生总是读报纸，但有时和他的妻子一起看电视。
小编笔记
6月4日 09:000
这是一篇典型的《一般现在时短文》，正如我说的，学习英语要有时态敏感性，这篇文章描述Sawyer一家的情况，所以通篇都是一般现在时，几个特点，第一，使用动词的原型或者当主语是第三人称单数时使用动词的一个特殊形式 'goes', 'takes', 'stays', 'does'，'eats', 'sees', 'comes'， 'arrives', 'reads', 第二，通常会使用一些固定的副词，比如 'every day', 'always', 'usually', 'often', 'sometimes' 来表示这些动作发生的长期性、经常性等等。