English help, please come(easy).?

2010-06-11 8:10 am
Hi, can you please check the following dialogues are grammatical and fine?
I need to use them for the newspaper to teach ESL children. Thanks a lot!
Just a check.



Ben: The 2010 World Cup has already started!
2010年世界杯已经开始了!

Sally: Do you know where it takes place?
你知道这年的世界杯是在哪个国家举行吗?

Ben: Yes, I heard South Africa is hosting it this year.
知道, 我听说今年会在南非举行.

Sally: Do you know that this is the first world cup in Africa?
你知道这是非洲第一次举行世界杯吗?

Ben: Really? This is great. I am going to see the games on TV!
是吗? 太好了. 我一定要看电视上转播的比赛.



Sally: Look, they are playing soccer.
看, 他们在玩足球呢.

Ben: Let’s go to the soccer field and watch them play.
一起到足球场去, 看看他们玩吧.

Sally: I don’t know anything about soccer.
我可是对足球一点认识都没有.

回答 (2)

2010-06-11 8:31 am
✔ 最佳答案
It's not bad at all; you could easily get away with it. However, there are a few small flaws, and it is mixing a formal style and an informal, slang style. The conversation would more likely go one of these ways. I've capitalised word changes, but look out for punctuation changes (mostly ! and ---, where --- represents an em-dash). Note that I don't know Chinese (wish I did), so I'm just checking the English.

Formal:

Ben: The 2010 World Cup has already started!
Sally: Do you know where it will TAKE place?
Ben: Yes, I heard THAT South Africa is hosting it this year.
Sally: Do you know that this is the first world cup EVER HOSTED in Africa?
Ben: Really? THAT is great! I am going to WATCH the games on TV!

Sally: Look --- they are playing soccer!
Ben: Let’s go to the soccer field and watch them play.
Sally: I don’t know anything about soccer.

Informal:

Ben: The 2010 World Cup has already started!
Sally: Do you know where it takes place?
Ben: YEAH, I heard South Africa is hosting it this year.
Sally: Do you know that this is Africa's first world cup?
Ben: Really? THAT'S great! I am going to see the games on TV!

Sally: Look --- they are playing soccer!
Ben: Let’s GO WATCH.
Sally: I don’t know anything about soccer.
2010-06-11 3:19 pm
Sally: Do you know where it's taking place?
Sally: Did you know that this is the first world cup in Africa?
Ben: Really? This is great! ( I think a exclamation point goes here since he's excited) I am going to watch the games on TV!

Everything else I believe is fine, this is just my personal opinion though.
參考: My own personal opinion


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