Dialog for Onions
commis cook: Shall I peel the onions?
vegetable chef: Yes. With your cook's knife.
commis cook: And then?
vegetable chef: Chop the onions fine (1) .
commis cook: Why (2) ?
vegetable chef: We need finely chopped onions for the soup (3) .
commis cook: Do we need onions for the potato salad?
Vegetable chef: No, not today (4) .
PAIR WORK: WHAT DO YOU NEED DONE (5) ?
commis cook: Shall I peel the onions?
Shall I chop the onions fine?
Do we need onions for the soup?
Do we need onions for the potato salad?
vegetable chef: Yes.
No.
Notes:
1."把洋葱切细点".
2.这是一个省略句,全句是:"Why shall I chop the onions fine?"用上句说:"把洋葱切细点".故问:"为什么要将洋葱切细点呢?"
3.我们做汤需要切得很细的洋葱。
4.这也是一个省略句,全句是"We don't need onions for the potato salad today".
5.全句应该是"What do you need to be done?"文中省去了"to be".