Richard：Excuse me.1 My name is 2 Richard Stewart I'm a photographer3.May I 4 take a picture of you and your little boy?
Mrs.Vann：What's it for?5
Richard：It's for a book.
Mrs.Vann：You're writing a book?
Richard：It's a book of pictures 6.I call it Family Album,U.S.A.
Mrs.Vann：Oh,that's a nice idea Well,it's fine if you take our picture.I'm Martha vann.[She offers her hand.]7
Richard：Thank you.I appreciate your help.8 [to the little boy]I'm 9 Richard.What's your name?
Gerald：Gerald.
Richard：How old are you,Gerald?
Gerald：Five.
Richard：And where do you live?
Mrs.Vann：We live in California10.
Richard：Well,welcome to New York.11 OK,just a second.12 [He takes out a reflector 13 to have more light for his photographs.] I'm almost ready here.
[Alexandra,a sixteen-year-old girl,is watching.]
Alexandra：Can I help you?
Richard：Oh,please.[He gives her the reflector to hold.Then he speaks to Mrs.Vann and her son.] Hold Gerald's hand,please.Great!Now point14 to the buildings.Terrific!15 Give Mommy a kiss,16 Gerald.Nice!Thank you,Gerald.And thank you,Mrs.Vann.
Mrs.Vann：Oh,my pleasure 17 We'll be looking for your book.18
Richard：Thank you.Good-bye.Bye,19 Gerald.[to Alexandra]Thanks 20 again.
Alexandra：Oh,you're welcome 21.
Richard：Hey,22 let me take your picture!
Alexandra：Wonderful.Please.
Richard：Are you from New York?
Alexandra：No,I'm from Greece23.I'm an exchange student24.
Richard：When did you come here?
Alexandra：Three months ago.
Richard：Your English is very good.
Alexandra：Thanks.25 I studied English in school.[They sit on a bench.]
Richard：Would you like some coffee?
Alexandra：No,thank you.Tell me about your book.
Richard：Oh,it's not finished yet,but I have some of the pictures.Would you like to see them?
Alexandra：Yes.I'd like that.
Richard：Here they are.26[He opens his bag and takes out a photo album27.]Family Album,U.S.A.It's an album of pictures of the United States：the cities,the special places,and the people.[He shows her the photos.] And these are pictures of people working：steelworkers,28 bankers,29 police,street vendors,30 ambulance drivers,31 doctors… Oh,this is my father.He's a doctor.This is my mother.
“It's an album of pictures of the United States.”
Alexandra：What's her name?
Richard：Ellen.My younger brother,Robbie.He goes to high school.This is my sister Susan.She works for a toy32 company.Here's my grandfather.He lives in Florida.And this is my wife Marilyn.
Alexandra：Oh,she's very pretty.
Richard：Thanks.33 And what about34 your family?
Alexandra：They are in Thessaloniki.That's a large city in northern Greece.But now I'm living in the Bronx35.
Richard：With a Greek-American family?
Alexandra：No.Hispanic.36
Richard：[He hears a foghorn.] Oh no!It's five thirty37.Will you excuse me?I have to meet my wife.
Alexandra：It was nice meeting you.38
Richard：It was a pleasure meeting you,39 too.Thanks for your help.And good luck!I've got to go.40 By the way,41 I'm Richard.What's your name?
Alexandra：Alexandra.
Richard：Bye-bye,Alexandra.Thanks.
Alexandra：Bye-bye.[Richard hurries off the boat.Alexandra sees that he forgot one of his bags.She takes it and begins to follow him.] Richard!Richard!You left your bag!
里面的数字你不用管它,这个对话你可以看作关于英语的~
