节目资讯
刊物:大家说英语
日期:2014-03-12
难易度:Low
关键字:long, medium, leave, gas, wave, run out of
This is Let's Talk in English.
It's time to have some fun and learn some English together.
My name is Katie, and we're glad that you joined us today at LTE TV.
Our new topic is TRAVEL.
And our lesson is called A Road Trip.
A Road Trip.
Nathan, what is a road trip?
Oh. Well, a road trip is when you take a trip that you have to do a lot of
driving for.
Maybe you visit a lot of places.
Hello, everyone.
My name is Nathan.
I'm so glad to be here with you in the LTE TV studio.
So let's get started with our lesson.
Find your magazine and turn to our Read It for today.
You can read with Nathan right now.
Mark, Megan and Rob are taking a long weekend.
They can go on a trip.
Mark can drive.
He has a new, medium-sized car.
They leave early Friday morning.
But they have trouble.
They run out of gas.
They need help.
They wave at cars.
Will someone stop and help them?
Well, a road trip is a great idea.
You can see new places and spend a lot of time with some of your friends.
Yes. Everyone should try a road trip sometime.
But you do need to have a good plan when you want to go on a road trip.
Yes, plans are important.
And even when you have a good plan, things can still go wrong.
And it sounds like things did go wrong for our friends.
I know.
Well, we'll find out more about that soon.
But let's look at today's key words with our word lady, Christina.
Hello.
(Chinese).
I'm excited about our long weekend.
Let's plan a road trip!
Where do you want to go?
Let's go to Nashville!
Nashville? Why?
Because we can eat good food there.
And we can listen to good music.
Good idea!
Where can we stay?
My uncle and his family live in Nashville.
We can stay with them.
It's really nice to have family or friends in the place you want to visit.
You don't have to spend money to stay with them.
And that's really nice if you're trying to go to a big, expensive city like New
York City.
If you stay in a hotel, it usually costs a lot of money.
Yes. So stay with friends or family if you can.
When we need a place to sleep when we're visiting a place, we often say that we
need a place to stay.
Yes.
When you say stay here, it just means don't move.
But if you need a place to stay, that's a place where you sleep for maybe a few
nights.
That's right.
And our friends are going to take their weekend... their trip on a long weekend.
So they will need to stay somewhere for a few nights.
Whoa... Katie, what's a... a long weekend?
All weekends are two days, Saturday and Sunday, right?
Well, yes, most people have a two-day weekend, but sometimes we also have long
weekends.
When you don't have to work on a Friday, you have a long weekend.
Oh. So Friday becomes part of the weekend.
Then your weekend is three days long.
I've had some four-day weekends, too.
They're really nice.
Oh, I think so, too, and they're great for short road trips.
Mark, Megan and Rob are taking a trip to Nashville.
Have you been there, Nathan?
Hmm, I have.
But I couldn't stay there very long.
It's a big city in the state of Tennessee, which is in the south of the United
States.
And Nashville is famous for its country music.
Well, that must be why Megan says they can listen to good music there.
But she also said they can eat good food there.
What kind of food do they have, Nathan?
Oh. I think you can find some good BBQ in Nashville.
That's a popular food in the south of the United States.
Now we'll talk more about Nashville in this lesson, but now let's see what
happens next in Conversation B.
Who can drive?
I can.
I have a new, medium-sized car.
It's comfortable.
OK. We can leave early Friday morning.
How early?
How about 6:00?
That's too early.
No, it's not.
How far is Nashville?
It's six or seven hours from here.
Then we can be there in time for lunch!
Well, it sounds like they won't have to drive too much on their road trip.
When I went on a road trip with my friends, we were in the car a lot more.
Well, when people go on road trips, they often visit many places, so they drive
a lot.
But our friends are just going to one city this time.
And they just have a few days.
Oh. Well, that's true.
I visited four or five big cities on my road trip, but we had a whole week.
Katie, how far is their trip again?
Well, it's six or seven hours.
And now I just heard Nathan say today's Use It sentence.
So I think it's time to hear from Elizabeth.
(Music).
Friends, let's learn how to use the pattern:
How far is something?
You could say: How far is your house?
Or you could say: How far is the park?
Got it?
Then it's time for you to use it.
(Music).
Well, people ask that question a lot.
It's a very useful Use It.
Yes, some trips in the United States are really long.
People like to know how long trips will take.
The longest car trip I've ever taken was nine hours.
My family and I drove from Texas all the way to Colorado.
Ooh, that is a long way.
Now some of you may think that driving six or seven hours is a really long time.
But the United States is a big country, and sometimes you have to drive much
longer.
That's right.
In small countries, it may not take so long to get to where you want.
But most people like to leave early in the morning when they have a trip.
Hmm. Well, I'm not a morning person.
But if I have a long drive, I don't want to leave too late, either.
I want to finish my trip sooner.
Well, I like to leave early around seven or eight a.m.
Some people like to leave at 6 a.m. like Megan.
That's too early.
I don't like to wake up so early, but I do like our Calendar Phrase.
That's too early.
That's too early.
(Chinese).
Let's get up early tomorrow.
OK. How early?
Five o'clock in the morning.
That's too early.
How about seven o'clock?
That's too early.
How about nine o'clock?
That's too early.
How about eleven o'clock?
That's not early enough!
That's too early.
That's too early.
(Chinese).
In our conversation, Mark talks about his comfortable car.
And that's something that Christina also wants to talk to you about right now.
(Chinese).
Well, we've been very hard-working so far today.
And now it's time for us to take a break.
We'll be backsoon.