节目资讯
刊物:大家说英语
日期:2014-03-04
难易度:Medium
关键字:watch, slow, quarter, strange, second, mayor
You're watching Let's Talk in English.
It's a great day here at LTE TV.
My name is Katie, and we are glad that you joined us for today's lesson.
Our topic is still SMALL TALK.
So we have part two of our lesson - Is This My Schedule?
Is This My schedule?
So, Nathan, do you have a full schedule today?
Oh, yes, I have a full schedule.
I will be here in the studio all day.
Hello, everyone, my name is Nathan.
I'm glad to be here all day with you in the studio.
OK. Well, let's get started.
Find your magazine and turn to today's Read It.
You can read it with Nathan right now.
Susie asks Mark for the time.
Susie's watch is slow.
The time is a quarter to 2:00.
Mark wonders about his schedule.
It's strange.
Susie's schedule is strange, too.
Susie looks at Mark's schedule for a second.
She sees her interview on it!
Mark looks at Susie's schedule.
His three o'clock interview with the mayor is on it!
They have the wrong schedules!
Hey, Nathan.
Do you have the time?
What? The... the time?
Sure. It's... uh...
Wait. Katie, why are you asking me about the time?
We just started the show.
Well, I just wanted to show everyone how they can ask someone what time it is.
"Do you have the time?" is a great way to ask.
Hmm. I guess so.
And we have a lot of time to learn our key words.
Let's get started with Christina right now.
Hello.
(Chinese).
Hey, Mark.
What time does your watch say?
Mine is slow.
I don't wear a watch.
But I'll check my cellphone.
Thanks.
What time is it?
It's a quarter to 2:00.
So it's 1:45.
My watch is three minutes slow.
Thanks.
Did you look at your schedule?
Yes. Why?
Because mine is unusual.
Hmm. Maybe something is wrong with Mark's schedule.
It's unusual.
And there was something wrong with Susie's watch.
It was slow.
Well, but how can a watch be slow, Katie?
A watch doesn't run and it doesn't even move.
Well, it moves on the inside.
But one watch doesn't move more slowly than another, right?
Well, one watch moves about as fast as another watch, that's true.
But if a watch is slow, it has a different meaning.
The time is 1:45.
But Susie's watch says 1:42.
Really?
How do you know?
Susie didn't say that.
Well, no.
But she said that her watch is three minutes slow.
That means the time on her watch is three minutes behind the real time.
Oh. I understand.
I wonder if my watch is slow.
Katie, do you have the time?
Oh, no, I don't.
But there's another way to ask the time, Nathan.
Oh. Did Susie ask it in this conversation?
Yes, she did.
Are you sure you don't remember it, Nathan?
It's very important.
Um. No, I don't remember it.
Sorry.
Nathan, I can't believe that you forgot today's Calendar Phrase.
What time is it?
What time is it?
(Chinese).
What time is it?
It's 8:00 a.m.
What time is it?
It's 8:05.
What time is it?
It's 8:10.
What time is it?
It's time for you to get a watch!
What time is it?
What time is it?
(Chinese).
Oh. Of course I know that question.
Sorry. I guess my brain was just a little slow.
And I remember another way that Susie asked the time now, too.
Another way?
There was another way?
Well, sure.
What time does your watch say?
Now that seems like a strange way to ask, though.
I don't see many watches that can talk.
No. No, Nathan.
Watches don't talk.
But we say that watches say the time.
We see the time in it.
We also say that a book says something, too.
Well... I'm learning lots of things today.
And I think we can learn even more about time with Christina now.
(Chinese).
Why is it unusual?
Well, I have six interviews this week.
I usually only do one or two.
Let me look at my schedule.
Hmm... I only have two interviews.
That's strange.
And I'm going to lunch with some guests on Wednesday.
I don't usually take guests to lunch.
And I usually do take guests to lunch.
But I'm not taking them this week.
This really is unusual.
Both Mark and Susie have some strange things on their schedules.
I wonder if...
Wait, Nathan.
We have heard the word "unusual" a few times today.
And "strange" was one of our key words.
Do you think they mean the same thing?
Hmm... no.
But they can be close.
Strange things are hard for us to understand.
We haven't seen anything like them before.
But unusual things just don't happen often.
Oh. Now I remember the word "usual." If you usually do something, you do it
often.
Unusual is not usual.
Oh, you got it, Katie.
And you made me think of our Use It sentence for today.
It has the word "usually" in it.
So let's learn about it with Elizabeth.
(Music).
Let's see how to use the pattern:
I don't usually do something.
You could say: I don't usually go home before 7:00.
Or... I don't usually watch TV after dinner.
Got it?
Then go on and use it.
(Music).
So Mark doesn't usually eat lunch with guests.
And he doesn't usually have so many interviews in one week.
But Susie usually does take guests to lunch.
And she usually does have a lot of interviews.
I think I know what's going on here.
But I won't say yet.
Well, good, because we still have another conversation to watch.
And I know something else that would be good to talk about in this conversation.
Oh. Did they say something else we can learn from?
Well, I'm not sure.
Susie said something kind of strange:
Let me look at my schedule.
Is that it?
I don't think there's anything strange about that, Katie.
Well, yes, there is.
Susie has her own schedule.
Mark doesn't need to let her look at it.
So why would she say that?
Oh, well, you're right.
If you ask someone to let you do something, you usually need their help.
But Susie just wants Mark to give her a minute to get her schedule out.
Huh? Let me think about that.
Oh! I just did it, too!
Well, now I think that we need to take a break.
Come back for the rest of our lesson right after this.
We'll see yousoon!