节目资讯
刊物:大家说英语
日期:2014-02-17
难易度:Low
关键字:cage, shoulder, bite, finger, close, feather
Hello, everyone.
It's great to see you today here for another English lesson on Let's Talk in
English.
My name is Nathan.
I am one of your teachers here on the show.
For today we have a new topic, and it's a great one - PETS.
And this lesson is called Birds.
Birds.
Katie, do you like birds?
Well, yeah, Nathan, I do like birds.
I think that birds are very pretty.
And I'm excited to learn about them today.
Hi, everyone, my name is Katie.
And I'm your other teacher here on the show.
I hope that you are also excited for our lesson today.
And now, you know it's time for our Read It.
Find today's Read It in your magazine and read it with Katie right now.
Susie has a parrot.
His name is Sunny.
He has pretty green feathers.
He is in a cage.
He won't sit on Rob's shoulder.
He is shy.
But he can bite.
Don't put fingers in his cage.
Rob forgets to close the cage door.
Sunny flies away!
So today Susie has a parrot at the studio.
And there sure are a lot of animals here at LTE TV, right, Katie?
You're right, Nathan.
Last year, there was a puppy up there.
Last month, Susie found a kitten and brought it to the office.
Now there's a bird.
They must really like animals.
Now this parrot is named Sunny.
That is a cute name.
It sure is.
And I've never had a bird as a pet, have you?
Hmm. No, I haven't had a pet bird, either.
But it might be fun to have a bird as a pet.
All right.
Now let's move on and learn some of our key words from our word lady.
(Music).
Hello.
(Chinese).
(Music).
Hi, Susie.
Is that a parrot?
Yes, it is.
His name is Sunny.
He's a handsome bird.
Can he sit on my shoulder?
No, he's a little shy.
Does he bite?
Yes, he does bite.
Oh. Maybe I don't want him on my shoulder.
Don't worry.
You can still say hello!
So, like we already learned, Susie has a parrot with her, named Sunny.
And that's a nice name.
Yes, it's a nice name for a handsome bird.
And the word "handsome" means that Sunny looks good.
Now we usually use the word "handsome" to talk about men.
We can say that a man is handsome.
That's right. Men are usually called handsome, and women are usually called
beautiful or pretty.
Mmhm.
Now Rob wants the bird to sit on his shoulder.
Katie, have you ever had a bird sit on your shoulder?
Well, yes, I have.
My friend has a parrot and it likes to sit on people's shoulders.
But it also sat on my head once.
That was a little scary.
Well, uh, I... I don't think Susie's bird will sit on Rob's head.
He won't even sit on Rob's shoulder.
Oh, well, that's too bad.
But we see a great sentence right here.
Can he sit on my shoulder?
Can he do something?
Like: Can he sing a song?
Hmm. Or... Can he eat this food?
Can he do anything special?
You can ask Susie questions about the bird when you use these sentences.
That's right.
But Sunny won't sit on Rob's shoulder.
Susie says he's a little shy.
Hey, Nathan, do you think you are shy?
Hmm, not really.
I like meeting people.
But I don't always like meeting a lot of people at one time.
But if you are shy, that means you are quiet, and maybe you do get nervous
around a lot of people.
And it's not a bad thing to be shy.
That just means sometimes you feel better around a few people instead of a large
group of people.
Mmhm. Some people are shy.
Other people are not.
So it's OK to be shy or to be loud.
Everyone is different.
Well, now Rob asks another important question.
He asks if Sunny bites.
If you are around a new animal, maybe you should ask this question.
Yes, that's a good idea.
If an animal bites, you need to be careful.
Well, right now I think that Christina has something to teach us.
So let's talk to her.
(Chinese).
(Music).
Hi, Rob!
What do you have in the cage?
It's a parrot.
Its name is Sunny.
Susie brought him to work.
She is doing a report on birds today.
How cute!
Can he talk?
I don't know.
But we can ask him!
Hello, Sunny.
Can you say hello?
Oh, no!
He flew away!
Because you didn't close the cage door!
(Music).
Well, now Rob is with the parrot.
And Megan wants to know what he has in the cage.
And we know now that Susie brought the parrot because she's doing a report about
birds today.
Well, that would be an interesting report to listen to.
I'd like to learn more about birds.
Yes. That would be a good show to watch.
And Megan asks a funny question, Katie.
Can he talk?
OK.
Birds can't talk.
I mean, why did she even ask that?
Well, Nathan, don't you know?
Some birds can talk.
Parrots can talk if you teach them.
What... Really?
Well, that's pretty cool!
They must be such smart birds.
Yeah. My friend's parrot can talk.
It's really cool to listen to him.
He's a smart bird.
Oh. So what can your friend's parrot say?
Well, he can say words like "hello" and "good morning" and "goodbye" and
"butter." He really likes the word butter.
Well, that... that's interesting.
Do any of you have a bird that can talk?
Can it say butter?
Well, Rob and Megan don't know if Sunny can talk.
But they try to find out.
But then Sunny flies away.
Oh! What happened?
Well, they didn't close the cage door.
So, of course the bird flew away.
Oh, that's right.
Now if something isn't closed, it's open.
And that's why it's so important to close the doors on something.
A cage keeps something inside and that's why the doors have to stay closed.
Hmm. So what other things stay in cages?
Sometimes small pets stay in cages like a mouse or a snake, or a bird.
That's right. We keep things in cages when we don't want them to get away.
You might also keep a rabbit in a cage.
Mmhm.
And at the pet store or at an animal shelter, there are often a lot of animals
in cages.
That's right.
Sometimes people keep cats and dogs in a cage.
Well, right now we're out of time.
So let's take a quick break.
We will be rightback.