节目资讯
刊物:大家说英语
日期:2014-01-28
难易度:Medium
关键字:belong, sign, noise, hold, hair, stray, lap
You're watching Let's Talk in English.
It's a great day here at LTE TV.
My name is Katie, and we're excited to teach you a lot of great things today.
Our topic is still NATURE.
And we have part two of our lesson: A Lost Kitten.
A Lost Kitten.
Nathan, have you found a lost animal before?
No, I don't think that I have found an animal that had an owner.
But I have found stray animals.
Those are animals without owners living outside.
Hello, everyone.
My name is Nathan.
I'm so glad to be here with you today.
All right.
Well, everyone, take out your LTE magazine and find today's Read It.
You can read it with Nathan right now.
The kitten may not belong to anyone.
It may be a stray.
Susie put an ad online.
She will make some signs too.
Carol will keep it while Susie goes out.
The kitten doesn't make much noise.
Carol doesn't want to hold it.
She doesn't want cat hair on her clothes.
Well, this kitten might be a stray.
If an animal is a stray, that means it doesn't have an owner.
And sometimes you have to be careful with stray animals.
They could be mean.
Oh, that's true.
You probably shouldn't touch or pick up a stray animal.
That's right, Katie.
There are a lot of stray cats and dogs out there.
Some might not be too nice, but some are good animals.
That's right.
I have a lot of stray cats that live near my apartment. Those cats are all
really nice.
And do you know who else is nice?
Christina, our word lady.
Let's go talk to her about our key words now.
(Chinese).
(Music).
Hi, Carol.
Will you be in your office this afternoon?
Yes. I have lots of work to do.
Why?
Can you keep something for me?
I have to go out now.
Keep what?
This.
Do you want to hold it?
A kitten!
Why do you have a kitten in the office?
I found it outside this morning.
Well, Susie needs a favor from Carol.
She needs her to watch the kitten.
That's why she asks if Carol will be in her office this afternoon.
And you can ask this other ways, too.
Like this:
Hey, Katie, will you be home tonight?
Well, I sure will, Nathan.
Why do you ask?
Well, I wanted to drop something off, and I needed to make sure that you would
be there.
That's a great example, Nathan.
See, friends?
You can ask this question when you want to make sure that someone will be in a
place.
Exactly!
And Susie needs Carol to keep the kitten for a short time.
Aww, I love to keep the kitten for Susie.
I love kittens.
I want to hold it.
Hey, Katie, that reminds me a little bit of... Calendar Phrase.
Do you want to hold it?
Do you want to hold it?
(Chinese).
Is that a spider?
Yeah. Do you want to hold it?
It's really ugly.
Yeah. Do you want to hold it?
It's really hairy.
Yeah. Do you want to hold it?
It's an ugly, hairy spider!
Yeah. Do you want to hold it?
Sure! I love spiders.
Do you want to hold it?
Do you want to hold it?
(Chinese).
Well, that was great.
So, Nathan, would you want to hold the kitten?
Hmm, sure. I would like to hold the kitten - maybe not as much as Katie, though.
But I don't know if Carol really wants to hold the kitten.
Well, yeah. I mean, kittens are great, but having a baby cat at the office might
not be convenient for every person there.
That's true.
Maybe that's why Carol asks why Susie has a kitten in the office.
You're probably right.
I don't know what I would do, though.
If I found a kitten before work, I'd have to bring it to the office.
Yes, that's true.
It also seems like Carol doesn't want to hold it.
Well, I'm sure that there's a reason for that.
But Nathan, would you want to work at an office where there is a kitten?
Well, sure. We had a cat at our office before, and I thought it was great to see
him from time to time.
OK. Well, now it's time for us to hear from Christina.
She wants to talk to all of you about the word: outside.
(Chinese).
(Music).
Does it belong to anyone?
Or is it a stray?
I'm trying to find out.
I put an ad online.
You should make some signs, too.
I will.
We can't take care of a kitten at the station.
I know.
You should take it to the animal shelter.
I will take it there after work.
But can you keep it for now?
Well, Carol asks a really important question here.
She wants to know if the kitten belongs to anybody.
Oh, that's a really important question if you find a lost animal.
You need to know if someone owns the animal.
That's what it means if the animal belongs to someone.
That's right.
If I find money on the ground, I should ask if it belongs to someone before I
keep it.
That is a great example, Nathan.
And one time I found twenty dollars on the ground, and I found out it belonged
to one of my friends.
That's a good thing I didn't keep that money.
Right. It belonged to your friend.
So it's important to ask that question.
And like we learned yesterday, Susie is putting ads online.
Now, did you do that when you found a kitten, Katie?
Well, no, I didn't put ads online, but I did make signs saying I found a kitten.
And I put those signs up around my neighborhood.
And did that help?
Did the owner of the kitten call you?
No. The kitten that I found was a stray.
So my family got to keep the kitten.
Oh, well, that is very cool.
Then you got to name the kitten and you got to take care of it, right?
That's right.
And my sister named the Kitten Harry.
He's really cute.
Oh.
Well, sometimes putting signs up or putting ads online helps the owner find a
lost animal.
That's true.
But if you can't find the owner, you can take the animal to an animal shelter.
Now we learned about those things yesterday.
Animal shelters are convenient.
That's right.
They will take in animals for you.
So that's what Susie decides to do.
That's probably a good decision, right, Nathan?
Probably.
I don't think Carol wants the cat at the station.
Well, Susie will take it after work.
But that means it has to stay at the station for now.
Well, Katie, you used the phrase: for now.
And I think Christina wants to talk to us about that now.
(Chinese).
(Music).
Well, now you all know how and when to use the phrase: for now.
But right now we need to take a break.
So we will be right back afterthat.