节目资讯
刊物:大家说英语
日期:2013-12-09
难易度:Low
关键字:live, ride, drive, get on / get off, block, shop
Welcome to the LTE TV studio, friends.
You are watching Let's Talk in English.
Let's get started.
My name is Nathan. I am one of your teachers here on the show.
Now today we have a new topic for you.
It is TRANSPORTATION.
And our lesson is called Ride the Bus.
Ride the Bus.
Do you get around the city in buses very often, Katie?
Not very often, Nathan.
If I don't have to go very far, then I will take the bus.
But if I have to go a long way, I usually don't like to take the bus.
Hi, everyone, my name is Katie.
And I'm your other teacher here at Let's Talk in English.
I think that we have a great lesson for today.
So take out your LTE magazine and turn to today's Let's Begin!
You can read it with Nathan right now.
Let's begin!
Susie lives by Rocky's Restaurant.
Mark wants a ride there.
But Susie can't drive her car today.
It's in the shop.
So Mark and Susie can ride the bus!
They can get on a bus near the TV station.
Then they can get off at a stop near Susie's apartment.
It is four blocks from the restaurant.
OK. Let's go to Conversation A right now.
(Music).
Susie, my favorite person!
How are you today?
I'm great.
Do you need something, Mark?
Well, uh... you have a car.
And you live by Rocky's Restaurant.
I might meet a friend there tonight.
Do you want a ride after work?
Yes, I do! Thanks!
Sorry, Mark. I can't give you a ride.
Mark was trying to get some help from Susie.
He thought she could help him, but she can't.
That's too bad.
I guess so.
But he was just saying nice things to Susie so that she would help him.
Oh. Like: Hey, Katie, you're looking so nice today.
I need to take a day off tomorrow. Can you teach the show by yourself?
Yes, like that. And, no. We are still going to teach together tomorrow.
Well, I... I was just joking. I... It was an example, OK?
Are you sure? I mean... because I... I really need a day off.
I need some...
I think we should... I think that we should teach the first key word, Nathan.
OK. Our first key word is:
live.
live.
You live where you sleep and keep your things.
So you probably live in an apartment or in a house.
You can also say that you live in a city or a country.
I have lived in the United States, Europe and Asia at different times.
Well, Katie has lived in many different places.
I have also lived in the USA and in Asia.
But I've never been to Europe.
But Katie, what does it mean to live by something?
Well, if you say that you live by something, it means that your house is near
it.
You might live by a restaurant like Susie.
Or maybe you live by a bus stop.
Oh, yeah.
Well, now it's a great time to talk about the next key word.
ride.
ride.
A ride is sitting in or on something to go somewhere.
You can get a ride on a bus, and you can go somewhere in the bus.
Sometimes we just go for a ride.
That's taking a ride for fun.
You might do that in a car, on a bicycle or even on a horse.
And you might need a ride to go somewhere.
You can take the bus, the subway or a taxi.
Or you can ask a friend to give you a ride.
But they might say, "I can't give you a ride.".
And that's today's "Use It!" sentence.
I can't give you something.
Like, I can't give you the answer.
I can't give you that food.
I can't give you a drink.
But we can give you more to learn.
And we can go to Conversation B right now to do that.
Why not?
I can't drive my car.
It's in the shop.
Oh. How did you get to work today?
I rode the bus.
Oh! Can I ride the bus with you after work?
Of course.
Do you ever take the bus?
Not very often.
Can I use your computer?
OK. Here.
Thanks.
Hmm. What is Susie going to do with Mark's computer?
I guess we will find out soon.
But now we know why Susie cannot give Mark a ride.
Yes. It's a very good reason.
Her car is in the shop.
But Katie, there are many different kinds of shops.
What does Susie mean?
Well, she means that she is getting her car fixed.
We can use the word "shop" for many kinds of stores.
But if someone takes their car to the shop, it is being fixed.
Oh. So her car has some problems, and that's why she can't drive it.
That's right.
Now let's talk about the key word that Nathan just used.
drive.
drive.
You drive things like cars, trucks and vans.
You use them to go places.
You make them stop and you make them go.
You make them go fast or make them go slow.
You make them turn right or make them turn left.
And when you drive, you make the machines do what you want.
In the city I don't drive very much.
I don't have a car in the city.
But sometimes I like to drive my bike around.
Um, wait. Katie, wait.
You... you don't drive a bike.
You ride a bike.
Ride is also a verb.
Oh. Well, how do you know when to say drive or ride?
Hmm, well, you can say "drive" for things that use gas or electricity.
But you should use "ride" for other things like bicycles or skateboards or
horses.
OK. But Mark is going to ride the bus because he is not the driver.
He's not making the bus move.
But Mark does not ride the bus often.
So let's see what he can do in Conversation C.
(Music).
Why do you need my computer?
I can show you the bus schedule.
Oh, great!
And here is a map.
You can see the different bus stops.
OK. So we get on bus 265.
There is a stop near the TV station.
Then we get off at this stop here.
It is four blocks from the restaurant.
Perfect!
Thanks, Susie!
I love using maps online.
They are so useful.
Susie used an online map to show Mark how to ride the bus.
And now he can get to Rocky's Restaurant.
The map shows Mark where all the bus stops are.
If you want to use buses in the city, you need to know where the bus stops are.
You also need to know which buses stop there.
Katie, you use stop as a noun.
Usually stop is a verb.
But a stop is also the place where buses go to let people...
Oh! I almost used a key word phrase.
get on / get off.
get on / get off.
People can get on the bus or get off the bus at a bus stop.
If you get on the bus, you go inside it to ride.
If you get off the bus, you leave the inside of the bus.
You probably are near where you wanted to go.
But Nathan, have you ever gotten off the bus at the wrong place?
Hmm. No, I don't think so.
But I have gotten off the subway at the wrong place.
When I knew I was not where I should be, I just got on the next train.
Yes, it is easy to fix that problem.
And friends, now that you know that you can use this key word phrase for many
things - not just the bus,
you can use it for the subway, the train, airplane, anything that... many people
ride together.
Now if something is far away, you might want to get on the bus or on the subway.
But if it's only a few blocks away, you could walk.
Now let's learn about another key word.
block.
block.
We use blocks to say how far something is in a city.
That's right.
When you cross one road and you go to the next road, you have walked one block.
You can say things like "The store is three blocks from the bus stop.".
But we only use blocks when things are nearby.
We would not use blocks if something is twenty blocks away.
I don't want to count that many blocks.
But it is still a great key word to know.
And now let's review all of our key words so that you don't forget them.
Here's the first one.
live.
live.
Do you live on this street?
ride.
ride.
I can give you a ride in my car.
drive.
drive.
What kind of car do you drive?
get on / get off.
get on / get off.
Where do I get off the bus?
block.
block.
My home is eight blocks from school.
OK, friends, I think many of you ride the bus or need to know how to get around
where you live.
So these are great key words for you to know.
But right now let's take a short breaktogether.