节目资讯
刊物:大家说英语
日期:2013-10-23
难易度:Low
关键字:volunteer, inside, soup, clothes, thankful, soup kitchen, homeless
Welcome to Let's Talk in English, friends.
Today we are going to learn some English and have some fun, too.
My name is Nathan.
I am very glad to be teaching you today.
Today we have a new topic called ACTIVITIES.
And our new lesson is I Volunteer!
I Volunteer!
Katie, do you think volunteering is a good thing?
Well, yes, Nathan, I do.
When you volunteer, you're usually doing something nice for someone else.
So volunteering is a very good idea.
Hi, everyone.
My name is Katie, and I am your other teacher here at Let's Talk in English.
It's time to get ready for today's lesson.
So find your Let's Talk in English magazine and turn to today's lesson.
Nathan will read the Let's Begin with you right now.
Let's begin!
Rob has plans this evening.
He will volunteer at a soup kitchen!
A lot of homeless people come to the soup kitchen.
The soup kitchen is warm inside.
They serve hot soup and other food.
But they need help.
They also need old clothes.
Maybe Susie can do a report on the soup kitchen!
Rob is thankful. He's not homeless.
OK, friends, let's go to Conversation A and learn some more.
How was your day, Susie?
Long! But it was good.
I did a lot today!
Good job!
Do you have plans this evening?
No. Why do you ask?
I volunteer at a soup kitchen after work on Mondays.
And they need more help!
OK! How can I help?
You can serve hot soup with a smile!
I'm sure many of you have had a long day yesterday or today.
Thank you for joining us anyway.
We have...
Uh, Nathan, what do you mean by a long day?
Every day is 24 hours long.
It can't be longer than that.
That is true, Katie.
But there are days when we all feel very tired.
And in English, those... those days feel long to us.
We think they are longer.
But you know, our friends are still here to learn with us today.
Well, that's great.
If you're tired, I hope that you have some time to rest.
Or do you have work this evening?
If you do, (Chinese), you might... Wait...
Do... do you have something to do sometime?
That's today's "Use It!" sentence, Katie.
Good job!
Thanks! How about one more?
Nathan, do you have any key words for us this lesson?
Hmm, of course!
Now let's look at the first one together.
volunteer.
volunteer.
When you volunteer, you do work for free.
People usually volunteer so that they can help others.
I know people who volunteer to help fix houses.
When bad things happen, like a very big storm, people can volunteer to help
clean up.
It's very important.
One time, I helped fix houses with many students that were volunteering.
That was in the United States after a very bad tornado.
(Chinese).
Yes, that is a good time to volunteer.
Rob volunteers at a soup kitchen.
That's where people can get free food if they needed, like soup.
Well, I guess it's time to talk about another key word.
soup.
soup.
Soup is a kind of food that you have in a bowl.
Almost all kinds of soup are hot.
And in Chinese, you say that you drink soup.
But in English, we say that we eat soup or we have soup.
Usually, soup is thin in Asia, but some soup is very thick in the United States.
There are so many kinds of soup.
Some soup has vegetables, some has meat.
Some kinds are made from water, some from milk.
Do you have a favorite soup, Katie?
Well, yes, Nathan, I do have a favorite soup.
My favorite kind of soup is potato soup.
It's very good to eat on a cold winter day.
But, friends, there really are many different kinds of soup to choose from.
But now let's learn some more about the soup kitchen in Conversation B.
(Music).
That's easy!
Are you going there right now?
Yes. The weather is cool now.
A lot of homeless people want a warm meal.
And the soup kitchen is warm inside!
Yes, it is!
They have hot coffee and tea, too.
There are a lot of homeless people in this city.
Yes. And I'm not one of them.
I'm very thankful.
Wow, soup kitchens are very important places.
It's a great way to help people that don't have everything they need.
Homeless people can go there to get food.
If someone is homeless, they have no home.
They don't have a place to sleep or to stay.
Soup kitchens can be a big help to them, especially in the winter.
That's right.
When it's cold, homeless people really need a place where they can go inside and
get warm.
Now let's talk about a key word that I just used.
inside.
inside.
If you go inside, you go into a building.
In the winter, it is warm inside.
In the summer, it is cool inside.
But you can also put things inside something else.
You can put things that you buy at a store inside a bag to take it all home.
Or if you are moving to a different place, you can put all of your things inside
boxes.
That will help keep everything that you own safe.
And I can think of one more way to use this word.
There is a lot of useful information inside your LTE magazine.
I hope that you have one.
Yes. We can say things are inside books or magazines.
Well, friends, we have one more great key word to talk about today.
thankful.
thankful.
If you are thankful, you are very glad to have something or you are very glad
that something happened.
And this word reminds me of a very common phrase.
I'm sure that you all know it, friends: Thank you.
Oh. You're welcome, Nathan.
For... for what?
Uh. Well, no, no...
"Thank you" is the... is the phrase I was thinking of.
You can hear "thank" in thankful.
And we really have a lot of things to be thankful for.
There are places, people and other things that we should be very glad to have.
So what are you thankful for, Katie?
Well, Nathan, you said that we can be thankful for people.
So I am very, very thankful for my family.
I'm thankful for them because I love them a lot, so.
And there are many other things that I can choose from.
Nathan, how about you?
Well, there are many things to be thankful for.
I'm thankful to have a fun job like this.
It's great to teach you English.
So let's keep going and move on to Conversation C now.
Hey! I have an idea!
What's that?
I can do a report on the soup kitchen!
That's a great idea!
Then more people can know about the soup kitchen.
Maybe some can volunteer!
We need help!
We also need old clothes.
We give those to the homeless people.
Tell me more!
Do you have time to help at the soup kitchen, friends?
It sounds like they need a lot of volunteers.
Maybe we could be volunteers too, Katie.
Nathan, but I thought that volunteering was something that you can do.
But you just said that we could be volunteers.
Does this mean that this key word can be a verb and a noun?
That is right, Katie.
You can volunteer at the soup kitchen.
And when you volunteer, you can also be called a volunteer.
Well, that is good to know.
And, friends, if you don't have time to volunteer, you can also give soup
kitchens old clothes that you have.
And that is our last key word for today.
clothes.
clothes.
Clothes are things that you wear, like pants and shirts.
Everyone needs clothes.
Yes. Clothes keep you warm and safe from the weather.
If you give clothes to a soup kitchen, they will give them to the people that
need them.
Katie, we were talking about homeless people earlier.
They don't have homes.
But if people don't have clothes, can we call them clothesless people?
Well, I know what you mean.
But that's kind of a strange word.
So we probably should not call them that, but I'm not sure.
I do know that if we don't practice today's key words, we might be key wordless.
So, friends, let's practice our key words right now.
The first word is:
volunteer.
volunteer.
Jessie volunteered to help cook dinner.
inside.
inside.
It's cool inside the house.
soup.
soup.
I want some soup for dinner.
clothes.
clothes.
None of these clothes look good on me.
thankful.
thankful.
I'm thankful for this amazing meal!
OK, friends, we hope that you practice your key words later today, too.
Don't forget them!
But right now it's time for a break.
Please don't goaway.