节目资讯
刊物:大家说英语
日期:2013-09-18
难易度:Low
关键字:adress, about, way, turn, map
You are 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 today.
Our topic is AROUND TOWN.
And we have a new lesson for you called How Do I Get There?
How Do I Get There?
Now are you good at finding places, Nathan?
I like trying to find places.
Sometimes it is hard, but I try hard to find the right place that I am looking
for.
Hi, friends, my name is Nathan.
We are going to have a great time today.
And first, we need to read Let's Begin!
You can find it in your LTE magazine.
And Katie will read it with you now.
Let's begin!
Mark is looking for Jackson Street.
He tells Susie the address.
He can walk there in about 15 minutes.
Which way can he walk?
He can go out of the station and turn left.
Then he can turn right on Maple Street.
The map on his cellphone can help him.
OK. Let's find out more about where Mark wants to go in Conversation A.
(Music).
Hey, Susie, can you help me?
Sure. What do you need, Mark?
Where is Jackson Street?
Is it far from here?
Jackson Street is not too far.
What are you looking for?
There's a new restaurant on Jackson Street.
Maybe I can try it.
What's the address of the restaurant?
The address is 617 Jackson Street.
Can I walk there?
Yes, you can!
When you move to a new place, you might need help finding things.
Mark has not been working at LTE TV very long.
He needs some help.
When I moved to Taipei, I asked people questions, too.
I actually used our "Use It!" sentence a lot.
Where is something? Like, where is the best store?
That's right. Or where is the subway station?
And where is Chungshan North Road?
It's a very helpful question.
Have you used it before, friends?
I think you probably have.
Sometimes you have the address for a place.
You want to go there, but you don't know the street.
And Nathan used our first key word for today.
Let's look at it together.
address.
address.
An address is how you write where something is.
What is an address, Nathan?
Well, you need to have a street name in the address.
But streets can be very long.
You also need to have a street number.
That's right.
Street numbers are very important.
If you are going to mail something, you need more information in an address,
too.
You should also write the city.
If you're in the United States, you need to write the state, too.
And the last thing you need is a number for the area.
You can use that information to address mail.
Address can also be a verb.
That's right.
When we use address as a verb, we are talking about what we do when we call
someone's name.
Whenever you address someone, you say "Hey, Nathan." And that is addressing
someone.
Mmhm.
And it's putting an address on your mail.
OK. Now it's time to go to Conversation B.
(Music).
Great! Which way do I walk?
Go out of the TV station and turn left.
Walk to Maple Street.
And then turn right?
Yes. How did you know?
I'm looking at a map on my cellphone!
They why are you asking me?
Maps can't tell you everything!
But they can tell you a lot!
If you don't know how to go somewhere, a few things can help.
A friend can help.
They can tell you which way to go.
That's a great key word.
Let's look at it.
way.
way.
In this sentence, "way" is where you should walk.
Yes. You can go this way or that way, left or right.
Or you might need to go forward or go back.
These are all different ways to walk.
So, Katie, which way should I go if I want to leave this room?
Oh, you should go that way to the right.
There's a big door that...
Wait. You... you know how to get out of this room, Nathan.
I don't need to tell you which way to go.
You're right. I know the way.
But, friends, you can also say, "That's the way to some place," like that's the
way to the bathroom.
That's how you get there.
But Nathan, sometimes it is not so easy to go somewhere.
You don't just go this way or that way, you might have to turn somewhere.
Yes, that's true.
And that's also a key word.
turn.
turn.
If you turn, you change the way you are going.
Like this: I am walking to Katie, but now I am turning right.
That's right, Nathan.
If you turn, you will go right or go left.
But we also say "turn around." If I turn around, I will look behind me, like
this, see?
Um, Katie, I... I don't think you can teach very well that way.
I... I think you should turn back.
Well, I was just trying to show everyone what it means to turn around.
And you said turn back, that means to look or go the way that you were going
before.
Yeah. That's right, too.
Now, a friend can tell you which way to go and they can tell you where to turn.
But a map can tell you which way to go, too.
Let's look at that key word.
map.
map.
A map is a picture of an area.
That's right.
But a map will show you all the streets and places that are in that area.
It's not just a picture.
And the map can show a small place or a big place.
Some maps show one small town, other maps show a big country.
Maps can also be on paper or on your phone.
Now, Nathan, you said that a map can tell you which way to go.
How does it do that?
Well, a map doesn't talk to you, but "tell" just means to let you know something
here.
You know, a map on your phone could talk to you, though.
Well, friends, I think we have more to learn about, but let's talk about maps
for a while longer.
Katie, do you like using maps?
Yes, I do like to use maps.
When I am driving in my car, I think that maps are helpful if I'm driving in a
new city.
They tell me where to go so I don't get lost.
What about you?
Do you use maps a lot?
I love to look at and use maps.
I think it's a lot of fun, actually.
But right now, let's learn some more about getting around in Conversation C.
(Music).
Sometimes I see a place on a map.
I think, "That place isn't far. I can walk there.".
But then the place is really far!
Right!
Yesterday, I went to a store.
I walked for almost an hour!
Well, you can walk to the restaurant on Jackson Street in about 15 minutes.
So what is this new restaurant?
Texas Tom's!
They have food from Texas!
Texas Tom's! That makes me think of home.
You know, Nathan, we were talking about barbecue yesterday.
I think Texas Tom's would have some good barbecue.
I think you are probably right.
But Mark won't have any food if he doesn't find Texas Tom's first.
Remember, you can use a map to help you find a new place.
But you can ask a friend which way to go, too.
A map cannot tell you how long it will take to go somewhere.
But a friend can tell you, "You can walk there in about 5 minutes." And,
friends, that's our last key word for today.
about.
about.
About 5 minutes means close to 5 minutes.
It may be a little more or a little less than 5 minutes.
Now we use this word "about" a lot like we use the word "almost." If I said
almost 5 minutes, it would be a little less than 5 minutes.
"About" can be a little more or a little less.
And the word "about" is a good word to use with numbers.
Like: There will be about 10 people at the meeting.
But you can use it in different ways, too.
Like this: your answer sounds about right.
That means your answer is very close to the right answer.
And about time means very close to the right time, like it's about time to
practice key words.
Here is the first key word.
address.
address.
Han's address is 145 HePing Street.
about.
about.
I can walk there in about an hour.
way.
way.
Which way is the school?
turn.
turn.
Turn left at the library.
map.
map.
Where is Green Street on the map?
OK, friends, those are all of the key words for today.
I hope that the practice was helpful for you and that you have learned a lot so
far in our lesson.
We're going to take a short break right now.
But don't go away, we will have more afterthis.