节目资讯
刊物:大家说英语
日期:2013-08-28
难易度:Low
关键字:chopsticks, fork, bowl, drop, rice, pick up, stick
You're watching Let's Talk in English.
This is the show where we have fun learning English together.
My name is Katie, and we hope that you're ready to learn with us today.
Today's topic is FOOD.
And the title of our new lesson is Let's Eat Out!
Let's Eat Out!
Do you like to eat out at restaurants, Nathan?
Of course! I like to eat out at restaurants.
Restaurants can make some food that I cannot make myself.
Hello, everyone.
My name is Nathan.
I'm very glad to be teaching you today.
Now let's open up our LTE magazines and find today's Let's Begin reading.
Katie will read it with you right now.
Let's begin!
Ken likes Chinese food.
But he can't use chopsticks very well.
That's OK.
He can eat with a fork.
He doesn't have good Chinese table manners.
He doesn't pick up his bowl.
And he drops food on the table.
Once he stuck his chopsticks into his bowl of rice.
That is very rude.
He doesn't do that anymore.
I think there are a lot of things we can learn from today's lesson.
Let's go to Conversation A now.
(Music).
Are you ready for lunch, Mark?
Sure, Ken.
Let's eat Chinese food.
There is a new restaurant down the street.
OK. I love Chinese food!
That's good.
Can you use chopsticks?
Yes.
But I can't use them very well.
So I usually eat with a fork.
That's fine, too.
Chinese restaurants always have forks.
Well, it's lunchtime for Mark and Ken.
Mark wants to go eat Chinese food.
And where does he say he wants to go?
Well, he says there's a new restaurant down the street.
So they decide to go there.
That's right.
And Mark asks Ken, "Can you use chopsticks?" Let's learn about that key word.
chopsticks.
chopsticks.
Chopsticks are used by many people in Asia for eating.
That's right.
A chopstick is one thin stick that you use to eat.
Now when you eat, you use two chopsticks.
And when you have chopsticks, you should hold them like this.
Well, Ken says he can't use chopsticks very well.
A lot of times it is hard for people who are not from Asia to learn how to eat
with chopsticks.
Nathan, can you eat with chopsticks well?
Oh, I... I can use chopsticks fine.
But you know, people here say your chopsticks are not supposed to cross.
But when I use them, a lot of times they do cross.
Now Ken used our "Use It!" sentence just earlier.
I can't use them very well.
Let's use that "Use It!" sentence.
Well, I can't speak Chinese very well.
And I can't sing very well.
Friends, say your own "Use It!" sentence at home.
And let's keep learning.
Ken says he usually eats with a fork.
Wait, Katie, I think that's our next key word.
You're right, Nathan.
Friends, let's look at this key word.
fork.
fork.
A fork is an object that is used for eating.
It has a handle and three or four points on the end.
People in America usually use forks to eat.
But people in Asia usually use chopsticks.
Now Nathan, you've lived in both America and Asia.
Do you like to eat with forks or chopsticks?
Well, I think that forks are easier to use, but chopsticks can do more things.
Really though, if I'm eating Chinese food, I feel like I should use chopsticks.
But if I'm eating American food, I feel like I should use a fork.
That is true.
I also use a fork if I'm eating food from America or chopsticks if I'm eating
Chinese food.
All right, friends, that is all the time we have.
So I think we need to move on to Conversation B.
We have a lot more to learn.
(Music).
I don't have very good Chinese table manners.
How do you know?
Rob and I eat Chinese food sometimes.
He laughs at me.
Why does he do that?
I don't pick up my bowl.
I drop food on the table, too.
That's OK.
You can't eat some foods with chopsticks very well.
Ken starts Conversation B by saying: I don't have very good Chinese table
manners.
Table manners are the way that we act at the table when we are eating.
That's right.
And it is important to have good table manners.
But we will learn more about that later this week.
Ken says that Rob laughs at him when he eats Chinese food.
One reason is because Ken does not pick up his bowl.
That's a key word that we should look at.
bowl.
bowl.
A bowl is something that you eat out of.
That's right.
A bowl has a round bottom and you take food out from the top.
You usually eat soup or noodles out of bowls.
When you eat Chinese food, people often pick up their bowl from the table and
use their chopsticks to get food into their mouth.
It makes eating easier.
But Ken does something else, too.
He drops food on the table.
Well, we should also look at that key word, too.
drop.
drop.
If you drop something, you allow it to fall.
It may fall on the table or on the floor.
That's right.
And Nathan, look, I will drop this bowl.
No, no, Katie!
Haha, good idea, but I... I think that they understand what the word means.
We don't need to show them.
OK. You're probably right.
It sounds like Ken drops food from his chopsticks to the table.
Remember? He said he couldn't use chopsticks well.
That's why he drops his food.
Let's use this word in another way.
You can say, "I dropped my books on the floor." Or, Jake dropped the ball during
the basketball game.
That's right.
Those are both good ways to use the word "dropped." Now let's look at the
sentence.
"Why does he do that?" Mark asks this question.
When he says this, he means, why does Rob laugh at Ken?
The word "that" is talking about the sentence before when Ken says that Rob
laughs at him.
That's right, Katie.
Rob laughs at Ken because Ken does not have very good Chinese table manners.
He should probably practice those.
Well, friends, let's go to Conversation C right now to learn one more key word.
(Music).
I once did something else wrong, too.
What did you do?
I stuck my chopsticks into my bowl of rice.
Uh-oh. That is rude.
I know that now.
So I put my chopsticks on the table.
Good.
That's polite.
So let's go eat.
Does this restaurant have fried rice?
That's my favorite.
Of course!
Well, we are learning a lot today.
And we find out a lot about Ken.
What's the next thing that Ken does wrong, Nathan?
He says that he stuck his chopsticks in his bowl of rice.
Uh-oh. You're not supposed to do that in Asia.
That's right, you are not.
It is very rude to stick your chopsticks into a bowl of rice.
People won't like it.
But friends, we do need to talk about this key word.
rice.
rice.
Rice is a type of food that a lot of people eat - especially in Asia.
Right.
And you can eat rice many different ways.
You can eat rice with vegetables, fried rice, or curry and rice.
That's right.
I love to eat fried rice for dinner.
And according to our conversation, that's Ken's favorite Chinese dish, too.
Ken says he knows now not to put his chopsticks in his rice.
And now he puts them on the table.
And Mark says, "That's polite." Let's look at that word.
If you are polite, you have good table manners.
You do not do rude things at the table.
What are some other ways to be polite, Nathan?
Well, you can be polite by saying please and thank you.
That's true.
OK, friends.
Now it's time to review today's key words.
Say them with us.
Here's the first one.
chopsticks.
chopsticks.
Eat your food with chopsticks.
fork.
fork.
Use a fork to eat your salad.
bowl.
bowl.
There is some fruit in this bowl.
drop.
drop.
Be careful! Don't drop the glass!
rice.
rice.
People in Asia eat a lot of rice.
OK, friends, those are today's key words.
Keep practicing them and try to remember them.
Right now we want to take a short break.
Please come back and join us for the end of theshow.