节目资讯
刊物:大家说英语
日期:2013-08-22
难易度:Medium
关键字:sound, tower, share, still, careful, motel, hostel
Welcome to Let's Talk in English.
It's a great day here at LTE TV.
My name is Katie, one of your LTE teachers.
We're excited to teach you today.
Our topic is still TRAVEL.
And we have part 2 of our lesson for you - Megan's Trip to France.
Megan's Trip to France.
Nathan, have you ever gone to another country for vacation?
Yeah, I've gone to a few countries for vacation.
I went to Thailand once.
I did a lot of interesting things there.
It was a great vacation.
OK, friends.
My name is Nathan.
You've probably met me before.
Now, right now we need to look at today's Let's Begin reading.
You can find it in your LTE magazine.
Katie will read along with you.
Let's begin!
Megan is telling Rob and Ken about her trip to France.
It sounds fun!
She saw the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre in Paris.
Then she traveled to Nice!
But she didn't stay in a hotel or a motel.
She stayed in hostels.
She shared a room with strangers.
They were friendly people.
Still, Megan was careful.
OK. Now let's get started with today's lesson in Conversation A.
(Music).
Tell us about France, Megan!
What was it like?
Really fun!
There's a lot see and do there!
Did you visit the Eiffel Tower?
Or the Louvre?
I did!
I visited those in Paris.
Then I went to the beach in Nice!
Were your hotels nice?
I didn't stay at hotels.
I stayed in hostels!
Yesterday Megan told Susie a little about her trip to France.
And today Rob and Ken want to know about it.
That's right.
And Megan tells them that it was really fun because there's a lot to see and do
in France.
Then Ken wonders if Megan went to some of the famous places like the Eiffel
Tower or the Louvre.
And she did visit them.
But let's look at a key word before we talk about the other things she did.
tower.
tower.
A tower is a very tall building usually built for their high view.
I'm sure you've seen the Eiffel Tower before.
(Chinese).
It is very tall, and people can go up into it and look at Paris.
Very old buildings had towers so that people in the tower could see far away and
know when someone was coming.
Then Megan uses today's "Use It!" sentence.
I went to the beach in Nice.
I went to (blank) in (blank), like: I went to Broadway in New York City.
Or I went to Hollywood in California.
Or I went to Conversation B in our lesson.
I mean I will go to Conversation B right now.
(Music).
Hostels?
That's an interesting choice.
It was!
The hostels weren't fancy.
But they were cheap!
Why not stay at a motel?
Even the motels in France are expensive!
Did you have to share a room with strangers?
Not in Paris.
But I shared a room with four people at my hostel in Nice!
Megan did not stay in hotels.
She stayed in hostels instead.
Hostels have big rooms with lots of beds where many people sleep.
Hostels may not be as nice as hotels, but they are cheaper.
And that's why Megan stayed at hostels.
Katie, I said "stayed 'in' hostels," but you said "stayed 'at' hostels." Both
are OK, right?
Sure.
You can say "stay in" a hostel or "at" a hostel, hotel, motel or other place.
But we usually don't say that we live at a hotel.
We would only say that if you were staying there for a very long time.
Now, Rob wonders if Megan had to share a room with strangers at the hostel.
Let's look at that key word.
share.
share.
When you share something, you use it with someone else, or you let someone else
use it.
A friend might ask to share a book with you in class - you both read from the
same book.
That's one kind of sharing.
You can also share food, which just means that you let other people eat some of
your food.
Well, we have a lot more key words in Conversation C, so let's go there now.
Wasn't that dangerous?
Did they steal anything from you?
No. They were just people like me.
Were they friendly?
Yes, very friendly!
There were two sisters from China and a couple from England.
That sounds safe.
Still, you should always be careful at a hostel.
I never left my money or camera in the room.
That was smart.
Would you stay at a hostel with strangers, friends?
Megan did.
But Rob doesn't know if that's a very good idea.
He asks her: Wasn't that dangerous?
If you want to ask someone if they agree with you about something, you can use
this sentence pattern:
Wasn't that (blank)?
That's right.
If you see a great show with a friend, you could ask them:
Wasn't that great?
Or you could ask, "Wasn't that scary?" when someone tells you about an
experience.
But Megan does not think that the strangers were dangerous.
They were just people like her from different places in the world.
And Ken says that sounds safe.
And that's another key word.
sound.
sound.
When you say "sounds," it is like saying "seems." That sounds safe or that seems
safe.
Yes. So you can use this word to talk about something that you have only heard
about.
You haven't seen it or done it yourself.
After friends make plans to do something together, they will often say,
"That sounds good." The plan seems like a good idea, but they haven't done it
yet.
Sometimes I say, "That sounds hard," when someone tells me about their job.
I don't know how to do their job, so it seems like it would be hard to me.
Friends, I know you can find a way to use that... that key word today.
That sounds easy, right?
Next, Megan says, "Still, you should always be careful at a hostel." Well,
there's another key word.
still.
still.
We can use "still" to mean even though that is true.
So even if the hostel is safe, you should be careful.
Here's another example.
Candy tastes good.
Still, you shouldn't eat too much of it.
Or the concert tickets were very expensive.
Still, I bought them because I knew my friend would enjoy it a lot.
There are other ways you can use this word.
But if you want to put it at the beginning of a sentence, it should be used like
these examples.
Now I think we already said our last key word.
Yes, we did, Nathan.
It's in the same sentence as "still," so let's look at it.
careful.
careful.
If you are careful, you are being safe or gentle.
Because Megan does not know the people at the hostel, she should be careful.
She should keep her things safe.
But I could also use this word when I am using something that can break easily.
If I am holding a camera, I should be careful so that I don't drop it.
And when you are traveling, you have to be careful.
You don't know where you are and you don't know the people around you, so you
have to watch out and be careful.
And sometimes you have to use this word when kids are near something that is
dangerous.
You can say to them:
Be careful.
This is very hot, so don't touch it.
That's right.
This is an important word to know.
You should be careful when you are in a new place like Katie says.
You should be careful when you go on a trip like Megan.
Well, Nathan, I think we should be careful not to use all of our time before
practicing key words.
You're right, Katie.
We should review them now.
Here is the first key word.
sound.
sound.
That movie sounds really exciting!
tower.
tower.
Let's climb to the top of the tower.
share.
share.
I share all my clothes with my sister.
still.
still.
It's late. Still, I will wait for you.
careful.
careful.
The street is dangerous.
Be careful.
OK, friends, these were some great key words, so I hope that you learned a lot
and that you remember them.
Try to say them on your own.
We're going to take a short break right now.
So we'll be right back afterthat.