节目资讯
刊物:大家说英语
日期:2013-08-19
难易度:Low
关键字:change, hair, haircut, color, worried, salon, style
Hello, friends.
You are watching Let's Talk in English here on LTE TV.
You are at the right place.
My name is Nathan, and I'm glad to be teaching you today.
Today's topic is AROUND TOWN.
And the title of our lesson is Susie's New Style.
Ooh.
Susie's New Style.
So are you excited to find out about Susie's new style, Katie?
Oh, I really am, Nathan.
It's fun when people get a new style.
And I am sure that Susie will look great.
Hi, everyone.
My name is Katie, and we have a great lesson for you today.
But we need to get started.
So find your LTE magazine and turn to today's Let's Begin!
You can read along with Nathan right now.
Let's begin!
Susie is reading about a salon.
She wants a change.
She has short hair.
What kind of haircut can she get?
Maybe she can color her hair!
But Susie is a little worried.
She doesn't want a crazy style.
She can ask the hairdresser for advice!
OK.
Well, let's see what happens with Susie in Conversation A.
(Music).
Hi, Susie.
What do you have there?
This is some information about a salon.
A salon?
Do you want a haircut?
I'm thinking about one.
You hair is nice now.
Why do you want a haircut?
I just need a change.
Do you want really, really short hair?
No, I do not!
Susie is reading about a salon.
A salon is a place where you go to get your hair or nails done.
That's right.
I usually go to the salon when I want to get a haircut.
And that's what Susie wants, too.
She is thinking about a haircut.
Now let's look at that key word.
It's our first for today.
haircut.
haircut.
A haircut is the way someone's hair is cut.
That's right.
When we get a haircut, we cut our hair shorter.
Usually someone cuts your hair for you.
A lot of people get a haircut every 6 to 8 weeks or even longer.
Yeah.
At one time I got my hair cut probably twice a year.
Now if you like your haircut, you can say you got a good haircut.
If you don't like your haircut, you can say you got a bad haircut.
That's right.
Bad haircuts are not fun.
I think we've all had one.
But the good thing about bad haircuts is that your hair grows out again.
OK, friends, Carol tells Susie that her hair is nice now.
That's our next key word.
That's right.
And it's part of our last key word.
So let's look at it.
hair.
hair.
Your hair is on the top of your head.
There are different kinds of hair.
You can have blond hair - that's like yellow hair, brown hair, black hair or red
hair.
Right.
I have blond and curly hair.
Nathan's hair is reddish brown.
That's right.
You can have short hair or long hair, too.
Everyone's hair is different.
But Susie says she wants a haircut because she needs a change.
And that's another key word to look at.
change.
change.
A change happens when something becomes different.
Sometimes we need a change because we are tired of the way things are.
That's right.
And if you need a change, you need to do something.
If I need a change, I take a vacation, or I try to do something new on the
weekends; maybe try a new activity.
That's a good way to make a change.
Nathan, what do you do if you need a change?
Well, kind of like you, I just try to get away from the area that I usually stay
in.
I want to go to a new place.
I don't have to go far but just try something new.
Now it's good to change something every once in a while, right, Kaite?
That's right.
And Nathan, you just used our key word "change" as a verb.
Friends, the word "change" can be both a noun and a verb.
You can use it both ways.
Now that's right.
I can change something or I can make a change.
"Change" is a verb or a noun.
Let's try to use it.
John changed his hair by cutting it short.
Or, John's hair is short. What a change!
Good job.
OK, friends, let's go on to Conversation B.
We have a lot more to learn.
(Music).
Why don't you color your hair?
That's too crazy for me.
I'm not talking about blue or green hair! Pick a pretty brown color.
The hairdresser can help you.
Maybe.
I'm not sure.
Look at some magazines.
You can see a lot of different haircuts and hair colors.
Great!
I can choose a good picture.
Well, Carol uses our "Use It!' sentence right away in Conversation B.
She says, "Why don't you color your hair?" Why don't you do something?
Now when you use this sentence, you are giving people a suggestion or some
advice.
So let's try to use it.
Why don't you drink more water?
Why don't you go to the movies?
Or why don't you take a rest?
Or why don't we learn more?
All right, friends, our key word for this conversation is color.
color.
If you color something, you make it that color.
You can color your hair.
That's right.
Many people color their hair because they want to change how their hair looks.
They can turn it into a different color.
Now, have you ever colored your hair, Katie?
Um, actually, no, I have not.
My hair has always been blond.
But friends, you can color your hair any color that you want.
You can make your hair look normal or you can color crazy colors like pink,
purple or green.
But we also color pictures.
I love to color pictures.
Do you like to color pictures, too, Katie?
Well, of course! I love to color pictures.
But I can't draw them.
Well, Susie says coloring her hair is too crazy for her; it's too much.
She means she does not want to do it.
That's right.
But Carol says that the hairdresser can help her.
The hairdresser is the person who cuts your hair at a salon.
Now Carol has another piece of advice for Susie.
She... tells her to look at some magazines.
Friends, we usually look at magazines, but we actually read books.
That's right.
With magazines, we just look at them and look at the pictures in them.
All right, friends, I think it's time now to go to Conversation C and find out
what Susie decides to do.
(Music).
Then you can show the picture to the hairdresser!
Yes. Now I need some magazines.
I have some!
You can also just ask the hairdresser for advice.
Oh, OK.
He can suggest a new style.
I'm a little worried.
He might suggest something crazy.
Then tell him, "No, thank you." He can suggest something else!
Well, Susie is still thinking about her haircut.
She wants to look at some magazines so she can show a picture to the
hairdresser.
And that is a great idea.
And like Carol says, she can also ask the hairdresser for advice.
She can ask him what he thinks.
Let's look at the word "style" in this conversation.
A style is how something looks.
For example, those people have a hair style.
That is how you do your hair every day.
That's right.
And the clothes that you wear are your style of clothes.
But Susie says she is worried.
Let's take a look at that key word.
worried.
worried.
If you are worried, you are unhappy because you are thinking about a problem you
may have.
That's right.
We often get worried about school or tests or even work.
And the word "worried" can also mean that we are nervous about it.
Now what do you get worried about, Nathan?
Well, sometimes when I feel like I don't have enough time to do something, I get
worried.
I'm afraid that I won't be able to get it done.
Maybe you are worried about time, too.
But friends, it's not good to worry.
If you are worried about something, you should try to figure out how to fix the
problem.
That's the best way to stop worrying.
I agree with Nathan.
The best way to stop worrying is to figure out how to fix the problem.
Worrying or feeling worried about something never fixes anything.
OK, friends, I think that that's all the time we have for now, so we should
probably review today's key words.
Please practice and say them with us.
Here we go.
change.
change.
Your room is clean now. What a change!
hair.
hair.
I took a shower.
So my hair smells nice.
haircut.
haircut.
Jessie's new haircut looks great!
color.
color.
Color the circle red.
worried.
worried.
Don't be so worried.
Everything is OK.
And friends, we don't want you to be worried, either.
Right now it's time to take a little break.
But we'll be back verysoon.