节目资讯
刊物:大家说英语
日期:2013-07-09
难易度:Medium
关键字:sure, lift, leg, lend, airline, catch up on, economy class
Welcome to the LTE TV studio.
You are watching Let's Talk in English.
And we are very glad to have you with us today.
My name is Nathan.
And I am very glad to be your teacher.
Today we are still talking about TRAVEL.
And our lesson is called A Plane Trip.
This is the second part of this lesson, A Plane Trip.
Now Katie, what do you like to do when you're riding on a plane?
Well, like you said yesterday, I like to read books.
I always bring a book with me.
Or sometimes I guess I watch movies on an airplane.
Hi, friends. My name is Katie.
And I'm also very excited for today's lesson.
Are you ready to get started?
Take out your Let's Talk in English magazine and turn to today's Let's Begin.
You can read along with Nathan right now.
Let's begin!
Can Megan ask Rob about long flights?
Sure! He suggests exercise.
She can lift her arms and legs or walk around.
She can catch up on movies, too!
The airline will lend her headphones.
She doesn't need to bring any meals.
She's flying in economy class on an international flight.
The airline will provide meals.
Well, this sounds like fun.
So let's go to Conversation A right now.
(Music).
Hi, Rob. Can I ask you a question?
Sure, Megan.
You fly to Taiwan a lot.
How many hours is the flight?
It's about 14 or 15 hours.
That's a long flight.
Yes, it is.
In the past, my longest flights were only about five hours.
But you'll take a longer one soon!
Megan knows that Rob has been on many plane trips.
Maybe he can give her some good advice.
Megan says to him: Can I ask you a question?
Well, that's always a polite thing to say.
If someone is busy, they might not have time to answer questions.
But Rob has time.
He says, "Sure, Megan." Now let's talk about a very good key word to know.
sure.
sure.
This is a lot like saying "of course" or "no problem".
So you can use this word when someone asks you a question.
Like this:
Can you tell me the time?
Sure.
Or, would you like to join me for lunch?
Sure.
Nathan, would you like to continue?
Sure.
Megan later says, "In the past, my longest flights were about five hours." "In
the past" shows she is talking about what she has done before.
You can start a sentence this way, too.
In the past, I played basketball every day.
Or in the past, I studied history.
Now when Megan talks about her longest flights, she just means the longest plane
rides she has been on.
So Megan is just saying that the longest flight she has been on was about five
hours.
What is the longest flight you have been on, Nathan?
Oh, I think maybe about 15 hours.
Well, think about how you would answer.
But now let's go to Conversation B.
(Music).
What can I do during a long flight?
You can exercise.
Where can I exercise on a plane?
In your seat!
You can lift your arms and move your legs.
Or you can get up and walk around.
That is a good idea.
You can watch movies, too.
Really?
Sure. Most airlines show movies on international flights.
Great! I can catch up on movies!
Well, Rob has an interesting idea when Megan asks what she can do during a long
flight.
He said she can exercise.
Do you ever exercise on airplanes, Nathan?
Uh, no. Not really.
I guess I might stretch a little.
But I don't exercise on planes.
Where can you exercise on a plane?
Well, that's Megan's question.
Where can I exercise on a plane?
And it's also a "Use it!" sentence.
Where can I do something?
Like: Where can I buy fresh fruit?
Or, where can I find the bathroom?
That's an important one sometimes.
But Rob actually has a clear answer to Megan's question.
She can exercise in her seat.
And how can she do that?
She can lift her arms and move her legs.
Now there are a couple key words here.
Let's look at the first one.
lift.
lift.
If you lift something, you pick it up.
So you can lift your arms like this.
But won't this bother the people next to you on the plane?
Well, yeah. I think you need to lift them like this.
Oh.
What other things do we have to lift, Nathan?
Well, you might lift boxes when you move to a different house.
Or you might lift a baby or a kid to hold them.
That's right.
Now let's look at the next key word.
leg.
leg.
You stand with your legs.
But if you're sitting on a plane, you can also move them around for exercise.
But there's not much room for you to move your legs on planes.
No. But there's enough room to lift them, I think.
If not, Rob says you can also get up and walk around.
We walk with our legs, too.
But there are other things you can do on airplanes, too.
Rob says that most airlines show movies on international flights.
And that's what I like to do on planes - watch movies.
Yes, that's always fun.
Now in our conversation, Megan says that she can catch up on movies.
So let's look at that phrase, "catch up on" something.
If she is catching up on movies, she means that she has missed a lot of movies.
She has not been able to watch them.
So when she is on the airplane, she will watch a lot of movies and catch up on
them.
Now Nathan, is there anything that you need to catch up on right now?
Well, sometimes at my job there's a lot to do.
And I might need to take some time to catch up on work.
That can be very important to catch up on.
That's right.
And we need to look at our last key word for this conversation.
airline.
airline.
An airline is an airplane travel company.
There are many different airlines in the world.
That's right.
There are airlines from many different countries: China and America and Japan
and many other places.
And when you're waiting to get onto an airplane, you can usually see the name of
the airline written on the side of the plane.
What airline do you take, Nathan?
Well, some people like to take the most comfortable airline.
I usually take the cheapest airline.
I try to find the cheapest tickets so I can ride on many different airlines.
That's a good idea.
I do that, too.
I always buy the cheapest ticket because I don't want to buy the expensive one.
But friends, let's see what else we can do on the plane in Conversation C.
(Music).
The airline will lend you headphones.
You can use them to listen to music, too.
What about food?
Should I pack food for meals?
No, just take a snack.
The airline provides meals for you.
Really? You pay for meals in economy class on U.S. flights.
The food is free on international flights.
Great! I hope it tastes good!
Of course, if you want to watch movies on an airplane, you need headphones.
But Rob says the airline will lend you headphones.
And that's a key word.
lend.
lend.
If you lend something, you let someone use it, but you will need it back.
So the airline will let you use their headphones.
But they will take them back from you after the flight.
Or you may lend a pen or a book to your classmate sometimes.
I like to lend people movies.
But they give them back to me after they watch them.
Now you may think that this word has the same meaning as "borrow".
But they are different.
If you lend something, you are giving it away.
And if you borrow something, you're taking it from someone.
So don't say: Can you "borrow" me your book?
That's wrong.
Right. You should say: Can you lend me your book?
Or, can I borrow your book?
It's an easy mistake to make.
But a lot of people make that mistake.
Next, Megan wonders if she should bring food.
But Rob says that airlines provide food.
That's right.
Megan is surprise because she thinks economy class doesn't give free food.
Economy class is the cheapest kind of ticket.
You don't pay as much money.
But business class and first class are more expensive.
Business class and first class are always in the front of the airplane.
And you have to pay more money.
And you have a lot more space for your things.
That's right, a lot more space.
But if your flight is international or going to a different country, economy
class always gives free food.
And also, there are some flights that stay inside one country.
They may not have free food.
We don't have free food for you.
But we do have some free key words.
Let's review them now.
Here we go.
sure.
sure.
Paul asked me to dance. I said, "Sure!".
lift.
lift.
Lift the book. What's under it?
leg.
leg.
He ran a lot today. His legs are sore.
lend.
lend.
Can you lend me a pencil?
airline.
airline.
This airline flies to Taiwan.
Good job, friends.
That was some great practice.
I know that you will keep practicing at home so that your English will improve.
Right now we're going to take a break.
But don't go away.
We'll be rightback.