节目资讯
刊物:大家说英语
日期:2013-06-25
难易度:Medium
关键字:decision, company, rent, experience, single, notice, move up, keep in
touch
Hello, friends.
Welcome to LTE TV.
And thank you for watching Let's Talk in English.
My name is Nathan.
Are you ready to learn some more words and phrases today?
Well, we're going to continue our topic of WORK.
And we're going to continue our lesson called Joe Must Decide.
Joe Must Decide.
He's trying to decide if he's going to quit his job.
Now Katie, what would you do if you were Joe?
Well, if I were Joe, I would take my dream job.
It sounds like fun.
And New York City is an amazing place to live.
Hi, everyone. My name is Katie.
And I hope you're excited for today's lesson.
But we need to get ready for it.
So take out your LTE magazine and turn to today's Let's Begin.
You can read along with Nathan right now.
Let's begin!
Joe made his decision.
He is going to take the job in New York City.
He is excited about his new company.
The job will be a good experience for him.
Rent is not cheap because New York City is expensive.
But Joe is young and single.
He can try something new.
Well, it sounds like we have a lot to learn in Conversation A.
So let's go there now.
(Music).
So, Joe, did you make a decision?
Yes. It wasn't easy.
I'm going to take the job in New York.
I see.
Well, we'll miss you.
I'll miss you all, too.
I really enjoyed working here.
So you're giving your two weeks' notice?
Yes. The job in New York starts July 15.
And I have to move and find a place to live.
Today's lesson starts with the big question.
Remember our lesson is called Joe Must Decide.
So Carol asks Joe, "Did you make a decision?" That's a key word.
And it's very important for today's lesson.
Let's look at it closely.
decision.
decision.
You make a decision when you choose something.
I remember when I had to make the decision of which college I would go to.
I had a few choices.
But I had to decide on one.
Now decide, D-E-C-I-D-E, is the verb of decision.
Of course, we have to make little decisions every day.
You have to make a decision to go exercise.
You have to make a decision to choose what you'll eat for dinner.
Sometimes we have to make hard decisions, like Joe.
He really likes his job at LTE TV.
But he decided to take the job in New York.
Carol is very kind and says, "I see. Well, we'll miss you." When she says "I
see," she isn't really talking about seeing with her eyes.
She just means that she understands.
Oh, I see.
Thank you for explaining that, Nathan.
Uh, Katie, you knew what I meant when I said I see, right?
Of course.
I was just joking to make an example, Nathan.
I see.
Good one.
Now next, Carol has another question:
So you're giving your two weeks' notice?
If you give someone a notice, you are telling them something important.
And when you hear "two weeks' notice," it's almost always about letting someone
know that you'll be quitting your job.
Most companies want you to let them know at least two weeks before it happens.
Now let's look at today's "Use it!" sentence.
The job in New York starts July 15.
The something starts sometime.
The party starts at nine o'clock tonight.
Or the new class starts next year.
And the next conversation starts right now.
(Music).
How did you make your decision?
I made a list of good and bad things about the job.
Rob suggested that.
What were some good things?
The job pays well.
The work is new and exciting.
I will have chances to move up in the company.
That's good.
But rent is not cheap in New York City!
I'll pay a lot to live there.
Well, Rob reminded Joe that New York is expensive.
And Joe is still thinking about it.
Carol asks how he decided to take the job.
So he tells her about Rob's idea to make the list.
Right. He is supposed to think about the good and bad things about the job.
The money is good.
The work is exciting.
And he will have chances to move up in the company.
Those are all good things.
Yes. But let's take a look at the last thing.
First, there's a key word there.
company.
company.
A company is any kind of business group that wants to sell something.
The company that Joe will join gives ad service to other companies that pay them
for it.
And LTE TV is another company that sells the TV shows they make.
Hey, maybe Joe can work with LTE TV again.
They might ask for his help from his ad agency so that they can help with ads.
Maybe, especially if Joe moves up in the company.
If he moves up, his job will become more and more important.
So maybe he could give Carol a call later, and the two companies could work
together.
Yeah, that would be great.
Moving up is something good to try to do.
And Carol agrees.
But then Joe comes to the bad things on his list.
He says that rent is not cheap in New York City.
Well, that's another key word for us to learn today.
Let's look at it.
rent.
rent.
Rent is the money you pay to keep your house, apartment, or maybe your office
space.
Of course, Joe is talking about rent for an apartment.
He has to think about where he will live in New York City.
If you're looking at new apartments, you can ask: How much is rent here?
Now Katie, do you rent anything?
Yes, I rent an apartment in Taipei.
So friends, you can use "rent" as a noun and a verb.
We say that we pay rent.
But when we are paying rent, we're also renting that place.
Nathan, what about you?
Do you rent anything?
I do not rent an apartment because my company owns my apartment.
So that's nice.
But sometimes you have to rent a car if you want to go somewhere and you don't
have your own.
That's true.
OK, friends.
Well, we know that rent is high in New York City.
But maybe Carol has a good idea for Joe in Conversation C.
Let's find out.
You can live outside the city and ride the train or subway.
I know. I thought of that.
I'm looking for places online.
Well, the job will be a good experience for you.
It will.
I'm young and single.
Now is a good time to try something new.
That's true.
We wish you well.
Please keep in touch.
I will!
Yesterday Joe told Rob that he could live outside of New York and ride the train
into the city for work.
Carol has the same idea today, which probably makes Joe feel good about it.
And he's already looking online for places he can move to.
He must think living outside the city is a good plan.
Carol also thinks the new job will be good for him, too.
She says the job will be a good experience for him.
And that's a good key word.
Let's look at it together.
experience.
experience.
An experience is something that happens to you.
Sometimes we talk about our job experience or our college experience.
My job experience at Studio Classroom has been great.
There are so many good people here to work with, and the work is interesting,
too.
Living in Asia has been a great experience for me.
I've met so many new people.
I've gotten to travel to different countries.
I've gotten to see new things and eat new food.
That's a great experience.
But sometimes experiences aren't so good.
Some of us may have had bad experiences in high school.
Or you might have a bad travel experience because you missed a plane.
Has that ever happened to you, Katie?
Oh, no, I have never missed an airplane, but I've come close.
But Carol thinks this new job will be good for Joe, and he does, too.
It will be a good experience.
He also thinks it's a good time for something new.
He's young, so he has time to try different things.
He's also single, so he won't be moving away from anyone.
Now let's talk about that key word some more.
single.
single.
A person who is single is not married.
If Joe was married and he was going to move to New York, his wife would have to
leave her job to go with him.
But he doesn't have to worry about that because he's single.
Sometimes we also use single to mean that a person does not have a boyfriend or
a girlfriend.
So Nathan, are you single?
Well... we don't have to talk about uh... that, Katie.
Uh, maybe we should uh, move on and talk about...
Oh! I know.
It's a perfect time, I think, to start talking about key words.
Don't you think so?
Wouldn't that be a good experience, Katie?
Oh, OK, fine.
That would be a great experience.
So let's review our key words right now.
Here's the first one.
decision.
decision.
What's Tom's decision? Will he go?
company.
company.
This is a good company to work for.
rent.
rent.
How much do you pay for rent?
experience.
experience.
Sam had a good experience in Europe.
single.
single.
Jen isn't married. She is single.
OK. See, Katie?
Wasn't that such a good experience to review our key words?
I thought so.
Now friends, it's time to take a shortbreak.