节目资讯
刊物:大家说英语
日期:2013-06-11
难易度:Medium
关键字:university, college, congratulations, clap, brave, degree
Hello, friends.
Welcome to Let's Talk in English.
Are you ready to learn some more words and phrases today?
I hope so.
My name is Nathan.
And I'm glad to be your teacher today.
Now our topic again today is SCHOOL.
And our lesson is called Graduations.
Graduations.
It's the same lesson as yesterday.
Katie, have you been to many graduations?
Well, I have been to both my high school and college graduation.
And I've been to my best friend's college graduation.
So I've been to at least three.
Hi, everyone. My name is Katie.
And I hope you're excited to talk about SCHOOL again today.
But it's time to get ready for today's lesson.
So 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!
School life is not always easy for older university students.
Just ask Susie's brother.
He graduated from college last month!
He was brave.
Ken says, "Congratulations!" Susie went to her brother's graduation and clapped
a lot.
Her brother has a better job now because of his degree.
Well, let's find out more about this in Conversation A.
(Music).
Susie, did Rob tell you about his sister?
She graduated from high school last Saturday.
Yes! Rob told me.
He's a proud big brother.
His sister must be really smart.
She was the best student in her class.
Yes, she's going to a very good university next year.
Did you know my brother graduated last month?
From high school?
No! From college!
If you remember, Rob was talking with Ken about his sister's graduation
yesterday.
Now Ken wants to share the good news with Susie.
He says, "Did Rob tell you about his sister?" This is a very simple sentence but
very common, too.
Did someone tell you about something?
Oh Nathan, did anyone tell you about the party this weekend?
I can't go.
Oh. Yeah, I... I heard about it last week.
But did Naomi tell you about the change of plans?
I think the party will be later now.
Oh, really? That's good news.
Maybe I can go.
Back to Conversation A.
Susie has heard the good news from Rob, too.
He really must be a proud big brother because he is telling everyone about his
little sister.
Well, she was the best student in her class.
So Susie knows that she's going to a very good university.
You need to know this key word today.
university.
university.
After high school, many people continue as students in university.
That's right.
And when you go to university, you have to choose what you'll study.
That's because we want university to help us get ready for the jobs we want.
You know, Nathan and I have both graduated from university.
That's true.
And someone else has just graduated, too.
Susie's brother!
He graduated from college, which is another key word.
college.
college.
Now we often use "college" and "university" to mean the same thing.
But they are a little different.
Think of a university as one school with different parts called colleges.
One university may have a science college, a business college and other
colleges.
You can even study languages at college.
But it's still important to say that someone is going to college or graduated
from college.
Right. Someone might say, "I graduated from university." But there are many
people who will also say, "I graduated from college." Both are OK.
I say that I went to a university.
But I studied journalism or newspapers in that college.
That's another way to use these words.
Now let's find out more about Susie's brother's college graduation in
Conversation B.
(Music).
Congratulations to your brother!
Did you go to his graduation?
I did. My whole family went!
We clapped a lot for my brother.
You are really proud of him.
Yes. My brother started college 30 years after he graduated from high school!
That's not easy!
No. That's really brave.
He was much older than most students.
Good for him!
Now this conversation begins with a great key word to know.
congratulations.
congratulations.
This is a nice word we say to someone who has done something important in his or
her life.
It's kind of like saying "Good job!" or "That's wonderful!".
Did some of you just graduate?
Yes? Congratulations!
Oh, you're going to get married?
Congratulations!
Wow, you're going to have a baby?
Oh, congratulations!
That's wonderful. Isn't it, Katie?
Of course.
Hey, you know, Nathan... you were clapping a minute ago.
That's a key word today.
Let's look at it.
clap.
clap.
Susie's family clapped a lot for her brother when he graduated.
But what are other times that we clap, Nathan?
Hmm. Well, you should always clap after someone finishes singing or playing
music, like at a concert.
That shows that you think they did well.
And we also clap during music sometimes, but not for every song.
Usually, though, we clap to give congratulations.
Susie's brother started college 30 years after his high school graduation.
I think that's a very good reason for congratulations and clapping.
You're right.
Like Susie says, that's not easy.
But Katie, why doesn't Susie just say that's hard?
I mean, that's what she means, right?
Well, yes. But sometimes we like to say things a different way.
Like when we hear bad news, we might say, "That's not good" instead of "That's
bad".
Oh, yeah.
And... and if we try a new food, we might say, "That's not bad" instead of
"That's pretty good".
But Susie said that's not easy because you need to be brave to do what her
brother did.
And that's another key word today.
brave.
brave.
If you are brave, you are not afraid to do something difficult or maybe even
dangerous.
There are lots of brave heroes in the movies. Right, Nathan?
Yes. People like James Bond are really brave in the movies.
But you know, I think there are lots of brave people around us, too, that we
know.
I bet you know some brave people.
Katie, is there a brave person that you know?
Well actually, I think that my best friend is a brave person.
She moved to a new country all by herself.
And she did not know anyone there.
And she didn't even have a job.
It was pretty brave of her to go.
What about you, Nathan?
Do you know anyone who is brave?
Well, I also have a friend who is pretty brave.
He was hit by a car here in Taipei.
And he almost died.
It was very dangerous for a long time.
But he got better.
And today you would not know that he was hit by the car.
But he had to work very hard so that he could remember things, and that he could
use his body like he used to be able to.
I think he is an amazing and very brave person.
We can also say that people are brave when they have been very sick.
If they have a disease, they can get through it.
They can be described as brave.
OK, Conversation C might be hard.
But I know you're brave, right?
Let's go there now.
(Music).
Now he has a better job because of his degree.
What did your brother study?
He studied business.
That's great.
Did you give him a graduation gift?
Yes, I bought him a smartphone!
Wow, graduation gifts today are really good!
All I got was a dictionary!
Maybe you should go back to school so you can graduate again!
So Susie's brother was brave.
But now some great things have happened for him.
The best thing is that he has a better job because of his degree.
Now let's look at this key word that Susie uses.
degree.
degree.
A degree is what a university gives you when you graduate.
Degrees often help us find work because they show people what we know about.
I have a degree in journalism, which means that I know about writing for
newspapers or maybe even magazines.
And Susie's brother has a degree in business.
When he looked for jobs, I'm sure he told people about his degree.
Companies usually like to have people with the right degree so that they can do
their job well.
But Susie's brother not only got a better job.
Susie gave him a smartphone as a graduation gift.
That's a really nice gift.
Ken's wasn't so good.
He only got a dictionary.
Well, at least it's useful.
But let's look at what Ken says.
Graduation gifts today are really good.
When he says "today," it's like he's saying now.
He remembers a time before when gifts weren't so nice.
Here's another example.
Kids today know a lot more about technology.
Years ago, kids may not have understood that much about computers.
But now they do.
Very good.
Now let's look at today's "Use it!" sentence.
Maybe you should go back to school so you can graduate again.
Maybe you should do something so you can do something else.
I think it's time to review our key words.
Here's your first one.
university.
university.
Hal studies at a university in the U.S.
college.
college.
What college did you go to?
congratulations.
congratulations.
You're getting married? Congratulations!
clap.
clap.
You should clap when the music ends.
brave.
brave.
Pete moved to a new country. He's brave.
degree.
degree.
Bobby has a degree in art.
Great job, everyone.
Now let's take abreak.