节目资讯
刊物:大家说英语
日期:2013-03-25
难易度:Low
关键字:yet, problem, laugh, boring, serious, take a hint/take the hint
Hi, everyone.
Welcome to Let's Talk in English.
My name is Andrea.
And we are glad that you joined us again today.
Today we are talking about WORK.
And the title of our lesson is The Problem With Trent.
The Problem With Trent.
Now Trent is a man's name.
So there's a problem with this man named Trent.
I'm sure we'll find out who Trent is today and what the problem is, right,
Kevin?
That's right, we will.
I want to know what the problem with Trent is.
Do you?
Hello, everybody. My name is Kevin.
Thank you for joining us today.
Now we want to help you get ready for today's lesson with our Let's Begin
reading.
You will find all of today's key words in this reading.
You can read along in your magazine.
Let's Begin.
Susie can't go home yet.
She has a problem.
Her problem is Trent.
He talks too much.
He tells stories.
People laugh.
Susie does not laugh.
She thinks his stories are boring.
She doesn't have time for Trent's stories.
Trent is a serious problem for her.
Ooh. Wow, this does sound pretty serious today.
Well, let's get started with Conversation A.
Goodbye, Susie.
I'm going home.
That's nice.
I can't go home yet.
Why not?
It's after 5:30.
I still have work.
You must have a lot of work.
I'm sorry.
I don't have a lot of work.
I have a problem!
What is your problem?
Trent Simons.
He's a new reporter.
He talks too much!
Well, Ken and Susie are talking in Conversation A.
And we find out who Trent is.
So Kevin, who is Trent?
Well, Trent is our new reporter.
That's right, he is a new reporter here at the studio.
And we also find out that he talks too much.
Well, we need to talk about some key words to get started.
We're not finished yet.
We are just starting.
But our key word is: yet.
Now we use this word "yet" to talk about something that hasn't happened, but
will happen.
So when Susie says, "I can't go home yet," she will go home at some point, but
she can't go home right now.
You can say: Jules has not eaten lunch yet.
That means Jules... well, he hasn't eaten lunch, but he will in a bit.
You can say: It's not the weekend yet.
It's only Thursday.
We still have to work on Friday.
And then it's the weekend.
Or you can say: Kandra hasn't finished her homework yet.
So she can't go and watch a movie.
Well, we aren't finished yet.
We have another key word to talk about.
I hope that's not a problem for you.
Our key word is "problem." Now when you have a problem, that means there is
something wrong.
That's right.
Sometimes if the car isn't working, you can say: My car has a problem.
Well, Susie says, "I have a problem." And when someone tells you that they have
a problem, it's nice to ask about the problem.
It shows that you care.
And Ken does say, "What is your problem?" You can also ask: Can I help you? or
Tell me about your problem.
Well, we find out that Susie's problem is Trent.
And I'm sure we will learn more together in Conversation B.
I know him.
He's just a friendly guy.
He's too friendly.
He talks all the time.
But he's fun.
He tells funny stories.
And I laugh.
I don't.
Some of his stories are boring.
And I'm busy.
I am busy sometimes, too.
So I don't let Trent talk to me then.
That's not easy.
I try.
He doesn't take a hint.
Wow! So can someone be too friendly?
Well, Susie thinks Trent is.
Now Ken says Trent tells funny stories.
And Ken says he laughs.
Let's look at our first key word.
laugh.
to laugh.
When you laugh, you go like this:
Yeah, you laugh when something is funny or when you are happy.
For example, Jill laughs a lot when she watches funny movies.
And it is good to laugh.
Sometimes when I start laughing, I can't stop.
But I think it's good to laugh a little bit every day.
Do you agree, Kevin?
I believe laughing is fun.
And it makes other people happy, too.
But Susie does not think Trent's stories are funny.
She says they are boring.
And that brings us to our next key word.
boring.
Now when something is boring, it's not interesting.
Sometimes it's too long or too slow.
Andrea, is there something that is boring to you?
Well, sometimes I start a new book.
And I'm really excited about the book.
But the book is not interesting.
It's boring.
So then I stop reading the book.
So let's use "boring" in some sentences.
Ted thought the movie was boring.
He wanted more action.
You can also say the teacher does not want her class to be boring.
She sometimes uses games to teach in class, so her class isn't boring.
Now we really want to talk about the last phrase Susie said in Conversation B.
That is "to take a hint." This is something we say when we are trying to let
someone know what we want, but we don't say what we want.
When you hint at something, you want the person to know what you are thinking.
Andrea, what are some times when you give hints to people?
Well, sometimes a person might have something on their face, maybe some food on
their face,
and I try to hint, kind of try to tell them that there's something on their
face.
And I hope they... they notice.
I hope they take that hint.
All right, let's move on to Conversation C.
I know.
Trent bothers me sometimes, too.
He bothers everyone.
He talks to everyone.
He talks all the time!
He doesn't talk all the time.
Yes, he does.
I'm serious, Ken.
I can't do my work.
He's always bothering me.
We can talk to Carol about him.
Maybe she can do something.
I hope so!
Well, Ken says that Trent bothers him sometimes.
But Susie says that Trent always bothers her.
She says, "He's always bothering me." And she is serious.
Well, it's time for us to look at our key word here.
I'm serious about that.
The key word is "serious." Now when you are serious, that means you are not
joking.
What you are saying is true when you are serious.
You can give a serious look, like this.
That's right.
Now that's a very serious look, Kevin. OK.
So when you are serious, you're usually not laughing or sometimes you're not
even smiling.
You are serious.
And Susie says, "I'm serious." Ken says that Trent doesn't talk all the time.
But Susie says that he talks all the time.
Now here we see this phrase "all the time." Now we've talked about this before.
If you do something all the time, that means you do it a lot.
So does Trent really talk all the time?
Well, if he talked all the time, he would not be able to eat or do anything
else.
So really, he does not talk all the time.
He just talks a lot.
Right.
So remember, we use this phrase in English when someone does something a lot.
Well, now it's time for us to review our key words together.
We haven't done that yet.
So please say them with us.
yet.
yet.
Tom isn't home yet.
He's coming soon.
problem.
problem.
I have a problem.
Can you help me?
laugh.
laugh.
Everyone laughs at Alan's funny stories.
boring.
boring.
This book is very boring.
It's not interesting.
serious.
serious.
Linda is serious.
Don't laugh at her.
All right, good job, friends.
We will be rightback.