节目资讯
刊物:大家说英语
日期:2012-11-21
难易度:Low
关键字:Thanksgiving, delicious, turkey, plate, still, cover, parade
Lights.
Camera.
Let's Talk in English.
Hi, everyone, welcome to our show.
We are thankful that you joined us today.
My name is Andrea.
And my name is Gabe.
Now today we are talking about one of my favorite subjects.
That's right, we're talking about food.
Favorite Foods is the title of our lesson.
What is your favorite kind of food?
Well, what kinds of things will we learn about today?
We will learn about delicious foods, like turkey.
Oh, Thanksgiving is very, very soon.
I will have delicious turkey on Thanksgiving.
Mhmm, that is one of my favorite kinds of food.
Right now friends, it's time for you to open up your magazine, and let's get
started with Conversation A.
Hi, Susie. Are you OK?
Oh, hi, Lily.
No, not really.
What do you mean?
Carol gave me some good news this morning.
But it was bad news, too.
What did she say?
I am going to New York City.
I'm covering the big Thanksgiving Day parade.
That's great!
I know! But then I can't celebrate Thanksgiving with my family.
Well, Lily and Susie are talking.
And at the beginning of this conversation, Lily has a question.
Are you OK?
Now if you just see your friend for the first time, then you should ask, "Hey,
how are you?" or "What's up?" But if you ask,
"Are you OK?" that means you think your friend looks unhappy or sad, or maybe
something bad is happening.
Are you OK?
Uh, Andrea? Andrea, are you OK? Andrea?
Andrea, you can tell me.
Are you OK?
OK? Yes, I guess I'm OK.
But I guess I'm also a little bit sad.
Wait, wait, wait!
Why are you unhappy, Andrea?
Well, I'm just thinking about Thanksgiving.
And it's such a wonderful holiday.
Yeah.
But it also really makes me miss my family.
Oh. Oh. Oh, Andrea, I understand.
Well, it's OK.
You have your friends here... like right here. Right here.
You're right. You're right.
OK, I'm OK. I'm OK.
But thank you for asking.
That shows that you care.
Exactly! I do care.
Friends, you can ask this question to someone soon.
Well, I hope all of your friends are OK.
But now you know when to ask it.
Are you OK?
We do have a key word here, and that is OK.
The key word is: Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving is a special holiday where people share the things they are
thankful for in life.
Thanksgiving Day.
Yes, Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays.
It's a time to be with family.
It's a time to be with friends.
It's a time to think about all the blessings, all the good things you have in
your life.
And even if life hasn't been so good, it's a time to be thankful for being where
you are, and for getting through the harder times.
That's right.
Well, Susie is going to be covering the Thanksgiving Day parade.
So people will celebrate.
Many people will be walking down the street.
There will be music at this parade.
And she will be part of the news report covering this parade.
Friends, let's continue with Conversation B.
Thanksgiving is an important time for families.
It is. I love Thanksgiving dinner.
It's my favorite meal of the year.
You can eat Thanksgiving dinner in New York.
I can. But I can't eat my mom's delicious food.
She is a great cook!
Does she cook a turkey?
Yes! And she bakes the best pumpkin pies!
Turkey. Pumpkin pie.
Oh, I am getting so hungry as I think about all the delicious food that you eat
during Thanksgiving.
Gabe, what is your favorite Thanksgiving food?
Look, Andrea, I'm a turkey head!
Ah. Well yes, yes, you... you are a turkey, Gabe.
Yes, I am.
Well, turkey is one of my favorite foods during Thanksgiving.
And turkey is very delicious.
Yes, turkey is a kind of bird.
It's a very big bird.
And you can make turkey for Thanksgiving.
I also have it at Christmas.
OK. Wow, thank you, Gabe.
Yes, "turkey" is one of our key words.
A turkey is a bird.
And people eat this bird to celebrate.
Of course you can eat turkey anytime.
But it's a special part of Thanksgiving.
Well, thanks for bringing that turkey along, Gabe.
Well, no problem, Andrea.
It helps to talk about turkeys.
And uh, turkeys are very special animals, too.
They make this noise.
There you go.
That's the noise a turkey makes.
Well, not, not a dead turkey.
No, no. OK.
Well, turkeys are delicious.
Our key word is "delicious." Now if something is delicious, it tastes very, very
good.
If you are eating something and you really like how it tastes, well then you can
say: This is delicious.
And turkey sandwiches are delicious.
What else is delicious?
Apple pies are delicious.
Pumpkin pie is delicious.
Ice cream is delicious.
I like chocolate flavored ice cream, vanilla flavored ice cream.
Turkey flavored ice cream is very delicious.
Uh, Gabe, turkey flavored ice cream?
Oh. Well, yes.
You should try it, Andrea.
It's delicious.
OK. Well, sometimes what one person thinks is delicious, another person doesn't
think it's delicious.
Oh.
OK. Well, we do have more to learn with Conversation C.
Maybe your mom can save some pie for you.
Yes. Maybe she can save me a plate of turkey and other things, too.
Then you can still eat your mom's food!
Thanks, Lily. I feel better now.
Good. Carol did give you good news.
She did.
You can see a great parade!
And I can have two Thanksgiving dinners!
Yes, Susie can have two Thanksgiving dinners.
Friends, I think this is great news for her.
Well friends, when you see the word "news," this word always has an "s" on the
end.
It's good news.
Or it's great news.
Or that's terrible news.
It always has an S.
I think it's great news that Susie can have two Thanksgiving dinners.
I agree. It's great news.
She gets to go to New York City.
And then she gets to have a plate of her mother's food when she comes home.
That's right, she can have a plate of her mother's food.
"Plate" is our key word here.
When you have a plate, well that's something you can put your food on.
You put your food on a plate.
And then you use your fork and your knife or your spoon or your chopsticks to
eat off of your plate.
And when you enjoy Thanksgiving dinner, usually everyone sits around their
table, and they have their own plate.
Then there are bigger plates in the middle of the table with food on it.
So you take your food from the big plates, and put it on your own plate.
So Susie says maybe her mom can save some pie and a plate of turkey and other
things, too.
And she can still eat her mom's food.
The key word here is: still.
If you can still do something, you were planning on it, and maybe something
happened, you're not sure,
later you find out you can do it, so you say you can still do something.
Well, we still have more to learn and more to review with Ginger and the Monkey
Man.
Whoa! I want to go to New York City!
Why do you want to go to New York City?
The Thanksgiving Day parade is in New York.
Oh. Well, you don't have to go to New York for the parade.
Yes, I do.
No, you don't.
Ginger, you can watch the big parade on TV.
I don't want to watch the parade.
You don't want to watch it?
No! I want to be in it.
Oh, you want to be in the parade.
Yeah. Then you can watch me on TV.
Hahaha... I want to be in the parade!
Well, I'm very thankful that we can review our key words right now.
The first one is: Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving.
Americans celebrate Thanksgiving in November.
delicious.
delicious.
Try this fish. It's delicious!
turkey.
turkey.
Karen eats turkey for lunch.
plate.
plate.
Dennis puts a lot of food on his plate.
still.
still.
I work on Saturday.
But I can still come to the party.
And you're doing a good job.
You're working hard, but we still have time for a break.
Let's take a break right now.