节目资讯
刊物:大家说英语
日期:2012-10-08
难易度:Low
关键字:cut, hair, expensive, haircut, practice, salon, stylist, beauty school
Lights.
Camera.
Let's Talk in English.
Hello, everyone, and welcome to LTE TV.
My name is Gabe.
And my name is Andrea.
And we are so glad that you are here with us today.
We have a new week of learning just for you.
Now I have a question for you:
Where do you get your hair cut?
Yes. Where Do You Get Your Hair Cut?
Now that is also the title of today's lesson.
We are learning how to talk about haircuts in English.
Now when your hair gets too long, do you cut it, or do you go to a place to get
your hair cut?
Maybe you pay a lot of money to get an expensive haircut.
Or maybe you like to go to a place that is cheaper.
Well, we have a lot to learn about this topic together today.
So let's begin with Conversation A.
Hi, Susie. Did you cut your hair?
No, I never cut my own hair!
Did you get your hair cut?
Yes, I did!
No one else noticed!
Where do you get your hair cut?
I often go to a place by the supermarket.
It's fast and cheap.
How about you?
I go to Sam's Salon. It's downtown.
Lily starts with a question in Conversation A.
She says, "Did you cut your hair?" Did you cut your hair?
And in this question, we see two key words.
Let's talk about the first one together.
It is: cut.
Now when you cut something, you can make it shorter.
When you cut your hair, you make your hair shorter.
Or you can also cut something into pieces, like you can cut a carrot into
pieces, or cut other vegetables into pieces when you are cooking.
So you can use a knife to cut something, like cutting a carrot.
Or you can use scissors to cut your hair or to cut a piece of paper.
You can cut other things, too.
Hey, I have some cheese in my pocket.
Andrea, would you mind cutting the cheese?
Uh... Well, I can't because I don't have a knife, Gabe.
So sorry, I... I can't cut your cheese.
OK. Well um, I guess I'll cut the cheese later.
I need a knife or some scissors to cut the cheese.
Well friends, you can cut hair.
And we find out that "hair" is a key word, too.
Do you have hair?
Well, many people do have hair on their head.
Yes. And our hair grows.
So some people have long hair; some people have short hair.
And it's good to cut your hair.
Now, Lily's question is: Did you cut your hair?
And Susie kind of makes a joke.
She says, "I never cut my own hair." Now you can ask someone: Did you cut your
hair?
Or you can say, "Did you get your hair cut?" But Susie's just trying to be
funny, isn't she, Gabe?
That's right. She is having fun with the words.
The question is: Did you cut your hair?
So it sounds like she maybe used scissors to cut her own hair.
Right.
So you can ask, "Did you cut your hair?" or, "Did you get your hair cut?" You
can also tell someone that you like their hair.
I like your hair.
Your hair looks great today.
Well, we have more to learn now in Conversation B.
You go to a salon downtown?
That must be expensive.
It is.
Why do you go downtown for a haircut?
Sam's Salon is great!
I really like my stylist.
Does the same person cut your hair every time?
Yes. Sam cuts my hair.
He is a great stylist.
Really?
A different person cuts my hair each time.
All right.
So we see that Susie and Lily are a little bit different.
Lily likes to have the same person cut her hair.
But Susie has a different person every time.
Well friends, we do have some different key words in this conversation.
The first one is: expensive.
Susie says, "You go to a salon downtown? That must be expensive." expensive.
That means it costs a lot of money.
It's not cheap.
It's not cheap.
It is expensive.
Let's use this key word in a sentence.
It's more expensive to fly to the city than it is to drive there.
It's more expensive to fly to the city than it is to drive there.
You could say something is expensive or it is cheap.
You could also say it is inexpensive.
That means it doesn't cost a lot of money.
"In" and then "expensive." Well, our next key word doesn't cost a lot of money,
but it does cost a little bit of time.
Let's say it together.
haircut.
Nice job.
This is a noun.
And it's what you say when you cut your hair.
You have a haircut.
Yes, you get a haircut.
Maybe you go to a salon, and a stylist gives you a haircut.
So here, this word is a noun.
I got a haircut.
But earlier in Conversation A, we talked about these two words in a different
way.
I like your hair.
And I want to cut my hair.
So just remember that when we're talking about the noun, the two words are
together.
One word - haircut.
That's right.
You can get a haircut.
Or you can say, "Hey, that's a nice haircut." Or, how often do you get a
haircut?
Ask that question to someone in English today.
Right now it's time for us to continue with Conversations C.
So can anyone cut your hair?
Sure. Anyone can cut my hair.
A student can cut your hair!
A student?
There is a beauty school by the library.
The students are studying to become hair stylists.
So they practice on people?
Right. And you get a very cheap haircut.
Sometimes the haircuts are free!
I can go there next time!
Now we know that Lily goes to Sam's Salon.
And that's downtown.
She goes there to get her hair cut.
But she tells Susie about another place that you can get a haircut.
Now where did she think that Susie might want to go, Gabe?
Well, she could go to the beauty school by the library.
You see, Susie doesn't mind if anybody cuts her hair.
Anyone can cut her hair.
So Lily suggests this beauty school.
And at a beauty school, people are learning to be stylists.
They are learning how to give people haircuts.
So haircuts are cheap.
They are not expensive.
And sometimes they are even free.
Well, free is even better than cheap, isn't it?
Well, let's practice our key word together.
It is: practice.
In our conversation, Susie says they practice on people.
Now when you practice something, you do it again and again and again so that you
get better at it.
So how do you want to improve?
What do you want to get better at?
Do you like to play a musical instrument, like the piano or the drums or guitar?
Well, you need to practice to get better.
Maybe you want to learn another language.
Well, you need to practice using that language if you want to get better.
And on Let's Talk in English, we encourage you to practice English every day.
Practice for at least ten minutes a day.
And we know that you can do it.
Well friends, we've done a lot today.
Now Gabe, what are we going to do next?
We're going to go now to see the Monkey Man and Ginger with some Jungle
Chitchat.
Ooh.
Ginger, I have a surprise for you.
Oh? What uh, kind of surprise?
Uh, don't move. Hold still, OK?
Hey! What are you doing with those big scissors?
I'm going to cut your hair!
No, you're not!
Yes, I am.
You need a haircut.
But you don't know how to cut hair.
That's OK. I can practice.
Yeah, you can practice on your own hair!
No way. I can't cut my own hair.
That's right.
And you can't cut mine, either.
OK. OK. Let's both go to the beauty salon.
The beauty salon! Yeah! Yeah!
It's time to practice our key words.
So please say them with us.
The first one is: cut.
cut.
Use the scissors and cut the paper.
hair.
hair.
Mark's hair is messy today. So he put on a hat.
expensive.
expensive.
This computer is expensive.
I don't have enough money for it.
haircut.
haircut.
I like your haircut! You look great.
practice.
practice.
Jen practices piano every day.
Well, great job practicing your key words with us.
Now it's time to take abreak.