节目资讯
刊物:大家说英语
日期:2012-09-21
难易度:High
关键字:accept, invitation, politely, honest, refuse, opera, fan, stand
Welcome back, friends.
Are you ready for a Key Word...
Story?
I am ready for a Key Word...
Story.
I think Andrea is, too.
Now we have a Key Word...
Story...
Just for you.
It uses all of today's key words.
Let me begin.
This story is about Britney... kind of.
OK. Well, Britney is having a party, and she gave out invitations today.
She gave me an invitation, but I didn't accept.
I didn't?
Right. I didn't.
Why didn't I accept?
I politely refused because I had too much homework to do.
Of course, if I were to be honest, my homework wasn't that important.
Yes, it was!
No, it wasn't!
I wanted to go to the party.
No! My biology homework was very important!
So... so I accepted the invitation and brought my homework to the party.
That's the end of the story.
No.
The end. The end.
Let's continue with our show today, friends.
We have a lesson to review, right, Andrea?
Well, yes, I guess we do.
Let's review today's lesson.
That was a wonderful story.
No.
Hey, Lily, what would you do if someone invited you to an opera?
I don't know.
I'd probably accept the invitation.
Are you going to invite me to an opera?
No. I really don't like opera music.
My friend invited me to go to an opera with her.
And you don't want to go.
I really don't want to go.
But how can I tell her politely?
Be nice but honest.
Thank her for the invitation, but tell her you're not really an opera fan.
So I shouldn't say, "I can't stand opera music"?
Right. Don't say that.
That's rude.
Be polite when you refuse an invitation.
Should I invite her to do something else another time?
Sure. People always like invitations to do things with friends.
But not when it's an invitation to an opera!
Have you ever been invited to do something you didn't want to do?
Did you accept the invitation?
You can refuse politely.
Be honest, but be nice, too.
First, thank the person for the invitation.
Then tell him the reason you are refusing.
Instead of saying, "How boring," try, "I don't really enjoy that." Consider
inviting the person to do another activity with you.
Then he knows you still want to spend time with him!
(Chinese).
So I really liked basketball.
But I was really good at other sports, too, like soccer and volleyball.
Oh, oh, I was a really good tennis player.
And I'm a pretty good swimmer, too.
All of the other students at my junior high school, they loved me.
They said I was the best at everything.
You want to know what my nickname was?
Sporty Randy!
Cool, huh?
Yeah, so I really miss...
Randy. Randy.
Well, we're in a library.
Don't speak like that.
You're too loud!
Please be... be...
Oh, I need Super Sentence Man again.
And I am Super Sentence Man again.
Today's super sentence is:
Be something when you something else.
Like this, Mandy.
Be quiet when you are in the library.
Be quiet when you are in the library.
Great!
Now can you give me your own super sentence, Mandy?
Sure.
Be careful when you cross the street.
Be careful when you cross the street.
Very good.
What about you, Randy?
Well, my mom always tells me:
Be excited when you visit your uncle.
Be excited when you visit your uncle.
Good idea.
He will be a happy uncle.
Now Mandy, what super sentence do you need to use with Randy?
Randy, be quiet when you are in the library.
And that is how you use a super sentence.
Say it with me, friends.
A super sentence everyday will make your English great!
Shh!
Oh, right.
Calendar Phrase.
I can't stand it.
I can't stand it.
(Chinese).
La, la, la, la, la.
Your radio is too loud.
I can't stand it.
That's not my radio.
La, la, la, la, la.
Your TV is too loud.
I can't stand it.
That's not my TV.
La, la, la, la, la.
Your CD player is too loud.
I can't stand it.
That's not my CD player.
La, la, la, la, la.
What is that noise?
I can't stand it.
I'm singing opera.
La, la, la, la, la.
Well, please be quiet.
I can't stand it.
I can't stand it.
I can't stand it.
(Chinese).
All right, friends, now it's time to Answer It!
We have two questions just for you.
Number one.
Why does Rob want to refuse his friend's invitation?
That's a big question.
Why does Rob want to refuse his friend's invitation?
Andrea?
Well, we found the answer in Conversation A.
Let's look at it together.
He really doesn't like opera music.
Rob doesn't like opera music, so he wants to refuse his friend's invitation.
OK. Well, here is our second Answer It question.
When was the last time you refused an invitation, and why?
When was the last time you refused an invitation, and why?
Gabe?
Oh, man! I feel kind of bad about this.
Well, my friends invited me to have dinner with them.
But I was practicing the drums.
And I really just wanted to continue playing the drums.
So I told them no, I'll go with them some other time.
OK, so you refused the invitation.
Yeah.
But maybe next time you can say yes to their invitation.
Exactly.
So I don't always refuse invitations.
And friends, you shouldn't often refuse invitations.
You should say yes sometimes.
Well friends, right now it's time for us to say goodbye.
But we'll see you next time right here on..
Let's Talk in English.
Goodbye.