刊物:大家說英語
日期:2012-04-12
难易度:Medium
关键字:around, unhappy, impossible, avoid, smile, mood, please
It's time to play a little game called Two...
In One.
Yes, OK, I'm so excited about this.
Yeah, you are.
Two in One.
Two key words in one sentence.
OK, I'm going to go first.
Hmm, let's see.
Simon avoids negative people, so he has a happy mood.
Ah, that's very nice, Andrea.
Simon "avoids," that's a key word, negative people, so he has a happy "mood."
Very nice, very nice.
OK, here is my sentence.
Ah.
Little Pete thinks it's impossible to smile around negative people.
Oh, wow, wow!
Oh, yeah!
Gabe, Gabe just did three in one.
Excellent! Gabe, tell us the key words you used.
OK. Impossible, smile and around. Mmhm.
Excellent, excellent.
Nothing is impossible when you are playing this game.
Well, we have more to learn.
Let's look at Conversation A together right now.
Hi, Ken. how are you?
Well, I was fine.
What happened?
I just talked with Sylvia.
Uh-oh.
Yes. She is not fun to be around.
She's always unhappy about something.
Sylvia is a negative person.
I try to avoid her.
So do I.
She is impossible to please.
She makes me feel bad too!
She is impossible to please.
Ken tells us that Sylvia is impossible to please.
If someone is impossible to please, that means they are hard to please.
It's not easy to please them.
Well, Susie says, "Sylvia is a negative person. I try to avoid her." I try to
avoid her.
What are some other things that you avoid?
You can say: I try to avoid sugar.
I don't want to eat a lot of sugar.
I try to avoid the rain.
I stay inside or I take an umbrella.
I try to avoid air conditioners.
I don't like being around air that is very cold.
What is something that you try to avoid?
Practice using this sentence.
Well, we don't want to avoid learning more.
We want to learn more with Conversation B.
I try to smile a lot around Sylvia.
Really? Why do you smile a lot?
I'm trying to change her mood.
Nothing in life makes her happy.
I asked Sylvia something today.
What?
I asked, "Did anything good happen to you today?".
What did she say?
She couldn't think of anything.
How sad.
Well, we're learning about someone who is impossible to please.
Her name is Sylvia.
And Susie says, "I'm trying to change her mood. Nothing in life makes her
happy." It seems like nothing makes Sylvia happy.
But this is a good phrase to know.
What makes you happy?
What makes me happy?
What makes you happy?
Do friends make you happy?
Does spending time with your family make you happy.
Do good memories make you happy?
Children... Do children make you happy?
What about cute, little doggies?
Do they make you happy?
Well, what kinds of things make you happy?
Talk about that with someone today.
Later on Ken said, "Did anything good happen to you today?" He asked Sylvia this
question.
Did anything good happen to you today?
He said that she couldn't think of anything.
I hope that's not true for you.
I hope if you're having a difficult day, that you can at least think of
something good that happened today.
Try that. It might make you smile.
Right now let's review.
Negative people are not fun to be around.
They are always unhappy about something.
They complain a lot and pleasing them is impossible.
They find something wrong with everything.
Their negative emotions can make you feel bad too.
What can you do about negative people?
Avoid them when you can.
When you can't, smile.
Smiling puts you in a good mood.
And it may help them too.
Hi, Ken. How are you?
Well, I was fine.
What happened?
I just talked with Sylvia.
Uh-oh.
Yes. She is not fun to be around.
She's always unhappy about something.
Sylvia is a negative person.
I try to avoid her.
So do I.
She is impossible to please.
She makes me feel bad too!
I try to smile a lot around Sylvia.
Really? Why do you smile a lot?
I'm trying to change her mood.
Nothing in life makes her happy.
I asked Sylvia something today.
What?
I asked, "Did anything good happen to you today?".
What did she say?
She couldn't think of anything.
How sad.
Calendar Phrase.
She's impossible to please.
She's impossible to please.
(Chinese).
I bought my wife an expensive watch.
Oh. Did she like it?
No. She's impossible to please.
Oh.
Then I bought her an expensive dress.
Did she like that?
No. She's impossible to please.
Oh.
Then I bought her an expensive ring.
Did she like that?
No. She's impossible to please.
So you wasted all your money.
No. It wasn't my money.
I used her credit card.
Oh! Well, that's why she wasn't pleased.
She's impossible to please.
She's impossible to please.
(Chinese).
It is time to Answer It!
Now I am positive that you can do this.
Question number one.
Why is Sylvia no fun to be around?
Well, Gabe's a lot of fun to be around.
But I'm sure that he can answer this.
Right, Gabe?
Yeah, I can answer it.
OK, here is the answer.
It's in Conversation A. OK.
She's always unhappy about something, huh, right?
Well, yeah, that's right. Uh, that's correct.
You answered it.
But um... Gabe, what's wrong?
You seem to be very negative right now.
Oh, well, I thought maybe... maybe that's how Sylvia acts, you know?
Oh.
When she's unhappy.
Yeah. But no, I... I don't like that.
It's not fun to be around you when you're like that.
OK. Well, I hope this question is fun.
Um, I have a question for everybody.
And I'm going to ask you, Andrea.
Are you negative?
No, no, no. That's not the question.
That's not the question I want.
When are you negative?
Oh. Oh, this is a... a good question.
When are you negative?
Now I like to think that I'm not negative.
Yeah.
But I guess I am negative sometimes.
I'm often negative if I didn't get enough sleep, or if I'm very hungry, or if
I'm just not happy.
Oh, I understand you.
And friends, sometimes we are negative.
We want to be positive, but sometimes we are negative.
Well, when are you negative?
Think about it.
And we'll see you next time right here on...
Let's Talk in English.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.
(Music).
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