节目资讯
刊物:大家说英语
日期:2012-01-24
难易度:Medium
关键字:mean, tangerine, hang, blessing, envelope, adult, fortune
(Music).
Are you ready?
I'm ready.
Great! Here we go. Lights.
Camera.
Let's Talk in English.
Hey, everyone. My name is Gabe.
And my name is Andrea.
Thank you for joining us again today.
We continue to celebrate.
We are celebrating Chinese New Year.
Now we have some more things to learn about different customs for this very
special holiday.
Now we know that some of you are celebrating right now.
But thank you for making Let's Talk in English part of your celebration.
Yes, thank you for joining us today.
And of course, we have new things to learn, some key words like "mean" and
"tangerine" and "hang." I wonder why "tangerine" is a key word for today.
Very interesting.
I'm sure I'll learn something here today too.
Well, let's get started.
Open your magazine, and let's start with our Read It.
People decorate their homes with flowers for Chinese New Year.
Flowers mean new life and good fortune.
People have oranges and tangerines in their homes too.
These fruits also mean good fortune.
People hang the Chinese word fu in their homes.
Fu means blessing and good fortune.
Children love Chinese New Year.
They get hong bao or red envelopes with money in them.
Parents and other adults give the envelopes.
People decorate their homes for Chinese New Year.
Now when you decorate your home or decorate a place, you make it look beautiful.
You usually decorate for a special day or for a holiday.
Now how do people decorate their homes for Chinese New Year, Gabe?
Well, people decorate by putting flowers up.
They put flowers around their homes.
And flowers mean new life and good fortune.
Yes, flowers mean new life and good fortune.
Well, let's look at this verb, mean.
When you talk about what something means, you talk about what it says.
When you look at flowers, they mean good fortune or new life.
That's one thing that flowers can mean.
That's one thing flowers mean.
Well, how else do you use this word?
If someone says something and you're not sure what they mean, you can ask, "What
do you mean?" Or, what does that word mean?
What does this mean?
And what do flowers mean?
Well, flowers mean good luck and good fortune or new life.
Well, we have some more words we'd like to talk about.
We want to talk about what they mean.
Our next key word is "tangerine." People have oranges and tangerines in their
home too.
A tangerine is a kind of fruit.
A tangerine kind of looks like an orange, but it is smaller.
It looks like an orange ball.
And tangerines are delicious.
Tangerines taste great.
You can eat them as a snack.
They're very healthy because they are a fruit.
Now Andrea, which one do you like better, oranges or tangerines?
I like tangerines better.
Tangerines are sweeter than oranges.
And we find out that tangerines mean good fortune.
Now how else do people decorate their homes for this holiday?
Well, people hang the Chinese word fu in their homes.
Now when you hang something in your home, you put it up so people can see it.
You hang things to decorate.
Or you might hang a picture on the wall so people can look at it.
You hang something on the wall.
And of course, this word fu means blessing.
"Blessing" is another key word here today.
If something is a blessing, that means good things will happen to you, or good
things happen.
It's a blessing.
Well, another blessing at Chinese New Year is getting a red envelope.
An envelope is something you put a letter or money inside.
You might write a letter and put it in an envelope or put a small gift in an
envelope.
And parents and other adults give these envelopes to kids for Chinese New Year.
An adult is someone who is not a child.
Well, we have more to learn.
Let's go and see Christina.
(Chinese).
And now let's continue with our program.
People decorate for Chinese New Year.
Yes. I like that. The Jungle Cafe looks very nice.
Yes, it looks great.
Did you see the flowers?
Yes. Flowers mean new life and good fortune.
Yeah. And look at the orange.
Yes, oranges mean good fortune.
Look at the Chinese word fu.
Oh, yeah. Yes, fu means blessing and good fortune.
Hmm. Look at the bananas.
Bananas? Do... do bananas mean good fortune?
No. Bananas mean good food.
People decorate their homes with flowers for Chinese New Year.
Flowers mean new life and good fortune.
People have oranges and tangerines in their homes too.
These fruits also mean good fortune.
People hang the Chinese word fu in their homes.
Fu means blessing and good fortune.
Children love Chinese New Year.
They get hong bao or red envelopes with money in them.
Parents and other adults give the envelopes.
Let's review our key words now.
The first one is: mean.
mean.
A picture of a heart means love.
tangerine.
tangerine.
I like to eat tangerines and oranges.
hang.
hang.
I want to hang this picture in my room.
blessing.
blessing.
Your help is a real blessing to me.
envelope.
envelope.
Put your letter in this envelope.
adult.
adult.
This party is for adults only. No children can come.
It's time for a Commercial Break.
Happy Chinese New Year!
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we have the best red envelopes.
Buy a package of 50 envelopes for only $1!
Ooh, bring good fortune to your homes with fresh flowers and delicious oranges.
We have many different kinds of flowers to choose from.
Some flowers smell good, and others... don't smell so good.
You can buy some oranges and give it to your friends.
Get five oranges for only $1!
What a great deal!
So remember, friends, Your Favorite Supermarket is the best place to buy and
save money for your Lunar New Year Super Super Sale.
Happy ChineseNew Year!
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