节目资讯
刊物:旅游精选
日期:2009-12-28
难易度:High
关键字:artifact, fascinating, omate, palatial, fortress,
(Music).
Hi, friends.
Welcome to Studio Classroom Worldwide.
My name is Steve.
And I’m so happy you joined us today.
In this month’s TRAVEL feature, Studio Classroom wants to take you to the
enchanting city of Salzburg.
Salzburg is in the European country of Austria.
And although it’s cold this time of year, I think you won’t even mind.
That’s because Salzburg had so many things that will warm your heart this
holiday season.
Let’s check our one and only key word for this section.
It’s the noun:
artifact, as in:
There are many artifacts from medieval times in this museum.
OK. I believe it’s time to go to Salzburg for the holidays.
Please open your magazines and join us for the reading beginning on page
forty-eight.
(Music).
Salzburg for the Holidays.
This small Austrian city offers lots to enjoy during the holidays.
The hills are alive with the sound of music... and not just the hills.
In Salzburg, melodies of great composer and native son Mozart (1756-91) fill the
city’s churches and concert halls.
Musicians perform more than 2,00 classical concerts annually, many featuring
Mozart’s music.
Fans can visit his birthplace, where the boy wonder composed many of his early
works.
All kinds of musical artifacts fill the home, which also contains an apartment
that is furnished for Mozart’s time.
Across the Salzach River, which runs Salzburg,
the Mozart Wohnhaus also welcomes visitors and provides insights into the great
composer and his life.
(Music).
Hi, friends. And welcome.
I’m Chelsea.
And I’m Chip.
And thanks for joining us for this month’s TRAVEL article.
We’ll be spending three days in Salzburg.
And specifically, we recommend that you go to Salzburg and travel around there
for the holidays or for the holiday season.
So now Salzburg is in Austria, a country in Central Europe south and east of
Germany.
And this small Austrian city offers a lot to enjoy during the holidays.
So let’s learn about what some of those enjoyable things are.
The hills are alive with the sound and music... and not just the hills.
Now you might be familiar with this reference.
This is referring to a very, very popular and classic U.S. musical called The
Sound of Music.
You see a picture of it right there on page forty-eight.
This uh, first line is actually one of the lyrics to the song The Sound of
Music.
And so it says:
The hills are alive with the sound of music... by not just the hills.
So what else is alive with the Sound of music in Salzburg?
Well, our article says that Mozart’s melodies filled the town.
They fill the churches and the concert halls because Mozart came from this part
of the world.
Mozart came from Salzburg.
And he was the great composer.
So he was a great composer that you’ve probably heard of.
He composed many famous pieces of classical music that we still listen to today.
And in Salzburg, musicians perform more than 2,000 classical concerts annually.
That’s every year.
They’re playing Mozart’s famous melodies or his music, his tunes in Salzburg
every year.
So if you are a fan of Mozart, if you really like his music, then maybe you can
visit his birthplace,
where this boy wonder composed many of his early works, so this early pieces of
music.
Now our article talks about him as a boy wonder.
Here we’re talking about what, Chelsea?
Well, a boy wonder is a young man now is very successful.
It’s not very often that a musician like Mozart comes along and is as good as he
was at the very young age when he became very, very talented.
So he was a boy wonder.
You can visit his birthplace where he lived, his home.
And while you’re there, you can look at all kinds of musical artifacts because
these artifacts fill the home.
So let’s talk about that word artifacts, Chip.
What is an artifact?
Well, an artifact is really any object.
It could be a tool or a weapon or really any object that was used by people uh,
in history.
So it was created by people and used by people some time in the past.
So here we’re talking about musical artifacts.
So here we’re talking about objects that were used to create music in history.
I would imagine there would be a piano in there somewhere.
Now in addition to this... these musical artifacts, the home also contains an
apartment that is furnished or has furniture from Mozart’s time.
Now across the Salzach River, which runs through Salzburg,
the Mozart Wohnhous also welcomes... visitors and provides insights into the
great composer and his life.
Right.
This is a different place.
This is across the river from his birthplace.
And our article says that it welcomes visitors, and this place provides insights
into the great composer and his life.
So let’s take a look at that phrase uh, ”to provide insights” with Liz in
Grammar on the Go.
Then we’ll visit the Chat Room.
Take a break.
We’ll be back.
Hi, there, friends.
I hope you’re doing well today.
My name is Liz.
And it’s time for Grammar on the Go.
We’ve been talking about Salzburg in our article.
So guess where I am today?
You’re right.
I’m in Salzburg.
In fact, I’m touring the Mozart museum, known as the Mozart Wohnhaus house.
As our article states:
The Mozart Wohnhaus House welcomes visitors and provides insights into the great
composer and his life.
That’s our grammar tip sentence for today.
Notice the phrase:
to provide insight into.
It’s just another way to say ”give deeper information about something”.
So today’s grammar tip sentence just means the Mozart museum helps visitors to
have a deeper understanding of the great composer and his life.
When you want to talk about giving extra or deeper information about someone or
something,
or helping others to have a greater understanding of something or someone,
you can consider using this phrase:
to provide insight into.
For example, you can say:
Sam’s meeting with the famous scientist provided him insight into the latest
discoveries in genetic engineering.
Or:
Ada felt that an internship at the film company would provide her greater
insights into the media industry.
So go ahead and get this phrase a try.
Don’t just say ”talk about something” or ”give interesting information about
something”.
And if you’d like to see some more example sentences,
there are some more in today’s grammar tip section in your Studio Classroom
magazine.
But now I’m going to continue looking around the Mozart Wohnhaus House.
But I’ll see you again soon on the next Grammar on the Go.
This is Liz signing off in Salzburg, Austria.
Bye-bye.
(Music).
Hello, everyone.
And welcome to the Chat Room.
I’m Brandon and I’m so glad you joined us today.
Hi, friends.
I’m Ken.
Good to have you in the Chat Room.
So Ken, today’s lesson mentions Mozart who, I think, is so musically inclined.
He was...
Wait a minute, Brandon.
Musically inclined?
I don’t understand.
Yes.
This means that he was very good with music and that he was very talented in
this area.
The word inclined, as it is used here, means that Mozart tended to be good with
music.
Hmm.
Can you be inclined in other ways, Brandon?
Yes.
Well, if you’re very artistic, then you are artistically inclined.
I see.
But doesn’t this word have other meanings?
Yes. Another way to use the word is when we are talking about being inclined to
do something.
If I am inclined to eat Italian food when I’m in Italy, then that means I
usually want to eat Italian food when I’m in Italy.
OK.
(Chinese).
Brandon, there is another word:
decline.
Can we be declined to do something?
Ah, good question, Ken.
We don’t use decline in that way.
But we can decline things.
For example, maybe you are offered a job and you don’t want it.
Well, you can decline the offer.
So this means that you tell them that you don’t want the job.
In a polite way. Yes.
You are refusing to do something.
And we can also say that things are in decline.
If people are buying fewer cars, then we say that the automobile industry is in
decline.
This means that fewer cars are being sold than before, right?
You got it, Ken.
(Chinese).
Right now it’s time fora break. Studio Classroom will be back in a moment.