节目资讯
刊物:旅游精选
日期:2009-12-29
难易度:High
关键字:adorn, waft, take in, enlighten, instrumentalist,
(Music).
Hi, everyone.
Welcome to Studio Classroom Worldwide.
Thanks for joining us today.
My name is Steve.
Stepping back into the life and times of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is reason
enough to visit Salzburg.
But as we continue our lesson, we’ll find that there is just so much more to
this small Austrian city,
especially during the winter holidays.
Two verbs you need to know for this portion of the lesson.
The first is adorn.
Ribbons and bows adorned the little girl’s dress and hair.
The second verb is...
waft, as in:
The smell of baking bread wafted down the hallway.
OK. Keep these two words in mind as we get started with today’s reading which
begins on the right side of page forty-nine.
(Music).
Salzburg for the Holidays.
While many visitors enjoy Salzburg in the summer and flock to the Salzburg
Festival,
Christmastime sees almost as many people come to town.
In winter, skiing enthusiasts take advantage of nearby mountain resorts.
Decorations adorn the town and the Christmas markets.
Salzburg’s most famous market, Sulzberger Christkindlmarkt usually opens for
business five weeks before Christmas.
Groups of instrumentalists and singers entertain market-goers,
and the smell of roasted almonds, hot chestnuts and Christmas pastry - Lebkuchen
- wafts through the market area.
The spicy gingerbread comes in many different shapes and sizes, often with nuts
and dried fruit inside.
(Music).
Hi, friends.
I’m Chip.
And I’m Chelsea.
And welcome to day two of our TRAVEL article for the month.
Yesterday, we took you to Salzburg, Austria, and we learned many things about
it.
We know that famous composer Mozart is from Salzburg.
And we also learned about some beautiful sites you can see including a medieval
castle.
But today, we are going to talk about the holidays.
After all, this article is called Salzburg for the Holidays.
And it is Christmastime.
So let’s talk about Christmas.
OK.
Our text starts off today by saying:
While many visitors enjoy Salzburg in the summer and they flock to Salzburg and
Salzburg Festival,
Christmastime sees almost as many people come to town.
So here we’re talking about the time of Christmas seeing many people come to
town.
Now that’s a little bit strange because if it’s a time - and time doesn’t really
have eyes to see,
but we can say it this way:
Because it’s as if we’re saying that this time of year uh, watches many people
come to town.
And a lot of people who flock to Salzburg in the winter are skiing enthusiasts
or people who enjoy skiing.
And they go to Salzburg because they are able to take advantage of nearby
mountain resorts.
Now something else that’s nice about Salzburg in the winter are its decorations
because they adorn the town and the Christmas markets.
That word adorn means to decorate or something... uh... make something look more
beautiful.
So these decorations adorn the town and the markets.
It’s very beautiful and we are going to learn about a very famous Christmas
market.
What is that market called, Chip?
Well, I think... I hope I’m pronouncing this correctly,
but it’s called the Sulzberger Christkindlmarkt.
So it’s actually three syllables there, even though it looks like a very, very
long word with many syllables.
Christkindlmarkt.
And this usually opens for business five weeks before Christmas.
So actually, it’s open the whole month of December and even a little bit of
November.
So what can you find at this very special market?
Well, groups of instrumentalists and singers entertain market-goers.
Now music is a very important part of Christmas.
I love Christmas music and I would love to see some instrumentalists in my
neighborhood.
An instrumentalist is just a person who plays an instrument.
And oftentimes you’ll see several instrumentalists playing together many
different instruments,
and they make beautiful music.
So if you go to this Christkindlmarkt market, you might see some
instrumentalists.
Now Chip, not only is music an important part of Christmas but so is food.
Absolutely.
Our article says that the smell of roasted almonds, hot chestnuts and Christmas
pastry, which is called Lebkuchen, wafts through the market area.
Now if a smell wafts through an area, that means that it floats through or it...
it likely lets the wind push the smell through an area.
And so that people can smell it and it sounds like a... an area that I would
like to walk through.
I think I would too. I love the music of Christmas and the smells and tastes of
Christmas too.
You can find all of these things at this market.
Now not only that, we have some more delicious food for you to think about and
think about how it smells,
and that is the spicy gingerbread.
And it comes in many different shapes and sizes often with nuts and dried fruit
inside.
Now gingerbread is also a delicious Christmas treat and it smells delicious as
well.
Right. I love the smell of gingerbread when it’s cooking.
I don’t usually like the flavor of gingerbread.
But actually this gingerbread sounds pretty delicious with nuts and dried fruit
mixed into the gingerbread.
This sounds like something I’d like to eat.
Yes, the smell of gingerbread and the taste of all of these other foods just
makes me look forward to Christmas.
Now you can see a very nice picture of the Sulzberger Christkindlmarkt on page
fifty of your magazine and maybe get a little bit better idea of what that looks
like.
Now I know in most places in Asia, Christmas isn’t celebrated as much as it is
in the West.
So if you ever happen to decide to go on a vacation during the Christmas
holiday,
you might go somewhere like Salzburg, where they do celebrate Christmas in very
exciting and fascinating ways.
You will have a good time.
You know, I think I’m starting to understand why Salzburg is such a great place
to visit during the holidays.
Especially if you love the Christmas music and the Christmas decorations and
here, the smell of Christmas gingerbread.
This sounds like a great place to visit for the holidays.
So we’re going to take a break now.
Before we do, we’ll visit the Chat Room, and then we’ll be back to learn more
about Salzburg during the holidays.
Hi, everyone.
Welcome to the Chat Room.
I’m Ken.
And I’m Brandon.
Hello, everyone.
Hi, Ken.
Hi, Brandon.
In today’s lesson, we learned about how the spicy gingerbread comes in many
different shapes and sizes.
But I don’t understand.
Where is the gingerbread coming into?
Oh. Well, here ”come in” is not a phrase.
The ”in” belongs to the phrase in different shapes and sizes.
So it just means that the gingerbread is available in different shapes and
sizes.
You are probably thinking of the phrasal verb:
come in.
This means to enter into a place.
Oh, I see.
(Chinese).
Brandon, what about the phrase ”come into”?
Doesn’t this mean the same thing as ”come in”?
Well, it depends on what you’re talking about.
You can come into the room, which means you have entered the room.
But if I say that Bob has come into some money, the meaning is quite different.
This means that Bob has inherited a lot of money.
Ah, I see.
Any more phrases that involved the word ”come”?
Yes.
If you watch TV much,
you will see many commercials where companies are telling us about new products
that they are coming out with.
This means they are telling us about the new products they have available.
Oh, yeah.
You know, I saw an ad the other day for new cold medication that a company is
coming out with.
That’s a great example.
So if you come down with a cold, then you can try this new medication.
Uh, come down with a cold?
Ah, if someone says that they have come down with something, it means that they
have become sick or fallen ill.
Got it.
(Chinese).
Right now it’s time for a break.
Studio Classroom will be back in amoment.