节目资讯
刊物:旅游精选
日期:2010-03-24
难易度:High
关键字:honeycomb, superb, elaborate, fraction
Welcome back, everyone.
Along with the tulip, the windmill is another unforgettable Dutch icon.
As I mentioned earlier, the Netherlands is low country, much of it lying below
sea level.
Because of this, the ground is always at risk of being flooded.
One of the functions of the Dutch windmill then is to help drain or pump water
out of those low lying areas, so that the land can be farmed.
Let’s turn over to page 44 and learn a little more about windmills on line 3.
Enjoying the Netherlands.
The best place to see them is the village of Kinderdijk, where 19 of the grand
structures, built in the mid-1700s, still stand.
In the Netherlands, you also must have an encounter with cheese.
Visit the Alkmaar cheese market for an unforgettable experience.
Every Friday morning from the first of April to the first Friday in September,
an elaborate demonstration shows how the cheese is weighed before it is sold.
This is only a fraction of what the country has to offer.
There is so much more.
Do you hear it calling you?
Welcome back.
Well, before the break, and for the last couple days, we’ve been talking
about... the... the variety of things that you can do when you visit the
Netherlands.
And the variety of reasons and ways that the Netherlands is beckoning you,
calling you to visit.
Well, no one goes to the Netherlands without wanting to see windmills.
And our article goes on to tell us the best place to see them.
And the best place to see these windmills in the Netherlands is the village of
kinderdijk, where 19 of the grand structures, built in the mid-1700s, still
stand.
Now, if you can do the math there, you’ll know that that was a couple of
hundred... a couple hundred years ago, and they’re still standing!
They’ve preserved them, uh, they’re still spectacular structures to see, and you
can see 19 of them here in Kinderdijk.
Right, yeah, very old.
And that’s a lot of windmills in one location, or in... in one area.
So, definitely put Kinderdijk in your Netherlands itinerary.
And... in the Netherlands, you also must have an encounter with cheese.
Now usually if you have an encounter with something, you’re encountering
something that’s alive.
So here the... the vocabulary of the sentence makes it sound like you’re going
to have quite a meeting with cheese, and cheese will leave you changed.
Yes, and one place to have an encounter with cheese as... is at the Alkmaar
cheese market.
And if you go there, it will be an unforgettable experience.
Why?
Well, every Friday morning from the first of April to the first Friday in
September,
an elaborate demonstration shows how the cheese is weighed before it’s even
sold.
Now, Chip, if something is elaborate, what does that mean?
Well, that means that, uh, it has a lot of careful detail, and it probably, uh,
required a lot of energy and a lot of effort to produce and to, uh, maybe
decorate.
So here, uh, it’s an elaborate demonstration.
It’s... it’s an elaborate demonstration, uh, which shows how this cheese is
weighed before it’s sold.
So it sounds like if you go here, and you want to buy some cheese, you don’t buy
it by the slice, you buy it probably by the pound.
So you would buy a larger portion of it, and they would weigh it.
And it sounds like you can see an interesting and elaborate demonstration of how
they do this before it’s even sold.
Now, I feel like whenever we talk about European countries on Studio Classroom,
we often talk about cheese.
We do.
I... I guess Europe is famous... or different countries within Europe are famous
for their cheese.
And this must be a famous cheese market - the Alkmaar cheese market.
And certainly, I think all of us know that one of the most important ways of
really enjoying and appreciating a new culture or a new vacation spot,
is to eat the food that’s famous there.
And that is always one of my favorite parts about visiting a new culture is
trying their food.
There’re so many different wonderful types of food throughout the world, and it
sounds like the Netherlands is no exception.
If I ever get the chance to go to the Netherlands, I will most certainly eat
some of their cheese.
So we’ve been talking about all these different places you can visit: historical
sites and museums.
You can see beautiful flowers in bloom, and you can eat wonderful food.
But Chip, our article goes on to say that this is only a fraction of what the
country has to offer.
Right, this is only a fraction of what the country has to offer.
So it’s only a small portion or a small part of the total amount of things that
the Netherlands has to offer.
And a literal example of a fraction would be one-half or one-quarter of the
total amount.
So here we’re talking about a small part of the whole.
So there’s so much more to do in the Netherlands - we just don’t have room to
talk about it in our article, or time to talk about it today on our program.
But we hope that this has given you a small taste of all that there is to do in
the Netherlands.
Your article says there is so much more.
Do you hear it calling you?
Do you’ll hear it beckoning you?
Maybe you have some vacation time coming up, and you’ve always dreamed of going
to Europe.
Well, maybe now you’re thinking that you might want to visit the Netherlands.
And it sounds like now is the time for you to be visiting the Netherlands,
because now is the spring season when these tulips are blooming,
and where you can see these... this riot of color - all these vibrantly colored
flower gardens.
Well, that’s all we have for today and for this article.
We hope you’ve learned something about visiting the Netherlands.
Before we go today, let’s visit the Chat Room.
Sir, you forgot your book!
What was that all about?
I just had a little encounter with a patron who was refusing to pay his fines.
A little encounter?
Yes, I mean a little bit of a conflict when I say that.
He wanted to check out a book today, and I let him... on agreement that he would
pay his fines the next time he came back.
Well, he did seem a little bit mad when he left.
Well, I’m giving him another chance.
So hopefully he’ll pay the fines.
So, Ashley, an encounter is something like a conflict?
To encounter something is to have an unexpected meeting with something, and it
can be positive or negative.
You can encounter people, places, or things.
You know, today’s Studio Classroom lesson mentions that in the Netherlands, you
must have an encounter with cheese.
How do you have an encounter with cheese?
In that case, it sounds like they want you to taste the cheese, to really
experience it.
Oh... I see.
So an encounter can’t really be avoided, right?
Right.
An encounter is something that happens unexpectedly.
If you’re walking to work, and you run into an old friend, you have a chance
encounter.
You weren’t planning on seeing them in the first place.
Now, Ashley, you said that an encounter can be negative.
I would rather avoid these encounters.
Is...Is it possible to do that?
Sometimes it isn’t.
But there are people who do not like confrontation.
They avoid conflict in all situations because it makes them very uncomfortable.
If they know someone is mad at them, then they will not talk to them.
And if they are mad at someone else, they will avoid that person.
Oh... I know some people like that.
So do I.
Actually, I used to be more non-confrontational.
Uh, non-confrontational?
I avoided conflict at all costs.
Confrontations scared me.
But then I learned how to confront people in a more positive way.
Oh, that’s good.
I’m sure that helps you handle situations like the one you had today.
It’s true.
When I encounter obstacles, I try to remain calm and think of positive solutions
for each situation.
Well, Ashley, thanks for your help.
I’d like to check out these books before I go.
OK, I’ll get them ready for you.
Thanks.
(Chinese).
And now it’s time to have an encounter with Michelle.
Hi, everyone, I’m Michelle.
(Chinese).
And don’t go away yet.
Stay tuned for more.
Thanks again, Michelle.
Friends, do you hear the Netherlands calling you?
I think I hear it calling me.
And it’s saying, ”Go eat cheese !”.
We hope you enjoyed this quick trip through the Netherlands.
A reminder that our Studio Classroom magazine is divided into three levels of
difficulty.
And by the way, this TRAVEL article was hard.
If you didn’t notice, then maybe it’s time for a new challenge by reading our
Advanced Studio Classroom magazine.
I hope the rest of your Wednesday is a good one.
And we’ll see you all tomorrow.
Bye-bye, friends.
(Music).