节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-12-09
难易度:High
关键字:abound, splendor, comprehensive, immense, lavish
Hello, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
And I'm Carolyn.
And your English will improve today, especially as we learn to talk about
something in Europe - Things to Do in Madrid.
Now where is Madrid?
Carolyn, where is Madrid?
Madrid is in Spain, a wonderful, popular country to travel to in Europe.
Europe.
Well, Europe is amazing.
There are many countries in Europe.
Have you ever traveled to Europe?
If so, what did you do?
Carolyn, have you ever been to Europe?
I have not, Gabe, but I would love to go.
I have a lot of European heritage in my family.
So it would be very interesting for me to go and explore some of that history.
You really do need to take a chance to visit Europe sometime.
And of course, every country in Europe is so different.
I've only been to a few.
I've been to Holland; I've been to Greece and Romania.
I've seen a little bit of Rome.
But I still want to do so much more, and I would love to, I would absolutely
love to visit Madrid!
And we'll be learning all about Madrid in our lesson today, so let's get
started.
Things to Do in Madrid.
From art to entertainment, the Spanish capital has something for everyone.
Look at a map of Spain and point at the center.
You've located the country's capital and one of Europe's most beautiful cities:
Madrid.
This popular destination is considered a city of contrasts because it abounds
with historic sites resting in the shadows of modern skyscrapers.
History.
This city of over 3 million people boasts Western Europe's largest royal palace,
and some consider it to be Madrid's most beautiful building.
Inside the Royal Palace 2,800 rooms are decorated in splendor, with
museum-quality furniture and artwork.
Tourists can tour 50 of these lavish rooms.
OK, let's go back to the beginning of our lesson here today.
From art to entertainment, the Spanish capital has something for everyone.
When you see the phrase "it has something for everyone," that means there is a
lot to do at a certain place.
Maybe it can appeal to everyone.
People of all walks of life can visit Madrid and enjoy it.
That's right.
And we continue reading in the article:
Look at a map of Spain and point at the center.
So just find a map of Spain and point at the center of the country.
You've located the country's capital and one of Europe's most beautiful cities -
Madrid.
And I think this is a good idea.
For those of you have trouble... who have trouble with geography and remembering
where cities are, well, you can remember that Madrid is right in the middle of
Spain.
All right.
And this popular destination is considered a city of contrasts because it
abounds with historic sites resting in the shadows of modern skyscrapers.
Now it's a city of contrasts.
That means that things are very different within the city.
That's right.
And we see a word from our Word Bank, the word abound.
Now if something abounds, that means you have it in large numbers or there is a
lot of something.
I know that when I go to church and when I read the Bible, I am certain that
God's love abounds for the people of this world.
It's true.
So you could say God abounds in love.
That's describing how much love he has.
You could also use the word "abound" with the word "with." So you could talk
about a field that abounds with flowers.
There are many flowers in the field.
It abounds with flowers.
Well, here it abounds with historic sites resting in the shadows of modern
skyscrapers.
And if you have something that is resting in the shadows, what does that mean,
Gabe?
Well, if something is resting in the shadows, that means that there is something
very big and obvious that people can see, like these skyscrapers,
but there's also something important close by or in the shadows.
But how else could you use this phrase, Carolyn?
Well, a lot of times you might hear that someone is in the shadow of someone
else.
That means that they aren't able to achieve everything they want to do because
there is someone over them that they just can't live up to or can't impress.
And that's kind of how I was growing up a little bit.
I felt like I was walking in the shadows of my older sister.
Of course I think my sister Grace is very smart, and I would want to be like her
in many ways.
I walked in her shadows.
Well, you... we're learning here about how this story Madrid abounds with
historic sites resting in the shadows of modern skyscrapers.
So now let's start talking about the history of Madrid.
What do we read here?
Well, we see:
This city of over 3 million people boasts Western Europe's largest royal palace,
and some consider it to be Madrid's most beautiful building.
Well, I would love to visit this building.
And of course this building... or this city of over 3 million people boasts
Western Europe's largest royal palace.
And I want to take a look at that word "boast." I want to learn something with
Liz in the Grammar Gym.
So let's go there now.
Welcome to the Grammar Gym, friends.
My name is Liz.
In today's article on Madrid, we read:
This city of over 3 million people boasts Western Europe's largest royal palace.
That's our Grammar Tip sentence.
Notice the word "boasts." Normally, to boast means to talk with too much pride
about something.
And people don't like to hear others boast.
But in today's sentence, boast has a different meaning.
Here it is used to talk about how a certain place has something special or
wonderful in that area.
In other words, when a place is famous for something, we can use "boast" to
describe it.
For example:
This restaurant boasts the best steaks in town.
Or:
This amusement park boasts the scariest roller coaster rides.
Now it's your turn.
Think of a place that is famous for something in particular, and practice making
sentences using boast.
And if you'd like to see some more example sentences, they're available in
today's Grammar Tip section in your Studio Classroom magazine.
That's it for today.
This is Liz from the Grammar Gym. See you next time. Bye.
Thank you, Liz.
And you know, Studio Classroom boasts a great team of English teachers.
Don't you think so, Gabe?
Well, yes, I would agree with that, Carolyn.
And we also, of course, boast a very smart audience.
Well, let's continue here learning about the Royal Palace.
Inside the Royal Palace 2,800 rooms are decorated in splendor, (with what?) with
museum-quality furniture and artwork.
Well, 2,800 rooms.
I would love to visit this palace.
Well, it is a huge palace, and it is beautiful.
You can find pictures of it.
And it is just splendid.
And we see that word from our Word Bank: splendor.
Now splendor means that it has impressive beauty.
So Gabe, how could you use this word?
Well, I did visit Greece before.
And I was in a train looking out the window, and I noticed the impressive
mountains.
I was impressed by the splendor of the mountains in Greece.
They were amazingly huge and beautiful.
I thought they were splendid, S-P-L-E-N-D-I-D.
That's an adjective you can use to describe something that has splendor.
And there are 2,800 rooms in this splendid palace, and tourists can tour 50 of
these lavish rooms.
Well, right now it is time for us to continue learning with Michelle in the
Language Lab.
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.
(Chinese).