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刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-12-23
难易度:Low
关键字:daydream, grow up, celebrate, parade, take part, Prince Charming,
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Hello, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
And my name is Carolyn.
And your English will improve today.
Today we're talking about Where Dreams Come True.
Well, it's a special place where dreams come true.
And what is this place?
Carolyn, what could our author be talking about?
Well, I think she is talking about Walt Disney World.
And it is a place where dreams come true for children and adults alike.
All right.
This is a place where dreams come true.
That's how people describe Disneyland or Disney World.
Disney World, of course, is in Florida.
Disneyland is in California.
Now I wonder about Disney, and what do you know about Disney?
Do you have a favorite Disney character or favorite Disney song or movie?
Carolyn, what about you?
Well, they have so many great characters and songs and so many movies.
But I think my favorite was one I watched a lot growing up called The Brave
Little Toaster.
Did you ever watch that, Gabe?
No, I didn't.
I should watch The Brave Little Toaster.
Carolyn, did you ever see Pete's Dragon?
Ah! I love Pete's Dragon, Gabe.
Actually, that would have been my second choice.
All right. Those are great movies.
I need to see The Brave Little Toaster.
But what about you?
What's your favorite Disney cartoon or movie or character?
Talk about it in English.
Right now let's get started learning about Disney World - Where Dreams Come
True.
Where Dreams Come True.
Christmas at Disney World.
Every child has a dream.
Little girls daydream about marrying Prince Charming and living happily ever
after.
Boys dream about staying in "Neverland," where they never grow up and can play
all day.
Is there a place where dreams come true?
Well, for at least one or two days?
The answer is yes - Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
This is definitely our most unique trip to Disney World because we are going to
celebrate Christmas here.
Mickey, Buzz Lightyear, Snow White and others will join us in the celebration.
(Music).
OK, let's go back to the beginning of our lesson here.
We're talking about Christmas at Disney World.
So it's not just going to Disney World at any time of the year.
It's extra special during Christmastime.
How so, Carolyn?
Well, there are so many things that you can experience at Disney World during
Christmas.
And we read: Every child has a dream.
Little girls daydream about marrying Prince Charming and living happily ever
after.
Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
Daydreaming about marrying Prince Charming and living happily ever after.
Happily ever after.
That sounds look the closing lines to the cartoon Cinderella.
Am I right?
Uh, yes. That would be correct, Gabe.
And a lot of stories.
Especially stories involving princes and princesses end with "And they lived
happily ever after." The end.
That's right, the end.
Well, here of course we're talking about little girls that daydream about
marrying their Prince Charming.
That's the name of the prince in the cartoon Cinderella.
And of course we need to take a look at a word from our Word Bank: daydream.
All right. Well, what happens when you're daydreaming, Carolyn?
Well, it means that you are thinking about something that is just so wonderful
and pleasant and nice when you should be doing something else.
So you should be paying attention or focusing on your homework or doing real
work while you're at work and not staring out the window just thinking of things
that are so nice.
Uh, Gabe... are you daydreaming?
Hmm?
Gabe? Gabe!
Yes?
Yes.
Yes? Um... yes, Carolyn. I'm here.
Oh, good.
What was the question?
Um... well, I asked if you were daydreaming.
Oh! Right, uh, no, no... I'm... I'm paying attention now.
I'm focused.
Um... What was the question?
Well, Gabe, what do boys dream of?
We talked about girls; they dream of marrying their Prince Charming.
What do boys dream about?
Ah, right. Good question.
I'm sorry, I must have been daydreaming.
Well, boys dream about staying in "Neverland," where they never grow up and can
play all day.
Hmm, Neverland. Isn't that from the cartoon Peter Pan?
Uh, yes. That is from the story of Peter Pan.
He lived in Neverland, where little boys and girls never grew up.
And that is a word from our Word Bank: to grow up.
What does it mean if you grow up, Gabe?
Well, that means you're getting older, especially from childhood to adulthood.
You are growing up.
A question that I might ask somebody is: Where did you grow up?
That means, where did you spend a lot of your childhood?
Well, I grew up in a little city called Chingshui.
It's close to Taichung.
I grew up there until I was 10 years old, and then I moved to Taichung.
Wow. So you actually grew up in Taiwan.
Right.
Wow. Well, I grew up in West Virginia.
So where did you grow up?
Did you grow up somewhere different from maybe your brothers and sisters?
Did you move... around a lot?
All right.
Where did you grow up?
You know, you could use this phrase to tell someone to be more mature.
Someone might say: Oh, grow up!
That means stop acting so immature.
So there are different ways to use this phrase.
Well, here we're talking about boys dreaming about Neverland, where they never
have to grow up.
Now is there a place where dreams come true?
And here's another question.
Well, for at least one or two days?
And those are great questions, Gabe.
But before we answer them, we should go see Steve and Ken in the Information
Cloud because they have something to tell us about those questions.
You may recall a few months ago we looked at rhetorical questions.
Today let's look at a different kind of question called hypophora.
It describes the practice of asking a question and then immediately answering
that same question.
Hypophora is a simple stylistic device, but it's very effective because it
creates the feeling that the speaker is having a dialogue with his or her
audience.
Also, like rhetorical questions, hypophora grabs an audience's attention
because, remember, anytime you ask a question, you raise an audience's
curiosity.
Good speakers, and authors, will anticipate questions their audiences will ask,
and then very often use the answers to those questions as the main point of
their speech,
which is how we see hypophora used in today's lesson.
Many of history's great speakers were great in part because they were masters of
hypophora.
Winston Churchill used it to great effect as he rallied the English during World
War II.
And Martin Luther King Jr. included hypophora in his famous and very powerful "I
Have a Dream" speech.
Friends, whether you're writing or speaking, hypophora is a great tool to have
in your language tool kit.
(Chinese).
Thank you, guys.
Well, are Steve and Ken great at explaining things in the Information Cloud?
Yes, they are.
And we have an answer to these questions in our lesson here.
Is there a place where dreams come true?
Well, at least for one or two days?
The answer is yes - Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
That is right.
This is a place where dreams can come true, where adults who don't want to grow
up can enjoy being a child again because it is such a fun place to go.
And we continue reading:
This is definitely our most unique trip to Disney World because we are going to
celebrate Christmas here.
All right.
Well, it sounds like maybe Pauline and her family have been to Disney World
before.
So this is a very unique trip celebrating Disney... or celebrating Christmas at
Disney World.
Let's take a look at that word from our Word Bank: to celebrate.
That means you're throwing a party of some kind or you're getting excited about
something with lots of other people.
That's right.
So there are many events that you celebrate.
Many people like to celebrate their birthday.
They have a birthday party.
You can celebrate other holidays and festivals like Christmas.
What things do you celebrate?
That's a good question.
What kinds of holidays or festivals do you celebrate?
Well, of course you can celebrate Christmas at Disney World.
And we find out who is going to be there.
Mickey, Buzz Lightyear, Snow White and others will join us in the celebration.
So you can celebrate - that's a verb.
And here is celebration as a noun.
All right. It's time for us to continue with Michelle in the Language Lab.
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.
(Chinese).