节目资讯
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,
acrobatics
Is there a place where dreams come true?
At least for one or two days?
Yes, there is.
It is Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
We've learned today that girls daydream of marrying their Prince Charming.
And little boys dream of going to Neverland, where they never grow up.
And here our author Pauline and her family are celebrating Christmas in that
place.
They are going to Disney World for Christmas.
Well, let's learn a little bit more about their experience in the next part of
our lesson.
Where Dreams Come True.
All four theme parks are decorated with lights and Christmas trees and
decorations.
Holiday joy is in the air.
In addition to the regular entertainment, special Christmas parades and
performances celebrate the season.
On our Animal Kingdom ride Kilimanjaro Safaris, we glimpse giraffes and
elephants in their natural environments.
The live Festival of the Lion King show combines singing, dancing and
acrobatics.
The audience takes part in the program as if we were at the festival with the
animals.
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Well, how would you like to take part in something like this?
It sounds pretty exciting.
All right. Let's go back to the beginning of this section.
We're talking about Disney World and how many different characters will be there
to celebrate Christmas with you.
And we read here:
All four theme parks are decorated with lights and Christmas trees and
decorations.
OK. Carolyn, I thought Disney World was one place, but here it says it's four
places, four theme parks?
Well, Disney World is huge.
It is an immense park.
And it actually contains four theme parks.
And we see that word "all" right at the beginning of the sentence.
That means that each of the parks is involved, so not three of the four, but all
four, and there aren't five.
That's right.
There are not five, so all of them, all four.
Well, how else can you use this word "all"?
We talk about the total number of something.
For example, have you ever heard the sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over
the lazy dog"?
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
That includes all 26 letters of the English alphabet.
Wow! So all of the letters, not just 25 of them.
And there aren't 27 letters in English.
So all 26 letters are used in that phrase.
That's right.
Now there is one exception to how you can use this word.
If you're just talking about two people, for instance, Carolyn and myself, we
would just say both of us.
We wouldn't say all two of us.
It has to be three or more for you to use the word: all.
Yes.
Well, right now it is time for us to continue learning about this sentence with
Liz in the Grammar Gym.
Hi there, friends.
Thanks for joining me here at the Grammar Gym.
My name is Liz.
In today's article the writer mentions: Holiday joy is in the air.
That's our Grammar Tip sentence.
The writer is not saying that holiday joy is really floating around in the air
that people are breathing in.
Instead, when we say that something is in the air, we mean that something is
what everyone is thinking about.
So in the case of today's sentence, the writer is saying that everyone is
thinking about holiday joy.
OK, let's have a look at some example sentences.
Some say love is in the air during Valentine season.
Or: After the great earthquake, there were several huge tremors and fear was
definitely in the air.
Now it's your turn.
Think of something that everyone's thinking about and try using this phrase to
describe that situation.
And if you'd like to see some more example sentences, then check out today's
Grammar Tip section in your magazine.
That's it for today.
This is Liz from the Grammar Gym.
See you next time.
Thank you, Liz.
We do read that holiday joy is in the air.
There is so much joy in the air we are just surrounded by it.
And we continue reading:
In addition to the regular entertainment, special Christmas parades and
performances celebrate the season.
Well, parade is one of our words from the Word Bank.
What is a parade?
That's kind of a celebration.
It's when a lot of people walk down or march down a street.
And maybe it's not just people walking, but maybe there are cars... or they're
called floats.
They're decorated in a special way.
And it's to celebrate a certain thing.
So here we're talking about celebrating Christmas.
But actually at Disneyland, almost every night there is the Electrical Parade.
That's when all of the characters from Disney go marching down the street and
there's lots of great music.
It's a lot of fun.
That's right. So there are many parades.
Maybe your hometown has its own parade where they celebrate a festival every
year.
I know my hometown has a parade for the Water Festival in the summer.
The Water Festival, celebrating water?
Oh, yes. Well, there are three rivers in my hometown, and a lake.
Ah, very good.
Well, another famous parade in the United States is Macy's Thanksgiving Day
Parade on Thanksgiving Day.
Well, you can do a lot here at Disney World as we can see.
And we continue reading here:
On our Animal Kingdom ride Kilimanjaro Safaris, we glimpse giraffes,
elephants... giraffes and elephants in their natural environments.
I'd like to see these animals in their natural environments.
I would, too.
Actually, if I were to go to Disney World, the Animal Kingdom would be the first
park I would want to visit.
Really! Well, that doesn't really surprise me.
I know you love animals, Carolyn.
Well, we continue here.
You can actually do other things with animals.
The live Festival of the Lion King show combines singing and what else?
Dancing and acrobatics.
All right, so you could see a lot at this Lion King show.
Have you seen the movie The Lion King?
Did you like that, Carolyn?
I have seen the Lion King.
And they made some sequels to it as well.
And I really enjoyed all of those movies but especially the first one.
Now this live show is very special because we read:
The audience takes part in the program as if they were at the festival with the
animals.
So this is a very unique opportunity.
That's right.
And our author says the audience takes part in the program as if we were at the
festival.
So you could use the word "they" or "we." The audience could be them.
Or since we're part of the audience, we also say we were at the festival with
the animals.
Well, let's take a look at those words from our Word Bank: to take part in
something.
All right. That means you participate in something.
So what kinds of events or shows do you take part in?
Well, you can take part in a lot of different things.
Maybe you want to audition for a performance.
You want to take part in that play.
Or maybe you are signing up for a new class or a seminar or to be part of a
project at work.
You want to take part in that activity.
And of course at Disney World during Christmas, the audience can take part in
the program here as if you're live... or as if you're there with the festival
with the animals.
Well, let's take a look at those words: as if.
That means like in this situation.
So how else can you use these words?
You could say she acted as if she were the queen.
She acted as if we were all beneath her.
Ah. Well, if you go to an amusement park and you go on a roller coaster, you
might think it was as if we were flying.
So it was like flying, but you were not actually in a plane.
All right. Well, now you know how to use that phrase.
Let's continue learning something with Michelle right now.
All right.
(Chinese).
And now let's head back to our lesson.
We've learned all about what you can do at Disney World at Christmastime.
Have you ever been to a Disney theme park? Carolyn?
Actually, Gabe, I have.
There are many throughout the world.
And I went to Tokyo DisneySea.
What?!
So it was not Disney World or Disneyland.
It was DisneySea.
And there were lots of water-themed rides and performances.
Interesting!
Well, I think there's also a Disney theme park in Hong Kong and in Paris and one
very soon in Shanghai.
Well, what about you?
Have you been to one of these places?
Join us again next time right here at Studio Classroom.
See you.
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