节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-12-27
难易度:High
关键字:affection, spark, choir, chemistry, contest, alto
Today we are looking back at the history of O-Kai.
So far we've been learning about JC Lai, who went to Jianshi Village.
And while he was there, he found a common affection for music among the people
there who went to church.
And he played for them each night at their request on the piano.
Now we have a lot more to learn about O-Kai and how it started in the next part
of our lesson.
(Music).
O-Kai.
The three children of the church's piano player and choir leader struck up a
relationship with JC.
This chemistry led them to practice and perform together even though Jen, Sean
and Anton were in school.
Determined to work together, JC taught piano lessons for several years until
they finished their studies.
Out of patience, passion and a love for music, the four formed O-Kai in 2004.
Later the group added alto Tanya, performed internationally, won awards at
various contests and produced an album.
Well, it seems like they've accomplished quite a lot over the years.
OK, let's go back to the beginning of this section.
We're continuing to learn about the history, the story of the origins of O-Kai.
OK, so the three children, now who of... who are the three children?
The three children of the church's piano player and choir leader struck up a
relationship with JC.
OK, so they were a part of the choir.
Let's talk about this word from our Word Bank: choir.
Now we learned a word earlier this month, chorus.
Is that kind of similar, Carolyn?
It is pretty similar.
A choir is also a group of people that get together to sing.
And a lot of times I think of a choir as being a very official group like at a
church or a school.
OK, so this is a church choir that we're talking about here.
And uh, the leader of this choir had some kids who struck up a relationship with
JC.
When you strike up a relationship, we've talked about striking up conversations
before.
That means you initiate something, you start something.
So they're starting this relationship with JC.
And that makes a lot of sense.
If JC was there playing the piano, then, sure, of course the piano player, the
leader of the choir, they would of course have their children talking to JC.
All right. And so they struck up this relationship.
They have a relationship now.
And this chemistry led them to practice and perform together even though Jen,
Sean and Anton were in school.
OK, so we see another word here.
This is the word "chemistry." So all of these people have chemistry.
I usually think of chemistry as a subject in school.
Is that what we're talking about here?
Well, this is not a science class.
Here, chemistry is talking about the relationships between people.
You can have good chemistry or bad chemistry.
And that means that you have a good relationship right away or a bad
relationship right away.
It's that initial feeling.
And of course you can develop chemistry over a period of time.
Maybe at first you don't have good chemistry, but you can develop good chemistry
over time.
So this chemistry that they initially had led them to practice and perform
together even though these three were still in school.
All right. Well, how do we continue here?
We read: Determined to work together, JC taught piano lessons for several years
until they finished their studies.
So JC and these kids had a great relationship.
And he saw so much potential that he decided to teach piano lessons while he
waited for them to finish school.
And I think that this says a lot about his dedication and his sacrifice.
He was willing to take a lot of time to do this because he saw potential in
these three people.
I really admire JC for that.
I do, too. And we continue reading:
Out of patience, passion and a love for music, the four formed O-Kai in 2004.
Now I really like that phrase at the very beginning: out of.
We see "out of patience, out of passion." That means because of these things
that something else was able to occur.
You might also say out of kindness or out of compassion.
How else could you use this, Gabe?
Well, I was thinking about doing something out of compassion.
Or I was thinking about the idea that God, out of love and out of compassion, he
wanted to come and save us so we can have a relationship with Him.
That's what we talked about a couple of days ago in our lesson about What Child
is This?
So God does a lot of things out of his kindness, compassion and love.
He certainly does.
And here we continue reading about O-Kai:
Later the group added alto Tanya, performed internationally, won awards at
various contests and produced an album.
They did a lot of things after forming this group.
That's right.
So remember, in 2004, they formed the group, and then later added an alto named
Tanya.
Alto. Well, what is that, Carolyn?
Is that uh, some kind of musical term?
It is. An alto is a woman who sings a lower part, which is usually the harmony.
And the soprano, the higher female voice, would sing the melody.
But in O-Kai, that is not always true.
That's right.
OK. They might sing many different parts.
In case you're curious, the parts that men sing, the high man's voice is a
tenor, and low man's voice is bass. OK.
Well, we have a key word to talk about here.
It is the word "contest." So O-Kai has won different contests.
That is a kind of race or competition.
That's right.
And so they have participated in many singing contests or singing competitions,
and they have won many awards.
Well, right now it's time for us to watch another video of O-Kai singing,
performing a wonderful medley of songs.
And then we'll join Michelle in the Language Lab.
(Music).
All right.
(Chinese).
And don't go away yet.
Stay tuned for more.
Well, in today's lesson we learned about how JC found a feeling of purpose after
he went to visit this little village near Hsinchu.
Now what gives you a feeling of purpose and hope?
Carolyn?
Well, I think it's very easy to get discouraged and to lose focus on what we're
supposed to be doing in our lives, so I turn to God.
I pray, I read the Bible, and I find direction there.
Well, I think that is a great thing to do as that is God's direction for our
life.
It's like a map for our lives in the Bible.
OK, so we can get a sense of feeling... or a feeling of purpose and hope there.
Well, what about you?
Where do you get a feeling of purpose or hope?
We have more to learn about O-Kai in next time's lesson here at Studio
Classroom.
We'll see you then.
(Music).