节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2014-03-29
难易度:Low
关键字:heaven, jewelry, craft, adventure, bazaar, high-end
Hello, everyone.
My name is Gabe.
I'm Carolyn.
And welcome to Studio Classroom.
We are continuing with our final day of our TRAVEL article on Sri Lanka.
This is an amazing island filled with a rich history and plenty of things to
see, do and eat.
And we still have more to learn in our lesson today.
So open up your magazines, and let's get started by learning about things that
you can buy.
(Music).
Sri Lanka.
Buy.
Sri Lanka is a shopping heaven, and the Pettah Bazaar in Colombo is a good place
to start.
This bazaar covers many streets.
Each street sells different items like jewelry or spices.
It's a great place to wander around for an afternoon.
Do you want to shop for something nicer?
There are many high-end shopping areas throughout the city and beyond.
Traditional crafts, clothes and more - you'll soon find what you're looking for!
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.
(Chinese).
Thank you, Michelle.
Well, each section of our lesson on Sri Lanka has had just one short word to
introduce it.
So far this week we've learned about see, do and eat.
And now it's time to learn about buy.
That's right, Gabe.
And Sri Lanka is a shopping heaven.
Now heaven is a word from your Word Bank, but let's talk about some of its
different meanings and uses.
What is heaven, Gabe?
Well, heaven is a place where God lives.
There is no sadness or pain.
It's perfect, and Christians can go there to be with God forever.
But that's not what our lesson is talking about here.
Ah, right.
What you just described is what heaven is.
But when you say that a place is a something heaven, then it means that it is a
perfect place for something because, as you said, heaven is perfect.
So in our lesson, Sri Lanka is described as a shopping heaven.
That means it is the perfect place to go shopping.
You could also say that Sri Lanka is a food heaven, at least if you like fish
and coconut.
Yes. It might not be a food heaven for you if you don't like those two foods.
Now there is another word that can be used the same way as heaven.
Do you know what that is, Carolyn?
Yes. Paradise.
Bingo.
Paradise is another word that is used to talk about something from the Bible,
actually.
Most often, paradise is used to refer to the Garden of Eden.
This is where God placed the first man and woman when he created the world.
And the Garden of Eden was perfect.
It was filled with beautiful plants and animals.
It was very peaceful.
It was paradise.
So if something is described as paradise, that means that it is beautiful and
perfect.
Paradise is also sometimes used to talk about heaven, where God lives.
Since these two words are similar in meaning, a perfect place that is related to
God, they can be used in the same way.
For example, you could say Sri Lanka is a shopping paradise.
Or spending a week in Sri Lanka was like spending a week in paradise, or a week
in heaven.
Those two words can be used in place of each other.
And in this part of our lesson, we discover why Sri Lanka is a shopping heaven
or paradise.
They have everything.
Our author recommends starting in the capital city of Colombo at the Pettah
Bazaar.
Now, a bazaar is a large market that is usually outside where you can find a
wide variety of items for sale.
And the bazaar in Colombo is very large.
It covers many streets.
And it sells a very wide variety of items.
You can find all sorts of food, from bananas to green beans to eggplants to fish
to sweet snacks to fried foods.
You won't be hungry there.
No. It's not just a place to get food, you can also find an amazing variety of
spices here, like the ones we talked about yesterday.
Other than food and spices, you can also buy clothes and jewelry and many other
things.
Well, this does sound like a wonderful place to go shopping.
With so many different things for sale, it is also a very colorful place to
visit.
And you can take a morning or afternoon to simply wander around this area.
Hmm, Carolyn, let's look at that phrase from our lesson: wander around.
Usually when I think of wandering, I think of someone who is lost or doesn't
know where they're going.
But what does it mean here?
Well, Gabe, it does have a different meaning.
With all of the different streets and shops, you might feel a little lost.
But here it actually means to explore, to look around without having a final
destination in mind.
You just move from one place to the next and don't know where you'll end up.
Right. So if you want to get to know an area better, you could take some time
just to wander around.
You could just go out and explore.
See what you can find.
Hey, you might be surprised.
You might, so.
For example, you could say: When I moved to my new house, I wandered around my
neighborhood and found a great Italian restaurant.
Too bad it wasn't a Sri Lankan restaurant.
But if you go to Sri Lanka, be sure to wander around a little bit and see some
of the great things that the island has to offer.
Now maybe you aren't interested in some of the more local products like fruit,
spices or jewelry, maybe you want to buy something a little nicer.
Well, if that's the case, don't worry.
There are plenty of high-end places to shop around the island.
So whatever you're interested in buying, you can probably find it in Sri Lanka.
Now Steve and Ken have something they would like to share with us about official
and unofficial English.
So let's join them in the Information Cloud right now.
Pronouncing the T-H sound correctly is something you definitely should take time
to practice, especially if you're aiming for native-sounding English.
Right. Having said that, and I know we risk getting in trouble with some of you
English teachers for saying this,
but there are times when the T-H sound needn't be so, shall we say, annunciated.
More specifically, when the T-H sound is followed by the S sound.
As an example, let's look at the word "clothes," a pretty difficult word to
pronounce properly, especially for non-native speakers.
Now officially, the correct pronunciation should include the voiced T-H sound,
clothes.
Unofficially, and this is what I believe a majority of native English speakers
will say is "clothes," which is pronounced exactly like the verb close,
as in please close the door.
So if you said "I have to buy some new clothes," I would have no problem with
that at all.
Me, either.
Another tricky T-H-S pronunciation comes from the word months.
Officially you'll want to voice the T-H sound, months.
Unofficially, though, it's "months" as if the word was spelled M-U-N-T-S.
I think that's how you'll hear most people say it, months.