节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2014-01-14
难易度:Medium
关键字:sense of humor, weird, participant, reside, Twitter, Oscar, media
Hello, again.
Well, today we are talking about an anything-but-normal, week-long scavenger
hunt.
This scavenger hunt is organized by actor and Twitter celebrity Misha Collins,
who certainly has a unique sense of humor.
The tasks could be heart-warming or just plain weird, like making clothes out of
cheese.
But just how international is this great international scavenger hunt?
Let's find out in this next section.
And then we'll learn something with Michelle in the Language Lab.
(Music).
Anything but Normal!
Truly great and international.
In 2012 GISHWHES set the world record for largest media scavenger hunt with
14,580 participants.
To date, GISHWHES participants have come from 94 countries.
Often teammates never meet, communicating only over the Internet.
Sometimes having teammates from other countries is a good thing.
For example, when a task calls for visiting a museum in Spain, it helps to have
a teammate who resides there!
All right.
(Chinese).
OK. Get ready to learn more from our teachers.
Thank you, Michelle.
Well, we found out how truly great and international this scavenger hunt really
is.
It appears that GISHWHES has even set a world record.
That's right.
In 2012 they set the record for the largest media scavenger hunt.
It had 14,580 participants.
That's incredible!
And actually they haven't just broken the world record once, and not twice, but
three times.
Well, hey, maybe they will break even more records in the future.
This scavenger hunt certainly does draw lots of participants from around the
world.
We read: To date, GISHWHES participants have come from 94 countries.
To date, they have done this.
What does that mean?
Let's take a trip to the Grammar Gym to find out.
Hi there, friends.
Welcome to the Grammar Gym.
My name is Liz.
In today's lesson the writer mentions:
To date, GISHWHES participants have come from 94 countries.
That's our Grammar Tip sentence.
Notice the phrase at the beginning of the sentence: to date.
It's a phrase that means currently or up to now.
So today's sentence just means right now GISHWHES participants have come from 94
countries.
"To date" is a great phrase to use when you want to describe someone or
something that has gone through a period of time,
and you want to talk about what he or she or it is like now.
For example:
To date, this scientist has written more research papers than anyone else from
the research foundation.
Or: The new manager wants a detailed report of all that we've accomplished to
date.
Or: To date, the brand new theme park has received over a million visitors
already.
So give this phrase a try.
And if you turn to today's Grammar Tip section in your magazine, you'll find
more example sentences there.
That's all the time we have for today.
This is Liz from the Grammar Gym.
See you next time.
Bye.
Thank you, Liz.
Well, GISHWHES really is international if it has attracted people from 94
countries to participate.
I'm sure more than 100 countries will be represented soon.
Well, we find out something here that is very interesting: Other teammates never
meet.
Gabe, have you ever done a group project with people you've never met?
No, I haven't.
Now I... I know this happens often in the business world, though.
Do you remember learning about the O-Kai singers?
They had the help of people overseas arranging their music.
The communication wasn't done in person.
It was done over the Internet.
The scavenger hunts are usually done with others close by.
That's how they're often done.
That's right.
Now if you've never done a scavenger hunt before, they can be lots of fun.
You have a list of things you and your team must do.
And usually you're competing with other teams or other people within a certain
amount of time.
And if you take part in this scavenger hunt, you may want to have teammates from
all over the world.
Why? We read here: Sometimes having teammates from other countries is a good
thing.
I like that phrase: a good thing.
It seems simple, but it's very useful.
Here it means an advantage.
It could be an advantage to have teammates in other countries.
You could also say it's a good thing in many other situations.
For example, there isn't enough pizza for everyone.
Isn't... It's a good thing I already ate lunch.
Or you could say it's a good thing I already bought tickets for the show.
Now it's sold out.
And it's a good thing to have teammates from other countries sometimes if you're
participating in GISHWHES.
For example, we read, when a task calls for visiting a museum in Spain, it helps
to have a teammate who resides there.
Well, there's another phrase I like here.
Let's take a look at the phrase "call for." This means requires.
The task requires visiting a museum in Spain.
And you could use that phrase in other ways.
The cookie recipe calls for eggs, flour, milk and sugar.
That means you need those things in order to make cookies.
Or the teacher called for the class' cooperation.
The teacher wants you to cooperate.
And maybe you noticed this phrase in the first half of our lesson, too.
Do you see it in your magazine?
It says if the list calls for a photo with a real Oscar-winning actor, the team
must somehow find one.
So it's a very useful phrase.
It is a useful phrase.
And right now I think it's a great time for us to watch a video about GISHWHES.
Then we'll join Linda for our Editor's Summary.
There's something very interesting going on across the globe right now.
People break the range.
They could be a part of a worldwide scavenger hunt.
(Background Noise).
Good luck.
Stay sane until the end of GISHWHES.
Surprise, Mom!
It's random things to do.
It's a week of randomness.
We're trying to mobilize a lot of this creative energy to do some good things
for people, so.
I think we're succeeding.
Item number one on the scavenger hunt list, though, is to help set the world
record for random acts of kindness.
That means getting as many people as possible to go online and pledge to commit
at least one random act of kindness before the end of this year.
These are teens from across the world.
They're gathering things.
The list is more than 100 items long.
(Music).
... got to do an international scavenger hunt.
(Music).
(Background Noise).
(Music).
Trick or treat!
(Music).
GISHWHES, the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen.
Did you get that?
Well, there are a variety of tasks involved, from giving hugs to people to
making clothes out of cheese.
And you... and you have to take a video to prove you completed the task.
In 2012, the number of participants was 14,580 people from all over the world.
They usually connected over the Internet.
And when a specific task involves completing an action in some country where you
don't live, it is helpful to have a teammate who lives there.
Thanks, Linda.
Today we've learned about a pretty awesome international media scavenger hunt.
Have you ever participated in a scavenger hunt, Gabe?
Actually, yeah. I think they're quite fun, especially when you have to do some
slightly embarrassing tasks.
What about you, Carolyn?
Well, I participated in an overnight scavenger hunt in a mall.
Yep! It was really cool.
But we aren't done talking about GISHWHES, so join us next time on Studio
Classroom.
We'll see you then.