节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2014-02-26
难易度:Medium
关键字:tiptoe, linger, resourceful, academy, ritual, acclaim
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
And I'm Carolyn.
And we're glad that you are joining us for our lesson today, especially if
you're a K-Pop fan.
Yes!
Wait, what's K-Pop?
Oh, come on, Gabe, you know, Korean pop.
Oh, yeah! Of course!
Today we'll be learning about a young pop star from Korea in a lesson called
Super Junior's Kyuhyun.
So open up your magazine and let's get started.
(Music).
Super Junior's Kyuhyun.
The miracle of a second life.
Standing on his tiptoes, little Kyu lifted the Christmas stocking that his daddy
had bought him to hang on the bedpost.
The little boy then went to sleep with a lingering smile.
He knew that it would be stuffed with his favorite goodies the next morning.
He continued the same ritual on Christmas Eve into his late childhood.
But a pair of pants had replaced the stocking as a resourceful way to get more
gifts.
(Music).
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.
(Chinese).
Thanks, Michelle.
Well, today's lesson has a subtitle: The miracle of a second life.
So we will be learning about a miracle today.
Well, what is a miracle, anyway?
Something that happens supernaturally.
For example, if someone is dead, and then comes back to life, that is a miracle.
Yes, it is.
So do you believe in miracles?
That is a common question.
What if you do a miracle?
That is called performing a miracle.
When Jesus was on Earth, he performed many miracles.
And sometimes we call amazing natural events, like a baby's birth, miracles.
It's the miracle of birth.
And today's lesson is called the miracle of a second life.
And as you noticed, the first part of our lesson is told like a story.
We read about a very young Kyuhyun and what he does every Christmas.
Now not the whole lesson is like this.
It's not written like this.
But since this part is, let's talk about it a moment.
This kind of writing is a narrative.
A narrative is a story or the telling of a story.
You tell a story with the use of images.
Right, so.
Standing on his tiptoes, little Kyu lifted the Christmas stocking that his daddy
bought him to hang on the bedpost.
You can already imagine many things here.
You can imagine a boy standing on his tiptoes.
You imagine a stocking.
You imagine his daddy.
You imagine a bedpost.
So this is a narrative.
But what kinds of narratives are there?
Well, first-person narrative is when the character in the story is telling the
story probably using the word I.
It might sound like this:
I stood on my tiptoes and lifted the Christmas stocking that my daddy brought
me.
Or second-person narrative is when the main character is you.
It might sound like this:
Standing on your tiptoes, you lifted the Christmas stocking that your daddy
bought you.
Then Kyuhyun becomes the person the author is talking to.
But our story is not a first-person narrative, and it's not a second-person
narrative.
Third-person narrative is probably the most common way to tell a story.
Words like he, she, him or her are used to talk about the main character.
So the next time you tell a story, do you want to tell a third-person narrative
or do you want to use first- or second-person?
Be creative.
Well, let's look at a few things in the first sentence.
We read: Standing on his tiptoes, little Kyu lifted the Christmas stocking.
What are tiptoes, Gabe?
Do you ever stand on your tiptoes?
Yes, if I want to be taller.
It's when you stand on your toes like this.
Well, I don't think you need to be taller, Gabe.
You're tall enough.
Well, you know who's really good at standing on tiptoes? Ballet dancers.
They stand right on the tips of their toes, those ballerinas do.
Well, they do.
And perhaps little Kyu needed to stand like a ballet dancer to put the stocking
on his bedpost.
Wait, little Kyu? I thought his name was Kyuhyun.
Who's Kyu?
Oh, Carolyn, that's probably his nickname.
Maybe that's what they called him when he was much younger.
Lots of people have nicknames.
Like me, Gabe is actually a nickname for Gabriel, my full name.
Ah, yes. Often people will shorten their names to create nicknames.
Sometimes it sounds similar like Gabriel and Gabe; other times it's not so
close.
Did you know Bill is actually a nickname for William? And Dick is a nickname for
Richard.
Right. Now I have met many people in Taiwan whose full English names are
actually nicknames.
For example, my friend's name is Ricky.
I asked him if his full name is Richard, and he said no.
Ricky is his full name.
But if someone in the West says his name is Ricky, that's probably just his
nickname.
His passport would most likely say Richard.
You're right about that, Carolyn.
Hey, Carolyn, can I call you Car?
Um...
Or Car-Car?
Gabe, I...
How about Car-Car Bear or Carolot or Carefree?
What is your nickname, anyway?
Well, Gabe, those are not my nicknames.
Actually, people call me by my last name as my nickname.
Oh, I see.
Bugg, I like it.
Well, we're learning here about Kyuhyun in a Christmas.
There are many Christmas traditions like the Christmas stocking, which looks
kind of like a big sock.
Yes. And what goes inside?
Well, Santa Claus stuffs it with candy and other goodies.
Now what does it mean to stuff something?
Well, that means to put stuff inside in a way that completely fills it.
You can stuff your suitcase full of things when you travel.
Maybe you should not have too many things inside, but you want to put as much as
possible.
So you stuff your suitcase.
Well, Kyuhyun's Christmas stocking was always stuffed on Christmas morning with
his favorite goodies.
Goodies. That's a fun word.
Let's join Steve and Ken in the Information Cloud to see what they have to say
about it.
Hello, friends.
Do you know what goodies are?
Do you ever get any goodies?
I hope you do because goodies are good things.
They're fun, and they can be good things to eat, such as sweets or candy, or
they can be small presents such as jewelry, trinkets and alike.
The goodies mentioned in our article today are also known as stocking stuffers.
They're the small presents kids get on Christmas.
And speaking of Christmas, the sack Santa Claus carries is sometimes called his
goody bag.
So goodies are things that are desirable.
They don't need to be small but they usually are.
Now let's take a look at something that's entirely different: a goody-goody.
Steve, what's a goody-goody?
A goody-goody or a goody two-shoes is a person who is good in that he or she is
moral, faithful and loyal to their strict standards of behavior and virtuous
conduct.
Yes. I think of a goody-goody as someone who is prim and proper, kind of like a
teacher's pet.
But even though he is called good, it's not really a compliment, now, is it?
No, it's not.
A goody-goody is usually used in a negative way to describe someone who is so
virtuous that it turns other people off.
(Chinese).
Thanks, guys.
Now Kyu used to use a stocking at Christmas.
But as he got older, a pair of pants had replaced the stocking as a resourceful
way to get more gifts.
Sneaky, sneaky.
Yes, although I hope his stocking was a little bit bigger than that sock, Gabe.
Yeah, I think it probably was.
Well, let's find out what Liz has to say about this sentence in the Grammar Gym.
Welcome to the Grammar Gym, friends.
My name is Liz.
In today's lesson we see this sentence:
But a pair of pants had replaced the stocking as a resourceful way to get more
gifts.
That's our Grammar Tip sentence.
Our focus is on the sentence pattern: something 1 has replaced something 2 as a
certain way to do something.
In our everyday life, things are constantly changing and getting replaced for
different reasons.
So today's Grammar Tip sentence pattern is a good pattern to use to describe
these kinds of changes.
For example:
In many office buildings, computerized door locks have replaced security guards
as an alternative way to provide safety and save money.
Or: In many businesses, tablets have replaced paper as an efficient way to
process customers' orders.
So give this sentence pattern a try.
Think of something that has replaced something else for a particular reason, and
practice using this sentence pattern.
And if you turn to today's Grammar Tip section, you'll find more example
sentences there.
That's it for today.
This is Liz from the Grammar Gym. See you nexttime.