节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2014-02-27
难易度:Medium
关键字:trademark, formation, penetrating, reluctantly, rib, rhythmic, ELF [Ever
Lasting Friend], heartthrob
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
And I'm Carolyn.
And your English will improve today.
We're going to keep on learning about Super Junior's young star Kyuhyun.
We began yesterday by discussing little Kyu's life as a child, about how he had
a pure way of thinking even after starting junior high school.
And we also learned about his involvement in musicals and performances outside
of just singing.
But of course, he is known for being a K-Pop singer.
Let's continue learning about his life in the first part of our reading for
today.
(Music).
Super Junior's Kyuhyun.
Super Junior combines rhythmic songs like "Sorry, Sorry" and "Mr. Simple" with
dance moves and trademark hand gestures.
This has enabled them to capture the hearts of ELF fans all over the world since
their formation in 2005.
Recently they just completed the European leg of their Super Show worldwide
concert.
Noted for his penetrating singing voice, the group's maknae, or youngest member,
Kyuhyun joined the heartthrobs in 2006.
(Music).
(Chinese).
Thank you, Michelle.
In this first section we find out a little about the band Super Junior.
Perhaps you listen to Super Junior, then you probably know the songs Sorry,
Sorry and Mr. Simple.
I know some of their other songs.
I want nobody, nobody but you...
Gabe... that's... that's not Super Junior.
That's Wonder Girls.
Oh.
I want to dance, dance, dance, dance, fantastic, baby.
Gabe, that's not Super Junior.
That's BIGBANG.
Oh... I know!
I got a boy, my friends. I have some boy...
Gabe... that's Girls' Generation, not Super Junior.
They all sound the same.
You know what? Let's get back to learning about Kyuhyun's life story.
A lot of music today sounds the same, but everyone's story is different.
I agree, and we have more to learn about Kyuhyun's story.
But this first section is interesting because we get to see a little bit of the
history of Super Junior.
They are famous perhaps because of their songs and their trademark hand
gestures.
Well, let's talk about that key word: trademark.
Someone's trademark is something that makes them unique.
A brand will often create something unique like a logo, and then you might see
the small letters TM, SM or a circled R right next to it.
That means it's a trademark.
Of course Super Junior's dance moves and hand gestures are fun to learn and
copy.
And you could use the word "trademark" to describe how unique they are.
That means when you see a dance move, you know that it's Super Junior's dance
move.
All right.
Like this hand gesture - can you guess what Super Junior's song I'm doing,
Carolyn?
Here we go.
OK.
Oh, yeah.
Gabe, I... I think that's the dance for Sorry, Sorry.
What do you mean you think?
It is the trademark dance.
I... I mean you should practice a little more.
Maybe you're right.
Well, what other things can be trademarks, Gabe?
Hmm... Oh, sometimes people say that I have a certain smile whenever I pose for
pictures at Studio Classroom.
This is my trademark smile.
Well, I've seen others make that face, too.
That must be the English teachers' trademark smile.
Yeah.
Well, let's look at something else in this sentence.
We have a sentence pattern: combine something with something else.
Super Junior combines rhythmic songs like Sorry, Sorry with dance moves.
Yeah. This means you put two or more things together.
How else can we use this phrase with this word?
Sometimes I combined fruit juice with tea to get a kind of fruit tea.
We could combine a couple different styles of music to get a new style.
I think many people are doing that these days.
Well, when a pop band combines cool and catchy songs with signature dance moves
and trademark hand gestures, people are sure to love and remember them.
Yes. And we read:
This has enabled them to capture the hearts of ELF fans all over the world since
their formation.
Wait, wait, wait. Hold on a second, Carolyn.
An ELF fan? Like Elf, the movie about Santa Claus' helper with the big ears?
I'm a fan of that movie.
Oh, Gabe, no.
I think you really like Santa Claus.
No. This is not the big... or the helper with the big ears.
The letters E-L-F stand for Ever Lasting Friends.
Now don't worry.
I wasn't sure what it meant until I looked it up.
But I guess that's what Super Junior fans are calling themselves: Ever Lasting
Friends or ELF, ELF.
Well, I'm glad they have a cool name for themselves.
Now let's look at something different in this sentence.
It's enabled them to capture the hearts of ELF fans.
When someone captures your heart, that means you begin to love them and pay more
attention to them.
Right.
Maybe you want to buy a dog, so you go pet shopping.
You're not sure about any of them until you see one that is so cute and
adorable.
It captures your heart.
That's the one you buy.
But you can put other words there, too.
For example, you could capture someone's imagination.
The books The Lord of the Rings captured my imagination when I first started
reading them.
I love that author.
J.R.R. Tolkien captures my imagination as well.
Well, Super Junior has captured the hearts of many fans around the world.
Yeah, especially young girls.
Well, recently they just completed the European leg of their Super Show
worldwide concert.
And right now it's time for us to learn something about that word "leg" with
Steve and Ken in the Information Cloud.
We all know what a leg is.
We use our legs to walk or run.
But today, let's take a look at a different definition of leg:
a stage of a journey, especially a long journey that requires a traveler to make
several stops along the way.
Right. The traveling from one stop to the next is called a leg.
Let's say you are traveling from Taipei to New York.
You might fly from Taipei to Tokyo first.
And that would be the first leg of your journey.
From Tokyo, you might fly to Chicago.
And that would be your second leg.
And finally, the trip from Chicago to New York would be your last or final leg.
OK.
Be careful when using "last leg," though, as there is a similar phrase, to be on
one's last legs, which means one is completely exhausted or near death.
Good point.
If a person is on his last legs, he may be dying or feeling extremely tired.
After biking 100 kilometers every day for five days, John was on his last legs.
I would be, too.
OK. You can also describe a thing with this idiom.
My car is on its last legs.
I should start looking for a new one.
(Chinese).
Thanks, guys.
We read on here what Kyuhyun is known for.
Noted for his penetrating singing voice, Kyuhyun joined the heartthrobs in 2006.
Wait. Who are the heartthrobs?
I thought this was a lesson about Super Junior, not the heartthrobs.
Um, the members of Super Junior are heartthrobs.
A heartthrob is the thing or person that someone loves.
It's kind of a romantic term to describe whatever makes your heart throb.
Ah. And if your heart is throbbing, it's beating a lot.
So who is your heartthrob?
Who makes your heart beat fast?
Is it Kyuhyun, Super Junior, others?
Share about that in English.
For now, let's visit Liz in the Grammar Gym.
Hi, friends.
Thanks for joining me here at the Grammar Gym.
My name is Liz.
In today's lesson the writer mentions:
Noted for his penetrating singing voice, the group's maknae, or youngest member,
Kyuhyun joined the heartthrobs in 2006.
That's our Grammar Tip sentence.
Notice how the sentence begins with the phrase: noted for.
This phrase is used to mean famous for a certain quality.
In other words, Kyuhyun is known for his penetrating singing voice, and he
joined the heartthrobs in 2006.
So if you want to talk about what someone or something is famous for, consider
using this phrase: noted for.
For example: Noted for their samba-like movements, Brazilian soccer players are
fun to watch.
Or: Noted for her sense of fashion, the actress is often interviewed by fashion
magazines.
So give this phrase a try.
Think of a quality that someone or something is known for, and practice using
this phrase.
And if you'd like to see some more example sentences, they're available in
today's Grammar Tip section in your Studio Classroom magazine.
That's all the time we have for today.
This is Liz from the Grammar Gym.
See you next time.