节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-11-08
难易度:Medium
关键字:jade, interact, extend, pastry, stingray, observation wheel, capsule
Hello, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
And I'm Carolyn.
And your English will improve today.
We're continuing our journey through Singapore, learning about the fun things
that you can do there.
Already we learned about the Night Safari and Chinatown and Universal Studios.
And today we have more to talk about.
Have you ever been to Singapore?
What did you do in Singapore?
What was memorable about your trip?
Carolyn, I know you've been to Singapore.
What did you remember about Singapore?
Well, I happened to be in Singapore for Chinese New Year.
Oh?
So a lot of things were closed.
But it was a very exciting time because all of the streets were open, and it was
very... it was definitely a bustling city.
Everyone was selling things, and there was great food.
And I did get to enjoy the Night Safari and exploring Little India.
What did you do, Gabe?
Oh, what did I do?
I was there at a time when they were preparing for the F1 race.
And so they were getting the roads ready for this big car race.
I also really enjoyed the Hawker Centres.
They are everywhere with delicious and reasonably priced food - not too
expensive there.
OK. Well, we have more to learn about fun things to do in Singapore.
So let's get started.
(Music).
Ten Fun Things to Do in Singapore.
Pulau Ubin.
Take a small boat into Singapore's past.
A 10-minute ride will take you to this island where life has remained unchanged
since the 1960s.
Walk through the streets, lovely forest paths and along quiet beaches.
Chek Jawa, the "jade of Singapore," lies on the island's southeastern tip, an
area filled with plants, animals and natural beauty.
Underwater World.
Underwater World is more than just another aquarium.
It offers rare opportunities to interact with sea creatures.
Sign up in advance to swim with dolphins or dive among sharks.
I always enjoy getting to see animals up close.
But before we talk about the aquarium, let's look at number 4 on our list.
Pulau Ubin.
Take a small boat into Singapore's past.
A 10-minute ride will take you to this island where life has remained unchanged
since the 1960s.
Wow. That's pretty impressive.
That's right.
It has remained unchanged.
That means that things still look the same way they did more than 50 years ago
or around 50 years ago in the 1960s.
Now it says here:
Take a small boat into Singapore's past.
You can kind of use English like this.
You can travel into the past or maybe talk about traveling into the future.
Can you see into your future?
What is there?
Well, of course you can travel into Singapore's past by going to Pulau Ubin.
That's right. And you can walk through the streets, lovely forest paths and
along quiet beaches.
So this is a very beautiful area.
It's not the developed bustling city like the main part of Singapore.
It's a smaller island near the main one.
That's right.
And we're learning about something else here.
Chek Jawa, the "jade of Singapore," lies on the island's southeastern tip, an
area filled with plants, animals and natural beauty.
So again, not the main part of the city, not the bustling part with lots of
crowds of people.
This is more natural.
And this is called the jade of Singapore.
So it's very precious.
Let's look at that word from our Word Bank:
jade.