节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-11-13
难易度:Low
关键字:philosopher, schedule, fuel, disease, Aristotle
Hello, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
And my name is Carolyn.
And your English will improve today.
We're talking about Good Habits to Have.
And this is a good thing to talk about.
Well, everybody has habits.
Many of us have good habits.
Of course, most people also have some bad habits that maybe need to be changed.
So in our lesson today, we're going to be learning about some habits that will
be helpful in your life.
Well, speaking of habits, can you name any good habits that you have right off
the top of your head?
Do you have any good habits?
Carolyn, what are some of your good habits?
Well, let's see. I wash my hands before I eat.
That's a good habit.
Yes.
Um, I... I brush my teeth at least twice a day.
That's a good habit.
Another good habit.
Um... I don't go to bed early.
That's a bad habit.
Ah, hmm.
Yes. Uh, Gabe, do you have any good habits?
Well, you know, I forgot all of my good habits until you mentioned some.
Washing my hands before I eat, brushing my teeth before I go to bed.
You know, I just do them so often that I don't even think about them.
I guess that's what it means to have a habit.
You do it so often you don't even think about it.
Well, right now it's time for us to get started with our lesson learning about
some good habits to have.
Good Habits to Have.
Sixteen habits to live by.
Philosopher Aristotle once said, "Good habits formed at youth make all the
difference." It's true that the habits we form early usually stay with us.
But it is never too late to learn new ones.
Habits worth developing.
1. Establish a daily schedule.
It's easier to face the day if you know what to expect.
Plus, new habits are easier to follow if they are part of your normal day.
2. Eat breakfast.
Breakfast provides the fuel your body needs to get started each day.
All right.
Well, those are some good habits so far.
Let's go back to the top of our lesson here today.
Right next to our title, we see the phrase: Sixteen habits to live by.
All right.
We're going to learn about six of those habits today, and we have more to learn
about in tomorrow's lesson.
These are great habits to live by.
That's a good phrase to know, right, Carolyn?
It is a great phrase to know.
If you live by something, then you do it every day.
Maybe it's your life's motto.
What are some things that you live by, Gabe?
Hmm, something that I live by...
Well, I think it's important to accept people for who they are and not judge
them just based on how they look.
I think that's something important, a good rule to live by.
Don't judge a book by its cover.
What's something else... what's another rule that you could live by?
Well, I try to live by the rules or the standards put forth in the Bible.
I think that it's filled with really wonderful things and really good guidance
on how we should be living our lives.
OK, so those are also very important, great things to live by, to live our lives
by.
So here we're talking about sixteen habits that you can live by.
They can help in your life.
And we read:
Philosopher Aristotle once said, "Good habits formed at youth make all the
difference." Well, Carolyn, what's a philosopher?
Well, a philosopher is a word from our Word Bank.
It's a person who studies something very closely, and they try to explain big
questions about life or religion.
That's right, or the meaning of life, why we are here.
Philosophy is the study of these things.
And Aristotle is indeed a very famous philosopher from the past.
When I think about philosophers, I think about Greek philosophers like... like
Plato.
Or here we're learning about Aristotle.
And if you are interested in something like this, then maybe you are taking a
philosophy class.
Did you ever take philosophy classes, Carolyn?
I did not have to take a philosophy class, but I took a class that was in the
category of philosophy.
It was an ethics class.
OK, all right.
Well, again, those kinds of classes deal with the meaning of life and things
like that.
Um... so I enjoy philosophy, although I'm not very good at it.
And this is a very famous philosopher.
He said, "Good habits formed at youth make all the difference." Well, Liz also
makes a difference in our life here at Studio Classroom.
Let's learn with her now.
Hi there, friends.
Welcome to the Grammar Gym.
My name is Liz.
In our article today, the writer mentions:
Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.
That's our Grammar Tip sentence.
Notice the phrase: to make all the difference.
It means to be the most important thing in bringing a result.
So going back to today's sentence, what it means is the kind of result a person
gets depends on whether good habits were formed at youth or not.
This phrase "makes all the difference" is a great one to use to describe how
important a certain thing is in getting a certain result.
For example:
Using pure cocoa powder to make this chocolate cake makes all the difference!
Or: Making a good first impression when you walk into the interview makes all
the difference.
So give this phrase a try.
Think of something that is absolutely important to have in order to achieve a
certain result and practice using this phrase.
And if you'd like to see some more example sentences, then check out today's
Grammar Tip section in your magazine.
That's it for today.
This is Liz from the Grammar Gym.
See you next time.
Thank you, Liz.
Having good grammar in the English language can make all the difference.
Well, continuing in our article.
It's true that the habits we form early usually stay with us.
So if you learn to do something good at a young age, it can stay with you
through the rest of your life.
That's right, for better or for worse.
That means if you form bad habits early on, they might stick with you.
So it's good to form good habits early on.
But here we read:
But is it... it is never too late to learn new ones.
It's never too late to learn new good habits.
That reminds me of the phrase: You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
That means some people assume that the older you are, you can't learn new
things.
Do you think that's true, Carolyn?
Well, it can be more difficult as you get older to learn something new, but it
is not impossible.
That's right.
Especially in our modern age today where technology is constantly changing.
I know plenty of people like our boss Doris Brougham, who is able to keep up
with technology better than I am.
Well, it's true. She is very sharp, and that's something that she can do very
well.
I think it's important to try to stay up with the times.
Well, let's get started learning about these habits.
The first habit here - Habits worth developing.
1. Establish a daily schedule.
And before we talk about this more, let's look at that word from our Word Bank:
your schedule.
That is your plans for the day or for the week or the month, your schedule.
That's right, so.
I like to keep track of what things I need to do and when.
You could make a to-do list as part of your schedule.
And you can schedule things into your list.
Ah, very nice! So this word can also be a verb.
You can schedule something onto your schedule.
Well... what are we reading about this?
It's easier to face the day if you know what to expect, so.
Plus, new habits are easier to follow if they are part of your normal day.
Well, what kinds of things can you follow in life?
You might want to follow good habits.
That's right.
So we have another good habit for you to learn.
2. Eat breakfast.
Gabe, do you eat breakfast?
Yes, most of the time, Carolyn.
Well, it is a good habit to have.
And we read why.
Breakfast provides the fuel your body needs to get started each day.
So if you're not eating breakfast, you're not going to have enough energy to get
started with your day.
It's true.
And you may think that only cars use fuel.
Fuel is from our Word Bank.
And actually here it's used in kind of a fun way.
It basically means energy for your body.
Of course usually you use it to talk about filling up your gas with fuel or
something like that.
But here it's just talking about food.
Food is fuel for your body.
And gas is fuel for your car.
It gives it energy to go.
It's true. All right.
Well, breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
And of course it's also very important for us to spend time with Michelle every
day.
Let's do that now.