节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-11-14
难易度:Low
关键字:alcohol, volunteer, relax, restore, golden rule
Hello, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
And my name is Carolyn.
And your English will improve today.
We're continuing to look at our lesson called Good Habits to Have.
And already in yesterday's lesson, we learned some very good habits that will
help us in life.
Well, Carolyn, what was one of those good habits that you really like?
Well, I like the idea of making breakfast an important part of your day.
It's very easy to skip breakfast because you're in a hurry to get out the door.
You need to get ready and then get to school or get to work.
And you might think that breakfast is not that important; you can just wait till
lunch.
But it is a very good habit to eat breakfast because it gives you the energy you
need for your day.
And so you might want to schedule "Eat breakfast" into your daily schedule.
Of course another one of our good tips here, a good habit, is to establish a
daily schedule.
And of course it's important to exercise.
And maybe something that you don't think about too often is how important it is
to look nice, to be clean and to spend some time on your appearance as well.
Well, we have more to learn in today's lesson.
Are you ready?
Let's get going.
Good Habits to Have.
7. Avoid cigarettes, drugs and alcohol.
They affect your health, and even worse, they can make your life shorter.
8. Practice good manners.
Please and thank you are magical words.
They make people happy to help you.
9. Arrive on time.
This shows people that you are responsible and that you respect their time.
10. Volunteer.
Volunteer your time and/or your money, placing importance on others and their
needs.
11. Manage your money.
Good money habits will reduce stress and bring financial freedom.
12. Be honest.
People will discover that you always tell the truth.
We start off our lesson today with some very good habits to have.
And yesterday we talked about six good habits to work on.
And today we are beginning with number seven.
Avoid cigarettes, drugs and alcohol.
That is some very good advice and a very good habit to be in to avoid these
things.
That's right.
That means you're not doing it.
You're not smoking cigarettes.
You're not doing drugs.
You're not drinking alcohol.
Avoid these habits.
Let's take a look at that word from our Word Bank.
It is "alcohol." And alcohol is a kind of liquid.
And it has... well, it has alcohol in it.
There are many different kinds of alcohol, of course.
Beer, wine, whisky, just to name a few.
And here we're learning about how you should avoid drinking alcohol.
That's right.
These things are not good for your body.
They do not help to keep you healthy or to think clearly.
And we read here:
They affect your health, and even worse, they can make your life shorter.
So it has a very negative or bad effect on your body and your life.
That's right.
So of course many people like to have alcohol at parties and things like that.
If you do have alcohol, don't make a habit of drinking it all the time.
Of course wine can be good at some times if you might be sick or something like
that.
But don't make a habit of drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes or doing drugs.
All right, number eight here.
Practice good manners.
Well, I think this is something that everyone should do - practice good manners.
Yes. And please and thank you are magical words.
They... they're magical words, Gabe?
I don't know about that.
Yeah, I know. I like the use of this word "magical" here.
It's not like they are magic, but they do have a good effect on people just like
magic does.
If you have good manners, if you say please a lot and thank you, if you're
grateful for things, then people will like you more.
That's right.
If you use these words, they make people happy to help you.
People will be very happy if you say, "Oh, could you please open the door for
me? Thank you." Then they feel like you really appreciate what they have done.
Well, thank you, Carolyn.
Thank you for helping to explain that here.
That was very good.
Oh, well, thank you, Gabe.
Yeah. Well, it's time for us now to learn with Steve and Ken in the Information
Cloud.
They have a little something they want to share about those words: thank you.
(Music).
Hello, friends.
Here's a question a lot of you have asked:
What's the best way to respond to the phrase "thank you"?
Well, there are many options:
Not at all.
Don't mention it.
My pleasure.
Anytime.
And the import from Australia - No worries.
To be sure, each response carries with it a slightly different meaning.
Right. Often the one we choose will depend on the circumstance and who it was
that said thank you.
Now we should mention that some people have a big problem with the response "no
problem".
They feel it's dismissive and diminishes the appreciation of the person who said
thanks.
I can understand that.
Hearing someone respond "no problem" to my thank you, I sometimes feel like my
expression of thanks was wasted.
And when people say "no problem," does it mean that if it were a problem, they
wouldn't have done it?
Well, since some people are sensitive to such things, it's probably best to stay
away from "no problem" unless you are among friends.
Right.
Friends, if someone tells you thanks, the best response is still the
old-fashioned "you're welcome".
But whatever response you do choose to use, be sincere and say it with a smile.
(Chinese).
Thank you, gentlemen, for your help in explaining how to respond to thank you.
Well, moving on to number nine.
Arrive on time.
This shows people that you are responsible and that you respect their time.
I think this is very good advice.
It is very good advice, Carolyn.
I think our author was thinking about me when she put this into the lesson.
It's true.
Sometimes I struggle with this - being on time.
But it's a good reminder.
If you're on time, it shows you're responsible and that you respect other people
and their time.
After all, if everyone agrees on a certain time, then some people will be
waiting if you're not on time.
That's right.
Well, we do not want to waste time, so we will move on to number ten -
Volunteer.
And volunteer is a word from our Word Bank.
Let's take a look at that word, Gabe.
Well, if you volunteer, that means you're doing something because you want to,
and you know you probably won't get paid for doing something.
This word can also be a noun.
You might be a volunteer for something, a volunteer who volunteers to do
something special for somebody.
That's right.
So we read: Volunteer your time and/or your money, placing importance on others
and their needs.
Well, I think we need to take a look at a phrase here: and/or.
We see your time and/or your money.
So this is encouraging you to do one or both of these things.
How else could you use and/or?
Well, you could say: I'm going exercising. I'm going to go running and/or
swimming tonight.
I'm not sure if I'll do one or the other or both, but I'll do swimming and/or
running.
That's right.
So you can use this if you want to recommend that someone try both things or
they could just do one, or if you're not sure what you're going to do.
Maybe I will do both, maybe I will only do one of these things.
So volunteer your time and your money or volunteer your time or your money.
All right.
And it's good to place importance on other people's needs.
All right.
Number 11 here, the 11th habit: Manage your money.
This is very good habit to have.
Good money habits will reduce stress and bring financial freedom.
So far we've learned about something else that reduces stress - exercise.
And of course if you know how to manage your money, then you don't have to think
or stress out about how much you have.
That's right.
And number 12: Be honest.
People will discover that you always tell the truth.
And this is very good.
You want people to trust you and know that you are an honest person.
Well, I know someone who is honest - Michelle!
Let's go and join her in the Language Lab now.