节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-10-03
难易度:Low
关键字:flash, sympathy, educate, sculpture, transparent, Jerusalem Knights
Festival, contemporary
Today we are learning all about the month of October and some of the great
things that go on during this month.
Today our lesson is an acrostic.
And so far we have looked at the first three letters, O, C, T - oct, which means
eight.
O is for opal.
C is for calendula.
And T is for the top names in theater at the Melbourne Festival in Australia.
Well, we have a lot more to learn about this month.
So let's continue with our next letter, O.
(Music).
October.
O - The Old City in Jerusalem will hold the Jerusalem Knights Festival the last
four Thursdays this month.
Visitors will get a taste of the Middle Ages with entertainment from that time
period.
B - Blindness awareness marks this month.
World Sight Day occurs October 10 this year.
It focuses on educating people about blindness and raising money for blindness
prevention programs.
E - Every year, October ends on the same day of the week as February does!
R - The Regent's Park in London hosts the Frieze Art Fair in mid-October.
Contemporary art galleries from around the world will be featured along with a
sculpture park.
OK. Let's go back up to that first letter O in this section.
The Old City in Jerusalem will hold the Jerusalem Knights Festival the last four
Thursdays this month.
All right.
So we already had an O where we talked about the opal.
Here we're talking about the Old City in Jerusalem.
OK. So this place dates back a long, long time.
That's right.
And this sounds like a very fun festival.
Visitors will get a taste of the Middle Ages with entertainment from that time
period.
So it will be a very interesting festival with people dressed as medieval
characters.
OK. So have you ever seen a knight?
Well, I would be interested in seeing a knight and other things like this from
the medieval time period.
The Jerusalem Knights Festival does sound pretty interesting.
So visitors will get a taste of the Middle Ages with entertainment from that
time period.
What about other time periods?
Do you know about other time periods in history?
Well, we learned a little bit about Victorian time periods before, or like the
Renaissance.
These are different ages or time periods in history.
That is right.
Well, moving right along in our lesson, we have the letter B for blindness
awareness marks this month.
So this is a very special month because it tries to raise awareness about
blindness.
Well, this raises awareness about blindness.
But awareness can be used in other ways.
You might talk about cancer awareness, people... making people aware of cancer
and what we can do to maybe help find a cure for cancer.
Different kinds of awareness, making people aware of something so that they know
about something.
They know that there's a problem; maybe they can help.
Well, right now it's time for us to learn more with Liz in the Grammar Gym.
Welcome to the Grammar Gym, friends.
Hope you're all doing well today.
My name is Liz.
In today's article we see this sentence:
Blindness awareness marks this month.
That's our Grammar Tip sentence.
It just means blindness awareness makes this month special.
Our focus today is on the word "marks." Here it means to characterize or to make
something special or different.
So today's sentence just means blindness awareness makes this month special.
This use of "mark" is most often found in formal situations to talk about how
something is distinguished or made unique by an event or a situation.
For example:
A fireworks display marks the evening.
Or: The opening ceremony was marked by a special performance from a children's
choir.
So give this word a try.
Think of an event or situation that makes something special and practice using
"mark" to describe it.
And that's it for today.
This is Liz from the Grammar Gym.
See you next time.
Thank you, Liz.
And blindness... awareness does mark this month.
And World Sight Day occurs October 10 this year.
So on October 10, look up some more information, try to learn more about
blindness, its causes, what you can do to be more helpful to people who have
this illness.
That's right.
Well, let's read more about World Sight Day.
It focuses on educating people about blindness and raising money for blindness
prevention programs.
Prevention.
If you prevent something from happening, that means you stop it from happening.
If there's a way to stop someone from becoming blind, wouldn't you want to know
how?
Well, World Sight Day will help to focus on educating people about things like
this.
Let's take a look at that word from our Word Bank: educate.
Carolyn, what does that mean?
Well, if you educate someone, then you are teaching them something useful,
something that they can use later and perhaps teach to other people.
So you can educate somebody.
You give them information about something.
Um, this word can also be used in another way.
You can add an -ed to this word.
Someone is educated.
That means they learned a lot.
They learned something.
If you're learning English here at Studio Classroom, you are educated.
And you're becoming more and more educated every day as you get more and more
knowledge.
That's right.
And "educated" begins with E, which is the next letter in our lesson.
Every year, October ends on the same day of the week as February does.
Well, that's an interesting fact to know about October.
Well, there are a couple of months that are paired like this.
October and February end on the same day of the week.
March and June end on the same day.
April and December, August and November end on the same day.
Now here May and September don't ever end on the same day as other months.
So those... those are just some interesting facts about months.
That is a very interesting way that our calendar works.
Well, we have one more letter, the letter R.
The Regent's Park in London hosts the Frieze Art Fair in mid-October.
So if you're in London, you can go to an art fair.
That's true.
This sounds interesting to me.
I love art.
And this is in mid-October, actually October 17 through 20.
And contemporary art galleries from around the world will be featured along with
a sculpture park.
If something is contemporary, that means it is modern.
You might talk about contemporary music.
That's music that people listen to now.
That's right.
And in that sentence we have a word from the Word Bank: sculpture.
Now a sculpture could be made of wood or metal or stone.
But it is something that is carved, and it is considered art.
That's right, or maybe even sand sculptures or ice sculptures.
If you are working on a sculpture, you are called a sculptor.
S-C-U-L-P-T-O-R, a sculptor.
Well, right now it's time for us to learn more with Michelle in the Language
Lab.
OK.
(Chinese).
And now I'll give the time back to our teachers.
Well, we've talked about many different things about October here today.
Now which one of the things that were mentioned here today would you like to
celebrate most?
Carolyn, is there anything that you want to celebrate, any festival you want to
attend?
Well, I think I would really like to go to the Jerusalem Knights Festival.
I've never been to Jerusalem.
I think it'd be a beautiful city to visit.
And it sounds like a very interesting festival with a lot of history.
Well, Carolyn, let's go together.
I've never been to Jerusalem, either.
I'd love to go, especially for this festival.
OK. Thank you for joining us today.
And of course, we will see you next time right here at Studio Classroom.
See you.