节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-10-14
难易度:Low
关键字:out-of-the-way, peak, musical, sausage, land-locked, Holy, Ascension
Cathedral, the Green Bazaar
Hello, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
And I'm Carolyn.
And your English will improve today.
Our lesson is Kazakhstan - The Land of Wonders.
Hmm, Kazakhstan.
Have you ever been there before?
Do you know any friends who have traveled there before?
Well, there are many countries in the world that end with these letters S-T-A-N,
-stan.
Uh, Carolyn, can you think of any other countries that end with those letters?
Well, a lot of the countries around Kazakhstan all end in S-T-A-N.
Let's see, there's... Afghanistan.
OK, Afghanistan.
Pakistan.
Right.
Kyrgyzstan.
Good.
Um, Tajikistan.
Wow! You're good.
Um, Turkmenistan.
And... and Uzbekistan.
Oh, my goodness! That... that's a lot of them.
I can think of one more - Hayastan.
Uh, but yes, there are some countries that end with the letters S-T-A-N, which,
Carolyn, mean what?
Well, "stan" is a Persian word, and it means the place where you stay or home of
something.
So a home of a type of people, like the Kazakhs, live in Kazakhstan.
That's right.
And if you're curious about what Kazakh means, that's independent or a free
spirit.
So the people that live in Kazakhstan are maybe very independent and
free-spirited.
Let's learn about this together: Kazakhstan - The Land of Wonders.
(Music).
Kazakhstan - The Land of Wonders.
Adventure is waiting for you in this central Asian country.
Kazakhstan, the world's largest land-locked country, may seem like an
out-of-the-way destination for tourists.
It is.
But those who travel to the Central Asian nation are rewarded with great natural
beauty.
Kazakhstan's snowy peaks, wide deserts, grassy plains and beautiful lakes beg to
be explored.
Start your adventure in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, a city with wide,
tree-lined streets and numerous parks.
Panfilov Park is home to Holy Ascension Cathedral.
Although it doesn't look like it, the entire cathedral is made of wood!
(Music).
Well, this sounds like a very interesting place to go.
And we read about Kazakhstan that adventure is waiting for you in this central
Asian country.
So it is located in Central Asia.
And what do we learn about Kazakhstan, Gabe?
All right.
Well, Kazakhstan, the world's largest land-locked country, may seem like an
out-of-the-way destination for tourists.
OK. So that's one thing we learn is that it's the world's largest land-locked
country.
That means around this country is nothing but land.
It's not surrounded by ocean or anything else.
It is land-locked.
What else is land-locked in the world, Carolyn?
Well, there are a lot of places that are land-locked.
Many of the states in the United States are land-locked.
Only a few that are along the coast are near the ocean.
Everything else would be considered land-locked.
OK.
Or maybe the country of Switzerland, Rwanda, countries like this are
land-locked.
Well, this country is the world's largest land-locked country.
And it seems kind of out of the way.
Let's take a look at that phrase from our Word Bank: out-of-the-way.
What does that mean, Carolyn?
Well, if something is out of the way, then it's not really close to anything.
It's not near any major cities or places that people like to go, and maybe you
really have to travel a long time before you arrive there.
Kind of like my hometown.
Really?
Oh, yes, it's pretty out of the way.
OK. So it might be inconvenient to travel there, unless you're going there for
that purpose.
OK. Well, if it's out of the way, it's inconvenient to get to.
But the opposite is on the way.
Let's... let's go by my house.
It's on the way to the movie theater.
Oh, let's... let's not go to my house.
It's out of the way.
It would be... it will take a long time to get there.
So now you know how to use the phrase: out of the way.
That's right.
Or on the way.
It's on the way, so it is very convenient.
No problem.
Well, this country may seem like an out-of-the-way destination for tourists.
It is.
Very short sentence - "It is." But those who travel to this Central Asian nation
are rewarded with great natural beauty.
Well, I think I might be willing to go there.
I think so, too.
I would love to go visit Kazakhstan, especially after reading this lesson.
Now you might be rewarded with great natural beauty.
Well, if you go somewhere and it's wonderful, then you're rewarded with that
wonder or that beauty.
So let's continue.
Kazakhstan's snowy peaks, wide deserts, grassy plains and beautiful lakes beg to
be explored.
So we're talking here about the snowy peaks.
OK. That's from our Word Bank.
A peak is the top of a mountain.
That's right.
So you could say, "I can see the peaks in the distance." It means that you can
see the tops of the mountains.
That's right. OK.
Or maybe you are driving in your car and sometimes you might go over the peaks.
You are going through the mountains and going over the peaks.
That can be very exciting.
So we're talking about Kazakhstan's snowy peaks.
There's snow covering these mountains.
And the grassy plains and beautiful lakes, they all beg to be explored.
And Carolyn and I want to talk about that phrase: beg to be something.
What does that mean, Carolyn?
Well, it means that it looks very inviting that you really want to go and see
more of it or do more with it or maybe eat more of it,
because you could say, oh, that cake just begs to be eaten.
It looks so delicious.
I'm going to have to eat it now.
All right.
It begs to be eaten.
OK. Maybe you're hiking in one of these mountains and you see a trail.
That trail begs to be hiked.
Let's go explore that trail.
So you can use that phrase in different ways.
Now start your adventure in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, a city with wide,
tree-lined streets and numerous parks.
This city sounds pretty beautiful.
It does sound very beautiful.
And here we get to learn a little bit about one of those parks.
Panfilov Park is home to Holy Ascension Cathedral.
It's home to this cathedral.
Let's look at that phrase.
For something to be home to it, what does that mean, Gabe?
Well, that means you can find this thing in that place.
For example, we learned about the Pyramids of Giza earlier this month, right?
Well, the pyramids... or Egypt is home to these pyramids.
Or uh... Taipei! Taipei is home to Shilin Night Market.
It's one of the best night markets I've ever been to.
Taipei is home to this night market.
It is also home to Taipei 101, the very, very tall building, 101.
Well, it is home to the Holy... Holy Ascension Cathedral.
And although it doesn't look like it, the entire cathedral is made of wood.
That's right.
It is made of wood.
Well, let's take a look at that phrase: made of.
Actually, Steve and Ken are going to help us with that phrase in the Information
Cloud.
And then we'll spend some time with Michelle.
Hey, Steve, that's one huge pencil you've got there.
Is it made of wood?
Uh... yeah. It looks like it's made of wood.
Uh, Ken, what are you eating over there?
Ice cream.
Ice cream. Is that made from milk?
Yes. Ice cream is made from milk or cream.
Hey, Steve, why don't we explain the difference between made of and made from?
That's a good idea, Ken.
Friends, if we say a pencil is made of wood, then that means you can still see
the wood in the pencil.
The wood didn't undergo any physical change.
And my ring is made of silver because the silver that went into making it hasn't
changed.
With "made from," however, there has been a physical change.
For example, wine is made from grapes.
You can't see the grapes anymore.
They have become wine.
And my ice cream is made from milk.
I can't see any milk in it, but I can sure taste it.
So remember, friends, we say "made from" when the original material can no
longer be recognized, like the milk in Ken's ice cream.
And we use "made of" when you can still see the material in the finished
product, like the wood in this pencil.
(Chinese).
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.