节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-10-21
难易度:Medium
关键字:algebra, information, thorough, noticeable
Hello, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
And my name is Carolyn.
And your English will improve today.
Today we're talking about Skipping School.
That's the kind of school you go to to learn how to skip like this.
Uh, no, no, Gabe, not that kind of skipping.
This means to miss school.
Oh... Oh, right, OK!
Well, "skip" can have uh, lots of meanings.
It could be the way that you go from one place to another.
That's skipping.
But here, of course, Carolyn is right.
We're talking about missing school for some reason or another.
Well, do you think it's OK to skip school?
That's what we're going to be talking about in today's lesson, especially for a
test.
Maybe you think it's OK to skip school for a test or to study for a test.
Well, I think it's really important to make sure that you study well ahead of
time before the test so that you don't need to miss your other classes.
It's important to know how to budget your time wisely.
Hmm, good point.
I see how you feel about this.
Well, we'll see how we feel about this after our lesson about skipping school.
Let's enjoy this conversation now.
(Music).
Skipping School.
Is it ever OK to skip school?
Miranda is at Violet's home, studying for a test.
(Music).
Hey, Miranda, would you please help me with this last problem?
Sorry, Vi. It's pretty late.
I'd better head home.
But I really need your help.
That algebra test is tomorrow at 1:00.
Here's an idea.
Why don't we both skip school until lunch, so we can study more tomorrow?
Skip school!
Where did you get the idea that it's OK to skip?
Well, we'd be skipping for a good reason.
We're going to study for a test, and it's not like we're doing poorly in the
other classes.
We can miss a class period or two.
We'll continue that conversation later.
But first, let's go back to the beginning of our lesson.
We see a question here:
Is it ever OK to skip school?
It's kind of what I asked Carolyn earlier.
Is it OK to do this for a special reason?
The reason is you're studying for a test.
Well, that's a good question to ask: Is it OK to do something?
Many things we know are wrong.
But is it ever OK to do them?
Carolyn, is it ever OK to hit someone?
What do you think?
Well, it is not very nice to hit someone, Gabe.
Even if they hit you first, it's still not a good thing.
OK, good, good.
What about lying?
Lying is wrong, right?
Is it ever OK to lie, Carolyn?
That gets very tricky, Gabe.
But you know it's very important to tell the truth.
Even if it's something small, you want to be honest and truthful so that people
can trust you.
All right.
Well, friends, what... what do you think about these questions?
You can ask this kind of question.
Is it ever OK to do something?
OK. Well, what is going on here?
Miranda is at Violet's home, studying for a test.
Now I am going to be Violet.
Is that OK with you?
Is that ever OK?
Oh, well, I think today it will be OK for you to be Violet.
It's a very nice name.
And I will be Miranda.
Excellent! Excellent.
By the way, I like... I like Violet.
I think that she is very nice.
Anyway, let's get started here.
Violet says: Hey, Miranda, would you please help me with this last problem?
Well, and then Miranda responds:
Sorry, Vi. It's pretty late.
Oh, I just called you Vi.
Why did I call you Vi?
Your name is Violet.
Well, I know. But I like that.
I like having a nickname like Vi.
Vi is short for Violet, of course.
And many names can be shortened to something else.
My full name is Gabriel.
People call me Gabe.
Carolyn... Carolyn. Maybe I can shorten your name to Car. How about that?
Uh, most people would shorten it to Carol or maybe Lynn.
But uh, you can just call me Carolyn.
Very nice.
All right, I'll call you Carolyn.
But it's true.
Violet, maybe her nickname could be Vi.
Please continue.
Oh, yes.
It's pretty late. I'd better head home.
Hmm. But I really need your help.
The algebra test is tomorrow at 1:00.
Great, Vi.
We have a word from our Word Bank, the word algebra.
Now algebra is a type of math, or mathematics, that uses letters and symbols
instead of numbers.
Yes.
And like most kinds of mathematics, I'm not very good at algebra.
But I did remember having algebra homework in high school.
It took me a long time to finish my algebra homework for my algebra class.
Are you taking algebra now?
What do you think about it?
Or maybe you have to take it in the future.
It's a good skill to know.
That's right, it is.
It can come in... in handy.
It can be very useful.
And I know my sister loves algebra.
She loves math.
But here uh... our friends Violet and Miranda, their algebra test is tomorrow at
1:00, so.
Miranda continues:
Here's an idea.
Why don't we both skip school until lunch, so we can study more tomorrow?
Eh, skip school!
Where did you get the idea that it's OK to skip school?
Where did you get that idea?
That is a great question.
Where did you get that idea?
What made you think that something like this was OK?
That's a good question to ask.
Where did you get that idea?
Maybe one of your friends has an idea that you think is really silly or crazy,
and you could ask:
Where did you get that idea?
Now I heard someone wanted to go bungee jumping.
That sounds crazy!
Where did they get that idea?
That's a... that's a good question, Carolyn.
I do want to go bungee jumping.
Yes, maybe you think it's a crazy idea.
I don't know where I got that idea.
Well, Miranda has another line here.
What does she say?
Oh, yes!
Well, we'd be skipping for a good reason.
We're going to study for a test, and it's not like we're doing poorly in the
other classes.
We can miss a class period or two.
Hmm, I see how Miranda is thinking here.
She's giving herself a good reason to skip classes in the morning.
She says: It's not like we're doing poorly in the other classes.
When you use the phrase "it's not like," that means you're explaining that it's
not a certain way.
So you are doing well in those classes.
It's not like you're doing poorly in those classes.
Right.
So she's trying to justify missing class that, you know, really, it's OK.
It's not going to hurt anything if we miss a couple of classes tomorrow.
Well, we will continue this conversation shortly.
But first, let's learn something with Michelle in the Language Lab.
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.