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刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-10-30
难易度:Low
关键字:produce, grab, decoration, homemade, orchard, apple cider
Well, in today's lesson, Fall Festivals in Maryland,
we're learning about Pauline and how she and her family went through vegetable
and fruit gardens and farms and orchards picking out fruit.
It was pick-your-own fruit and vegetables.
And she noticed that many people were walking around with handcarts.
But her and her family, they just grabbed a basket as they went walking through
the trees and the orchards.
Well, we're going to continue learning about this experience in the next part of
our lesson.
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Fall Festivals in Maryland.
After walking around the orchard with two baskets of apples, I knew why people
had chosen the handcart!
Our next stop was the pumpkin patch.
We could choose pumpkins from piles or pick our own.
Many Americans put pumpkins on their front steps at Halloween.
Some carve a face in a pumpkin and put a candle in it.
They call this decoration a jack-o'-lantern.
We couldn't leave without buying some homemade apple desserts.
Fresh hot or cold apple cider is also perfect for the season.
(Music).
That does sound delicious.
Well, before we get into too much about how tasty apple cider is, let's go back
to the beginning of this section.
She was talking about how her family just grabbed two baskets to fill up with
apples instead of a handcart.
And we read:
After walking around the orchard with two baskets of apples, I knew why people
had chosen the handcart!
Gabe, why did people choose the handcart?
Well, other people probably expected that they would be picking a lot of apples.
But maybe Pauline and her family, maybe this is one of their first times going,
they didn't think they would pick that many apples, so they just took a couple
of baskets.
What do you think?
Well, they also might not have realized just how heavy a basket of apples can
be.
It can be very heavy.
Like, if you just go to the store and buy a bag of apples - even that can weigh
a lot.
So a whole basket?
It's probably very difficult to carry around.
And so it's good to have a handcart.
Well, Steve and Ken are waiting in the Information Cloud for us.
They want to share with us about compound words like handcart.
Today let's highlight one of the ways English words come into existence through
the formation of compound words.
OK. Compound words are made up of what we call primary words, what we might call
the basic "building blocks" of English.
Primary words are simple nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, prepositions and
pronouns like the words sun, run, fun, so, in and you.
Now two or more primary words in any combination can produce a compound word.
Compound words come in three forms.
Let's look at each form in the order it appears in today's lesson.
The first is the hyphenated form like pick-your-own.
In this example we see three primary words brought together but separated by
hyphens to form one new word.
The second compound form is the closed form, which are two primary words stuck
together back to back.
We see a few of these in today's lesson, like haystack and handcart.
The third form is the open form: two primary words separated by a space.
A little further along in the lesson we see an example: parking lot.
OK. Knowing how compound words are created will enable you to create some new
English words of your own.
Hey, who says you can't?
(Chinese).
Thank you, guys.
There are many different kinds of compound words in English.
So pay attention to those.
Continuing in our article, Pauline writes: Our next stop was the pumpkin patch.
So first they went to the apple orchard.
And now they are in the pumpkin patch.
So it's not a pumpkin orchard, Gabe?
No. That's a good question, Carolyn.
Actually, with each different kind of fruit or vegetable, you might use a
different measure word to talk about where you will find them.
OK, so yeah, an apple tree.
Or if you're growing pumpkins, that would be a pumpkin patch, a patch of
pumpkins.
That's right.
So pumpkins grow along the ground with vines.
So like watermelons; watermelons would also be a watermelon patch.
So if you have trees, that's an orchard.
Things that grow on a vine are in a patch.
Well, so they went to the pumpkin patch.
And she writes: We could choose pumpkins from piles or pick our own.
So there were already pumpkins that had been picked that you could choose from.
Or you could go into the pumpkin patch and find your own special pumpkin.
And she describes what the people there do.
She says many Americans put pumpkins on their front steps at Halloween.
Well, this is some... a very common sight, actually, if you're in the United
States around Halloween.
You will see some pumpkins sitting on people's front doorsteps.
That's right.
And some carve a face in a pumpkin and put a candle in it.
Now this is something very special, right, Gabe?
It's true.
Have you ever done that, Carolyn?
I've done that activity with people before, pumpkin carving.
It's a great thing to do around Halloween.
Did you ever carve pumpkins, Carolyn?
I did carve pumpkins.
And Pauline explains what that is actually called.
They call this decoration a jack-o'-lantern.
So if you carve a face into a pumpkin and put a candle in it, that is known as a
jack-o'-lantern.
And it's a great decoration.
Yes, it is.
Well, let's talk about that word: decoration.
A decoration is something that you put up just to make something look more
special or make something look brighter or different.
A decoration.
That's right.
So it looks really nice.
I know a lot of people in Taiwan, they... and in China and many places
throughout Asia,
they put up decorations for Chinese New Year, lots of things that are red
decorations.
That's true.
So they put up these decorations.
We could also use the verb form of this word.
We could say they decorate their houses with these red decorations.
OK. So you decorate, or you can put up some decorations.
That's right.
Well, Pauline continues to write about their trip.
She says: We couldn't leave without buying some homemade apple desserts.
Well, let's take a look at something from that sentence, OK.
The first is a phrase: we couldn't leave without doing something.
You can't leave without doing something.
That means you need to do it.
It's important that you do it.
For example, you could say something like this:
Please don't leave without saying goodbye.
I want to say goodbye before you go on your trip.
That's right.
Well, and many times when you are traveling, there are things that you really
need to try or do before you leave.
So someone might say:
You can't leave until you go to the gift store.
There are so many great souvenirs there.
You should take some home.
That's right.
Actually, earlier this month we talked about double negatives, remember?
This is an example... example of a double negative.
You can't leave without doing something.
That means you must do it.
OK, and here we see you need to buy some homemade apple desserts.
Homemade.
What is that, Carolyn?
Well, it means that it wasn't made in a factory; it was made at home or someone
made it personally.
So even if you go to a shop, those things still might be homemade if they make
them there,
like I know a lot of people enjoy buying homemade cupcakes.
They are made in the store in small amounts.
OK. So do you enjoy making things at home?
Do you enjoy homemade things?
Well, my roommate Angus is actually very good at making homemade fruit juice.
That's quite delicious.
Well, that sounds delicious.
And there's another delicious drink.
Fresh hot or cold apple cider is also perfect for the season.
Well, friends, it's time for us to learn something new with Michelle in the
Language Lab.
OK.
(Chinese).
And now it's time to go back to our teachers.
In our lesson today, Pauline described how she and her family went to a
pick-your-own farm where they could pick their own produce like apples and
pumpkins.
A great activity in the fall.
I wonder, have you ever done this?
Have you ever been able to pick your own produce?
Gabe?
Hmm? Yeah! Actually, when I was a kid, we would pick mulberries.
There was a mulberry bush right around the corner from our house.
And in New Jersey, we picked blueberries.
There was a great place where we could pick blueberries.
Have you ever done this?
I have. I have gone blueberry picking and apple picking.
And I actually used to have a garden, so I could pick fresh produce anytime.
Nice!
Well, what about you?
Have you ever picked fresh produce?
It can be a good experience.
Well, we have more to learn about fun festivals in the fall.
So come back next time right here to Studio Classroom.
See you.