节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-09-10
难易度:Medium
关键字:access, zero tolerance, tempt, mode, distract
(Music).
Hello, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
And my name is Carolyn.
And your English will improve today.
Today our lesson is called Cellphones in School.
Cellphones in School?
Well, this is something that people have different ideas about.
Should you be able to carry your cellphone to school or... or use it in school
or not?
Well, that's what our lesson is about.
Do you have a cellphone?
And if so, when did you get your first cellphone?
Carolyn, when did you get your first cellphone?
Well, I actually didn't get my first cellphone until my senior year of high
school.
I needed it because I needed to stay late after school and let my parents know
what time I'd be coming home because I was in the band and we had to practice.
Well, it's a good reason to have a cellphone; you want to get in touch with your
parents.
I think our lesson talks about that a little bit.
I didn't get my first cellphone... I didn't buy this cellphone until I was a
junior in college, my third year at university.
Now many people today have cellphones even as young as elementary school.
People are carrying around cellphones all the time.
Well, what do you think about this idea?
Is it OK to have a cellphone at school or to use your cellphone at school?
Let's get started with our lesson for today.
(Music).
Cellphones in School.
Does having access to cellphones at school help or hurt students?
Mrs. Lee's son Jake is in high school.
His teacher Mr. Brown caught Jake taking his cellphone out during class and took
it away.
Now Mrs. Lee is at the school to get her son's phone.
Thank you for coming, Mrs. Lee.
Here's Jake's cellphone.
Thank you.
What was Jake doing with this in class?
I don't know, but as you know, our school has a zero tolerance policy for
cellphones.
If I see one during school hours, I'm supposed to take it away and ask a parent
to pick it up.
(Music).
Well, Mr. Brown does make an interesting point there.
But first, let's go back to this opening question:
Does having access to cellphones at school help or hurt students?
And right there in our opening question, we have a word from our Word Bank:
access.
If you have access to something, then you can use it, you are able to do
something.
Now Gabe, do you have Internet access?
I do have Internet access.
Actually, on my smartphone I have 3G, so I can access the Internet all the time.
I don't need to wait till I'm in a place with Wi-Fi.
But that brings up another question.
Do you have Wi-Fi access?
Do you have access to Wi-Fi?
Maybe you're staying at a hotel somewhere and you need to use your computer to
get online.
Do you have access to Wi-Fi at that hotel?
That's something you should check out maybe even before you book a room at the
hotel.
It is important.
And here we're talking about having access to your cellphone while you're at
school.
Now we have a conversation here.
Mrs. Lee's son Jake is in high school.
His teacher Mr. Brown caught Jake taking his cellphone out during class and took
it away.
So now what is happening, Gabe?
All right.
Well, now Mrs. Lee is at the school trying to get her son's phone.
Well, this is a very interesting situation.
I think this happens quite often at schools.
Has it ever happened to you?
Has your teacher ever taken something away from you because you were abusing it
or you weren't using what you should be using or you weren't doing what you
should be doing?
Well, so now Mrs. Lee is at the school to get her son's phone.
So I guess I should be Mrs. Lee, and you can be Mr. Brown.
You know I'd be very happy with that, Carolyn.
OK, great.
Well, then I will let you begin.
Oh, right. Of course, Mr. Brown.
Mr. Brown probably has a deep voice.
He's very handsome.
He says: Thank you for coming, Mrs. Lee.
Here's Jake's cellphone.
Thank you.
What was Jake doing with it in class?
I don't know, but as you know, our school has a zero tolerance policy for
cellphones.
Oh, great, Mr. Brown.
Let's stop right there.
There are a couple of phrases in that sentence we want to look at.
The first one: as you know.
As you know.
Well, this phrase means that you expect the other person to already know that
something is true.
And you want to make it very clear that they should be aware of this fact.
That's right.
So of course if you do something, maybe... maybe you cheat on a test, and your
teacher gives you a zero.
And you go and talk to the teacher and complain.
But your teacher might say: I'm sorry, but as you know, there is no cheating
allowed.
You're not supposed to do that, as you know.
That's right.
Or maybe you want to go swimming but it is raining outside.
And there's thunder and lightning.
As you know, we can't go swimming during a thunderstorm.
It's too dangerous.
And as we see Mr. Brown says here: As you know, our school has a zero tolerance
policy for cellphones.
Well, let's take a look at those words from our Word Bank: zero tolerance.
Well, let's look at the word "tolerance" for a minute.
If you tolerate something, that means you're OK with it.
Maybe you don't really like it, but you're not going to argue about it.
Now what does it mean to have zero tolerance, Carolyn?
Well, if you have zero tolerance, then you have no tolerance.
Zero - you don't have any of it.
So here they're talking about not being able to stand or not allowing any
cellphones in the school or in class.
You might also have a zero tolerance policy for cheating on tests as Gabe
mentioned earlier.
As you know, that's not allowed.
Maybe your school has a zero tolerance policy for clothes that are not part of
the school uniform.
That's right.
I think schools... many schools have a lot of these kinds of rules - zero
tolerance policies for different things.
Well, I have no tolerance for some things, too.
I don't like it when people gossip.
I don't like to tolerate that.
So I have no tolerance for that.
Well, Mr. Brown is talking about how the school has a zero tolerance policy for
cellphones.
And he continues:
If I see one during school hours, I'm supposed to take it away and ask a parent
to pick it up.
So it seems like that's what's happening.
Yes. So he is just following the rules, not quite sure what Jake was doing with
it in class.
But they have this policy at the school.
And Mr. Brown is following the school's rules.
Actually, my high school had a rule like this.
If a teacher caught you using your cellphone in class, they were supposed to
give you a warning.
And if you'd already been warned, they were allowed to take your cellphone and
take it to the principal's office.
And your parents would have to talk to the principal to get it back.
Interesting.
Well, I think these rules can be very helpful.
They can be very good.
But we're going to continue this conversation later and see what Mrs. Lee says.
First, let's take a break.
And actually, first we're going to see what Michelle has to say in the Language
Lab.