节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-09-12
难易度:Low
关键字:brilliant, meadow, canoe, delightful, majestic, lay out
Today we're beginning to learn about Beautiful Banff and Lake Louise.
And of course we got a good introduction here to our lesson.
We know that you can see meadows and lakes and hot springs and waterfalls and
wild animals at Banff National Park.
And of course something else that comes to mind for people that have visited is
the beautiful, the brilliant blue water of the lakes there.
Well, we have more to learn.
So let's get started with the second part of our lesson for today - Beautiful
Banff and Lake Louise.
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Beautiful Banff and Lake Louise.
You can find plenty of outdoor adventure all year round.
You can explore the park using a car or bicycle, hiking boots, skis or a canoe.
Stop first in the delightful town of Banff, which was designed as a tourist
town.
The first street was laid out to give visitors a great view of Cascade Mountain.
Grab breakfast and coffee at one of the many small cafes before heading out to
explore the park.
Or finish your day by looking around in the small shops along Banff's main
street.
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Well, this does sound like a lovely little town to visit in Alberta, Canada.
Now going back to the beginning of this section in the reading:
You can find plenty of outdoor adventure all year round.
So it's not just a place with a particular season, one season that you should go
visit.
You can go anytime of year and have a great outdoor adventure.
That's right.
And I heard that probably the best time to go or a wonderful time to go and
visit is just after Labor Day in September when there aren't as many crowds,
but you can still see a lot of the scenery that people love in Banff National
Park.
So right now is a great time to go and visit.
Well, let's continue.
You can explore the park using a car or bicycle, hiking boots, skis or a canoe.
Well, you can just about do anything in Banff National Park.
That's right.
And probably depending on the time of year would be which one you use to go
exploring.
So a canoe, which is one of the words from our Word Bank, would probably be
great during the summer.
Now a canoe is a long, small boat.
It is very thin with pointed ends on each uh... end.
And you usually use a paddle to move along the water.
That's right.
You remember learning about paddles with our dragon boat article, right?
Of course many boats use paddles. And a canoe certainly does.
Now have you ever been canoeing?
This word can also be a verb.
You can go canoeing somewhere in a lake or down a river.
Maybe you could do something similar - you go kayaking.
That's a smaller boat.
It's a little bit faster, too.
So there are different kinds of boats.
But I think canoeing does sound like a lot of fun.
It does.
And there are many other ways that you can see Banff National Park.
You can hike, use your hiking boots.
Maybe if it's winter, you can use skis and ski down the mountains.
It sounds very beautiful.
But before you do any of that, stop first in the delightful town of Banff, which
was designed as a tourist town.
Interesting.
This was designed as a tourist town.
I don't know how many cities or places in the world are designed just for
tourists, but Banff is one of these places.
It's a delightful town.
Let's take a look at that word from our Word Bank.
If something is delightful, it is pleasing, it makes you happy.
It's the opposite of sad.
It's a delightful town, this town of Banff.
That's right.
And many things could be described as delightful.
Perhaps you eat something very delicious, you could also say that it is
delightful.
You could also say that the weather is delightful in the fall.
It's not too cold, not too hot.
It doesn't rain too often.
The weather is just delightful.
Well, I just had a delightful conversation with a friend I haven't seen in a
long time.
It was great chatting with this friend.
It was a delightful conversation.
So here we see: Stop first in the delightful town of Banff, which was designed
as a tourist town.
And the first street was laid out to give visitors a great view of Cascade
Mountain.
So everything about this town was planned so that you can have the best views
and the best everything.
Wow! That is a really nice way to lay out the town because I think a lot of
tourist destinations are not designed for tourism, so.
Sometimes buildings are built in the way of the best view, and you can't enjoy
everything quite the way you'd like.
It's true, Carolyn.
But that doesn't seem to be true in Banff.
You're right.
That's not true about Banff, everything you can see very clearly from this place
in Banff.
And Cascade Mountain, I'm sure, is very beautiful.
Well, we continue.
Grab breakfast and coffee in one of the many small cafes before heading out to
explore the park.
All right, grab.
When you... when you grab breakfast, Carolyn, what does that mean?
Well, it doesn't mean that you're going to grab it with your hand.
It just means that you're going to eat breakfast, maybe not spend too much time
on breakfast.
Just get a quick one.
Eat it quickly and then go explore the park because you want to make sure you
eat before going out in this 6,000-kilometer park.
It's huge!
That's right.
So when you grab something, that means it's not the most important thing in your
day.
You're going to do that quickly, and then go do something even more important.
OK, let's go to the next sentence here.
Or finish your day by looking around in the small shops along Banff's main
street.
So you can do lots of things before and after you go into the great outdoors.
And I think that sounds like a really great way to spend your day.
You can begin by enjoying some of the small coffee shops, which I'm sure are
very lovely in this delightful tourist town of Banff.
And you can enjoy the views of the town as well as the surrounding areas while
you have your breakfast and coffee.
Then you can you go explore the park and end your day by looking at all of the
nice little shops.
I would love to do this.
That's right.
I would love to visit as well.
Well, we see that phrase: to finish your day by doing something.
You can use that phrase in different ways.
Maybe it's been a long week, and you want to finish your week with something
simple and relaxing.
I like to finish my week with a movie sometimes.
That is a good way to finish your week.
How do you finish your day?
Is there something that you do every day to show that your day is done?
Maybe you finish your day by doing your homework.
It's the last thing you do before you go to bed.
All right.
Well, these are great questions.
Think about them.
Right now it's time for us to learn something new with Michelle in the Language
Lab.
OK.
(Chinese).
And let's see what our teachers are doing now.
We have just enjoyed the first day of our article Beautiful Banff and Lake
Louise.
And we have learned a lot about this beautiful area that you can explore.
And there are so many things in Banff National Park to enjoy.
We learned that there were mountains, meadows, lakes, hot springs, waterfalls,
wild animals,
adorable little coffee shops that you can enjoy your breakfast at as well as
shops along the main street to enjoy at the end of your day.
Now Gabe, which of these things would you enjoy the most or would be most
excited to see?
Well, I would love to see the different kinds of waterfalls there.
I love going to waterfalls.
I love it if you have an opportunity even to jump off a waterfall into deep
water.
That's wonderful as well.
But I also like the idea of seeing wild animals.
I think there are so many different kinds of wild animals I could see at Banff.
What about you, Carolyn?
I would love to go to any of these places where I could see the wild animals.
I love seeing animals.
I enjoy learning more and more about them.
And Canada is not a place that I've been to before.
So I'm sure that they have many animals that I'm not that familiar with.
I think it's true.
And I think Banff is a great place where you could see a lot of these things.
Well, thanks for joining us today.
And of course, we will see you next time to learn more about Banff and Lake
Louise here at Studio Classroom.See you then.