节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-09-13
难易度:Low
关键字:range, shoot, frequent, canyon, gondola, switchback
Welcome to Studio Classroom, everybody.
My name is Gabe.
And my name is Carolyn.
And you're joining us for the second day of our lesson called Beautiful Banff
and Lake Louise.
We already took a look at this place and what it has to offer.
Of course lots of beautiful scenery from the waterfalls to the hot springs to
the lakes and mountains,
and of course even the little coffee shops and the things you can see there.
What kind of places have you been to in the world like this, maybe a national
park?
Carolyn, have you ever visited any big national parks?
Well, I've been to a few national parks and other park areas.
One near where I grew up is the New River Gorge.
And it's a national river area that is 70,000 acres because it follows the
river.
And that's only part of where the river runs.
And it's absolutely beautiful.
In fact, they usually have a big celebration in the summer.
Interesting.
Well, that sounds... that sounds cool.
I've been to some national parks in the United States uh... like Yosemite
National Park.
I've talked about it before, but I love Yosemite, I'd love to go back.
Of course another famous one is the Grand Canyon National Park.
And probably the most famous is Yellowstone National Park.
But I've also been to other places in Taiwan like Kenting National Park is a
wonderful place to visit as well.
Well, what about you?
What national parks have you been to?
Maybe it'll be a little bit like Banff and things you can see around Lake
Louise.
So let's get started with the second part of our lesson today.
(Music).
Beautiful Banff and Lake Louise.
Be sure to ride the Banff Gondola up Sulphur Mountain.
You can see six mountain ranges from the top.
Take the easy 1-kilometer walk around the top of the mountain.
You can enjoy the view from every direction.
Have your camera ready to shoot not only the views but also the animals.
Rocky Mountain big horn sheep and other animals frequent the gondola area.
But mosquitoes also frequent the area, so keep moving.
When you stop, they attack!
You can ride the gondola down or hike down the 5.3-kilometer switchback trail.
(Music).
All right.
Let's go back to the top of our lesson here.
We read: Be sure to ride the Banff Gondola up Sulphur Mountain.
All right, so.
Have you ever been in one of these?
Carolyn, have you ever been in a gondola?
Gondola, or I've heard it also said as a "gondola..." and I have.
I have been in one here in Taipei.
There's one that goes up to a tea-growing area.
But there's also one in West Virginia that is at this river that I mentioned
earlier - the New River Gorge.
Well, gondolas (or gondolas) are quite fun.
They can be a great way to see things below, to see what is in that area.
So you can take the Banff gondola (or gondola) up Sulphur Mountain.
Well, Carolyn, sulphur makes me think of hot springs or Hsin Beitou.
Have you ever been to Hsin Beitou?
I have been there once, but I've been to other hot springs in Taiwan in Jiaosi.
OK.
And oh, it's wonderful.
But there's not very much sulphur in the ones that I've been to.
OK. Well, sulphur does have a very distinct or unique smell.
It kind of smells like rotten eggs.
And so I'm sure you might smell a little bit of that at Sulphur Mountain in
Banff National Park.
Well, how does this lesson continue?
Well, we see: You can see six mountain ranges from the top.
Wow. So if you go to the top of this mountain, you can see six different
mountain ranges.
And "range" is one of the words from our Word Bank.
Let's take a look at that.
Now this is just kind of a measure word for a group of mountains, a mountain
range.
That's right.
Probably the most famous or one of the most famous mountain ranges in North
America are the Rocky Mountains.
Of course we talked about the Canadian Rockies.
But this mountain range goes all the way through the United States as well.
So it is indeed a very big... or long range of mountains.
That's right.
And there are many other mountain ranges in the United States.
One that runs through my home state of West Virginia would be the Appalachian
Mountains,
or "Appalachian" as some people say it from different areas.
There's also the Shenandoah Mountain range.
All right.
And from here at the top of Sulphur Mountain, you can not only just see one
mountain range but six different mountain ranges.
It seems like you could see for quite a ways.
That sounds really cool.
It does.
Now continuing on.
Take the easy 1-kilometer walk around the top of the mountain.
So it's not too difficult, and it's not too long, either.
It's not.
It's only one kilometer.
If you like hiking but you don't like long hikes, try that.
And we continue.
You can enjoy the view from every direction.
I like it when you get to the top of a mountain.
It's... it's worth the effort, right, Carolyn, because you can see many
different things.
That's right.
And we also see: Have your camera ready to shoot not only the views but also the
animals.
Now this word "shoot" is from our Word Bank as well.
And here we're not talking about shooting a gun.
Oh, no.
No, no, no.
What are we talking about, Gabe?
Well, you see the word "camera" here.
Have your camera ready.
So of course you use the word "shoot" when you're using a camera as well.
You take your camera out and you shoot things.
So you can take pictures.
It just means to take pictures or capture pictures.
And actually, you can use a phrase - great shot.
If you see a picture that you really like, you can say:
Wow! That is really great shot! I like that shot.
That's right.
So here we are using this word to describe taking a picture or just filming
things.
It could also be video.
You can shoot video somewhere as well.
Well, continuing.
Rocky Mountain big horn sheep and other animals frequent the gondola area.
Oh. Well, this sounds like a pretty good area for me to go visit.
Well, yes. You enjoy learning about wild animals.
And I would enjoy seeing this as well.
I'd love to see the Rocky Mountain big horn sheep.
This kind of sounds majestic to me.
We talked about that word "majestic" yesterday - something that is grand and
really big and nice to look at.
A big horn sheep sounds kind of majestic.
It does.
And we see in this sentence that animals frequent the area - another word from
our Word Bank.
If you frequent a place, then you go there often.
So here animals often go to this area.
All right.
Well, how else can you use this word "frequent"?
I used to frequent the Shilin Night Market.
I used to go there often.
I don't go there as often now.
I don't frequent it very often anymore.
But what is something that you frequent?
Well, there's an Indian restaurant that I like to frequent on the weekends.
I go there almost every week.
Well, that is something that you can frequent.
You can frequent restaurants, places, something that you go and enjoy often.
Well, you can frequent this place.
But mosquitoes also frequent the area, so keep moving.
You're not the only one that's going there.
When you stop, they attack.
All right. So when you stop, these mosquitoes will attack you and start biting
you, sucking your blood.
Not very pleasant.
No, it's not, so you should keep moving.
And you can ride the gondola down or hike the 5.3-kilometer switchback trail.
So it's not too long of a trail if you don't mind the hike.
But it is a switchback trail, so it goes back and forth on itself.
That's right.
It's a lot easier to hike up a switchback trail than to go straight up a steep
mountain.
Well, it's time for us to learn more with Michelle in the Language Lab.
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.