节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-09-14
难易度:Low
关键字:glimpse, countless, peacefully, luxury, parkway, elk, regally
Hello, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
And my name is Carolyn.
And you're joining us for the third day of our lesson Beautiful Banff and Lake
Louise.
Well, we've learned a lot about this beautiful place in Alberta, Canada.
Banff is a town, but it was built, or designed, for tourists so they can see
things like Cascade Mountain and Lake Louise and different things like that.
Beautiful Banff is truly a beautiful place.
There is a beautiful lake with brilliant blue water and of course many things
like meadows and waterfalls and hot springs and lots of different kinds of
wildlife that you can see there.
What's something else that we have talked about here, Carolyn?
Well, if you go to the top of one of these trails, you can see six different
mountain ranges.
And it would be such a beautiful view, you should be sure to bring your camera
along to shoot some photos.
You can also see a lot of wildlife from that area.
And there are also canyons.
There's one called the Johnston Canyon.
And you can go through there and see a bunch of different waterfalls.
They have the Lower Falls, the Upper Falls and many, many others.
It just sounds like a really beautiful area.
Well, we're going to start out learning a little more about Johnston Canyon here
in our lesson.
And we have more to learn about Banff National Park.
So let's get started.
(Music).
Beautiful Banff and Lake Louise.
From Johnston Canyon, drive up the Bow Valley Parkway to lovely Lake Louise.
Along the road, you may glimpse deer, elk or even a black bear.
When you arrive at Lake Louise, you'll notice its unusual color.
That color and the snow-covered mountains make it the subject of countless
photographs.
Lake Louise's water is about 4 degrees Celsius and too cold for swimming but not
perfect for boating.
Rent a canoe and glide peacefully across the water.
Or ride around the lake on horseback to enjoy the views!
(Music).
There are so many different ways that you can enjoy the beautiful views in Banff
National Park.
Well, going back to the beginning of our lesson today:
From Johnston Canyon, drive up the Bow Valley Parkway to lovely Lake Louise.
Oh. Wow! There are so many places to go through.
They all have such interesting names.
And a parkway is a place that you drive.
So this is kind of just an area that you drive along.
And you can go to lovely Lake Louise.
So many "L" sounds.
So many "Ls." Hey, you know what. I think Steve and Ken have something to say
about this kind of sentence or this kind of phrase.
Let's go and join them in the Information Cloud.
Here's another tasty spice from the English language spice rack: alliteration.
It's the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words or in stressed
syllables.
You need two or more words to create alliteration.
And if it's no longer string of words, not every word needs to be alliterative.
Adding prepositions or pronouns to maintain the alliterative effect is allowed.
Again, alliteration depends on sounds and rhythm, not just similar letters.
So while there is alliteration in the phrase "know-nothing," there is no
alliteration in the phrase "climate change".
Now most tongue twisters are alliterations.
In "Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers," we hear the P sound starting
most of the words.
But equally important is the stress at the proper syllables creating that catchy
linguistic rhythm.
Similar sounds plus rhythm make alliterative phrases easy to remember.
That's why you'll often find alliteration in pop songs, newspaper headlines and
in the world of business.
For example, PayPal is an alliterated company name.
Coca Cola is an alliterated product name.
Alliteration is a great stylistic device that adds interest to your writing.
But remember, it works best when it's used sparingly.
(Chinese).
Well, I do enjoy alliteration, do you, Gabe?
You know, I do.
And you know what, that was an awful lot of alliteration in the Information
Cloud.
Thank you, gentlemen.
Yes.
Well, there are many repetitive sounds there, lots of sounds that repeat over.
And we were talking about lovely Lake Louise.
We are finally getting to the lake that is in the title of our article.
Along the road, you may glimpse deer, elk or even a black bear.
So there are many large animals that you can see when you drive along this
parkway.
All right.
You might be able to see them or catch a glimpse of them.
Let's take a look at this word from our Word Bank.
It is to "glimpse" something.
So when you glimpse something, that means you can see it.
Maybe not for a really long time, maybe you just see it for a short time.
You get a glimpse of something.
That's right.
So just a small look since you continue moving, driving along,
and these animals are probably not staying to still because they are wild and
are probably afraid of people.
So you might catch a glimpse of them through the trees.
You only see part of them for a short time.
All right.
Well, it's fun if you do get a chance to catch a glimpse of one of these kinds
of animals - deer, elk, perhaps even a black bear.
It might seem kind of dangerous.
But yeah, keep your distance.
Maybe you can catch a glimpse of these things.
We continue.
When you arrive at Lake Louise, you'll notice its unusual color.
What is its unusual color?
Well, it has been described previously before in our earlier lesson that it's a
brilliant blue color.
And that color and the snow-covered mountains make it the subject of countless
photographs.
So many people want to take pictures of this lake with its unique brilliant blue
color.
And we see a word from our Word Bank - countless.
The photographs taken of this lake are countless.
What does that mean, Gabe?
Well, that means there are so many or too many to count, to many to keep track
of.
Maybe you started to count, but you... really there's no way to count all the
photographs that have been taken.
Perhaps there are millions or hundreds of millions of photographs just of this
lake.
Well, how else can you use that word "countless"?
You could say: I spent countless hours doing this project for school.
I don't even know how many hours I spent.
You might also say, "Well, I frequent that place each week," right?
Remember that word "frequent" we've learned.
So if you frequent a place, you could also say that I've been there a countless
number of times.
I go there so often, I don't know how many times I've been there.
Well, this place, Lake Louise, is something that people have frequented or
people like to go and visit, and there are many photographs taken of it.
Lake Louise's water is about 4 degrees Celsius and too cold for swimming (yes)
but perfect for boating.
Well, four degrees does sound a bit too cold for swimming.
Yes. I think that would be far too cold, but it is perfect for boating, so.
Rent a canoe and glide peacefully across the water.
We talked about canoes the other day.
And here you can rent them at the lake and glide peacefully.
Now that word is also from our Word Bank.
If something is peaceful, then it is calm.
You can relax while doing it.
So if you peacefully go across the water, you are not in a hurry.
You're not trying to go quickly, but you can just enjoy it.
That's right.
Sometimes I use this word in another way.
If I have an argument with somebody or I disagree with someone about something,
I try to resolve that disagreement peacefully.
I don't want to fight to get an answer.
I want to resolve it peacefully.
So you can glide peacefully across the water or ride around the lake on
horseback to enjoy the views.
So I'm sure there are many spots that you can stop and enjoy the many different
views around this lake while riding a horse.
Well, right now it is time for us to join Michelle in the Language Lab.