节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-09-18
难易度:Low
关键字:unique, instead, admire, shade, Shenandoah National Park, leaf peeper,
overlook
(Music).
Almost Heaven, West Virginia.
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
And my name is Carolyn.
And you're joining us for a lesson called Country Roads, Take Me Home.
Actually it's kind of based on the song Take Me Home, Country Roads.
That's the actual title for this song.
And they sing a little bit about West Virginia, which is where Carolyn is from.
What do you think about this song, Carolyn?
Well, I really like this song, Gabe.
It's very popular in West Virginia.
Most of the people who live there know it.
But some of the lyrics, the words in the song are a little odd.
Um, the Shenandoah River, there's only a small part that goes through one area
of West Virginia.
Really?
And the Blue Ridge Mountains... well, you can see them from West Virginia.
But they are mostly in the state of Virginia, which is the neighboring state.
Oh, interesting.
Yes, West Virginia and Virginia, indeed, are two different states.
But actually, Pauline, who wrote today's lesson, is talking about her
experiences in Virginia.
And she will experience some of these places that the song sings about.
Well, let's get started in our lesson for today.
(Music).
"Country Roads, Take Me Home".
"Almost Heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River".
Fall is probably the most beautiful season of the year.
The cooler temperatures make it perfect for people to enjoy nature.
For Asians, Moon Festival makes autumn a unique season.
But here, not much attention is given to Moon Festival.
Instead, Americans appreciate this season in a different way.
As the tree leaves change color, it is time for a fall leaf tour.
One of North America's most popular spots is Shenandoah National Park.
Fall is a beautiful time of year.
And Pauline is spending it in Virginia at Shenandoah National Park.
Well, let's go back to the beginning of our article, and we see the line that
Gabe and I sang at the beginning here.
"Almost Heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River" -
beautiful, beautiful area.
That's right. It does sound pretty beautiful.
And Pauline will be sharing about some of these places.
Uh, just another note about West Virginia, it is a separate state from Virginia.
These things - Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River - they would be found in
western Virginia.
So there's another state, Virginia.
It's in the west part of that state.
We could call it the western part of Virginia.
Right.
But well, she is in western Virginia, not West Virginia my home state.
Beautiful, both are beautiful.
And we read here: Fall is probably the most beautiful season of the year.
And as you can see in some of these pictures, fall is a beautiful season.
And what does that mean, Gabe?
Well, what that means it's going to be a little bit cooler outside.
We read here:
The cooler temperatures make it perfect for people to enjoy nature.
It's true, sometimes you get out on a summer day to enjoy nature.
But you can't really enjoy it because it's too hot and humid outside.
But the fall is perfect to enjoy nature.
It certainly is.
And for Asians, Moon Festival makes autumn a unique season.
So if you live in Asia, if you... if you celebrate the Moon Festival, then this
is a unique season for you.
And we have a key word right there: unique.
What is unique, Gabe?
Well, it means special, different, set apart, not like anything else.
So of course something that you hear often, especially in schools growing up, is
you are a unique person.
Carolyn, you are unique.
Oh! Well, thank you, Gabe.
You are also a unique person.
And I think that your pants are very unique.
Oh, thank you.
Yes. Thank you.
These are very unique pants.
Well, how can everyone be unique?
Wouldn't that mean that none of us are unique?
Ah, this is a question that some people have.
But it's true, everyone is unique.
Everyone is special.
And here we're talking about the special or the unique season of autumn.
But we continue.
But here, not much attention is given to Moon Festival.
OK. So of course Asians like to celebrate Moon Festival.
We're not talking about Moon Festival in this lesson.
That's right.
And you said a great phrase that we want to look at: give attention to
something.
So let's look at that - to give attention to something.
All right, to give attention to.
That means your attention is focusing on one thing.
So you might say in class, you should give attention to your teacher.
Or someone is giving a speech in your class.
Give your attention to the speaker.
But maybe outside of class you want to give attention to other people.
Maybe uh, the government is encouraging people to give attention to the poor in
your neighborhood or people who need help.
Give attention to those people.
And here we read "attention is given to." Either way is fine to use.
And you might say that the artist uh... has given great attention to detail in
his painting.
Or attention was given to the detail in this painting.
There are many ways to use this type of phrase.
Well, continuing on:
Instead, Americans appreciate the season in a different way.
So it's not special because of the Moon Festival, there is another reason.
There is another reason.
And we have another word from our Word Bank here.
It's the word "instead." And so you use this word when you're talking about
replacing one thing with another.
So you might say, "Use this instead." Or you could say, "Use this instead of
that one." Often we... we just use the word "instead." But it's short for
"instead of," so.
For example, this sentence could read:
Instead of giving attention to Moon Festival, Americans give attention to fall
in another way.
That's right.
Well, perhaps you are trying to plan a trip, and you wanted to go hiking.
But instead, you are going to go to the beach.
You change your plans.
Instead of going hiking, you go to the beach.
All right.
Well, we're going to continue learning about how Americans celebrate autumn,
especially in this part of Virginia.
As the tree leaves change color, it is time for a fall leaf tour.
Carolyn, what is a leaf tour?
Well, a tour is when you go around and look at different things.
And here they are going to be going around and looking at the leaves on trees.
This might sound a little bit strange.
But here in Virginia and many parts of the United States, the leaves on the
trees change color in fall.
And they are beautiful to go look at.
Yes.
Well, we're going to continue here.
One of North America's most popular spots is Shenandoah National Park.
And actually Shenandoah includes part of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
So just like we heard about in the song, I guess Pauline is going to experience
some of this as well.
Right now it's time for us to learn something new with Michelle in the Language
Lab.
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.