节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-08-22
难易度:High
关键字:doodle, strand, robotics, miniature, extraordinary, dream up, Eiffel Tower


























00:00
















12:29





















Hello, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
And my name is Carolyn.
And we have a very special lesson for you today.
It's called Drawings Come to Life with 3Doodler.
What is a 3Doodler?
Well, that's something that will help you to draw, but it will help you to draw
in 3-D.
This sounds very interesting.
Maybe you don't know what this means.
We're going to learn a little bit about this in our lesson today.
Well, I do wonder if you like drawing.
Carolyn, do you ever draw anything?
Well, I really don't think I'm much of an artist.
I don't do much drawing for other people to see.
But after reading this article, I think that this would sound awesome and that I
might start drawing more if I had a 3Doodler.
Well, I think so, too.
3Doodlers.
Drawings will come to life with 3Doodlers.
Let's get started with our lesson right now.
(Music).
Drawings Come to Life with 3Doodler.
Turning doodles into 3-D objects.
In their spare time millions enjoy doodling, which, up till now, has usually
involved drawing on paper.
But now, folks can try doodling in the air, thanks to 3Doodler, the world's
first 3-D printing pen!
As one draws, hot plastic comes out of the pen, cools and becomes a solid
strand.
Would-be artists can draw flat forms or separate parts and then join them
together.
Lifting the pen up into the air adds a strand that can stand on its own!
Created by toy and robotics company WobbleWorks, this pen is quite different
from a 3-D printer.
Well, this does sound like a very cool pen to use.
And at the beginning we see "Turning doodles into 3-D objects." And this pen is
called a 3Doodler.
And so let's look at that word "doodle" from the Word Bank.
A doodle is just a small drawing.
Maybe you weren't really thinking about it when you were drawing,
but you decided to sketch something on a piece of paper, and it's not a very
serious picture.
That's right, a doodle.
Well, many people like to make little doodles in their spare time.
Or maybe you're sitting in class and you're a little bit bored.
And while your teacher is talking, you might be doodling on your paper, drawing
little pictures of things.
Of course you can use this word as a noun and a verb.
You can doodle something, and that is your doodle.
That's right, so.
We are talking about the 3Doodler.
And at the beginning of the article:
In their spare time millions enjoy doodling, which, up till now, has usually
involved drawing on paper.
Now it's true.
Millions of people... it just says millions, but we know they are talking about
people who enjoy doodling.
And up till now, this has usually involved drawing on paper.
That's certainly what I think when I think of doodling.
Exactly.
Up till now - so things are changing now.
Well, let's take a look at that phrase: up till now.
So you could use this phrase in another way as well.
Up till now, he's been the fastest runner in our class, but there's someone new
in class who can run even faster.
That's right.
So up to this point in time, this has been true.
But that is changing.
Something is happening.
And we see in our next sentence:
But now, folks can try doodling in the air thanks to 3Doodler, the world's first
3-D printing pen.
Now this just sounds amazing.
Instead of drawing on paper, you can draw in the air.
Yeah, this is kind of hard to imagine.
I think we have a special video about this later in our lesson, so... so stay
with us for that.
But for now it's time for us to learn something with Liz in the Grammar Gym
about this word "folks".
Hello, friends.
Welcome to the Grammar Gym.
My name is Liz.
In today's article we see this sentence:
But now, folks can try doodling in the air...
That's our Grammar Tip sentence.
Our focus is on the word "folks." It's an informal way of saying "people," so.
What the writer is saying is that now people can try doodling in the air.
"Folks" is used in casual situations.
If you need to get everyone's attention at a party, for example,
instead of saying, "Everybody, may I have your attention please?" you can say:
Folks, may I have your attention please?
Or if you want to describe how people in your neighborhood like being outside in
the evenings, you can say:
The folks in my neighborhood like to come out in the evenings and hang out.
So give this word a try.
Think of something that people in general like to do and try using this word
"folks." And that's it for today.
This is Liz from the Grammar Gym.
See you later.
Thanks, Liz.
Well, now let's learn a little bit about how this pen works.
As one draws, hot plastic comes out of the pen, cools and becomes a solid
strand.
And this word "strand" is from our Word Bank.
What is a strand, Gabe?
Well, a strand, that is one small line of something, like a string, a strand.
Or maybe... maybe you might talk about a strand of hair. OK?
Uh, one small line of something.
I think of something from the Bible that says a cord of three strands is not
easily broken.
So if you have one string, you might be able to cut it easily.
But if you tie three together, that means it's not easily broken.
That means that people should come together on their ideas more.
Their ideas will not be easily broken.
That's right.
And here we're talking about the 3Doodler.
When you draw with this pen, a piece of plastic comes out as a single strand.
Now we continue.
Would-be artists can draw flat forms or separate parts and then join them
together.
And oh, they can join these pieces together, Gabe.
It sounds kind of interesting.
I think I need to see a video to really understand this, and that is coming
later.
But for right now it's time for us to join Steve and Ken in the Information
Cloud.
There are artists and there are would-be artists, both love art.
So what's the difference?
OK. A would-be artist may love art but does not have the experience of an
established artist.
"Would-be" is an adjective that describes someone who has the desire and,
usually, the potential to do or be something, like a would-be artist or a
would-be politician.
OK. Here's an example.
There was an assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan in the early
1980s.
We can call the person who shot him a would-be assassin.
He intended to kill the President.
Now fortunately he failed, so he never became an assassin.
A related word is wannabe.
I might say so-and-so is a wannabe artist.
So now the question is: How is wannabe different from would-be?
OK.
Wannabe is, first of all, slang.
It's a slurrying of "want to be." Also, wannabe can be either an adjective or a
noun whereas would-be is always an adjective.
Right. But the biggest difference between the two is that wannabe often has a
negative connotation.
A wannabe artist is someone who might imitate an artist or pretend to be one.
A would-be artist does not have this connotation.
I agree, Ken.
A would-be artist will likely work hard and will actually take the necessary
steps to become an artist while a wannabe artist will just dress and speak like
one.
And probably look a little silly trying to be one.
(Chinese).
Thanks, guys.
And learning a little bit more about how this pen works:
Lifting the pen up into the air adds a strand that can stand on its own.
So you don't have to draw on paper, you can draw this strand up in the air and
it will stand by itself.
That's right.
Again, stay tuned because there is a video that will demonstrate this later.
Well, we continue.
Created by toy and robotics company WobbleWorks, this pen is quite different
from a 3-D printer.
So we've learned about 3-D printers earlier this year.
Now this is a little bit different.
But let's take a look at one of these words from our Word Bank, "robotics." And
this is the science of robots or machines.
That's right.
So they make robots, and they also make toys.
Now you might say, "I want to study robotics in school." You wouldn't say that I
want to study robots in school.
OK, good point.
Well, right now it's time for us to learn something new with Michelle in the
Language Lab.
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.