节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-07-01
难易度:Low
关键字:indeed, convey, virtue, implant, hemisphere, Celsius
Hello, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
And I'm Carolyn.
And you're joining us for the first day of July this summer.
Of course, July is one of the hottest months on earth, and so our lesson is all
about July being hot, hot, hot.
Well, "hot" could mean many things.
It could mean exciting or interesting as well.
But we are going to be talking a little bit about the temperature this month
in... in this lesson.
So Carolyn, I wonder maybe about what is the hottest place you have visited.
What's one place you visited that was very hot?
Well, I did go to one very hot place; I went to Singapore.
And I was there in February, which is winter, but I was wearing shorts and
short-sleeve shirts.
And I think I had to take two showers a day because it was just so hot.
Well, Singapore can get very hot and humid as well.
I remember for my 12th birthday I got a little stereo, a boom box, to play
music.
And I left it in the car in California, and it was very hot.
I left it there for a couple of days.
And when I finally saw it again, lots of pieces were melted.
I could still use it, but it didn't look as good.
So if it can get very hot, some things might start melting.
You want to be careful in hot weather.
Well, we're going to be learning a lot about July in this lesson, so let's get
started.
July is Hot, Hot, Hot!
Start this month with some hot July facts.
Welcome to one of the hottest months on Earth - at least in the Northern
Hemisphere.
On July 10, 1913, the temperature in Death Valley, California, reached 56.7
degrees Celsius.
That's approaching the heat you need to fry an egg!
Indeed, you can try doing that on July 4 - Sidewalk Egg Frying Day.
Of course, you may want to beat the heat by eating ice cream.
Ronald Reagan, America's 40th president, would have supported that idea!
In 1984, he declared July to be National Ice cream Month.
Take your cold treat and go for a walk.
Or just enjoy your ice cream while watching and enjoying Studio Classroom for
now.
Let's go back to the very beginning of this lesson.
Right at the beginning we see: Start this month with some hot July facts.
Now as I said before, hot, of course, could describe temperature.
But it could also mean something interesting or exciting, something you want to
learn or know more about.
So what is the next sentence of our lesson, Carolyn?
Well, it starts: Welcome to one of the hottest months on Earth - at least in the
Northern Hemisphere.
So this is one of the hottest month around the world if you are in the Northern
Hemisphere.
That's right.
And at the very beginning of that sentence, we saw a phrase: welcome to.
Usually I think of using this phrase when you're talking about welcoming someone
to a place, or welcome to Studio Classroom.
But of course you can use it in other ways when you are welcoming someone to
join you in a certain topic.
That's right.
So here we have "Welcome to the month of July!" Welcome! We are just arriving.
It is the first day in July.
Continuing in the article:
On July 10, 1913, the temperature in Death Valley, California, reached 56.7
degrees Celsius.
Uh, that's a little bit warm, Gabe.
That's a little bit warm, Carolyn?
That's really, really hot.
Actually, that's approaching the heat you need to fry an egg.
Well, I think that's one of the reasons why they call it Death Valley,
California, because it does get really hot there.
And indeed, you might be able to fry an egg.
Now we're talking about approaching the heat you need to fry an egg.
Carolyn, do you know what heat you need to actually fry an egg?
Well, it needs to be about 70 degrees Celsius in order to fry an egg or to fully
cook an egg.
And indeed, you can try doing just that on July 4 - Sidewalk Egg Frying Day.
So there's a day for trying to fry an egg on the sidewalk.
That's right, Sidewalk Egg Frying Day.
Carolyn, I don't usually think of this when I think of July 4.
Is there something else that comes to your mind when you think of July 4?
Well, July 4 is actually a pretty important holiday in the United States.
It's Independence Day - the Fourth of July.
And there're huge celebrations across the country.
That's right, the Independence Day, America's national holiday.
But of course, here, this is a lesser-known holiday, Sidewalk Egg Frying Day.
Let's take a look at a key word at the beginning of this sentence, the word
"indeed." Indeed, you can try doing that.
This just means in fact or actually this is what you can do.
So how else could you use that word?
Well, it does seem that: Oh, it is true, you can do that, or maybe you should
think about it.
Indeed, it is the month of July.
It is now July 1. It is no longer June.
But you could also move "indeed" to the end of the sentence.
You can try doing just that on July 4 - Sidewalk Egg Frying Day.
So here we have it at the beginning "indeed." You might say: Oh. Indeed, I need
to go to the store.
Or: I need to go to the store, indeed.
You use it to emphasize things.
Very good.
Well, of course, in every one of our lessons, we have a special time with Steve
and Ken in the Info Cloud.
And indeed, it is time for us to visit them now.
We're going to be talking about the different ways to order eggs.
Hi, friends.
If you order eggs in a restaurant, the server will likely ask you: How do you
like your eggs?
And the answer is not "Well done." That's an answer to the question: How do you
like your steak?
That's right.
And since our lesson today mentions frying eggs, let's learn the options we have
for ordering eggs.
OK.
First, there is sunny-side up.
That's when the egg is cooked on one side only, and the yolk is still runny.
Next, my personal favorite - over easy.
That's what the egg is cooked mostly on one side and a little on the other side.
And the yolk is still runny.
And then there's over hard.
The egg, in this case, is cooked on both sides until the yolk inside is hard.
If you don't mind peeling the shell, you can order an egg either soft-boiled or
hard-boiled.
The egg in both cases is boiled in the shell.
The yolk is still liquid in a soft-boiled egg, and is solid in a hard-boiled
egg.
Then there's poached.
That's when the egg is boiled out of the shell.
Finally, there's scrambled, which needs no explanation.
(Chinese).
Well, how do you like to order your eggs?
There're several different ways you can try using those phrases.
Think about it.
How do you like to order your eggs?
Continuing on:
Of course, you may want to beat the heat by eating ice cream.
That sounds like a pretty good idea to me.
Well, I think so too, especially if it's really hot outside.
Go and get some ice cream.
Well, let's take a look at one of the phrases in this sentence: to beat the
heat.
Carolyn, what does that mean when you beat the heat?
Well, if you beat the heat, then you overcome it, you win against the heat.
But that means that you aren't hot anymore.
You can cool down or feel comfortable.
OK. Well, is there another way that you could use that phrase, "to beat
something"?
How else could you use that phrase?
Well, maybe there is a lot of traffic on your way to school or on your way to
work, and you want to beat the rush.
So you leave earlier when there aren't as many people.
OK. You beat the rush.
Or maybe you might say you want to beat the crowds.
You go out.
You go and have... I like to have lunch when there aren't as many people in the
restaurants.
You beat the crowds.
So you can use that phrase in different ways.
Now let's continue learning about ice cream.
Ronald Reagan, America's 40th president, would have supported that idea -
beating the heat by eating ice cream.
That's right.
And we see that in 1984, he declared July to be National Ice Cream Month.
So you should eat lots of ice cream during the month of July to beat the heat.
Exactly, because everyone is celebrating; and Ronald Reagan, our former
president, said that we should.
Take your cold treat and go for a walk.
Well, it's time for us right now to go and learn something new with Michelle in
the Language Lab.
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.