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刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-06-20
难易度:Low
关键字:wander, gigantic, arcade, spicy, boogie board, bonfire, boardwalk


























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Hello, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
And I'm Carolyn.
And do you know what time it is?
Well, yes, it's time for us to continue looking at this lesson about summertime.
The name of the lesson is: What Time Is It? Summertime!
And we've been enjoying a lesson by Pauline about her time in America and the
things that she is taking her family to do this summer.
Well, what do you enjoy doing during the summer?
And what is the best summer that you have ever had?
I'm sure you have some good memories from summertime.
What's one of the best summers that you have ever had?
Carolyn?
Well, I've had a lot of really great summers.
Uh, when I was growing up, I would spend a lot of my time on my grandparents'
farm playing with animals and getting to just run around outside.
And those were always great summers.
But I think my best summer was when I studied abroad in Japan.
That was over the summer.
Interesting. That sounds like a good summer.
One summer some of my friends flew me out to visit them in Maryland.
And I got to hang out, go to a big music festival.
That was a great summer.
Of course now I am working throughout the summer; I don't have a lot of time to
go and travel places.
But what about you?
Talk about a good summer memory in English.
Right now it's time for us to get started with the first reading of the day.
(Music).
What Time Is It? Summertime!
Georgetown in Washington, D.C., is a great place to hang out on weekends also.
The 17th and 18th century architecture and cobblestone streets lined with modern
shops make shopping fun.
If you are tired of shopping, walk over to the Georgetown Waterfront Park.
Wander along the Potomac River, and watch the seagulls flying around.
Like many American families, we're going to the beach.
Ocean City is famous for its beautiful beach, fishing and water sports.
Thousands of vacationers go there to surf, boogie board and swim.
The beach is a very popular destination in the summer.
Well, our very first sentence for today says that Georgetown in Washington,
D.C., is a great place to hang out on weekends also.
So Pauline has been talking about all of the different places she and her family
have planned to go during the summer.
And Georgetown in Washington, D.C., is one of those places.
That's right.
And she says it's a good place to hang out.
Maybe they're not doing much there.
They don't have anything organized.
They would just hang out.
And you know what, I think we should just learn more about this phrase with
Steve and Ken in the Info Cloud.
As our author today proves, it doesn't take long after moving to America for one
starts using the phrase "hang out." It's really useful.
It is.
So what exactly is hanging out?
Well, first, it's a state of ease and relaxation.
Playing video games, reading a book, baking a cake or watching TV, the activity
doesn't matter so long as it's not a strain on your mind or body.
OK. Who do you hang out with? Your boyfriend or girlfriend?
Not necessarily.
Hanging out is not the same as going out on a date.
No, it's not.
You hang out with people you like.
Yes, you can, technically, hang out by yourself.
But more often, hanging out means you are socializing with a friend or a group
of friends.
Next, where can you hang out?
Anywhere, really.
Parks, libraries, restaurants, cafes and shopping malls are all popular places
to hang out.
Hanging out at home is allowed; but there is an implication that hanging out
happens in a public place.
So when's the best time to hang out?
Whenever you're bored, or when you and your friends have some free time.
The length of time you hang out is very flexible too, from, say, five minutes to
five days.
And finally, why should you hang out?
Because you can.
(Chinese).
Oh. Well, maybe we can find some time to hang out.
Hey, Gabe, you want to hang out after work today?
Well, sure, Carolyn.
What do you want to do?
Um, hang out.
Oh, right.
Yeah.
Sure.
OK, great.
Well, back to our article.
The 17th and 18th century architecture and cobblestone streets lined with modern
shops make shopping fun.
So this is a very historic area with 17th and 18th century architecture or
buildings.
And the cobblestone streets are lined with modern shops.
That's right.
Now that's a really great little phrase there: to be lined with something.
Gabe, can you tell us about that?
Yeah. The streets are lined with modern shops.
That means the shops are right next to each other,
and there are so many of them that when you look at them from a distance, it
looks like there is a line of shops.
So you can use that word like a verb.
Something is lined with modern shops.
I could also use it in another way.
For example, at New Year's time, people wait to watch the fireworks go off.
Sometimes on the bridge, there is a line of cars.
Or the bridge is lined with cars parked just waiting for these fireworks to go
off.
That is a great example.
And we are talking about the summer and the street is lined with shops, which
makes shopping very fun.
Well, continuing.
If you are tired of shopping, walk over to the Georgetown Waterfront Park.
Oh. Well, it sounds like a really great place to go.
If you're tired of shopping, you can go to the park.
And what will they find there, Gabe?
Well, what you could do is wander along the Potomac River and watch the seagulls
flying around.
So you can see the Potomac River there.
But let's take a look at that word from our Word Bank.
It is "wander." Carolyn, what does it mean to wander?
Well, if you wander, then you don't have any real goal in your destination.
You just simply walk around, kind of like what you're doing now, Gabe.
Maybe... maybe you go to a bookstore or a library, and you don't have any
specific book that you're looking for, but you just wander around and look.
That's good.
That's great.
You just wander around.
You don't have any goal or direction necessarily.
You could wander around somewhere.
Or you might want to tell somebody: Stay right here. Don't wander away.
We don't want to lose you, so please don't just wander away.
That's right.
Well, you can wander along the Potomac River and see the seagulls flying around,
a great break from shopping.
Continuing into the next paragraph.
Like many American families, we are going to the beach.
Now which beach are they going to go to, Gabe?
Well, they're going to go to a famous beach - Ocean City.
Ocean City is famous for its beautiful beach, fishing and water sports.
So there are lots of places to swim.
There is a beautiful beach at Ocean City.
It's famous for its beach.
You could use that phrase "famous for" in other ways.
What is your city famous for?
What about Pingxi in Taiwan?
That's famous for sky lanterns.
But what about where you're from?
What is your city famous for?
Well, we've got Ocean City.
And thousands of vacationers go there to surf, boogie board and swim.
So when you go on vacation, you are a vacationer.
Add "-er" and it becomes a person.
And you go there to surf, boogie board and swim.
So there is a lot to do in the water at Ocean City.
That's right.
Now we're talking about boogie boarding here.
That's kind of like surfing, but you're not standing up on a long board.
You're resting, or you're lying down on a board with your hands at the front.
You are boogie boarding.
And boogie boarding is a lot of fun.
Carolyn, have you ever been surfing or boogie boarding?
Well, I have not tried surfing.
I would like to, but it seems very difficult.
Boogie boarding, however, is quite easy and very fun.
And there are a lot of places, especially Ocean City in Maryland or other
beaches around the U.S. and around the world that you can boogie board.
That's right.
Just go buy a boogie board, and take it out to the ocean and catch a wave.
It is a lot of fun.
Well, it's time for us to learn something different with Michelle in the
Language Lab.