节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-05-03
难易度:Medium
关键字:exhibit, symphony, annual, orchestra, sunset
Hello, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
And I'm Carolyn.
And we want to thank you for joining us for the third day of our lesson -
Memphis in May.
We've been talking all about this special month-long festival in Memphis,
Tennessee.
Carolyn, what was something that we learned the first day of our lesson, Memphis
in May?
Well, we were talking about the Beale Street Music Festival, which kicks off the
whole month-long celebration.
And it's a three-day event with lots of different concerts with world-famous
performers.
All right.
There are world-famous performers.
Top artists come and perform.
And of course, something else that you can experience during this month-long
festival is the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.
It's the largest pork barbecue in the world.
You can go and experience some mouthwatering smells during this contest.
And of course, you can see some people singing, dressed like pigs and dancing
around on stage.
It all sounds quite interesting.
Well, we have more to learn about Memphis in May today.
So let's get started with the first reading.
(Music).
Memphis in May.
An international event.
With a goal to promote world cultural awareness, Memphis in May selects one
country each year to focus on and honor.
The chosen country this year is Sweden, and special events will include Swedish
arts and cooking exhibits.
Dancers, singers, artists and speakers from Sweden will also perform throughout
the month.
Local students will participate in writing, photo, PowerPoint and poster
contests with attention given to learning more about the honored country.
Well, this certainly is an international event.
Let's go to the top.
With a goal to promote world cultural awareness, Memphis in May selects one
country each year to focus on and honor.
Well, this does sound quite interesting.
They want to promote something.
They want to promote world cultural awareness.
What does that mean, Carolyn, world cultural awareness?
Well, they want to help people that are attending their festival to know
something more about other cultures around the world.
Because the Memphis in May celebration, there's a lot of artists who perform
local music, the music that Memphis is famous for,
but they also want people to become more familiar with other cultures around the
world, not just that in Memphis.
I think that's a great idea.
I think it's easy if you're living in a certain country just to think about what
is around you.
But it's important to be reminded to become aware of other things around the
world.
So they select one country each year to focus on and honor.
If you focus on something, that means you're really going to be talking about
that mostly and not much else.
You focus on that thing.
That's right.
And the country chosen this year, the chosen country this year is Sweden, and
special events will include Swedish arts and cooking exhibits.
Oh. So there are going to be lots of different things just focusing on the
country Sweden this year.
That's right.
The special events will include Swedish arts and cooking exhibits.
Let's take a look at that word "exhibits." Now an exhibit is something that you
might see.
It's a kind of show.
So there are Swedish exhibits, maybe different things that are from Sweden or
describe Sweden, things from Sweden.
Now there's a difference between exhibit and exhibition.
If you go to a museum, there might be an exhibition.
That means many things talking about one topic.
But an exhibit is just one of those things.
So an exhibition, and then an exhibit.
That's right.
And we see what some of those exhibits will be.
Dancers, singers, artists and speakers from Sweden will also perform throughout
the month.
So it's not just part of the festival but for the entire month, they will be
focusing on things from Sweden.
That's right, throughout the month.
Well, this does sound pretty interesting.
We continue in our lesson:
Local students will participate in writing, photo, PowerPoint and poster
contests with attention given to learning more about the honored country.
All right. So it's all about Sweden this year.
And local students will participate in these things.
Which one sounds interesting to you?
Carolyn, would you want to participate in writing, photo, PowerPoint or maybe a
poster contest?
Well, I'm not the most creative person when it comes to posters or PowerPoints
or even photography,
so I think I would probably like to do the writing competition.
I really enjoy writing and expressing things through words.
Whoa. That sounds pretty good.
I think you would be good at that.
You're good at writing.
Uh, let's see, I think I might be best at writing as well.
Maybe I could make a poster of some kind and compete with other people.
Well, we find that there is a chance for you to do this.
If you have a chance to visit Memphis in May, then you can take part in one of
these contests.
Which one would you enjoy doing most?
We see that it's... has attention given to learning more about the honored
country.
Carolyn, what does that mean, attention is given to something?
Well, if you give your attention to something, then that is what you're going to
focus on.
So they are focusing on Sweden.
But you also might want to give your attention to whoever is speaking.
If you are at a lecture or in a classroom or at a performance, you should give
your attention to whoever is performing or speaking.
That's right.
So not just your teacher is in the classroom; of course you should give your
attention to your teacher.
But maybe someone... someone else, maybe one of your classmates will get up and
give a speech.
It's important not to just sit there talking to each other.
You want to give your attention to that speaker.
Right now it's time for us to give our attention to Michelle in the Language
Lab.
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.