节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-05-04
难易度:Low
关键字:significant, recreation, contribution, represent, tobacco, labor union,
second-hand smoke
We're talking all about the Merry Month of May today.
There are different things to celebrate.
And so far we've looked at International Workers' Day.
This is where you can celebrate that you don't have to work 16 or more hours a
day.
You can have eight hours labor, eight hours recreation, and eight hours of rest.
Or of course you can celebrate with the nurses - National Nurses' Day, or
National Nurses' Week or International Nurses' Day.
We have a lot more to celebrate in May.
So let's get started with the second reading right now.
The Merry Month of May.
Or perhaps you feel like celebrating food.
Make some chocolate chip cookies on May 15, National Chocolate Chip Day!
You could couple cookies with something made of emerald for a loved one.
May's brilliant green gemstone represents wisdom, patience and growth - all
necessary for a love that lasts.
Happiness, sweetness and a pure heart are represented through May's power, the
Lily of the Valley.
Finally, May 31 is World No Tobacco Day.
About 6 million people a year die from tobacco use.
Around 600,000 of those die from second-hand smoke alone.
So put out that cigarette!
(Music).
Well, we have a good warning there at the end of the article.
But let's look at the beginning of this section first.
Or perhaps you feel like celebrating food.
Hmm, you can celebrate food in May.
And we see: Make some chocolate chip cookies on May 15, National Chocolate Chip
Day.
Whoa. That sounds like a really great day to celebrate, National Chocolate Chip
Day.
Carolyn, I agree.
You can make chocolate chip cookies.
Well, maybe you like to eat cookies.
Cookies are a special kind of treat.
A lot of people like to have cookies for dessert.
What kind of cookies do you like?
Carolyn, do you like chocolate chip cookies, or do you prefer another kind of
cookie?
Well, I think chocolate chip cookies are very delicious, but my favorite are
raisin cookies.
But they have to be homemade raisin cookies, not the kind that you buy in a
store.
Hmm, homemade raisin cookies.
Well, that does sound delicious.
Chocolate chip cookies, homemade raisin cookies.
There are lots of different kinds of cookies.
But chocolate chip cookies are really famous, especially in the United States.
Someone actually discovered how to make chocolate chip cookies on accident.
They were trying to make chocolate cookies, but then they ended up using little
bits of chocolate to put inside these cookies.
And they became chocolate chip cookies.
Well, they are delicious.
They are delicious.
And we see that you could couple cookies with something made of emerald for a
loved one.
So you could give someone you love chocolate chip cookies and something with
emerald.
And we're going to be learning about this gemstone a little bit more.
But for now let's take a look at what Liz has to share in the Grammar Gym.
Hi there, friends.
My name is Liz.
And thanks for joining me here at the Grammar Gym.
In today's article, the writer mentions:
You could couple cookies with something made of emerald for a loved one.
That's our Grammar Tip sentence.
Our focus today is on the word "couple." Normally, "couple" is used as a noun,
like a married couple.
But in today's sentence we see "couple" used as a verb.
In this case, it means to put together with.
So the writer is suggesting we could combine cookies with something made of
emerald to give to a loved one.
OK. Let's have a look at some example sentences.
Our dinner banquet on the beach was coupled with a free boat ride.
Or: The presentation was basically a speech from the dean coupled with a video
clip.
And that's it for today.
This is Liz from the Grammar Gym.
See you next time.
Well, before the Grammar Gym, we were talking about emeralds and making
something with emeralds.
We see in that sentence: something made of emerald for a loved one.
And if you have something that is made of emerald, that doesn't mean the whole
thing is an emerald, just a single emerald, but it contains emeralds.
Now Gabe, how else can you use that phrase, "made of something"?
Made of something... well, maybe you could talk about a necklace that is made of
pearls.
Or if you're going on a picnic, maybe you're eating sandwiches that are made of
ham and cheese.
So you can use these different things to use this phrase: made of, or to be made
of something.
Well, here we have something made of emerald.
And continuing we see: May's brilliant green gemstone represents wisdom,
patience and growth - all necessary for a love that lasts.
That's right.
So these things are represented by the emerald, this beautiful green gemstone.
Let's take a look at that word "represent." It's from our Word Bank.
And when you represent something, that means you show something so you can
symbolize something.
So the emerald represents these different qualities.
How else can you use that word?
Well, you can have someone, a person, represent something.
You might say that Gabe represents a good English teacher.
He's very good at teaching English.
And when you think of an English teacher, you might think of Teacher Gabe here.
Well, or you could also say that Carolyn and I represent Studio Classroom.
We teach for Studio Classroom.
But if you see us on the street or somewhere else, we would also represent
Studio Classroom.
Maybe we can say things for Studio Classroom as a company.
Well, these things represent wisdom, patience and growth.
These gemstones, they represent wisdom.
Carolyn, are these things good, wisdom, patience and growth?
These are all very good things.
If you have wisdom, then you are intelligent and you know how to use the
information you have.
And patience and growth.
It's wonderful to be patient and to be able to grow and change.
And we see that they are all necessary for a love that lasts.
That's right. And we continue.
Happiness, sweetness and a pure heart are represented through May's flower.
And what is the flower?
The Lily of the Valley.
Well, how do we end this is lesson, Carolyn?
Well, we have one more thing going on in May.
Finally, May 31, so the last day, is World No Tobacco Day.
About 6 million people a year die due to tobacco use.
And we see that word "tobacco." And it's from our Word Bank.
Tobacco is a kind of plant that many people like to smoke or chew as a
cigarette, but it's really not very healthy for you.
Well, it's true.
Tobacco is in a lot of cigarettes or cigars or things like that.
Um... and of course, around 600,000 of those die from second-hand smoke alone.
So 600,000 of those people who have died from tobacco use die from second-hand
smoke.
So they weren't actually smoking the cigarettes or cigars, other people were
smoking around them.
Yes. So it's very dangerous.
And we see that last sentence:
So put out that cigarette!
Stay healthy and don't endanger others that are around you with second-hand
smoke.
Well, we do have a little bit more to learn with Michelle in the Language Lab.
OK.
(Chinese).
And let's head back to our teachers and today's lesson.
May is a very busy month.
And we've learned about several different holidays and things going on during
this month.
Is there anything that you want to celebrate?
Do any of these days have a meaning to you?
I know World No Tobacco Day is a very important day for me.
What about you, Gabe?
National Chocolate Chip Day.
I just want to have a chocolate chip cookie right now.
Well, maybe you can have one after lunch.
OK. That's a good idea.
Well, friends, thank you for joining us today.
And we hope to see you next time right here at Studio Classroom.
See you.