节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-05-24
难易度:Medium
关键字:presentation, status, worth one's while, scroll
Our lesson today is called To Post or Not to Post.
And so far we've been enjoying a conversation between Susan and Julie.
They're both at a cafe, both enjoying coffee or a meal.
And Susan gets a heart-shaped sandwich.
And she starts taking a picture of her sandwich.
She wants to post this picture online.
Well, we already found out that Julie and Susan don't really agree about doing
this.
Susan thinks that's a great idea, but Julie doesn't just want to post just
anything online.
We're going to continue finding out more in the rest of their conversation for
today.
To Post or Not to Post.
But posting your meals is a great way to start conversations with your friends.
And it helps you find new places to eat as well.
Maybe.
But to me, that sort of information isn't worth my while.
It's a waste of time for me to post about it.
Not to mention that it wastes my friends' time when they scroll through their
updates.
It's not a big deal.
If people don't want to see my posts, they can just skip it.
What sort of things do you like to share online?
Well, I don't post many updates.
I like to check what my friends are doing.
But me - I usually just post about major events or things that catch my
interest.
Well, it sounds like Julie and Susan have some different ideas about what they
should and shouldn't post online.
Well, OK. So let's go back to Susan's line, and I will continue being Susan,
yes? Yes. OK, great.
But posting your meals is a great way to start conversations with your friends.
And it helps you find new places to eat as well.
Interesting.
Before we continue finding out what Julie says, let's talk about that phrase: to
start a conversation.
How do you start conversations?
How do you begin a conversation with somebody?
Well, maybe you might want to talk about photos.
That could be a good conversation starter.
Do you agree with this, Carolyn?
Well, it could be a pretty good way to start a conversation with your friends
online.
If you post a picture, and then someone sees it, and they think: Wow! Where did
you take that picture?
That's so cool.
I want to go there, too.
Can you tell me more about it?
It could be a very good way to start a conversation with someone.
That's right.
And I think that's what Susan is thinking here.
It helps you find new places to eat as well.
Maybe not just eating.
But maybe if someone went somewhere interesting, and you see a photo of it, you
might want to go there as well.
Interesting.
Very good, Susan.
OK, Julie will continue.
And that's me for now.
Maybe.
But to me, that sort of information isn't worth my while.
Oh. It's not worth your while?
Oh. So... what does that really mean?
This is from our Word Bank today: worth your while, worth one's while.
And that means that it's worth your time.
You want to spend time doing something if it's worth your while.
Can you think of anything that might be worthwhile, Gabe?
Might be worthwhile... I like that.
You kind of put those two words together into one word.
If something is worthwhile, that means it's worth spending time doing.
For example, maybe you're sick, and you don't want to go to the doctor.
You hate going to the doctor.
But your friend tells you it might be worth your while to visit the doctor.
You might get better more quickly, and then you can continue on with life.
It might be worth your while to do that.
That's right.
It's... it's also worth your while to learn something new.
Maybe learning a new language.
Maybe studying English is worth your while because it gives you a great new
skill.
But it does take time.
So you'll have to spend time doing it.
It is worth your while.
Well, OK.
Julie, sorry we have interrupted you again.
Please continue.
Right. We're finding out that something is not worth Julie's time.
She continues:
It's a waste of time for me to post about it.
Not to mention that it wastes my friends' time when they scroll through their
updates.
Great. So your friends have to scroll through their updates.
They have to look at them one by one.
And usually when we see this word "scroll," I think of something on a computer
or an electronic device.
And you just kind of go down the page, and you look at the information.
That's right.
Usually I think of a computer or maybe even a tablet or your smartphone.
You can scroll up or you can scroll down on the screen to find out what is at
the top or what is at the bottom.
So you can scroll through your friends' updates or your friends' statuses or
whatever is on their Facebook page or what's online.
You can scroll up or scroll down.
All right.
Well, Susan has the next line in response to Julie:
It's not a big deal.
If people don't want to see my post, they can just skip it.
Wait a minute... Wait. Hold on a second.
Hold on a second.
"It's not a big deal." What does that mean?
Well, if something is not a big deal, that means it's not important.
Maybe it's not something that you should spend a lot of time thinking about.
It's not good or it's not bad, it's just not a big deal at all.
That's right.
And they can just skip it.
They can ignore that it is there.
Well, OK.
What sort of things do you like to share online?
Well, that's a good question, Susan.
And Julie says:
Well, I don't post many updates.
I like to check what my friends are doing.
But me - I usually just post about major events or things that catch my
interest.
Oh. So it sounds like Julie doesn't post too many things.
But she's interested in what her friends are doing, but only post things that
catches her interest.
So what does that phrase mean, Gabe, to catch your interest?
Yeah, it's a great phrase.
If something catches your interest, that means it interests you.
You want to find out more about it.
Maybe you just see something that you want to find out more about.
It catches your interest.
So it sounds like Julie likes to find out things about other people's lives
through their photos, but she doesn't want to post too many of her own.
Very interesting.
Well, it is interesting.
And now it's time for us to watch a review skit.
And then we'll join Michelle in the Language Lab.
Wow, this restaurant is really nice.
Yes, it is.
Let me take some pictures.
OK. I'm smiling.
Well, I don't want a picture of you.
I want a picture of the pizza.
What for?
I want to update my status online, and I want all my friends to see it.
Why?
Well, so they'll know about the pizza here.
And maybe they'll want to start a conversation.
I don't post things like that.
Why not?
It's a waste of my time and my friends' time.
Who wants to scroll through all those updates?
My friends do.
And if they don't, it's not a big deal.
They can just skip it.
That sort of information isn't worth my while.
So what kinds of things do you post online?
Actually, I don't post many updates.
I only post major events.
Only major events?
Sometimes I post things that catch my interest.
Oh. OK.
Of course, I do check to see what my friends are doing.
Well, that's good.
So what are your friends doing now?
Hmm. Well, Jim is eating spaghetti.
And Betty is eating a sandwich.
And Mike is having noodles.
How fun!
And we are eating pizza.
Yeah!
(Chinese).
And let's head back to our teachers now.
We've been listening to a small debate between Julie and Susan at this cafe
about what sort of things they should be posting online.
And they seem to have very different opinions.
So I wonder who do you agree with so far in this conversation.
Gabe, are your more like Susan or Julie?
I think I'm a bit more like Julie, actually.
I don't post too many things on... online.
Um, but I do find it interesting looking through my friends' photos and statuses
to see what they're talking about or what they are posting.
What about you, Carolyn?
Well, I'm also fairly similar to Julie, but it is interesting the arguments
Susan is making.
Well, we will continue this conversation tomorrow right here on Studio
Classroom.
See you then.
Goodbye.