节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-05-25
难易度:Medium
关键字:site, creepy, particular, inappropriate, social network, in the loop
Well, today we have been continuing our conversation in the lesson, To Post or
Not to Post, with Julie and Susan.
And they're still disagreeing on whether or not they should be posting certain
things online.
Julie thinks that some people respond too quickly to the things that she posts.
And maybe it's a little bit creepy who can see all of her information.
Well, they're going to continue their discussion here in the next part of the
reading.
Let's do that now.
To Post or Not to Post.
Oh, that just shows that your friends are interested in what you are doing or
thinking.
You shouldn't let that bother you.
These sites are great for sharing so many things.
I guess so, but sometimes people share too much information.
They post pictures that are inapproriate or uninteresting, or they share things
that are unimportant.
Well, that's one opinion.
Maybe what you think is unimportant is actually really interesting to someone
else.
Maybe.
But I think I'll stick to just posting what I think is important.
(Music).
Oh, Julie and Susan.
Well, friends, before the break, Julie was saying something.
She says: Some people respond a little too quickly to my posts, and that makes
me uncomfortable.
But Susan feels differently about this.
Carolyn, what does Susan say?
She does feel differently.
Oh, that just shows that your friends are interested in what you are doing or
thinking.
You shouldn't let that bother you.
Excellent! I love what Susan says here.
She has a very positive way of thinking about these things.
She says that just shows that your friends are interested in this.
So if it just shows something, that means that someone did something, and really
it just has one message.
It just shows one thing.
It shows they are interested.
Don't think too much about it.
It just shows they are interested.
But I want to take a look at another phrase here.
You shouldn't let that bother you - to not let something bother you.
When would you use that phrase, Carolyn?
Well, a lot of times I think about maybe if you make a mistake,
and you're very worried about what's going to happen because you made a mistake
and you feel nervous.
Well, don't let it bother you.
It was just a little thing.
It's not a big deal.
It's true.
That's right.
You don't want to let your mistakes bother you too much.
But sometimes other things in life might bother you.
Maybe someone said something bad about your hair or the way you dress or what
you did.
Are you going to think about it a lot?
Or maybe you shouldn't let it bother you.
Maybe you're on Facebook a lot, and you love writing really cool statuses.
But not very many people like your status.
Does that bother you?
Well, maybe it shouldn't bother you too much.
Yes. Don't let it bother you.
Well, I won't let this bother me.
I will continue reading Susan's line.
These sites are great for sharing so many things.
I guess so, but sometimes people share too much information.
They post pictures that are inappropriate or uninteresting, or they share things
that are unimportant.
Oh. Well, you have a great list of things there, Julie.
And they post pictures that are inappropriate or uninteresting.
So it sounds like maybe there's something wrong with the pictures that are being
posted online when we see that word "inappropriate" - also from our Word Bank.
What does it mean if something is inappropriate, Gabe?
I think this is an important word because if you're doing something that's
inappropriate, that means that other people won't accept what you are doing.
It's not right.
So if you take pictures that some people may be offended by, well, those are
inappropriate pictures.
You shouldn't post those pictures online.
How else might you use that word?
Maybe you're going to a special event.
It's a fancy dinner.
Everyone is dressed a certain way, very nice.
But you're just wearing ripped jeans and a T-shirt.
Well, you're dressed inappropriately for the dinner.
It's inappropriate.
That's right.
We also need to be careful what we say online, and make sure that we don't post
anything inappropriate that might hurt someone's feelings.
Well, Julie had a very long list - inappropriate, uninteresting or things that
are unimportant.
And so you see this I-N, U-N, U-N, those all mean "not." So not appropriate, not
interesting or not important.
Well, oh, Susan has the next line.
So I will continue.
Well, that's one opinion.
Maybe what you think is unimportant is actually really interesting to someone
else.
Interesting.
That's what Susan thinks.
And I think it's true.
I think she's right.
Maybe you think something is just kind of dumb information.
It's not worth knowing about.
It's not worth your while finding out about.
But maybe someone else thinks it's wonderful.
It makes me think of the idiom: One man's junk is another man's treasure.
If you heard that before, it's true in life.
What's not important to you might be really important to me.
Well, Julie, I think you have one more line there.
Yes, of course.
I almost forgot.
Maybe, but I think I'll stick to just posting what I think is important.
Oh, you'll stick to posting what you think is important.
So you'll continue doing this.
And actually that's a very interesting way to phrase it.
I think Liz wants to talk to us about that in the Grammar Gym.
How you doing today, friends?
My name is Liz, and thanks for joining me here at the Grammar Gym.
In our article today we see this sentence:
But I think I'll stick to just posting what I think is important.
That's our Grammar Tip sentence.
Our focus today is on the phrase: stick to.
Normally we use "stick to" to talk about how things are connected together on
the surface, like:
When gum sticks to the bottom of your shoe, it's not easy to get it off.
But in today's sentence, there are no objects with surfaces that are connecting
to one another.
Instead, "stick to" is an informal way to say "to focus on one activity and not
on other activities." For example, parents might tell their kids:
Just stick to your homework; don't waste time on other things.
Or: It's not healthy to stick to your computer all day and not to other things.
If you turn to today's Grammar Tip section in your magazine, you'll find more
example sentences there.
And that's it for today.
This is Liz from the Grammar Gym.
See you next time.
Thank you, Liz.
Well, Julie and Susan, I think, are just disagreeing about what's important to
post and what is unimportant to post online.
Well, we do have a lot more to learn with Michelle in the Language Lab.
Let's go there now.
OK.
(Chinese).
And now let's see what the other teachers are up to.
Well, I've enjoyed our conversation today between Julie and Susan.
Of course, there are some pros to social networking and some cons to social
networking; some great things and some not-so-good things.
Well, what do you think about this?
What's great about social networking, and what's something that maybe you should
be careful about?
Carolyn, what comes to your mind?
Well, I really like being able to use social networking sites because it allows
me to stay in touch with my family.
And since I live so far away, it's really nice.
But I also do try to be careful that not everything I post is seen by everyone I
know.
Well, Carolyn, I agree with you, and I had to learn that the hard way.
It's important to limit the number of people that can see everything that you
are posting or writing about the kinds of things you are sharing.
Well, I'm glad you could join us today for this lesson.
And of course we have more to learn here at Studio Classroom next time.
So we'll see you then.
See you.