节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-03-02
难易度:Medium
关键字:preserve, governor, engineer, scientific, province, World Columbian
Exposition, thermometer
Hello, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
I'm Carolyn.
And I'm Nathanael.
And thank you for joining us today, the second day of our lesson: Whose Name.
Many things today are named after lots of people.
As many as 50,000 words in the English language come from different people's
names.
Nathanael, what was one thing we learned about yesterday?
Well, we learned that John Montagu wanted something convenient to eat while
working or gambling.
And that was a sandwich, which had never been made before.
He was the Earl of Sandwich, so it was named after him.
What was the other thing that we talked about, Carolyn?
Well, we also learned about Granny Smith apples, which were named after Maria
Ann Smith.
And she was persuaded by the British government to move to Australia.
And she and her husband had an apple tree farm there.
That's right.
And this special variety of tart apple became known as the Granny Smith apple.
Well, we're going to learn about a lot more things today, many other things that
were named after people.
Let's get started with our first reading of the day.
Whose Name?
The 14th-century Dutch fisherman Willem Beukelz began to pickle fish.
His method of preserving fish spread, but British traders didn't pronounce his
name correctly.
Soon "pickles" became popular in many countries.
The Chinese dish kung pao chicken was created in Sichuan province by Ding
Baozhen.
He served the spicy dish when he was governor of the province from 1876 to 1886.
After Ding died, people named the dish for him.
Well, we're learning about some different tasty foods here.
So far we've talked about the pickle and (Chinese), where these things got their
names.
We start out by finding the 14th-century Dutch fisherman Willem Beukelz began to
pickle fish.
So even before we found out about the pickle, we're already using this word in
the sentence: He began to pickle fish.
Well, this guy Willem Beukelz, he's Dutch.
That means he's from Holland.
Now what else can we find out about him, Carolyn?
Well, we see that his method of preserving fish spread, but British traders
didn't pronounce his name correctly.
And in this sentence we see the word "preserve." And if you pickle something,
then you make it last longer.
You want to preserve it so you can eat it later.
How else might you use this word, Nathanael?
Well, with some foods we call them "preserves," like strawberry preserves.
It's kind of like a jam or jelly.
But sometimes we use that kind of word to describe that kind of food, preserves.
That's right.
And this also kind of reminds me of another word "conserve." C-O-N-S-E-R-V-E.
You would to conserve your energy.
All of these words kind of have a similar meaning - to save something, to make
it great for later.
To preserve something like food, you are making it good or to last longer so
that you can enjoy it later.
Well, we find out that soon "pickles" became popular in many countries.
Um... OK. So do you agree, Carolyn?
Does his name kind of sound like "pickle"?
Well, his name is Beukelz.
And if you are from another country, the British, they weren't quite sure how to
pronounce his name.
And it might have sounded a little bit like "pickles" to them.
All right. I guess it could be easily confused.
Well, Nathanael, what else do we find out about?
What other thing has someone who named a dish after him?
The Chinese dish kung po chicken, or (Chinese), was created in Sichuan province
by Ding Baozhen.
OK. So this is a Chinese dish that is named after a historical person.
It's interesting.
That's right.
We're finding out about lots of different things; and something is (Chinese).
I really enjoy (Chinese).
Do you like (Chinese), Carolyn?
Well, you know, I really like it but I don't eat anymore because it has chicken
in it.
Oh, it's really too bad!
But it is a delicious dish.
And we see in the article that he served the spicy dish when he was governor of
the province from 1876 to 1886.
So he was the governor for ten years.
And "governor" is one of our Word Bank words today, so let's take a look at
that.
Nathanael, can you tell us about "governor"?
Well, usually when I hear the word "governor," I think of American politics,
in which a governor is kind of like the political leader of his state, like the
governor of Illinois or of Florida.
But of course, you could say that the American president governs the whole
country, kind of take that word out of "governor," make "govern" as a verb.
And I also see the word "governor" actually in this dish (Chinese).
I think (Chinese) kind of has that meaning, too.
He was a governor, and so this dish is named after him.
There are, like Nathanael said, different governors of different states in
America.
This also makes me think of another word "mayor." You may have heard this word
before, too.
A mayor is a leader for a smaller part or the local part of a state, like a
city.
A city would have a mayor; but the state has a governor.
Well, we continue on.
After Ding died, people named the dish for him.
So after he was gone, this dish was named after him.
Well, this makes me think of that phrase: named for somebody.
The dish was named for him.
You could also say it's named after him.
There are a couple of different ways to say that.
Right now it's time for us to continue learning something new with Michelle in
the Language Lab.
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.