节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-03-11
难易度:Low
关键字:wander, convenience store, absorb, protein, omega-3 fatty acid
Hello, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
I'm Carolyn.
And I'm Nathanael.
Thank you for joining us today.
We have an important and interesting lesson called Eat for Energy.
That's right.
If you want energy, what can you do to get energy?
Well, of course, you can take care to eat good things that will give you energy.
Nathanael, what kinds of things do you eat, um, that give you energy?
Well, if I'm honest, and I'm tired and I want some energy while I'm doing my
work, I'll probably get some kind of drink with caffeine in it.
May not be the best choice, but that's what I usually do.
Well, I think a lot of people would do the same thing.
Caffeine is an energy boost for sure.
Carolyn, what about you?
Well, many times I do the same and have a little caffeine, maybe some black tea.
But I also like to eat chocolate-covered coffee beans or espresso beans.
And they give a little burst of caffeine as well, but very chocolatey.
All right.
Well, those both sound pretty good.
I like chocolate, too.
I also like to have almonds.
I actually get a pack of almonds almost every day because I know they're good
for energy.
And I did this before I found out that actually almonds are pretty good for
energy from today's lesson.
We're going to learn a lot Eat for Energy.
Let's get started with the first reading for the day.
(Music).
Eat for Energy.
What kinds of food can you eat to increase your energy?
It's the middle of the afternoon.
You've been working hard all day.
But now you can't keep your eyes open, and your mind starts to wander.
Suddenly, a pain in your stomach brings you back to reality.
You need a snack.
You take a break and go to the nearest convenience store.
You stare at the rows of chips, candy and soda.
But before you grab just any snack, stop and think.
What food will give you healthy, long-lasting energy?
Well, we should all try to choose foods that give us healthy, long-lasting
energy.
And in our article today we will learn what kinds of food we can eat to increase
our energy.
And we get started with the article today, it says:
It's the middle of the afternoon.
You've been working hard all day.
But what, Nathanael?
But now you can't keep your eyes open, and your mind starts to wander.
OK. So you can't keep your eyes open.
What exactly do we mean when we say that, "you can't keep your eyes open," Gabe?
Well, yeah. We see this word here "keep." And it's a word we want to talk about.
If you can't keep your eyes open, that means maybe you're nodding off and you
want to take a rest or go to sleep or take a nap.
You can't keep your eyes open.
So when you use that word "keep," it's kind of meaning to continue to do
something.
I kept my eyes open.
That means I... I was awake.
I could stay awake.
If I can't keep my eyes open, I might fall asleep.
Well, Carolyn...
Well, I hope you can keep awake, Gabe.
Thank you.
Yeah. Yes. And there are many other ways that you can use this word "keep." When
you are carrying many heavy bags through an entrance,
you might ask someone to please keep the door open so you can get through
easily.
How else might you use this word, Nathanael?
Well, you might need to keep something away from something else.
Keep the baby away from the oven so they don't get burned, something like that.
Right. So that's more prevention, a little... a little bit different.
But yeah, still another way you can use this word "keep." And the article also
has another key word in that sentence: wander.
And this word is from our Word Bank. So let's look at this word: wander.
Now if you wander, what does that mean, Gabe?
Well, when you're wandering, maybe you don't have an aim for where you're going,
but you're kind of walking somewhere and you have no direction.
You kind of wander.
And it's kind of fun to wander through a forest or a field.
If you have time and you don't have a particular thing you want to do, you can
wander.
But when it says your mind starts to wander, another word for that is
"daydreaming." Your mind begins to wander.
That's right.
So you start thinking about something else.
When else might you wander, Nathanael?
Well, sometimes I wander around the store looking for something because I don't
really know where to go and where to find it.
I wander around until I do see it.
That's right.
And you could also wander around someone's house.
If they invite you to take a look at their new house, you can wander a little
bit.
But don't let your mind wander.
And in our article we see that suddenly, a pain in your stomach brings you back
to reality.
So you aren't daydreaming anymore.
You are back in reality, thinking about what is actually happening.
And you need a snack.
Now Gabe, how else do we continue?
Well, we continue:
You take a break and go to the nearest convenience store.
So it's true. If your mind starts to wander, and then you have that pain in your
stomach, that pain that brings you back to reality, reality hits,
and you need a snack, you can head to that convenience store.
Let's take a look at those words from the Word Bank: a convenience store.
I think many of you know what convenience stores are.
Maybe you shop in convenience stores every day because they are convenient.
They're close to your house, and there are many things you can buy there.
What else could you do at a convenience store, Nathanael?
Well, there are many snacks and many kinds of food at convenience stores, but
they're there for your convenience.
And they have a lot of things that you might need.
They don't have a lot of options, but they might have something that you need if
you need to buy it quickly.
And I would also say the convenience stores are ubiquitous.
I know Steve and Ken used that word the other day when they were talking about
things being everywhere.
I think convenience stores really are everywhere.
They are ubiquitous.
That's why they are convenient.
That's right.
And they have many different kinds of snacks available for you to buy.
And we see in our article that you stare at the rows of chips, candy and soda.
So lots of different snacks but maybe not the healthiest snacks.
How does the article continue, Nathanael?
It says: But before you grab just any snack, stop and think.
So you don't want to choose some of these unhealthy options.
Maybe you should look for something that will be better for you and give you
more long-lasting energy.
That's right.
And we do want to stop and think about what Liz has for us today in the Grammar
Gym.
Hi there, friends.
My name is Liz.
And thanks for joining me here at the Grammar Gym.
So what kinds of food can you eat to increase your energy?
That's what today's article is all about.
And we find this statement in the article: "But before you grab just any
snack..." And that's our Grammar Tip sentence.
Notice the phrase "just any snack." It means it doesn't matter what kind of
snack, any snack is fine.
We use this phrase "just any + noun" to talk about something that doesn't have
any special quality.
For example:
I need to borrow a cup - just any cup is fine.
Or: Not just anybody can come to this party; only personal friends of the boss
are invited.
So friends, give this phrase a try.
You can practice it just any time.
And if you'd like to see some more example sentences, then check out today's
Grammar Tip section in your magazine.
That's it for today.
This is Liz from the Grammar Gym.
I'll see you next time.
Thanks, Liz.
Well, we see in our last sentence of the paragraph: What food will give you
healthy, long-lasting energy?
And this is a really good question because a lot of the things we see at the
convenience store might make us feel more tired.
The chips and the candy could drain our energy, but we want something that is
long-lasting.
Now Gabe, we were talking about this word earlier.
Where else might you see long-lasting?
Well, long-lasting, I think of something that needs electricity.
You might need to get batteries that are long-lasting, long-lasting batteries
that can last for a long time.
Nathanael, what other things might be long-lasting or maybe it's important to
have something long-lasting?
Ooh, that's a good question.
I think of sometimes movies being ever-lasting or long-lasting.
It's not necessarily something you would often say, but I guess you could.
That's right.
Well, we want our energy to be long-lasting.
And right now we'll take a little time to see Michelle in the Language Lab.
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.