节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-03-20
难易度:Low
关键字:medal, amusement park, motivate, surround, honor student, mentor
We've been learning a lot about Maya Moore.
And today we saw that she went to the Olympics.
She fulfilled her dream, and her team went on to win that gold medal in women's
basketball.
We also saw that Maya has a very giving nature.
She's not just about basketball.
She cares about many other things such as taking children to amusement parks or
feeding the hungry.
She has a very giving nature.
Well, we're going to learn a little bit more about Maya in our next reading for
today.
(Music).
Maya Moore - Reaching for the Heights.
According to her high school coach Tracey Tipton, Maya is motivated most by her
belief in God.
"She wants to make a difference in the lives of people around her," says Tipton.
Maya offers young people the following suggestion.
"Surround yourself with winners. ... Surround yourself with people who have good
character.
... And just work your hardest." Those are wise words to live and win by!
Well, those are some wise words from Maya Moore.
And we also heard some words from someone else who knew Maya Moore.
According to her high school coach Tracey Tipton, Maya is motivated most by her
belief in God.
Well, her high school coach Tracey Tipton remembers this about Maya.
She is motivated by her belief in God.
Let's take a look at that word: motivate.
If something motivates you, that means it causes you to do something, or to be a
certain person or act in a certain way.
Carolyn, how might you use that word?
Well, you can have many different things that motivate you.
Maybe your friends encourage you to do things.
They... they tell you that you can do it, and you feel motivated.
You are motivated to do something.
How else can you use this word, Nathanael?
Well, sometimes we say "motivated" as an adjective and kind of leave it at that.
She is very motivated.
It means maybe she's always trying to do something new or trying to work very
hard, very motivated.
I like that.
And I think that we can say that Maya Moore is very motivated.
Well, what's she motivated by?
She's motivated by her belief in God.
We continue by hearing something that Tracey Tipton said:
She wants to make a difference in the lives of people around her.
She wants to make a difference.
So she's motivated by her belief in God, God made a difference in her life.
Now she wants to make a difference in other people's lives.
You can make a positive difference.
Well, how do you want to make a difference in the lives of other people?
Nathanael, how do you want to make a difference in other people's lives?
Well, I do want to make people's lives better, and there are different ways to
do that.
I also want to be part of telling people the truth that they need to hear.
And I believe that that is about God.
And that's what many of us here at Studio Classroom try to do.
That's right.
Well, we do want to make a difference.
How do you want to make a difference?
Let's continue learning about Maya.
What do we know here, Carolyn?
Well, we did see that Tracey Tipton... "She wants to make a difference in the
lives of people around her," says Tipton.
And after that, we see: Maya offers young people the following suggestion.
So now Maya is going to give us some advice.
Surround yourself with winners.
Surround yourself with people who have good character. ... And just work your
hardest.
So in her advice we see this word a couple of times, "surround." And it is from
our Word Bank.
To surround yourself means to have something around you.
Not just in front or behind or beside you, but on every side, all around you.
How might you use this word, Gabe?
Surround, surround...
Well, maybe you might talk about a celebrity who is surrounded by cameras and
microphones, and they're asking her questions.
She's surrounded by these people.
How might you use that phrase?
Well, I think that you don't want to get yourself surrounded on the basketball
court.
You're playing basketball, you always want a way out or a player, a teammate to
throw to.
Don't get yourself surrounded.
That's right.
And a lot of times we think of if you go to the movie theater, you want to go to
a theater with surround sound so that it feels very real.
But Maya says that we should surround ourselves with winners and people with
good character, people who have positive attitudes and are good people.
Well, how do we continue, Nathanael?
Well, after she gives her last piece of advice, there's one more short sentence.
Those are wise words to live and win by.
So we know that Maya has been successful in what she's done.
And she tries to do good things to other people.
And she is motivated by many different things.
So we can listen to this advice from her and trust it.
Exactly. I like this advice from her, too.
She gives a couple different pieces of advice.
Surround yourself with winners, with people who have good character, and just
work your hardest.
I think it is very important to make sure that people around you do have good
character.
They can help you to also keep good character as well.
Well, we have more to learn with Liz in the Grammar Gym, and then something with
Michelle in the Language Lab.
Hi there, friends.
How are you doing today?
My name is Liz.
And thanks for joining me here at the Grammar Gym.
We've been talking about the amazing young basketball player Maya Moore in our
PROFILE article.
And the writer ends the article with this sentence:
Those are wise words to live and win by!
That's our Grammar Tip sentence.
Basically it means: Those are wise words to live your life with and to win games
with.
Notice the word "by." It is used to talk about how something is done.
For example:
Before the game begins, each player will be given the rules to play by.
Or: All new employees must learn the work procedure that everyone has to go by.
If you have a copy of this month's magazine with you, be sure to check out
today's Grammar Tip section for more example sentences.
And that's it for now.
This is Liz from the Grammar Gym.
I'll see you next time.
Bye-bye.
All right.
(Chinese).
Now let's go back to our teachers.
Well, we've learned many wonderful things about Maya Moore over the last couple
of days.
She is a very successful basketball player.
And of course, she is motivated by her belief in God.
And we also know that she surrounds herself with people who are winners and who
have good character.
My question for you is: Who do you surround yourself with?
Nathanael?
Well, I like to have positive people around me, people that will encourage but
also to see the bright side of things, the good side of things.
I think it's important to have those kind of people with you.
Carolyn, what about you?
Well, here in Taipei, I try to surround myself with people from my Bible study
group,
people from church because they all have very good character and are very
supportive.
Well, I agree with both of those things.
I also like to surround myself with people who will encourage me to become a
better person,
not just to stay where I am, but to continue to improve in every aspect of life.
It's very important to surround yourself with good people.
Well, we will see you next time right here on Studio Classroom.
Goodbye.
Bye-bye.