节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-01-26
难易度:Medium
关键字:take advantage of somebody, confront, discourage, out of line, apology
Today we've been listening to a conversation between two sisters - Sara and
Kelly.
Kelly is having some problems with her friend Veronica, who might be taking
advantage of her.
But Kelly is really worried and doesn't want to confront her about the problem.
But her sister Sara thinks that she should because it's a real problem.
So let's continue listening to their conversation and see what they decide to
do.
(Music).
Betrayed!
So what kind of friendship is that?
I know you don't like conflict, but you should still talk to her.
You need to discourage her from doing this kind of thing in the future.
Talking to her might help, but it also might make her really mad.
Why should she get mad?
She's the one who's out of line.
She needs to know you're upset.
Not to mention, she owes you an apology!
Thanks for the advice.
I need to think a little bit more about how to handle this.
So, what was the secret anyway?
Ha! I'm not telling you.
Kelly is not even going to share that secret with her own sister.
Well, too many people know the secret as it is.
Friends, there are many things we can learn from this conversation, many good
English points.
Let me begin with Sara's lines.
So what kind of friendship is that?
I know you don't like conflict, but you should still talk to her.
Whoa, conflict.
Yes?
You mean... you mean she might get into a fight?
Well, yeah, fight.
No... We don't want to have a fight.
Conflicts can be very difficult to get through because you really don't want to
fight your friends.
But "conflict" can have a couple of other meanings too.
Nathanael, can you think of another way to use "conflict"?
Yes. I think we often use the word "conflict" when we're talking about our
schedules.
Oh, I can't do that. I have a time conflict.
I've already scheduled something at two o'clock so I can not meet with you then.
Oh. So it doesn't have to mean a fight.
It can just mean something isn't going to work because they can't work together.
That's right.
So it could be things don't work together.
But of course, often we use this to talk about some kind of fight.
And a fight doesn't have to be with your arms physically fighting.
It could be an argument.
Or if you confront somebody, that could be seen as a conflict too because the
other person might not necessarily like that you brought the subject up.
It could be a conflict.
Um, well, thank you for interrupting again, Carolyn, to teach us that word.
Sure.
And shall I continue?
Oh, absolutely. I really want to hear the two of you talk. Yes.
Excellent. Excellent.
Where was I?
I know you don't like conflict, but you should still talk to her.
You need to discourage her from doing this kind of thing in the future.
Oh, discourage. That's a key word here.
Yes, it is.
So if you want to discourage something from happening, it means that you want to
convince someone not to do it anymore.
Can you think of anything that you might discourage someone from doing, Gabe?
Hmm... Yes, I can, actually.
I have some friends who like to smoke, and I discourage them from smoking.
I have some friends who like to drink too much, I discourage them from drinking.
And I think there's just bad behaviors come to mind when I think about
discouraging people.
You want to discourage bad behaviors.
Yeah. Those can be very bad for your health, so.
It's good that you're discouraging your friends and trying to encourage them to
do better things for their lives.
What about you, Nathanael?
I was thinking of using this word in a little bit different way.
The basketball team was discouraged after losing their first game.
"Discouraged" here is an adjective, not a verb like the other examples.
But it's another good way to use this word.
That's right, discouraged.
Do you feel discouraged?
I hope not.
I hope you feel encouraged.
Well, Carolyn also used this word "encourage" as a noun.
You can discourage someone from doing something, or encourage someone to do
something.
Actually, I often hear about kids telling jokes that are a little inappropriate.
Sometimes I want to laugh.
But if I laugh, that encourages them to keep telling those kinds of jokes.
So be careful when you laugh at people because it might encourage them to keep
doing something not so good.
You want to discourage them from doing these kinds of things.
Well, I think we should continue our conversation.
Kelly, what's your next line?
Talking to her might help, but it also might make her really mad.
Why should she get mad?
Wait. Why should she get mad?
If you have your magazine open, you know this word "she" looks a little
different.
It's in italics.
It is italicised.
I think Ken and Steve have something they want to share about that in the
Information Cloud.
So let's go and join them right now.
Hey, guys.
Hi.
Italics, that fancy font that makes letters leans slightly to the right was
first used by an Italian printer in 1501.
Now 500 years later, should we still use them?
Well, our computer can italicize words quite easily now, so we should use
italics.
We should use them when we're writing the name of a book.
"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" should be italicized.
Also, when we're writing the name of a big vehicle like the Titanic.
Now when else should we use italics, Ken?
Italics are also used to create emphasis in writing, which brings more clarity
and meaning to the text.
In today's lesson, Sara says: Why should she get mad?
The author wants us to be sure the word "she" is read with emphasis.
Doing so brings extra meaning to the word, meaning that's not explained in the
dialogue.
It helps us to understand Sara's thinking, which is Veronica has no right to be
angry.
In fact, if anyone should be mad, it should be Kelly.
Because of the italicized word, we get the feeling that Sara is getting a little
mad herself.
See? More meaning just because one little word is italicized.
(Chinese).
Thank you, guys.
Well, let me continue as Sara.
She's the one who was out of line. She...
Ooh, out of line.
So here we've got this great key word phrase: out of line.
It means that she's not really doing what he's supposed to be doing.
Nathanael, do you know anyone who's ever been out of line?
I did think a... of a sentence about using this term.
The soldier was out of line when he disobeyed orders.
He did not do what he was supposed to do, so he was out of line.
Oh. So it doesn't mean that they're actually standing out of line.
It means they're doing something they really shouldn't.
OK. Well, go... go right ahead.
Continue on.
OK, I will.
She's the one who's out of line.
She needs to know you are upset.
Not to mention, she owes you an apology.
Oh, apology. There's another key word, so.
She needs to apologize or say that she's sorry for what she did if she owes
someone an apology.
And this phrase, to owe an apology, Gabe, have you ever felt like you owed
someone an apology?
Oh, often.
I often do things that I will owe an apology for.
I have to say I'm sorry.
I apologize; I owe you an apology.
Sometimes I will write an apology letter.
It's not fun owing people an apology.
Well, I'm not sorry about this.
We need to go and spend some time at the Grammar Gym.
Here we go.
How are you doing today, friends?
Thanks for joining me here at the Grammar Gym.
My name is Liz.
In today's lesson, we find Sara and Kelly talking about Veronica.
Sara says to Kelly that Veronica needs to know that Kelly is upset.
Then she says: Not to mention, she owes you an apology.
That's our Grammar Tip sentence.
Our focus today is on the phrase: not to mention.
It is another way to say: in addition to or plus.
We use this phrase when we are talking about something and we want to give more
information.
For example:
Roger didn't want to go running because he was lazy. Not to mention, it's
raining too.
Or: Let's not have seafood for dinner; it's expensive. Not to mention, some of
us are allergic to seafood.
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 all the time we have for today.
This is Liz from the Grammar Gym.
See you next time.
Thanks, Liz.
And thanks for the advice, Sara.
I need to think a little bit more about how to handle this.
So, what was the secret anyway?
Ha! I'm not telling you.
I don't want to know.
Nice job, Kelly.
And you too, Sara.
I really thought you were like my sister.
It was great.
Like sister, like sister, and teachers here at Studio Classroom.
Friends, right now it's time for us to continue with Michelle in the Language
Lab.
(Chinese).
And let's get back to teachers.
Well, after listening to what Kelly and Sara had to say about betrayal and
friendship,
I'm kind of wondering, guys, what were you talking about earlier?
Earlier? At the beginning of today's lesson?
Yeah, I... I walked in and heard something about interrupting.
You guys weren't talking about me, were you?
Yeah, actually, we were.
Yeah, we were.
Uh, we were mentioning that you kept interrupting us last lesson... and this
lesson.
Uh, but actually it is a good thing.
Yeah, we're really glad that you interrupted us because if you didn't interrupt
us, we couldn't have taught all of the key words that we did.
Oh, OK. So you weren't like saying anything bad about me.
Oh, no. We hope you didn't feel betrayed.
No... We hope that... that we... we still have your trust.
Um, no, we were sharing good things about you.
OK.
Yeah. It's good to share good things about other people.
You guys, great job today.
And friends, you're doing a great job too.
We'll see you next time right here at Studio Classroom.
Bye-bye.