节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-01-30
难易度:Low
关键字:tourist, landscape, guest of honor, flock
So far with this article, we've heard about Reelfoot State Park in Tennessee,
a beautiful park that was changed a lot when an earthquake struck and changed
the landscape.
So you might think it's strange, we haven't talked about eagles or America's
national symbol.
But just wait.
Let's get into the second reading and I think then you'll understand.
(Music).
The American Bald Eagle.
Winter's guest of honor.
On this day, though, everyone arrived to see something other than the lake - the
bald eagles.
During the winter, hundreds of eagles fly south to Reelfoot Lake from the
northern U.S. and Canada.
They're searching for water where they can get their daily supply of fish.
Eagles eat one half to one pound of food a day, and fish is their favorite.
Most of the visiting eagles will fly north again when spring arrives.
But for a few short months, tourists flock here to see America's national bird.
Winter's guests of honor.
Right away we see some important words there in that little subheading: guest of
honor.
What is a guest of honor, Carolyn?
Well, it's someone that you invite to join you for an event, and you want to
celebrate them, you want to honor them.
And a lot of times I think of maybe you invite someone over for dinner maybe for
their birthday.
And they are the guest of honor.
The guest of honor.
Nathanael, you're a gentleman, a fine man.
Have you ever been a guest of honor somewhere?
Ooh, have I ever been a guest of honor?
I don't remember ever being called that before, though I have been a guest
before.
All right.
Well, maybe you were the guest of honor, and you didn't know it.
Sometimes you can feel special as a guest somewhere.
Maybe they don't say you're the guest of honor.
But it is still nice to be invited at different places.
Maybe you have invited somebody to your house, and they are the guest of honor.
Our author refers to the American bald eagle as the guest of honor here at this
lake.
And we can see that she is continuing her story now.
She kind of took a break from the storytelling mode to talk about the lake.
But she says here: On this day, though, everyone arrived to see something other
than the lake - the bald eagles.
During the winter, hundreds of eagles fly south to Reelfoot Lake from the
northern U.S. and Canada.
So is that what birds normally do, Nathanael?
Do they fly south?
Yeah. I think that most birds do fly south for the winter.
It's warmer there, so they don't have to survive through the cold up in the
north.
All right, so they fly south for the winter.
And of course, they go back up north for the other parts of the year.
They're searching for water where they can get their daily supply of fish.
Their daily supply of something.
When I think about a daily supply, I think, well, you can only get so much for
one day, a daily supply.
Now what other kinds of supplies could you get, Carolyn?
You can get a daily supplier or something else.
Well, if you want to go camping, you should get some camping supplies so that
you have plenty of food and water to drink while you're out in the woods.
All right, camping supplies.
Are there any other kinds of supplies, Nathanael?
What else could you get?
I think a lot of offices need paper supplies.
They need a lot of paper so they can print things, they can take notes.
And even maybe have some Post-It notes to write a few notes down for themselves
on.
All right, office supplies, camping supplies.
What kinds of supplies do you use in your life?
The American bald eagle will go down to get their daily supply of fish at this
lake.
Eagles eat one half to one pound of food a day, and fish is their favorite.
Well, that's no surprise.
I mean, fish is pretty delicious.
Wouldn't you say, Nathanael?
I do really like fish.
It is a great meal and usually pretty healthy.
It is pretty healthy, but I don't think that eagles eat fish the same way we do.
We love to cook our fish in a delicious way.
But they don't need to cook their fish, of course.
Anyway, most of the visiting eagles will fly north again when spring arrives.
So again, they fly south for the winter, north in spring.
But for a few short months, tourists flock here to see America's national bird.
I like the way our author writes here.
She says the tourists will flock to see the national bird.
And she also uses one of our Word Bank words: to flock.
What does this mean, Carolyn?
Well, here "flock" means to come in a larger group.
And usually when I hear the word "flock," I think of birds, a flock of birds,
which means a large group of birds that are all going to the same place.
And here the tourists are flocking to see a great bird, the bald eagle.
That's right.
Now you just used this word as a noun, a flock of birds.
Of course, here in the article, it is a verb.
But what is special about the way our author uses this word, Nathanael?
Well, we would think that she would use this word "flock" about birds, but she
uses it about tourists, about people, which sometimes we do as well.
Exactly.
If there's a large group of people going somewhere, maybe we would say they're
flocking somewhere.
They're traveling with a purpose to a certain place.
English is kind of fun like that.
You can use words meant for animals to talk about people, or vice versa.
You could use words meant for people to talk about animals too.
You just have to be careful.
Know what you're talking about.
It can be very creative.
Right now it's time for a little video.
Actually, I'm quite interested to see this.
Let's watch this video.
(Music).
Well, that was a spectacular video about bald eagles.
They are truly beautiful birds.
Now let's see what Michelle has for us in the Language Lab.
(Music).
OK.
(Chinese).
And teachers.
We spent all this time talking about bald eagles, but we wondered if you have
actually seen a bald eagle.
I don't remember ever seeing one.
But Carolyn, have you ever seen a bald eagle?
I have seen a bald eagle, actually, several times.
The first time I saw one was at the U.S. capital in Washington D.C. at the zoo.
But I've also seen them in the wild because they frequently come to West
Virginia.
That is so cool.
I would love to see one in the wild.
I, too, have seen one at a zoo.
There was a couple of bald eagles, a pair of bald eagles.
One was actually limp; it could not fly.
It was kind of sad.
But I was glad I got to see a bald eagle.
Have you seen a bald eagle, Nathanael?
Like I said, I just really don't remember having seen one, but maybe sometime
and I'm just forgotten.
Sometime.
Sometime you will see a bald eagle.
Well, friends, you can learn more about bald eagles here in your magazine.
And actually, there are some fun facts about bald eagles.
And of course, we have more to learn next time right here at Studio Classroom.
We'll see you then.
Goodbye.