节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2012-10-16
难易度:Medium
关键字:anitque, pioneer, caramel, essential, press
Hi, everybody.
Welcome to Studio Classroom Worldwide.
My name is Steve.
Thanks for taking time out of your busy day to study English with us.
Well, it's the middle of October, which means there's no better time to talk
about the delicious and nutritious apple.
October puts us smack dab in the middle of the apple harvest - in the northern
hemisphere, anyway.
And that means everyone's got apples on their brain.
We're heading off to the orchard to pick our own apples.
We're dusting off grandma's famous apple pie recipe.
And we're drinking apple cider like it's going out of style.
Let's talk more about how people are celebrating this wonderful fruit under the
heading "It's time to celebrate" on page 31.
(Music).
Celebrating the Apple.
Time to celebrate.
Each fall, many communities in countries like the U.S., Canada, Germany and
Australia hold apple festivals.
They include many activities and booths that sell souvenirs and crafts.
Anyone can stop to enjoy some live music or watch an antique car show or a
parade.
Children can play games or ride in trucks full of hay.
One apple festival, Applebutter Fest in Grand Rapids, Ohio, celebrates local
history.
People can see how the pioneers who settled in the region made lace, candles,
furniture and more.
If visitors like military history, they can check out the demonstrations of
weapons from the 18th to the 20th century.
Hi, everyone.
Thank you for joining us.
My name is Ryan.
Hmm... my name is Kaylah.
I'm loving my apple.
Thank you, Ryan.
Well, no. Thank you, Kaylah.
This is amazing.
We're talking about apples and enjoying apples.
And friends, there are many reasons to eat apples such as health benefits like
we talked about yesterday.
Apples give you a lot of fiber.
They help you fight disease.
They make you feel full so that you can lose weight.
And they are also, well, very delicious, as Kaylah knows.
That's right.
Now I'm going to put my apple down so we can talk about the benefits of apples
as well as learn how to celebrate the apple.
Now yesterday we learned that it has a lot of fiber and antioxidants.
There are so many wonderful things in the apple for you, but... we should take
time to celebrate that.
Well, yes. That's what this article is called.
We want to celebrate the apple.
And friends, of course, this is our FESTIVALS article, so we're not just talking
about eating apples.
Let's see how we can celebrate.
OK. Let's celebrate.
Now each fall, many communities in countries like the United States, Canada,
Germany and Australia hold apple festivals.
Now they do that in the fall because, as we said yesterday, apples are ripest in
the fall usually, depending on the climate.
But that's the most common time for them.
"Ripe" means they're the right color, the right texture, they're juicy, they're
crunchy, they're delicious.
Yes, they're ready to eat.
And of course, many countries hold festivals.
If you hold a festival, that means that you have one taking place at your
country.
In your country, for sure.
In your country.
So they have these apple festivals in places all over the world to celebrate
because it's a huge part of their society and their culture.
OK. Well, these festivals include many activities and booths that sell souvenirs
and crafts.
OK. So like most festivals, there are things to buy, there are booths.
We talk about those all the time being somewhere you go and buy something.
So people are there selling their crafts, those homemade items that they're...
they're selling things they create themselves.
So apple festivals have a very... if I could use the term "down-home," meaning
it feels like home.
It feels simple and relaxed and just fun.
Where everyone's happy and they're getting to know each other.
And you can go here and buy these small things that they've made and keep them
as souvenirs - which is something you buy to remember a place.
Now at these festivals, anyone can stop to enjoy some live music or watching
antique car show or even a parade sometimes.
Now you... it is fun to listen to live music.
But antique car shows, these actually are quite common with apple festivals
because it is that very fun and family-friendly environment.
What is an antique car?
OK.
Well, friends, anything that is "antique" is something that was made a long time
ago and is kept around because it is such high quality or it's very beautiful.
So antique cars are very old but beautiful cars.
That's right.
And antique cars are well taken care of if you're looking at them.
Or you can watch a parade of people enjoying and celebrating the apple.
Now children can play games like bobbing for apples, which is water in a pool
and apples and you have to catch it with your mouth.
You'll not use your hands.
It's very fun.
Or you can ride in trucks full of hay.
All right, friends.
Hay is a certain type of plant.
It's like a long grass; and often animals eat hay.
And so when farmers put hay in a truck, then you can go and ride and sit on top
of that hay.
It's a lot of fun.
Now you can see a picture of a hay ride in your magazine in the top right hand
corner.
You see little kids sitting in that hay enjoying. It's...
Hay rides are a lot of fun.
Yeah. And like you said, Kaylah, this is very old American style, very western
style.
Or very country, very outside of the city.
Now one apple festival called Applebutter Fest in Grand Rapids, Ohio, celebrates
not only the apple but also local history.
OK. So here this is called the Applebutter Fest.
Now a fest is just short for festival.
That's right.
Now Applebutter, we're going to... that is a really delicious treat.
I think we're going to talk about that in just a little bit.
But it's called that because of what they're selling there.
Now they... not are only... they're not only celebrating the apple but also
local history.
Now how do they celebrate that in the midst of an apple festival?
OK. Well, the history is people, you can go there and see how pioneers who
settled in the region made things like lace, candles, furniture and much more.
That's right.
We see this word "pioneer." Now a pioneer is someone who moves to a place or to
an area to establish... your home and farms and businesses.
It's very similar if you remember the word "settler" from earlier this month.
A pioneer and a settler are very similar.
OK, friends.
Take a look at page 31, you'll see a pioneer woman who's working on a wheel.
That's right.
Now people can see them, see these people, see how they settled into the region
making lace, which is a fancy material, candles, furniture and much more.
OK.
If visitors like the military history, then you can go check out the
demonstrations of the weapons from the 18th to the 20th century.
That's right.
Now we learned demonstrations earlier this month.
Same thing you can go see how they were used.
People will show you the actual weapons from a very long time ago.
OK. So maybe they'll hold the weapons, show them to you, fire the weapons.
These are very old, but they still work.
That's right.
Now apples are fun thing to talk about because they have great culture
surrounding them.
We're going to talk a bit more about apple festivals and how people celebrate
them after we visit the Chat Room.
Hey, Ken.
Did you hear about the town fair this weekend?
No, I didn't.
Well, here.
Here's some information about it.
Oh. Thanks for the flyer.
Hmm, it looks like fun.
I think it will be.
They'll be lots of food, games and rides for the kids, and a live band.
A live band?
Now that sounds a little strange.
I mean, I don't think anyone would come to listen to a dead band.
No, they probably wouldn't.
But the term "live band" doesn't just mean that the musicians are alive.
It means that they will be performing in person at the event.
And actually, the term "live music" means the same thing.
Oh, that makes sense.
So the music will be played by musicians on a stage instead of by a recording.
Yes.
And "live" has a similar meaning when we talk about a live TV show.
That's a show that gets broadcast while it's happening, right?
That's right.
So if news is reported live, the report goes where the events are taking place.
Or a football game might be broadcast live.
You know, when I started learning English, I had some trouble with the word
"live." I kept pronouncing it live.
I see how that could be confusing.
The rule to remember, Ken, is that when this word is a verb, it's pronounced -
live.
But as an adjective, it's pronounced - live.
That's pretty simple.
But is there a rule about when to use "live" and when to use "alive"?
Well, when you're talking about an event being broadcast or about live music,
you should always use - live.
But when you're talking about animals, use "live" when it comes before the noun,
but "alive" when it comes after.
So I should say: That farm has live chickens, but: That farm's chickens are
alive.
Exactly. You've got it.
Well, good.
Thanks for the English lesson, Bryan.
And thanks for the flyer.
I'll definitely try to make it to the fair.
Good! I guess I'll see you there.