节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2012-08-06
难易度:Medium
关键字:delightful, assume, wary, black out
Welcome back, everybody.
There are pros and cons to traveling alone.
One pro, for example, is that you have the freedom to go where you want when you
want.
One con is that you don't have a friend watching your back.
Julie Whitmore is telling us about a time when she really needed a friend to
watch her back.
Let's continue with her disturbing tale on line 8.
(Music).
Solo-Travel Safety.
They showed me around for a couple of hours, and then we stopped at their
friend's house to eat.
When we started to eat, they offered me a separate plate, but I thought that
might be a cultural thing.
I didn't know they had drugged the food, but I was a little wary when they
pressured me to finish the entire dish.
We weren't in a public place, so I couldn't ask for help or make an excuse and
leave.
So I ate it and then blacked out.
All right. So last we left off with Julie explaining how people drugged her food
and stole her money.
She said that she found a couple older women who offered to help her get to the
beach, and she assumed that she could trust them.
That's right, because they're probably closer to her parents' age because she is
young.
They're only 40, but they seem safe.
She says they showed her around for a couple of hours, and then they stopped at
a friend's house to eat.
So they are very welcoming and very generous and giving, so she thought she
could trust them.
All right.
So Kaylah, what does it mean to show someone around?
To show someone around means that you take them to see different things.
Especially if they're locals they live there and she's just visiting, she would
follow them around to different places.
So it's what we do to make someone feel welcome.
Yeah... And... this is why she assumed she could trust them.
They were being very nice.
And then they took her to a friend's house to eat dinner.
And then what happened?
She says: When we started to eat, they offered me a separate plate, but I
thought that might be a cultural thing.
Now this is true.
Sometimes when you visit a new place, you don't fully understand the culture.
That is the way they do things in that country.
So she was just being careful and took the plate even though it seemed maybe a
little strange to her.
Yeah, it seemed strange to her, but she just thought, well, maybe that's the way
they do things here.
She didn't know, though, that they had drugged the food.
What does it mean if you drug something?
To drug something means you put drugs or some sort of chemical into the food
that will have some sort of negative effect on the person who eats it.
OK. So she felt a little wary when they pressured her to actually finish the
whole dish and not just try a little bit.
OK. So the word "wary" here means not completely certain.
Maybe she doesn't trust them completely.
She's a little suspicious.
She doesn't fully trust them anymore.
And I understand this, Ryan.
If they give me a big plate of food, and I just want to try a little bit,
usually people are OK with that.
But they forced her to eat the entire thing.
That would definitely be suspicious.
Yeah, that would definitely be suspicious.
Now friends, if anyone is trying to pressure you to do anything, that's probably
a bad thing because... what does the word "pressure" mean?
Well, to pressure means to force you to do something that maybe you wouldn't
want to do.
Exactly. So here these people were trying to pressure Julie, make her eat this
entire dish.
And so she didn't really want to do that, but they were making her do that.
That's right.
So she was forced, or pressured, to eat the entire dish.
That means everything that was on the plate.
OK, now there's another problem here.
She says: We weren't in a public place, and so they couldn't ask anyone for help
or make an excuse or leave.
That's right.
They were not in a public place.
We remember that they were at a friend's house.
They took her to a friend's house to eat.
So it was not public, meaning there was not people around, so she couldn't ask
for help from anyone else.
That's right.
She couldn't get help from other people, or she couldn't make an excuse and
leave.
Now if you make an excuse, that means you find a reason that you should or
shouldn't do something.
So she couldn't come up with a reason to leave.
And you can understand if you're suspicious and wary, you would probably want
help.
She says she had no other choice, so she ate it.
She ate the entire dish and then blacked out.
Now if you "black out," Kaylah, that means that you become unconscious very
quickly.
And if you become unconscious, that means you're... you're kind of like you're
asleep but more than asleep.
You can't wake up but you're not quite dead.
That's right.
Now "not quite dead," that's right.
She is still alive.
Um, if you look in your magazine on page 20, you can see a cartoon drawing of
what maybe blacked out would look like.
Usually you do fall over for a short amount of time.
But her drug was a little different.
We're going to talk about what this drug did to her system.
We do know it made her pass out - she was unconscious and she probably could
feel it coming.
So that would've been a... definitely something to be suspicious and nervous
about.
Yeah, it sounds scary.
So you definitely have to be careful traveling alone.
Now friends, join us tomorrow as we finish the story.
But for now, let's watch the skit.
Do I have everything?
My ticket, my passport, my bags, um...
You look nervous.
Yes. It is my first time traveling abroad.
Really!
Well, it pays to be careful.
Well, how about you?
I've been traveling since I was young.
I've visited 20 countries or more, and I've lived in five different ones.
You must love traveling.
Oh, yeah.
I'm pretty curious by nature.
So how about your travel experiences?
Well, most of the time they are delightful, but not always...
Oh? You've had a bad experience?
Yes. Once I went to the Philippines for a weekend trip.
And...
And while I was there, some locals put drugs in my food and stole my money.
Oh, no! How... how did that happen?
Well, I met some ladies that were very helpful.
They showed me around, and I assumed they were safe.
But they weren't.
No. They weren't.
We stopped at their friend's house to eat.
And they gave me a separate plate and pressured me to eat the whole dish.
Weren't... weren't you a little wary?
Well, yeah, but I thought it might be a cultural thing.
So you ate it all.
I had no choice.
It wasn't a public place, so I couldn't ask for help and I couldn't leave.
And... and then what happened?
Well, the next thing you know, I blacked out.
Oh, no.
Oh, yes, just black, everything black.
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.
(Chinese).
And time really flies.
Make sure you come back tomorrow for more Language Tips.
OK. Our lesson is not saying don't ever travel alone.
It is saying that if you do travel alone, do some things first so you'll have a
safer, more enjoyable trip.
Julie Whitmore's story so far warns us to be careful of "friends" you meet and
to watch your food and drinks carefully.
Check the sidebar on the right side of page 21 for more precautions to take when
traveling alone.
Then join us tomorrow when we find out what happened to our guest, Julie
Whitmore.
Until then, I and everyone else here at Studio Classroom hope you have a great
day.
Take care.