节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2012-06-01
难易度:High
关键字:installment, animated, strand, reprise, franchise, extraterrestrial
Hello, everybody.
Welcome to Studio Classroom Worldwide.
Thanks for joining us today.
My name is Steve.
Now before we get into our ENTERTAINMENT lesson today, we have someone very
special back in the studio with us, Doris Brougham.
Welcome back, Doris.
Well, hi, Steve.
It's nice to be here again with you.
Well, I bet you're back here to remind us about the big Studio Classroom event
that's coming up, right?
That's right.
We don't want you to forget.
You know, this year is Studio Classroom's 50th anniversary.
And to help us celebrate, we want to invite all of you to come to our special
homecoming event right here in Taipei.
Wow! That should be a big party.
Doris, we know a homecoming is when friends and family return from faraway
places for a reunion.
Can you explain why you chose this as the celebration's theme?
Well, over the past 50 years, Studio Classroom has made quite a few friends for
life.
And so we thought what a better time and place to invite them back here to
celebrate the homecoming to say "Thank you" for all those years of friendship
and support.
Well, it sounds like a great reunion.
Does that mean former Studio Classroom teachers will be there too?
They are so excited about coming.
We get as many as we can.
I know that Anna and Kirby are coming and the three kids.
And Ruth, and Pam.
And who knows who else might show up?
So, friends, keep an eye on our StudioClassroom.com website and our Facebook
page for more details about Studio Classroom's 50th anniversary homecoming
celebration.
Thanks, Doris.
We certainly will be looking forward to that.
Now friends, let's get back into our lesson.
Please open your Studio Classroom magazines to page 12 and join us in reading
Summer at the Cinema.
Summer at the Cinema.
What can you look forward to this summer at a theater near you?
Summer is just around the corner, and if you're a movie fan, that means plenty
of reasons to head for your neighborhood theater.
You could call this the summer of the "threequel." Many film franchises are
releasing a third installment over the next few months.
Your favorite zoo animals are back in Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted.
This third entry in the animated series finds Alex the lion, Marty the zebra,
Gloria the hippo and Melman the giraffe joining a traveling circus.
They hope to make it safely back home to New York City from Europe, where they
were stranded on their way home from Africa.
(Music).
Hello, everyone.
My name is Ryan.
And my name is Kaylah.
Thank you so much for joining us here in the studio for our ENTERTAINMENT
article.
Now Ryan, these are one of my favorite articles that we do because it's all
about movies.
That's right.
It's that time of year again for us to be talking about the movies that are
coming out this time in the summer.
So we're looking at Summer at the Cinema.
What can you look forward to this summer at a theater hear you?
Well, I know there's lots to look forward to, so let's get started.
OK.
It's June and summer is just around the corner.
That means it's coming very soon.
So if you enjoy movies, if you're a movie fan, you might as well start heading
over to your neighborhood theater.
You could call this summer the summer of the "threequel," which is a made-up
word saying the third part,
because many film franchises are releasing a third installment over the next few
months.
OK. Now a "franchise" is a film or book or show that uses characters and
settings from an original film, book or movie.
That's right. So these franchises are adding a new installment.
Now an "installment" means a new piece of a... of an already set whole.
So they're going to be adding a new number to their franchise.
OK. Now that's pretty popular right now, I know, Kaylah.
A lot of movies that are coming out are what are called "sequels." And those are
movies that come after an original movie.
And now we're seeing the word "threequel" here.
That means the third sequel.
That's right. So let's get started.
Our first movie that's going to have a third installment is your favorite zoo
animals, they're back in Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted.
This third entry in the animated series finds Alex the lion, Marty the zebra,
Gloria the hippo and Melman the giraffe joining a traveling circus.
OK. Now we've seen these characters before in Madagascar 1 and Madagascar 2.
I thought those movies were pretty good.
They were funny.
Now we're going to see them again in the third movie, an animated movie.
Now what does that mean?
That's right.
Well, these are definitely some of my favorite animated characters.
Now "animated" means that they are drawn.
So it's not actually lions and giraffes and zebras, but they are drawn
characters.
And you can see them on the front of your Studio Classroom magazine this month.
That's right.
Now um, animated characters can be drawn, like Kaylah said.
They can also be made on a computer, or even puppets that move around and look
like they're real.
So, yeah, you can see them on that picture there.
They... they do look pretty good.
That's right.
They're hoping to make their way back safely to New York City from Europe, where
they are stranded on their way home from Africa.
OK. So they're stranded.
If you're "stranded," that means you are stuck.
You are unbelievable to leave from a place or unable to leave a position.
That's right.
Now if you know the Madagascar series, these... these four characters have been
trying to get back to New York City every time.
First time they're stranded in Madagascar.
The second time they're stranded in Africa.
And now they're stranded in Europe.
Right. So we're going to see this very interesting tale that leaves off from
Madagascar to when they were in Africa.
So now it looks like they're deciding it's time for them to go home.
That's right. And will they get back to New York this time around?
I guess we'll have to watch the movie to find out.
That's right.
But first, let's watch the trailer for this movie right now.
And then visit the Chat Room.
(Music).
There it is, the casino.
Perfect! That's where we'll find the penguins.
You pillows fight like a bunch of little girls!
Chimichanga! These pillows are filled with baby birds.
I drop down, grab the penguins and we are out of here.
Let me drop down.
I'll grab the penguins.
Enough! I'm gonna...
Ah!
Initiate lockdown and get me Animal Control.
It's the first.
Capitaine DuBois, I'm so happy to see you.
You fool! How could... you let... them get away?
Oh, my face.
Step on it, boys! Let's get out of here.
Voila! Giraffe at 12 o'clock.
Guys, we got a tail.
Paparazzi.
Hi.
(Background Noise).
How do we move through Europe without attracting attention?
Wait! The circus.
This train is for circus animals only.
I don't trust lion.
Hair too big and glassy.
He not lion, he lioness. Ha...
This is awkward.
Remember, we just lay low just until the heat dies down.
We're invisible.
Mart? Marty?
Da... circus... da... Afro Circus, Afro Circus, Afro polka-la... Afro...
Really!
Move it.
(Music).
Bryan, what are you doing with that broom?
There's a mouse in the library, and I have to kill it!
A mouse? Here?
Hey, I see it!
It went that way.
Oh. There it is.
It's just sitting in that corner.
I have to kill it.
Here I come, mouse.
Wait, wait, wait, Bryan.
You said the mouse is in the corner.
Don't we say something is either at a corner or on a corner?
Oh. That's a different corner.
When I say it's in the corner, I'm talking about the space or area where the
walls and floor come together inside a room.
So that mouse is now in the corner of the room.
Oh, I see. So "on the corner" is talking about a different corner.
Yep. When we say "on, or at a corner," we're talking about the place where two
streets come together.
So it's outdoors.
Yep, that's right.
So when do we use "on" the corner and when do we use "at" the corner?
That's a good question.
Why don't we go to Doris for an answer.
OK.
When we talk about a street corner, we usually use prepositions "on" or "at." We
would use "on" when we talk about something that's already there.
For example, there's a gas station on the corner.
The gas station has always been there.
"At," on the other hand, is used to be specific.
If you want to meet someone at a specific corner, you should say: Let's meet at
the corner of such and such streets.
OK, I get it.
Yes. Speaking of corners, Ken, do you know what a kitty corner is?
Kitty corner?
I don't know.
Is that a corner where all the cats hang out?
No, Ken.
If something is kitty corner from somewhere, then it's situated diagonally
opposite that place.
Oh. So can I say the hospital is kitty corner from the library?
Yes, you can.
Our library is on the southwest corner of an intersection.
And the hospital is on the northeast corner, or kitty corner, from here.
I see.
Thanks for explaining all that.
You bet.
And speaking of kitty corner, this cat has a mouse to catch.