节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2012-05-25
难易度:Medium
关键字:keen, establish, intentionally, anxious
Hi, friends. Welcome to Studio Classroom Worldwide.
Thanks for joining us.
My name is Steve.
In our LIFE EXPERIENCE feature this month,
let's talk about a special kind of vacation called "a working holiday." Working
holidays last longer than typical vacations.
And as the name implies, you have to work while you are away.
In this lesson, we'll talk to Claire Lee and Vincnet Lee, no relation, about
their working holiday experiences.
Vincent spent a year on a working holiday in Australia while Claire is currently
finishing up her working holiday in Canada.
Let's start their interview now on page 46.
(Music).
Taking a Working Holiday.
Two people have very different experiences during their working holidays.
This month Studio Classroom talks to two different people, Claire Lee and
Vincent Lee, about their working holiday experiences.
Vincent spent 2004-2005 on a working holiday in Australia.
Claire is currently completing her working holiday in Canada.
Why did you decide to take a working holiday?
I wanted to experience a different culture, and a working holiday seemed like
the best way to do that.
I'd been keen to travel around the world since I was a teenager and kept the
idea in my mind about 10 years.
Then one day, I got some information about working holidays and knew it would be
the beginning of a journey.
Where did you go and why?
I went to Canada because its working holiday program accepts people over the age
of 30.
I started in Vancouver because I had already established connections there.
I'll probably stay in Vancouver throughout my working holiday for the sake of
convenience.
Hello, friends.
Thank you so much for joining us here in the studio.
My name is Kaylah.
And my name is Ryan.
And now we're looking at an article known as the LIFE EXPERIENCES article where
we're talking about taking a working holiday.
Now first thing we want to know here is what is a working holiday.
That is a good question.
Now a holiday, we know, is a time that you go somewhere that... that you do not
live, to another place to rest and experience that area.
But Ryan, how can you be working on a holiday if a holiday is for rest?
Well, maybe in this sense, we're using a holiday to get away from our normal
life.
But here, you will actually be working on your holiday.
That's right.
It's a kind of visa that you can get; and a visa is what you need to enter
another country.
So it's visiting another country to live there and to work there for a certain
amount of time.
OK. Now we're looking at an interview that Studio Classroom did with two
different people.
And they have very different experiences during their working holidays.
That's right.
This month Studio Classroom talked to two different people, Claire Lee and
Vincent Lee, about their working holiday experiences.
That's right.
Now Vincent spent 2004-2005 on a working holiday in Australia.
That's right. And Claire is currently completing her working holiday in Canada.
So when we say... "currently," that means she is doing it right now.
So Studio Classroom got to interview her while she is in the middle of her
working holiday.
That's right.
And Vincent finished his working holiday a few years ago.
So now let's take a look at Studio Classroom's first question to these two.
We asked: Why did you decide to take a working holiday?
OK. This is a great question.
There are many people that are now taking working holidays.
And so why? Why would someone want to do that?
Well, Claire responds first. She says:
I wanted to experience a different culture, and a working holiday seemed like
the best way to do that.
Actually this is a good point because many people when they travel to a new
country,
they only experience the culture through watching shows or traveling to see
different buildings or trying the food.
They don't actually live in that environment and work in that culture.
That's right.
When you live in a culture, you get to experience it fully.
So that's how she wanted to do it.
She thought it would be a great way to do that.
Well, here's Vincent's answer.
That's right. He says:
Well, I'd been keen to travel around the world since I was a teenager and kept
the idea in my mind about 10 years.
So here, Kaylah, he wanted to travel around since he was a teenager.
In fact, he was keen to do so.
That's right.
And the word "keen" means you want to do something very much.
You are eager or very interested in it.
So you are keen.
For example, I am keen to travel, just like he is.
Or I am keen to learn about photography.
Yeah. Actually I'm keen to learn Chinese right now, which means I really want to
but maybe I'm not doing a very good job.
Well, he definitely had been keen on traveling since he was a teenager, kept it
in his mind, and then decided to go ahead and give it a try.
Yeah. He got some information about working holidays.
And he says: I knew it would be the beginning of a journey.
Now that's great.
When we say the beginning of a journey, he's not just talking about getting on
an airplane and going to a new place.
He's talking about a journey in life, a new experience, a chance to try
something he's never tried before and do things he has never done.
That's excellent.
So now let's take a look at Studio Classroom's second question. We say:
Where did you go and why?
OK. Well, we learned about the different countries they're going, but we want to
see why.
Well, Claire says: I went to Canada because its working holiday program accepts
people over the age of 30.
So she is obviously older than 30.
And she said: I started in Vancouver because I had... already established
connections there.
Now that makes sense.
When you're moving to a new place, you'd like to establish connections, be
conducted before you get there.
Definitely. Now when you "establish" something, that means you are starting
something that will continue for a long time.
So she wants to start, or create, these connections with people.
And she wants them to last for a very long time.
Well, she says: You know, I'll probably stay in Vancouver throughout my working
holiday for the sake of convenience.
Well, that makes sense.
You know, if she is liking that area, if she's enjoying that city, she can stay
there for the sake of convenience.
Yeah. And convenience is referring to when things are very easy to do.
It's very easy maybe to travel, easy to enjoy life there and get things you
need.
That's right.
And we do know she's over 30, so maybe she doesn't like traveling around as much
as Vincent did because he was younger when he went.
Well, we're going to learn more about both working holidays.
But first, that last sentence is our Grammar on the Go, so we'll visit Liz.
But stay tuned to visit Ken.
Hi, friends.
Greetings from Vancouver.
My name is Liz.
And it's time for Grammar on the Go.
Our article today is on Taking a Working Holiday.
Vincent was in Australia while Claire is in Canada.
According to Claire:
I'll probably stay in Vancouver throughout my working holiday for the sake of
convenience.
That's our Grammar Tip sentence.
And our focus is on the phrase, for the sake of.
This is a common expression in English, and it means for the purpose of.
So today's sentence just means that Claire will probably stay in Vancouver
throughout her working holiday because it is more convenient that way.
When a thing needs to be done in order to get something or to keep something,
you can use this phrase: for the sake of.
For example, let's say Mr. Lee's neighborhood has grown into a noisy place to
live.
And Mr. Lee finally moved to the mountains in order to get away from the noise.
So we can say:
Mr. Lee grew tired of his noisy neighborhood and finally moved to the mountains
for the sake of peace and quiet.
Or if you're in charge of a meeting, and you want to do it efficiently, you can
say:
For the sake of time, let's go through the meeting agenda first and have the
comments and questions at the end.
If you want to see some more example sentences, you'll find them in today's
Grammar Tip section in your magazine.
That's it for today.
This is Liz with Grammar on the Go, signing off, in Vancouver. Bye-bye.
Have a nice day.
Hey, Bryan.
Oh. Hi, Ken.
How's it going?
Overworked!
For some reason, there's a lot of people visiting the library today.
I just can't wait to go on vacation.
Yep. I hear ya.
Hey, you just said you can't wait to go on vacation.
Couldn't you have said, "I can't wait to vacation"?
Sure, you can say that too.
Vacation can be used as either a noun or a verb.
OK. That's what I thought.
Don't some people say go on holiday instead of vacation?
That's a good question.
And I think Doris can answer that.
Let's see what she has to say.
In America, people say "go on vacation." But in most of the rest of the
English-speaking world,
people say "go on holiday" rather than "go on vacation." Canadians often use
"vacation" and "holiday" interchangeably.
I see.
So because you're American, you say go on vacation.
That's right.
So I would never hear people talk about "holidays" in America.
Oh, you do.
It's just that when Americans say holiday, they mean a day determined by the
government for people to be off work or school,
such as the Fourth of July, Labor Day or Christmas.
Hence the term, national holiday.
That's right.
Holidays in America are reserved for days that are of religious or national
significance.
Schools, businesses and workplaces often close for holidays.
So if I want to take a personal leave and go on a cruise in the Caribbean, I
can't say I'm going on holiday?
Not in America.
We call that a vacation.
I see.
Well, thanks for explaining all that.
You bet.