节目资讯
刊物:空中英語教室
日期:2012-03-09
难易度:Medium
关键字:open mind, glacier, come up with, popularity, scorpion, sushi, untamed
(Music).
Hi, everybody.
Welcome to Studio Classroom Worldwide.
My name is Steve.
Back in December, we took you to Australia for an unusual New Year celebration
called the Woodford Festival.
Now this month, we're going to travel across the Tasman Sea and drop in on an
unusual festival happening in New Zealand.
Now before we go, we need to bring two things: an appetite and a willingness to
try something new.
Let's see why as we dig into today's reading about New Zealand's Wildfoods
Festival on page 22.
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New Zealand's Wildfoods Festival.
People originally came to this town looking for gold; now they come looking for
exotic foods.
Tomorrow, visitors will arrive at New Zealand's Hokitika Wildfoods Festival with
an appetite and an open mind.
It's a good thing, too, since the event features such exotic dishes as
scorpions, sheep eyes, worm sushi and more.
Thousands of people are expected to attend and sample some of the festival's
most unique foods.
Where the wild foods are.
The West Coast of New Zealand's South Island has long been considered a wild and
rugged area.
Rivers, lakes, forests and glaciers define this untamed region.
Hello, everyone.
Thank you for joining us.
We are looking at our FESTIVALS article for the month.
That's right. We are going down to New Zealand for the Wildfoods Festival.
Now to understand what this festival is all about, let's figure out what a
wildfood is.
OK. Well, we see there are two parts to this word, "wild" and "foods." And we
usually think of the word "wild" meaning something in nature,
but it can also mean something a little crazy.
That's right. And so today we're talking about crazy foods.
Ryan, what is the craziest food you've ever eaten?
Hmm, I have eaten a duck egg with a little baby duck still inside.
Did you eat the duck?
Yes, I did.
Oh... that's... aw... gross!
Hey, you asked me the question.
OK, what about you?
Um, I'd have to say probably a coffee I had that is actually... you make the
coffee out of beans after an animal has eaten them and pooped them out.
That was very weird food.
Oh, gross. OK.
So if you are feeling a little crazy, then maybe you too can travel down to this
city in New Zealand for the Wildfoods Festival.
Well, people originally came to this town looking for gold; now they come
looking for exotic foods.
OK. Now we see the word "exotic" here.
And that can also mean the same thing as "wild." It is special or unusual.
Tomorrow, the festival starts and visitors will arrive at New Zealand's Hokitika
Wildfoods Festival with an appetite and an open mind.
OK. So this is happening in the town of Hokitika in New Zealand.
And visitors, or people who are going, they need to show up with an appetite.
And that means they want to eat or maybe they want to try something new.
What else do they need, Kaylah?
Well, appetite means they need to be ready to eat it, but they definitely need
an open mind for this food because they are, in fact, very crazy.
Now "open mind" means you go in ready to learn all you can about something
before you make a judgment about it.
So if you're going to this festival, go in ready to try some crazy things.
Yes, go in, don't necessarily have an opinion, just be ready to try something
new.
Now it's a good thing too because the event features such exotic dishes as
scorpions, sheep eyes, worm sushi and more.
Oh, my goodness.
OK. Well, let's... define a "scorpion" so you know just how weird this is.
A "scorpion" is a kind of insect... it's very similar to an insect.
It's a tiny, little animal, but it has a tail that can sting you.
It crawls up from the back and is very painful.
But here we're going to eat them along with worm sushi.
OK. Now some of you might know "sushi" as a Japanese food.
It is bowls of rice with usually pieces of fish on top.
But in this case, it's worm sushi.
It has pieces of worms.
Wow! Thousands of people are expected to attend this festival and sample some of
the festival's most unique foods.
Well, we have some more information on that, so let's go on over to the
Information Station.
Bryan, this week our viewer Nancy writes in:
Dear Bill and Bryan, I don't believe you guys.
Do people really eat all those weird foods in New Zealand?
Yes, they do, Nancy.
And we'll prove it to you here at...
Information Station.
Yes. So Bill, how are we going to show that people eat weird stuff at the
Wildfoods Festival?
Oh, easy, Bryan.
We're going to our friend in Hokitika, Flora Stone.
Flora, can you hear me?
Yes, Bill. I'm here.
Flora, can you show us some of the foods people are eating at the Wildfoods
Festival?
Sure! To start off, we have scorpions. Nice and crunchy.
But hold onto them so they don't sting your tongue.
Scorpions? Yuck.
What else do they eat, Flora?
Another favorite are fried grasshoppers.
People snap them up as soon as they come out of the fryer.
Flora, can you prove to us that people really do eat all those foods?
Sure.
Mmm... yummy.
That is delicious.
Flora... please... um, do they have any other weird foods at the Wildfoods
Festival?
Oh, yes.
The star of the Wildfoods Festival is definitely the huhu grub.
The who?
The huhu grub.
These worms are large, white, colorful and tasty.
And we eat them alive.
Bill, I can't watch!
Don't be a chicken, Bryan.
You simply grab the huhu by the head and bite off the rest of the delicious,
wiggly body.
Oh. Gross!
Yuck!
They kind of taste like peanut butter.
OK, guys. That's all from Hokitika.
I need to find some more huhus.
So as everyone can see, people really do eat those things at the Wildfoods
Festival.
Yes.
And we'll see you here next time at...
Information Station.
OK. Where are the wild foods are.
The West Coast of New Zealand's South Island has long been considered a wild and
rugged area.
That's right, so "it's been considered a very wild area for a very long time."
That's just a fun way of saying that.
Well, in this area, there are rivers, lakes, forests and glaciers.
And they define this very untamed region.
That's right.
Now "glaciers" are large pieces of ice that move very slowly, almost like a very
large frozen river.
That's right. And it's very, very slowly moving towards the ocean as it melts.
Well, there's glaciers, rivers, lakes, forests.
All of this makes it very untamed.
That's right.
And the word "untamed" means it is wild, maybe a little bit dangerous and there
aren't very many people there.
So this sounds like it is very exciting and, well, wild.
That's right. It's a beautiful area with a lot of untamed food in this very
unstamed region.
We'll talk more about it, but we need to check in with the Chat Room.
You look really tired, Bryan.
Did you get much sleep last night?
No. To be honest, Ken, I didn't.
My neighbors were having a wild party blasting loud music until 3 a.m.
Oh, no. That's terrible.
Hey, did you say your neighbors had a wild party?
Oh, yes! It was wild, all right.
I thought "wild" meant something like a wild animal in the jungle.
How can a party be wild?
Well, that is one meaning of "wild." But "wild" can also mean out of control or
without rules.
That's what I mean in this case.
The party got completely out of control.
What about the weather?
Can I describe the weather as being wild?
Sure! You can talk about wild weather or wild storm, which is violent and
intense.
Oh, OK. Does "wild" have any other meanings I should know... know about?
Sure. If you talk about making a wild guess or a wild accusation, it means you
do those things without having enough knowledge.
So if I make a guess but have no idea whether I'm right or wrong, it's a wild
guess?
That's right, especially if you don't know anything about the topic.
OK. And what does it mean to go wild?
Ken, that's an idiom which means to start acting in a way that's out of control
or kind of crazy.
It can be because you're excited or angry.
So could I say that my teenage niece goes wild when she sees her favorite band
in concert?
Yes. That's a great example.
Well, it's too bad that your neighbors went wild last night.
I hope they don't do that again.
I hope not too.
But if they do, I've got my earplugs ready.
Hey, that's a good idea.