节目资讯
刊物:空中英語教室
日期:2012-03-14
难易度:Low
关键字:creative, warning, numb, obstacle, fluency
(Music).
Hi, friends.
Thanks for joining us here at Studio Classroom Worldwide.
Thanks for taking time out of your day to study English with us.
My name is Steve.
Well, tongue twisters are difficult.
That's one reason they're so fun.
But they're more than fun.
They're also a great way to practice your pronunciation because tongue twisters
force you to slow down and concentrate on what you're saying.
So don't just read them to yourself.
Tongue twisters are most helpful when you speak them out.
OK. Let's dive into today's reading on page 31 and meet a famous man who created
some pretty famous tongue twisters of his own, Dr. Seuss.
Tongue Twisters.
One of the masters of creative word play was Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr.
Seuss.
Many of Dr. Seuss' books contain tongue twisters, especially the classic story
Fox in Socks.
The book has so many difficult tongue twisters that it begins with a warning:
Take it slowly.
This book is dangerous!
Try to say this selection from the book:
Luke Luck likes lakes.
Luke's duck likes lakes.
Luke Luck licks lakes.
Luke's duck licks lakes.
Duck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes.
Luke Luck takes licks in lakes duck likes.
Hello, friends.
Thank you so much for joining us here in the studio as we're twisting up our
tongues with Tongue Twisters.
Yes. We had a look yesterday at some examples of tongue twisters.
And we're going to have a few more today as we take a look at some more fun ways
to twist your tongue.
That's right. Now we had learned a couple.
We talked about Peter Piper and his peck of pickled peppers.
We talked about she sells seashells by the seashore and toy boat and unique New
York and all of these "simple" yet very hard tongue twisters.
Now I hope you were practicing at home because these are really a lot of fun.
It's a great way to practice English.
Yeah. And I hope that you can laugh at yourself as you make mistakes just like
we make mistakes, and we've been speaking English all of our lives.
The whole point of a tongue twister is to make the mistakes so you can have fun
with it.
So learn to laugh at yourself as you practice these.
OK. One of the masters of creative word play was Theodor Geisel, better known as
Dr. Seuss.
Dr. Seuss! I love Dr. Seuss!
He is one of my all-time favorite children's book writers.
Now most of us do grow up with Dr. Seuss, and I hope you have had the
opportunity to read some of his work.
We're going to talk a little bit about that.
But first, that's our Grammar on the Go sentence, so let's visit Liz.
Hello, friends.
Greetings from the Studio Classroom bookstore in Banchiao.
My name is Liz.
And it's time for Grammar on the Go.
We're talking about Tongue Twisters.
They are a lot of fun and they're great for language learners or people who want
to work on their pronunciation.
In our article today, we read:
One of the masters of creative word play was Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr.
Seuss.
That's our Grammar Tip sentence for today.
Notice the phrase, better known as.
It's a phrase that means whom most people know as. So today's sentence just
means:
One of the masters of creative word play was Theodor Geisel, whom most people
know as Dr. Seuss.
When we're introducing someone or something and that person or thing has a
famous nickname or title,
we can use "better known as" to let our audience know who or what we're talking
about.
In the case of today's sentence, not many people are familiar with the name
Theodor Geisel, but many people know the name Dr. Seuss.
Let's look at some example sentence with this phrase.
We can use this phrase to talk about famous people like:
Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, was a famous American writer.
Or we can use this phrase to talk about famous places like:
Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island, is located in the southern Pacific
Ocean and belongs to Chile.
If you'd like to see some more example sentences, they're available in today's
Grammar Tip section in your Studio Classroom magazine.
That's it for today. This is Liz with Grammar on the Go, signing off.
Bye-bye.
OK. So we're talking about Dr. Seuss, someone who is actually very well-known in
English literature.
He wrote a lot of very good books.
Kaylah, do you remember any favorite books by Dr. Seuss?
Oh, I love Dr. Seuss.
His pictures... he was a fantastic illustrator. And that's someone who draws.
Now he also had great stories.
Let we think, one of my favorites...
Oh! The classic Green Eggs and Ham.
That's a fantastic book!
OK, Green Eggs and Ham.
And I also remember One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, which is actually
kind of another tongue twister that you can use.
That's right. Now Dr. Seuss was famous for putting in all these rhyming words.
So he would actually create words as well to help his books stay in rhyme.
So if you have the chance, do read Dr. Seuss and know that he makes up a lot of
really funny animals and words to make sure they can rhyme.
For example, he made up "Whos" and that comes... and that goes with the Grinch.
So we know these famous characters that he has created.
Exactly. And he was very "creative." He was very good at coming up with new and
wonderful ideas when he was using Enlish.
Now many of Dr. Seuss' books contain tongue twisters, especially the classic
story of Fox in Socks.
OK. Fox in Socks, see if you can say "Fox in Socks" five times fast.
Now I hope you're practicing because this is fun.
Dr. Seuss had some great books.
You can see some of his drawings with the Cat in the Hat in your Studio
Classroom magazine on page 31.
That is the Cat in the Hat.
But right now we're talking about the Fox in Socks.
That's right.
That book has so many difficult tongue twisters that it begins with a warning.
Now a warning is what comes at the beginning of something.
That can be at the beginning of a movie, a book, a CD.
Or if you're going along the road, you can see a big warning sign.
And what do we take from a warning?
What does that mean?
Well, a "warning" lets you know when there could be danger.
So maybe reading this book could be a little bit dangerous for your tongue.
Now it says, "Take it slowly. This book is dangerous!" Now it doesn't mean it's
actually dangerous.
You're not going to hurt yourself.
But it's fun to think about because, you know, this is difficult.
Yeah. And this, I think, Kaylah, is a very good warning because a lot of these
words sound very similar,
and it's very easy to mess it up and say something very wrong.
That's right.
Now we do have a... a section of the book for us to practice with.
So let's see... can we do this?
OK, here I go.
Luke Luck likes lakes.
Luke's duck likes lakes.
Luke Luck licks lakes.
Luke's duck licks lakes.
Duck licks take in lakes... duck likes...
No... Ryan.
I was doing good.
You were doing so well, but let me give it a try. OK?
OK.
Luke Luck likes lakes.
Luke's duck likes lakes.
Luke Luck licks lakes.
Luke's duck licks lakes.
Duck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes.
Luke Luck takes licks in lakes duck likes.
Ooh.
Wow! OK, very good, Kaylah.
I'm very impressed.
This is very difficult.
All of these words sound very similar.
They use a lot of the same consonants and the same vowels, so it's very easy to
get confused.
Now this is just fun.
It doesn't make very much sense if you break up the words.
But it's fun in the entire book.
A lot Dr. Seuss' books are like this.
And this is from Fox in Socks.
So you should look this book up and see how many of these tongue twisters you
can practice with.
We're going to go to see the skit.
Campbell, do you know any tongue twisters?
Of course! I know a popular tongue twister about a woodchuck.
A woodchuck?
What's a woodchuck?
A woodchuck is an animal.
It looks like a beaver or a raccoon.
OK. Let's hear it.
OK. Here it goes.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck...
What does "chuck" mean?
Well, to chuck means to toss something.
For example, here.
I'm going to chuck the wood to you.
Oh, OK.
So how much wood would a woodchuck chuck...
If a woodchuck could chuck wood.
Oh. Can a woodchuck chuck wood?
Well, no. It's just a tongue twister.
Well, let's try it together.
OK.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, do you know?
Well, yes! A woodchuck would chuck all the wood he could chuck if a woodchuck
could chuck wood.
What? How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Well, a woodchuck would chuck all the wood he could chuck if a woodchuck could
chuck wood.
Listen, I can say it really fast.
OK. Be careful.
How much wood could a woodchuck... ouch! I twisted my tongue.
You twisted your tongue?
Yes, I... twisted... my tongue.
That's why they call them tongue twisters.
Sorry.