节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2012-01-21
难易度:Low
关键字:represent, ambassador, contribution, compete, bodyguard, United Nations
Children's Fund
(Music).
Welcome back, friends.
We have been talking about Yuna Kim, the Olympic gold medalist for figure
skating from South Korea.
We have seen how incredibly talented she is, her journey to Olympic gold, her
international recognition.
And today we are seeing just how caring she is, how much she gives back to the
world for all that she has received.
Before the break, we saw that she is part of Visit Korea's campaign for South
Korea as well as an ambassador for UNICEF,
serving children around the world, helping children who are less fortunate.
Well, she does even more than that.
So join us on line 9 as we find out what exactly she does.
(Music).
Yuna Kim - South Korea's "Queen of Figure Skating".
Kim is very generous and gives hundreds of thousands of dollars to charities,
especially children's groups.
But perhaps her most recent national contribution came a few months back.
Kim was chosen to represent her country in its bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics.
She worked hard on her presentation for the Olympic committee.
When South Korea was chosen, Kim and fellow Koreans rejoiced!
South Korea is now joyfully planning for the 2018 games.
And Yuna Kim will have the honor of competing in her own country.
(Music).
Yuna Kim uses her fame to help other people.
Ryan, if you were famous and recognized internationally, the way that Yuna Kim
is, how would you deal with that?
Would you give back as well?
Well, yeah! I hope I would be more giving to the world.
Especially if I have received a lot of praise, it would be very selfish of me to
just enjoy it and not help anyone else.
So we see that Kim... Yuna Kim is a very giving and caring person because of
this.
And another way to say that is she is generous.
Yeah, she's generous.
That means you're willing to give to other people.
And she does!
She gives hundreds of thousands of dollars to charities.
That is incredible, hundreds of thousands of dollars.
That's not just hundreds or thousands.
That's a lot of money.
Yes, it is. Especially, yeah, I think we're talking about American money here.
That is a lot of money to give to charities.
That's right. She gives them to charities.
Now charities are organizations that help other people.
Now she especially gives to children's groups.
And that's great.
We learned before the break that she is now a part of UNICEF, which helps
children that are poor or needy.
And now she is giving to charities that are... children's groups; they do the
same thing.
But perhaps her most recent national contribution came just a few months back.
So she gives a lot to the world, a lot to children.
But there's something even more that he has done.
Exactly. Now this "contribution," which is referring to what you do or what you
give to help other people is what she did just a few months back.
Now Ryan, we've talked about her contributions to the world through helping
children, through promoting travel, through just sharing with the world.
We see that this contribution, though, is a national contribution.
That's right. Yeah, this is a "national," meaning it's in her own country.
And so this is what she thinks of as her greatest contribution.
Obviously she has been in part... parts of groups to try and help, as we saw,
children.
She has given away a lot of money.
So now what are we going to see her do, Kaylah?
Well, Kim was chosen to represent her country, South Korea, in its bid for the
2018 Winter Olympics.
Yes. Now we're referring to not if Korea gets to be in the Olympics but if the
Olympics get to be held there.
That's right.
What does it mean to "bid" for something?
And that's exactly what they want.
They want the Olympics to be in Korea, so they're bidding.
That means they are competing, in this case, with other countries that also want
to have the Olympics.
OK. So she represents them; she goes to this bidding to represent South Korea.
Now why would a country want to host an Olympic event?
Oh, there are many different reasons.
Some of them are just to show off - to show your country have people come and
visit and travel there.
And also, in this case, Yuna Kim is from South Korea.
That's right.
Now we can think back to past Olympics.
We saw the Winter Olympics in Vancouver had an incredible opening ceremony,
opening event talking all about their First Nations.
We also saw a couple of years back when China hosted the Summer Olympics.
It was an incredible event that taught us a lot about China.
So when you host the Olympics, you get to promote your country to the rest of
the world.
So it makes sense that South Korea would be excited about trying to get the
Olympics to be hosted in their country.
They would definitely want to bid for that position.
That's right.
The Olympics also bring in a lot of money.
So if your country is in need of some extra cash,
if you would like to bring in tourism to promote the finances of the country,
hosting the Olympics is a great way to do that.
That's right.
Now she worked hard on her presentation for the Olympic committee.
That's right.
And a presentation is what she would be showing to the committee to prove that
her country should be chosen.
Yes. So she would definitely want to work hard on that.
In order to represent her country, she wants her country to be chosen, so she
would definitely put a lot of time into that.
Well, we see her commitment on the ice all the time as she's skating, how
incredible she is.
But we also see her commitment to people through her giving,
and now her commitment to her country as she worked very hard to present for the
Olympic committee.
Right. A committee is a group of people that makes official choices; in this
case, about the Olympics.
That's right. So they choose where it goes and how it is run.
So she presents to them.
And when South Korea was chosen, Kim and her fellow Koreans rejoiced!
And of course they would rejoice, the Olympics will now be in her home country.
That's right. South Korea is now joyfully planning for the 2018 games.
Yes. And of course, Yuna Kim will have the honor of competing now in her own
country.
Now when we say you "compete," that means you take part, you participate in a
race or a competition.
Here, hers is a skating competition.
And she will get to compete in her own country.
Yes. Now of course, she will be trying to win.
And that's also competing - you're racing or competing... well, you're trying to
win against other people.
And so she will be very excited to do that in her home country.
And I hope you're excited to watch in a couple of years.
Well, that's all the time we have for today.
Before we go, let's watch today's skit.
Welcome back.
Because of all of her wins, Yuna Kim is now the most recognized person in her
country.
She has bodyguards that follow her to protect her.
I could use a bodyguard.
I mean...
But Kim used her fame to represent South Korea's goal of tourism in their
country.
Not only that, but she is an ambassador for UNICEF and helps children.
She not only donates her time but also gives a lot of money to helping
charities.
But her greatest contribution was her bid for South Korea to host the Winter
Olympics in 2018.
And she won!
That was my line.
Now she will compete in her own country.
That's right.
Look! It's her.
And there is Yuna Kim now.
Let's watch her skate.
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.
(Chinese).
And that concludes our Language Tips today.
I'll see you soon. Bye-bye.
Thank you, Michelle.
I mentioned earlier that Yuna Kim likes to sing.
Actually, many believe she has what it takes to become a Korean pop star.
Not too long ago, Kim teamed up with Lee Seung-Gi for a duet called "Smile Boy."
I watched it on YouTube, and I thought she did a pretty good job.
It's fun to see her achieve success in singing.
But Kim's fans worry that it could be a distraction.
They would rather she focus her energies on winning another gold medal in the
2014 Winter Olympics in Russia.
Friends, please be sure to join us on Monday for a fun article about how foreign
teachers spend Chinese New Year.
I hope all of you have a great weekend. Bye-bye.