Hina
英语课
BBC 1 Learning 2 EnglishPeople and PlacesHinaYvonne: Hello, I’m Yvonne Archer 3, and today on “Peopleand Places” frombbclearningenglish.com we meet someone who was born inLondon, moved toKuwait and then to Bahrain at the age of seven. So who isshe and where would she say she’s from?
HinaHello, my name is Hina and I consider myself as being fromBahrain.
Yvonne: Generally, we think of Bahrain as a very richcountry that produces oil and has lots of expensive shops.
But of course, there’s a lot more to Bahrain! Which twocountries is it near to and how many islands is it made upof?
HinaBahrain is situated 4 in the Middle East – or, you couldsay, it’s situated in the Arab 5 World. It’s a very smallcountry – it’s near Iran and Saudi Arabia – and we're…actually, Bahrain is a collection of thirty differentislands.
Yvonne: Bahrain is near to Iran and Saudi Arabia and it’smade up of thirty different islands. And another way to saythat, as we heard, is: it’s ‘a collection of’ thirtydifferent islands.
HinaBahrain is a collection of thirty different islands.
Yvonne: Hina has also lived and studied in the UnitedStates and now she lives in London. But as she’s foundout, people know very little about Bahrain, even thoughwe've got so much access to the internet. And even now,some of Hina’s own family don’t see a reason to visit Bahrain!
How many examples of questions – or rather, negativecomments – does Hina give about Bahrain?
HinaSometimes they say, ‘What’s the point of going toBahrain?’ I have family who say that as well… ‘I thinkit’s going to be boring’, ‘Maybe it'll just be desert’
or ‘Isn’t it a rich, oil country? All you can probably dothere is, go shopping.’
Yvonne: Making a negative comment sound like a question canbe a way of softening 6 it, so it doesn’t sound as rude...
HinaSometimes they say, ‘What’s the point of going toBahrain?’ I have family who say that as well… ‘I thinkit’s going to be boring’, ‘Maybe it'll just be desert’
or ‘Isn’t it a rich, oil country? All you can probably dothere is, go shopping.’
Yvonne: And I caught three comments from Hina there: thatit’s boring, it’s just desert, and there’s nothing to doin Bahrain except go shopping. So people ask:
‘What’s the point?’ Is there really any good reason tovisit Bahrain?
HinaSometimes they say, ‘What’s the point of going toBahrain?’
Yvonne: If someone begins a comment with ‘What’s thepoint?’ – for example, ‘What’s the point in learningEnglish with bbclearningenglish.com?’ - you’ll probablyhave an opportunity to convince 7 them that there are severalgood reasons!
Yvonne: So Hina, what’s the point in visiting Bahrain?
HinaWhat people don’t realise 8 is, there’s a lot of diversityof faces, different kinds of food and Bahrain is a veryhospitable place. The people are very nice. Bahraini’shave very good hearts and they’re very warm and friendly.
Yvonne: The food and the people – Bahrainis – are twogreat reasons to visit Bahrain.
So, there is a point!
When we think of the Middle East and Arab countries, sadly,we think of war. And during the first Gulf 9 War, Hina wasstill at primary school in Bahrain. It was opposite amilitary camp and hospital for injured 10 soldiers from otherArab countries, yet Hina remembers a few funny moments,even though they were created by the horrors 11 of war. Inthis story, little Hina had to decide whether it was safeto go back to school after lunch one day…HinaI remember we often went to school with gas masks, mysister and I. And there’s one story when we heard thesirens going off. You could hear them on the TV, you couldhear them on the radio and you could hear them outside. Thebirds would just be so quiet because the air raid 14 sirenswere going. My sister and I stayed in the house for abouttwenty minutes until we didn’t hear the sirens 12 any more.
Then, we knew it was safe to go back to school.
Yvonne: Hina thought it was safe to walk back to school,but it seems that she was the only one.
Hina:
Our school was only about a ten minute walk away, so wewalked back to school, you know, very happy, didn’t seeanything bad happening. When we got inside, we didn’t seeanybody in the playground and we didn’t see anyone in theoffices and then the head teacher ran outsideand she said “What are you two girls doing?” Because, forthem, they had still been hearing the siren 13 - they werelistening to a different radio station and a different TVstation.
I said to her – “But it's stopped; we can’t hear itoutside”. She was so angry and she took me and my littlesister. We ran inside and our whole school, of about, morethan a hundred people, we were all in a tiny little roomwith tea and biscuits, just sitting and waiting to makesure everything was definitely 15 all clear.
I think it's important for people to realise, there's happymemories that can happen in countries in the Arab World.
HinaHello, my name is Hina and I consider myself as being fromBahrain.
Yvonne: Generally, we think of Bahrain as a very richcountry that produces oil and has lots of expensive shops.
But of course, there’s a lot more to Bahrain! Which twocountries is it near to and how many islands is it made upof?
HinaBahrain is situated 4 in the Middle East – or, you couldsay, it’s situated in the Arab 5 World. It’s a very smallcountry – it’s near Iran and Saudi Arabia – and we're…actually, Bahrain is a collection of thirty differentislands.
Yvonne: Bahrain is near to Iran and Saudi Arabia and it’smade up of thirty different islands. And another way to saythat, as we heard, is: it’s ‘a collection of’ thirtydifferent islands.
HinaBahrain is a collection of thirty different islands.
Yvonne: Hina has also lived and studied in the UnitedStates and now she lives in London. But as she’s foundout, people know very little about Bahrain, even thoughwe've got so much access to the internet. And even now,some of Hina’s own family don’t see a reason to visit Bahrain!
How many examples of questions – or rather, negativecomments – does Hina give about Bahrain?
HinaSometimes they say, ‘What’s the point of going toBahrain?’ I have family who say that as well… ‘I thinkit’s going to be boring’, ‘Maybe it'll just be desert’
or ‘Isn’t it a rich, oil country? All you can probably dothere is, go shopping.’
Yvonne: Making a negative comment sound like a question canbe a way of softening 6 it, so it doesn’t sound as rude...
HinaSometimes they say, ‘What’s the point of going toBahrain?’ I have family who say that as well… ‘I thinkit’s going to be boring’, ‘Maybe it'll just be desert’
or ‘Isn’t it a rich, oil country? All you can probably dothere is, go shopping.’
Yvonne: And I caught three comments from Hina there: thatit’s boring, it’s just desert, and there’s nothing to doin Bahrain except go shopping. So people ask:
‘What’s the point?’ Is there really any good reason tovisit Bahrain?
HinaSometimes they say, ‘What’s the point of going toBahrain?’
Yvonne: If someone begins a comment with ‘What’s thepoint?’ – for example, ‘What’s the point in learningEnglish with bbclearningenglish.com?’ - you’ll probablyhave an opportunity to convince 7 them that there are severalgood reasons!
Yvonne: So Hina, what’s the point in visiting Bahrain?
HinaWhat people don’t realise 8 is, there’s a lot of diversityof faces, different kinds of food and Bahrain is a veryhospitable place. The people are very nice. Bahraini’shave very good hearts and they’re very warm and friendly.
Yvonne: The food and the people – Bahrainis – are twogreat reasons to visit Bahrain.
So, there is a point!
When we think of the Middle East and Arab countries, sadly,we think of war. And during the first Gulf 9 War, Hina wasstill at primary school in Bahrain. It was opposite amilitary camp and hospital for injured 10 soldiers from otherArab countries, yet Hina remembers a few funny moments,even though they were created by the horrors 11 of war. Inthis story, little Hina had to decide whether it was safeto go back to school after lunch one day…HinaI remember we often went to school with gas masks, mysister and I. And there’s one story when we heard thesirens going off. You could hear them on the TV, you couldhear them on the radio and you could hear them outside. Thebirds would just be so quiet because the air raid 14 sirenswere going. My sister and I stayed in the house for abouttwenty minutes until we didn’t hear the sirens 12 any more.
Then, we knew it was safe to go back to school.
Yvonne: Hina thought it was safe to walk back to school,but it seems that she was the only one.
Hina:
Our school was only about a ten minute walk away, so wewalked back to school, you know, very happy, didn’t seeanything bad happening. When we got inside, we didn’t seeanybody in the playground and we didn’t see anyone in theoffices and then the head teacher ran outsideand she said “What are you two girls doing?” Because, forthem, they had still been hearing the siren 13 - they werelistening to a different radio station and a different TVstation.
I said to her – “But it's stopped; we can’t hear itoutside”. She was so angry and she took me and my littlesister. We ran inside and our whole school, of about, morethan a hundred people, we were all in a tiny little roomwith tea and biscuits, just sitting and waiting to makesure everything was definitely 15 all clear.
I think it's important for people to realise, there's happymemories that can happen in countries in the Arab World.
abbr.(=British Broadcasting Corporation)英国广播公司
- She works for the BBC.她为英国广播公司工作。
- The BBC was founded in 1922.英国广播公司建于1922年。
n.学问,学识,学习;动词learn的现在分词
- When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时,常会从车上掉下来。
- Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。
n.射手,弓箭手
- The archer strung his bow and aimed an arrow at the target.弓箭手拉紧弓弦将箭瞄准靶子。
- The archer's shot was a perfect bull's-eye.射手的那一箭正中靶心。
adj.坐落在...的,处于某种境地的
- The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
- She is awkwardly situated.她的处境困难。
n.阿拉伯人,阿拉伯马;adj.阿拉伯人的,阿拉伯的
- It's a story about an Arab in the desert.这是一个生活在沙漠地区的阿拉伯人的故事。
- An Arab is travelling in the desert on his camel.一个阿拉伯人正骑着骆驼在沙漠中旅行。
变软,软化
- Her eyes, softening, caressed his face. 她的眼光变得很温柔了。它们不住地爱抚他的脸。 来自汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)
- He might think my brain was softening or something of the kind. 他也许会觉得我婆婆妈妈的,已经成了个软心肠的人了。
vt.使确认,使信服;使认识错误
- It requires a lot of talking to convince him.要说服他很费口舌。
- I have given over trying to convince him.我已经不再试图说服他了。
v.觉悟;明白;实现;兑现
- Wish you realise your dreams as early as possible!祝愿您早日实现自己的梦想!
- How much did you realise on the house?这所房子你们出售后赚了多少钱?
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
adj.受伤的
- Our best defender is injured and won't be able to play today.我们最佳的防守员受伤了,今天不能参加比赛。
- The injured men have been dug out of the snow.受伤人员从雪中被挖了出来。
n.恐怖( horror的名词复数 );憎恶;令人感到恐怖的事;讨厌鬼
- Sometimes his mind would dwell on the horrors he had been through. 有时他会老是想着他所经历过的种种恐怖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- These ruins are an eloquent reminder of the horrors of war. 这些废墟形象地提醒人们不要忘记战争的恐怖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.汽笛( siren的名词复数 );妖冶而危险的女人;危险的诱惑;塞壬(古希腊传说中半人半鸟的女海妖,惯以美妙的歌声引诱水手,使他们的船只或触礁或驶入危险水域)
- police cars with lights flashing and sirens blaring 警灯闪烁、警笛刺耳的警车
- In big cities you always hear sirens all the time. 在大城市里,你总能听到警笛声。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.汽笛,警报器,迷人的女人,妖妇
- The cars had stopped at the sound of the approaching siren.这些汽车听到愈来愈近的警笛声便停了下来。
- That woman is a real siren.那女人真是条美女蛇.。
v.劫掠,攫取,袭击,突击搜捕;n.突然袭击
- Our house was blown up in an air raid.在一次空袭中我们的房子被炸掉了。
- During their raid on the house,the police found a lot of drugs.在对这所房子的搜查中,警方发现了大量的毒品。
adv.一定地,肯定地;明确地,确切地
- The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛,这个队肯定会输。
- I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前,我一定回家。