【英语趣味课堂】描述一下房子-House Description
时间：2019-02-16 作者：英语课 分类：英语趣味课堂
英语课
Todd: OK, Clare we're going to talk about your house.
Clare: OK.
Todd: OK, do you live in a big house or a small house?
Clare: I live in quite a big house.
Todd: A big house. Really!
Clare: Mm!
Todd: OK, how many rooms does it have?
Clare: About 12.
Todd: Jeez! 12 rooms.
Clare: Yeah.
Todd: Wow. Is it a new house or old house?
Clare: It's about 80 years old.
Todd: Wow. OK. I guess. well that's old for America, but that's probably not very old.
Clare: That's not very old for England.
Todd: Wow. OK. What is in your kitchen?
Clare: A big round table and a cooker.
Todd: OK. And what is in the living room?
Clare: A TV and a video.
Todd: OK. Do you watch TV a lot?
Clare: Yes.
Todd: OK. Uh, what do you watch on TV?
Clare: Anything. I don't really like watching sport.
Todd: Oh.
Clare: I like watching TV series 1.
Todd: Oh, wow, that's the only thing I like is sports
Clare: Some sports are OK. I don't like watching golf, snooker, and sports like that.
Todd: Yeah. OK. Great. Thanks.
学习内容：
Learn Vocabulary from the lesson
room
How many rooms does the house have?
Usually when talking about "rooms" in a house we are referring to bedrooms, or places for people to sleep. Notice the following:
There were seven people living in the house and only four rooms.
His room was across the hall from mine.
new house
Is it a new house or an old house?
A "new house" has recently been built and has never been lived in by another person or family. Notice the following:
She decided 2 to buy a new house because she didn't want any problems with the structure 3.
They building a lot of new houses near the highway.
old for America
That's old for America.
Because America a young country a building or house that was built 150 years ago is very "old for America," even though it is not old for a lot of countries in Europe where the buildings are 400 years old. Notice the following:
This building is very old and traditional for America.
The company has a history of 100 years, which is old for America.
round
A big round table.
A "round" table is a table in the shape of a circle. Notice the following:
The new office building is round and has a lot of windows.
The round table made it easy for everyone to be part of the conversation.
series
I like watching TV series.
A "series" is where each episode 4 is related 5 to the other episodes 6 and together they tell a story. Notice the following:
I always watch my favorite series on Thursday night.
Is there any series that you really enjoy?
n.连续；系列
- The students have put forward a series of questions.学生们提出了一系列问题。
- He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
n.结构，构造，建筑物；v.构成；
- Doctors study the structure of the human body.医生研究人体构造。
- A flower has quite a complicated structure.一朵花的结构相当复杂。
n.（作品的一段）情节，插曲，系列事件中之一
- The episode was a huge embarrassment for all concerned.这段小插曲令所有有关人员都感到非常尴尬。
- This episode remains sharply engraved on my mind.这段经历至今仍深深地铭刻在我的心中。
adj.有关系的，有关联的，叙述的，讲述的
- I am not related to him in any way.我和他无任何关系。
- We spent days going through all related reference material.我们花了好多天功夫查阅所有有关的参考资料。