【英语趣味课堂】青少年时期-Teen Years
时间：2019-02-16 作者：英语课 分类：英语趣味课堂
英语课
Todd: Now, Mark, you're from Canada.
Mark: That's right.
Todd: Where is it, actually, that you grew up?
Mark: I was born in Montreal and I lived there for four years, the first four years but uh, I grew up in Calgary, which is Alberta, in the city of Banff.
Todd: OK, so what was your childhood like? Were you into nature, or sports?
Mark: Childhood I was into books. I was a big reader. I used to go the the library with my mother. And the first big trip I took overseas 1 was when I was 14.
Todd: OK, actually, on this trip where did you go?
Mark: On this trip I went to Liverpool 2 which is where my mother is from. So I went to Liverpool that time and Wales 3 and Scotland 4 and five or six trips after that.
学习内容：
Learn Vocabulary from the lesson
grow up
Where is it, actually, that you grew up?
To "grow up" is to grow from a child into an adult. Notice the following:
They want their children to grow up speaking both languages.
She was born in Canada, but she grew up in Germany.
childhood
What was your childhood like?
Your "childhood" is the time in your life when you are the child. From when you are born until you are 18 years old. Notice the following:
Who was your best childhood friend?
I went to visit my grandparents every summer during my childhood.
into books
I was into books.
If you are "into something" you really like it and like to do it in your free time. Notice the following:
He is really into computers and computer games.
She has been really into cooking lately.
library
I used to go to the library with my mother.
A "library" is a place where they have a lot of books that you can read and then return. There are usually libraries in every county 5, school and university. Notice the following:
Did you find any good books at the library?
I am going to the library to study.
trip
The first big trip I took overseas was when I was 14.
A "trip" is a vacation or a travel experience. Notice the following:
Do you remember the trip we took to the mountains a few years ago?
They want to make a trip across the United 6 States next summer.
adj.海外的；adv.在海外
- Her man has been sent overseas by his employers.她的丈夫已被雇主派往海外。
- Many firms are focusing on increasing their markets overseas.许多商行都专注于扩大国外市场。
n.利物浦(英国港市)
- Are you traveling to Liverpool as well?We can go together.你也去利物浦吗？我们可以同行。
- His professional career started at Liverpool University.他的职业生涯是从利物浦大学开始的。
n.威尔士(在大不列颠岛西南部)
- The company are opening up a new factory in Wales.公司将在威尔士开一家新工厂。
- She teaches English at the University of Wales.她在威尔士大学教英语。
n.苏格兰
- He has been hiking round Scotland for a month.他围着苏格兰徒步旅行了一个月。
- Scotland is to the north of England.苏格兰在英格兰之北。
n.县，郡
- When the good news reached there,the whole county rejoiced.喜讯传到那里时，全县的人都欢欣鼓舞起来。
- In that year county after county fell to the enemy.那一年一个又一个的县城沦入敌人手中。