时间:2019-02-24 作者:英语课 分类:英语趣味课堂


英语课

 Ian: Hey, Ian, have you ever met anyone famous?


 
Todd: Anyone famous? Ah, yes, I have. I met the Duke of Edinburgh.
 
Ian: Mm, who's that?
 
Todd: He is the Queen's husband and I met him at Buckingham Palace.
 
Ian: How did that happen?
 
Todd: Well, it was because I received an award.
 
Ian: What kind of an award?
 
Todd: The award was called the Duke of Edinburgh Award and I completed the bronze award, the silver
award, and the gold award, and if you complete all three, then you can go to Buckingham Palace and he gives you your award.
 
Ian: The award is for what kind of job?
 
Todd: OK, well it's for young people between the ages of, I think it's 14 to 21, but I'm not quite sure,
and you have to do different challenges for each award. Now, for the gold award you had to do community service, and I visited an old man. I had to do a sport and I played badminton. You had to do an expedition, and we went hiking in the Breton Beacons 1 in Wales for five days and you had to do a skill and I did driving and you had to do each one for a year.
 
Ian: So what was it like getting the award?
 
Todd: Um, it was exciting and disappointing at the same time because my friends and I, we were waiting at Buckingham Palace for quite a long time and we had all our best clothes on: our ties, our shirts, our
trousers. We had very clean shoes. It was quite hot and we were waiting and we were waiting and in came
the Duke of Edinburgh. and he gave us our award. He asked us maybe one question each and then he went, so we only actually met him for about five minutes.
 
Ian: So it wasn't the most exciting time, meeting him a famous person.
 
Todd: No, he was a very busy man, but you know, I shook his hand, and that was it, but it was nice to see 
Buckingham Palace and it was a good day out in London.
 
Ian: Sounds like it.
 
学习内容:
 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson
famous
 
A famous person I've met is the Duke of Edinburgh.
 
A 'famous' person is one that a lot of people know because of his job or his family. Actors, actresses and singers are famous people. Notice the following:
 
He became famous when he was only nine years old.
She is famous for her parents' money and her sense of fashion.
award
 
You have to do different challenges for each award.
 
An 'award' is something that you win or is given to you for completing something, usually in a way that is better than other people. Notice the following:
 
They gave him an award when he retired 2 for being such a good teacher and role model.
He was given an award for his acting 3 performance.
community service
 
For the gold award, you had to do community service.
 
'Community service' is work you do for the a certain area, like a city or neighborhood, that you are not paid for but is to help the community.  Cleaning up parks or streets is an example of community service. Notice the following:
 
Part of her community service was working with special needs children.
The boy had to do community service as part of his punishment.
expedition
 
You had to go to an expedition, so we went hiking for five days.
 
An 'expedition' is a trip or a journey that you make for some specific reason.  In the past explorers made expeditions to look for new territory.Notice the following:
 
He leads two expeditions every month.
During the camp we had to go on a survival 4 expedition.
best clothes
 
We went to Buckingham Palace, and we had our best clothes on.
 
Your 'best clothes' are the nicest or most formal clothes that you have. Notice the following:
 
The kids wore their best clothes for the photographs.
To celebrate our anniversary 5 we put on our best clothes and went to a really nice restaurant.
 


灯塔( beacon的名词复数 ); 烽火; 指路明灯; 无线电台或发射台
  • A chain of beacons was lit across the region. 整个地区点起了一系列灯塔。
  • Lighthouse and beacons flash at night. 晚上灯塔与信号台闪着光。
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
  • The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
  • Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
n.留住生命,生存,残存,幸存者
  • The doctor told my wife I had a fifty-fifty chance of survival.医生告诉我的妻子,说我活下去的可能性只有50%。
  • The old man was a survival of a past age.这位老人是上一代的遗老。
n.周年(纪念日)
  • They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。
  • Today is my parents'30th wedding anniversary.今天是我父母结婚30周年纪念日。
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ablutolmania
adenylic acid (AMP)
adopt a bill
affected region
Aksuat, Ozero
antiprevention
antisideric
aspectualizers
atlanto-occipital membrane
brushrocker ring
carbothermic smelting of aluminum
cash in bank special funds
cast plate
cattle cake
chairmat
classicalist
collision hypothesis
complete tree
create reference
dalgleish
dechlorinated
dioxynaphthalene
diphosphatidylglycerol
Décou Décou, Massif
eucalyptus karry
event based control
exiture
extraembryonic splanchnopleuric mesoderm
fcoes
finetooth
flattening pressure
fluid viscosity ratio
front-rowest
grosz
heated drum
Hedekas
hemicondylar
hemoprotein
hepatic coma
hollow arbor
hypothyroid
internal reflection element
introgressive-hybridization
jack kemp
jamsheed
Kikiongolo
kitazine
lade with
lateral contact pin
lewiston
lighteness
macknis
magnification constant
magnifying coefficient of eccentricity
mental institutions
metyl alcohol
milk intolerances
milling medium
mimomyia (mimomyia) chamberlaini metallica
Minoans
modestinis
molybdenum acid
monopteros
nilopolis
nominal calorific capacity
obstupefy
off-line printing
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plate neutralization
pope's formulae
post extractor
precooded rice
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problem - based learning
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public footpath
pulse-Doppler radar
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quasi-homogeneous waves
queel
rotary plow feeder
Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge
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Scotic
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static track irregularity
stemphylium lycopersici
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thermal current
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treating yin for the yang disease
underskirts
waubesa
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XEF
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