【英语趣味课堂】沙滩-The Beach

 Todd: Richard!

 

Richard: Yes!

 

Todd: Do you like the beach?

 

Richard: I love the beach.

 

Todd: OK. When, when do you go to the beach?

 

Richard: So in the summer I like to go with my family and, yeah, in the summer.

 

Todd: OK. Is there a beach near your home?

 

Richard: No, do you mean in Japan or in England?

 

Todd: In Japan.

 

Richard: In Japan, we have to drive a long way to go to the beach.

 

Todd: Oh!

 

Richard: But I can go to the beach in Chiba. Kujuukurihama, or to the Izu Pennisula.

 

Todd: OK. And what do you do at the beach?

 

Richard: OK. We enjoy swimming in the sea and boating¹ and just making sand castles with my son.

 

Todd: OK. Ooh! Sand castles! Nice! What do you take to the beach?

 

Richard: Beach towel, very important, something to put on the sand to try to stop the sand from getting into everything.

 

Todd: OK. And what..

 

Richard: Bucket² and spade³.

 

Todd: But..what?

 

Richard: Bucket and spade.

 

Todd: a bucket and spade

 

Richard: To make sand castles.

 

Todd: Oh, nice. OK.

 

学习内容：

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

near

 

Is there a beach near your home?

 

If a place is "near" your home then it is close to where you live or not a far distance.   Notice the following:

 

Now there is a supermarket really near my house.

You live near my grandmother.

boat

 

We enjoy boating.

 

A "boat" is a very small ship for going on the water.  "Boating" is the action of going on a boat and into a lake, river or ocean.  Notice the following:

 

Have you ever been boating on the ocean?

We were boating the whole day with my family.

sand castles

 

Just making sand castles with my son.

 

"Sand castles" are small castles or houses made with sand, and usually constructed on the beach or in a sandbox.  Notice the following:

 

The big waves destroyed my sand castle.

There was a sand castle competition at the beach yesterday.

get into

 

To stop the sand from getting into everything.

 

If sand "gets into" something it enters a place it is not intended to be, for example, in a child's ears.  Notice the following:

 

It really hurts when soap gets into your eyes.

Sometimes snow gets into the top of your boots.

bucket and spade

 

You need a bucket and spade to make sand castles.

 

A "bucket" is a container with a handle that is used to hold liquids or solids⁴.  A "spade" is a small shovel⁵, which is used to dig⁶ in the ground.  Notice the following:

 

The kids were entertained⁷ all day with only a bucket and a spade.

She uses a bucket and a spade to care of her garden.

 

1 boating   

n.划船

参考例句：

• They were fond of boating.他们喜欢划船。
• The lovely river itself was ideal for fishing and boating.这条美丽的河流本身就宜于钓鱼和划船。

2 bucket   

n.水桶，一桶之量，吊桶

参考例句：

• The bottom of the bucket has worn through after all this time.经过这么长时间，这只桶的底部终于磨穿了。
• Can you fill me a bucket of water,please?请给我打一桶水好吗？

3 spade   

n.铁锨，铲子

参考例句：

• This spade is very handy.这把铁锹使起来挺顺手。
• He dug the ground with a spade.他用锹挖地。

4 solids   

n.固体( solid的名词复数 )；立体图形；立方体；硬粒

参考例句：

• Iron, wood and ice are solids. 铁、木和冰是固体。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Milk solids include salts, protein and sugar. 牛乳中的固态物质包括盐分、蛋白质和糖。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 shovel   

n.铁锨，铲子，一铲之量；v.铲，铲出

参考例句：

• He was working with a pick and shovel.他在用镐和铲干活。
• He seized a shovel and set to.他拿起一把铲就干上了。

6 dig   

v.挖（洞，沟等）；掘

参考例句：

• It is difficult to dig the ground when it is frozen.地面冻住了就不易挖掘。
• In those days we often went to dig for wild vegetables.那时候我们常常出去挖野菜。

7 entertained   

v.款待，招待( entertain的过去式和过去分词 )；使欢乐；使娱乐；抱有

参考例句：

• She entertained them by narrating her adventures in Africa. 她讲述她在非洲的历险来使他们开心。
• Fears are entertained that the railway will be blocked by the snow. 人们生怕这场大雪会中断铁路（运输）。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》