【英语趣味课堂】描述一下房子-House Description

 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 series¹.

 

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 decided² to buy a new house because she didn't want any problems with the structure³.

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 episode⁴ is related⁵ to the other episodes⁶ 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?

 

 

1 series   

n.连续；系列

参考例句：

• 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。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• 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。

3 structure   

n.结构，构造，建筑物；v.构成；

参考例句：

• 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。

4 episode   

n.（作品的一段）情节，插曲，系列事件中之一

参考例句：

• 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。

5 related   

adj.有关系的，有关联的，叙述的，讲述的

参考例句：

• 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。

6 episodes   

插曲，片断( episode的名词复数 )； 一集

参考例句：

• The novel deals with the romantic episodes of her early life. 小说叙述了她早期生活的浪漫插曲。
• Three episodes have been telescoped into a single programme. 把叁集的内容压缩成了一个节目。