VOA慢速英语2021--充分利用假期

Make the Most of Holidays

Holidays are a wonderful time to spend with friends and family, eating and sharing stories.

Whether you are celebrating at home, waiting at airports or spending time on trains, buses or cars, these situations can give you great chances to learn English.

Here are some ideas that you can use to improve your English over the holidays.

Podcasts

The Learning¹ English Broadcast is a 30-minute daily podcast that features the audio² from our main stories each day. Listening to the podcast will help develop your ability to understand spoken English and keep you informed of news and information.

Once you have finished a program, tell someone what you have learned³ - tell them about an interesting story in English or your native language. Either way, you are confirming⁴ your understanding of what you heard in English.

Published materials

Airports and train stations often have stores selling published materials. Buy an English-language publication⁵ to read it while you are waiting or spending quiet time at a hotel or in a home.

Look at the images and read the lines below them. Even if you do not understand all the words, you can use the images to help you understand some of them. Later, you can use an online dictionary to look up the words you want to learn.

Conversation

While traveling, it is not unusual to see people from other countries who are also waiting or exploring a new place. If you hear someone asking for information in English, you might offer to help or simply greet them in English to talk. A friendly conversation is usually welcome as travelers share their experiences.

Writing about your day

Writing about your day is a great way to practice your English writing skill. Draw images of what you see or do in your travels and look up the English words for the places or events later if you cannot think of them at the time.

Using English to describe how you spent your holiday will help you to put new words to use and make them stay in your memory longer. And you will have a wonderful record of your travel to look at long after the holiday is over.

We hope you enjoy your travels this year, especially as we have spent much time at home the past two years. If you must stay home this holiday, you can always spend more time with us here at VOA Learning English.

Words in This Story

conversation – n. an informal talk involving two people or a small group of people; the act of talking in an informal way

1 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

2 audio   

n./adj.音频(响)(的)；声音(的)，听觉(的)

参考例句：

• Often,the meeting is recorded on audio or video media for later reference.通常这种会议会以视频或者音频形式记录下来，供以后查阅。
• You don't even have to pay for audio programs.你大可不必为自己听这些节目付费。

3 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

4 confirming   

v.批准( confirm的现在分词 )；证实；使有效；使巩固

参考例句：

• My company has complied with committee subpoenas by supplying documents confirming all that I have said. 本公司按照委员会的要求，提供了能够证实我刚才发言的文件。 来自辞典例句
• It fostered the deception that learning consisted in deepening and confirming the accepted body of knowledge. 它给人们的一个错觉，似乎学习仅仅是为了加深和巩固已有的知识。 来自辞典例句

5 publication   

n.出版，发行；出版；公布，发表

参考例句：

• They don't think this article is suitable for publication.他们认为这篇文章不宜发表。
• The government has delayed publication of the trade figures.政府已将贸易统计数字延后公布。