大家說英語空中2014年

2014-01-22

大掃除(2-1)

CleaningDay-(2-1)-WhatcanMegancleanfirst?

關鍵字：dirt,box,throw(something)away,wash,embarrassed,mess

You'rewatchingLet'sTalkinEnglish.

ThankyouforjoiningushereatLTETV.

MynameisKatie,andwe'reexcitedtoteachyoualotofgreatEnglishtoday.

OurtopicisACTIVITIES.

AndthetitleofournewlessonisCleaningDay.

CleaningDay.

Nathan,doyouneedtocleanyourofficerightnow?

Oh,yeah,thatmightbeagoodidea.

Ihaven'tcleanedmyofficeinalittlewhile.

o,everyone.

MynameisNathan.

It'sgreattolearnsomeEnglishtogetherwithyoutoday.

Solet'sstartlearningtogether.

TakeoutyourLTEmagazineandfindyourReadIt.

YoucanreaditwithNathanrightnow.

Theofficeisamess!

Thereisdirteverywhere!

Todayiscleaningday.

MeganishelCarolclean.

Carolhasalotofoldboxesofpapers.

Shecanthrowthoseaway.

SheandMeganc socleanherdeskandwashherwindows.

Everythingisreallydirty.

Carolisembarrassed.

Butit'sOK-everyoneiscleaningtoday!

Soeveryoneiscleaningtoday.

Why?

Becauseit'scleaningday.

Soeveryonewillhaveto...

Katie,wait.

What...whatiscleaningday?

Isitaholidaywheneverybodycleans?

Idon'tthinkI'veeverheardofcleaningday,though.

No,no,Nathan,cleaningdayisnotaholiday.

It'sjustadaythattheofficechoseforcleaning.

Everyonewillusesometimeatworktocleantheirdeskortheiroffice.

Soareotherpeoplecleaningwheretheywork?

Well,justpeopleatLTETV.

Butothercesmaychooseadifferentdayforcleaning.

Well,everyoneneedstoknowour fortoday.

Soit'stimetogivethemalook.

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Thisofficeisamess!

I'malittleembarrassed.

Don'tbe.

Todayiscleaningday!

Everybody'sofficeisamess.

Idon'tlikecleaningday.

Butweneediteveryyear!

Dirtgetsintosmallces.

Weneedtocleanthem!

Iknow.

Thankyouforyourhelp.

Iliketoclean!

Todaywillbefun!

Didyouallhearthat?

Meganlikestoclean!

Ididn'tknowpeoplelikecleaning.

Doyoulikecleaning,Nathan?

Well,Idolikeitalittlebit.

IfIcancle otofthingsquickly,it'skindoffun.

ButIdon'tlikeitifsomethingtakesalongtimetoclean.

Butsomepeoplereallyjustliketoclean.

Well,Iknowcleaningisimportant.

It'sagoodthingtoclean,soIdo.

ButIdon'treallylikeit.

Everybodyisdifferent,Iguess.

Yeah.JustlookatCarol.

Shedoesn'tlikecleaningday,butsheknowstheofficeneedsit.

Iguesssheletherofficegetalittlebitdirty.

Sheisalittleembarrassed.

Well,that'soneofour today.

Butit'salsoinourCalendarPhrase.

I'membarrassed.

I'membarrassed.

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Thishouseisamess.

I'membarrassed.

Therearethingseverywhere.

I'membarrassed.

Thereareclotheseverywhere.

I'membarrassed.

Andthemessisallyours.

Mine?

Oh,no.NowI'mreallyembarrassed.

I'membarrassed.

I'membarrassed.

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Ihopeyoudon'thavetousethatphrasetoomuch.

I

tence.

Butsometimesweneedit.

ButatleastCarolisn'ttooembarrassed.

Shejustfeelsalittleembarrassed.

Weoftenfeelsomethingalittlebutnottoomuch.

Andwhenyoudofeellikethat,youcanusetoday'sUse

Here'sElizabeth.

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Hi,friends.

Todaywe'regoingtolearnhowtousethephrase:

I'malittlesomething.

Forexample:

I'malittlesad.

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www.

Or:

I'malittleexcited.

Yea!

AndI'llbereallyexcitedifyouremembertouseit!

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Well,Ihopeyoufeelalittlebet boutusingthatphrasenow.

Butweneedtogetbacktothecleaningday.

MeganandCarolhavetocleanthedirtoutofsmallces.

Really?

Ithoughttheywerecleaningtheoffice.

MeganandCarolaregoingtosmallcestohelpclean?

Iwonderwherethey'llgo.

No,Nathan,I...Idon'tthinkyouunderstand.

They'rejustgoingto...

Oh!Well,there'sthat....thatsmalltownabouttwentyminutesawayfromthe

city.

Maybethey'regoingto...

No,no,no,no.No."Smallces"doesn'tmeansmalltowns.

Itjustmeanslittleareasintheoffice,likethecornersoratthesideofthe

windows.

Thosesmallcesarehardtoclean,andtheycanbeamess.

Canyouthinkofothersmallces?

Uh,I'malittleembarrassed.

Uh,whydon'twegotalktoChristinaaboutthatword"mess"instead?

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So,wheredowestart?

Youcancleanouttheseoldboxesofpapers.

Icancleanyourdesk.

Someofthesepapersarereallyold.

Whystillhavethem?

Whoknows?

Throwthemaway!

You'reright.

Idon'tneedthemanymore.

Thisisanewyear.

Iwantacleanoffice!

Andnowthey'vestartedcleaning.

Sometimesthat'sthehardestpartofcleaning-gettingstarted.

Iknow.

SometimesIfeeljustlikeCarol.

There'ssomuchtodo,andIwonderwhereIshouldstart.

That'snoteasy.

No,it'snot.

Whenwesay,"Where start?"wearereallyasking,"WhatshouldIdofirst?".

Orsomeonemightsay,"Idon'tknowwheretostart?".

Ifaceisreallydirty,youmightsaythat.

Youmightsay,"Idon'tknowwheretostart."Youjustdon'tknowwhattodo.

Butyoucanusethatphraseformanythings.

Nathan,whataresomeexamples?

Well,maybeyouhavesomuch .

Youdon'tknowwheretostart.

Oryoumightjustneedtofixonebigproblem,andyoudon'tknowwhattodo,so

yousay,"Idon'tknowwheretostart.".

Well,that'strue.

Butsomepeoplearereallygoodatstartingtowork.

Theyjustchoosesomethingandtheygoforit.

LikeMegan.

Yeah.Shejuststartsworkingand lsCarolwhatshecando,too.

"Youcancleanoutthoseboxes,"shesays.

Shewantstogetthework-thecleaning-done.

Hey,that'sagoodphrase.

Youmightneedtocleansomethingout.

Itmaynotbedirtyontheoutside,butthingsneedtobetakenoutofit.

Andtheinsideneedstobecleaned.

Sometimesyouneedtocleanoutabox.

Youtakethethingsoutandthrowawaywhatyoudon'tneed.

Sometimesyouneedtocleanoutawholeroom.

Youdon'tneedthestuffinsidetheroomanymore,soyoutakeitout.

Youwon'tuseitagain.

That'sright.

SometimesIcleanoutmycloset.

That'sanothercewhereyoucancleantheinsideandgetridofthingsyou

don'tneed.

SoIcanthrowthestuffaway.

Orsometimesit'sagoodideatogivethingsthatyoudon'twanttoacethat

needsthemorcansellthem.

NowNathan,whataresomegoodthingsthatyoucangiveawaytootherces?

Well,onegreatthingtogiveawayissomeofyourclothes.

Ifyoudon'twantthemanymore,someceswilltakethemandgivethemto

peoplewhocanusethem.

Andsometimesyouc sogiveawayfurniturelikeatableorachairthatyou

don'tneed.

Well,thatcanbehardworkjustlikelearningEnglish.

SoIthinkit'stimeforustotakeabreak.

We'llbebacksoon.

eback.

TodayourlessoniscalledCleaningDay.

Andwhyisitcalledthis?

Theofficeisamess,soeveryoneneedstocleanup.

Andifsomethingisamess,it'sverydirty.

Somepeoplelikecleaningandsomepeopledon'tlikecleaning.

Howaboutyou?

That'sright.

Andwhenyouhaveabigjobtodolikecleaninganoffice,it'simportanttojust

getstarted.

Well,nowweneedtogoontoConversationCandlearnsomemore.

Next,wecanwashyourwindows.

Mywindowsareprettydirty.

Thiscleaningjobiseasy.

ButKen'sjobishard.

WhatisKen'sjob?

Keniscleaningthewholestudio!

Thelights,thecameras...everything!

Doesheneedanyhelp?

Yes.Icanhelphimlater.

RightnowI'mhelyou!

MeganisgoingtohelpKen,too?

That'sveryniceofher.

Butshedoeslikecleaning.

Soshe'sprobablyhappyto t.

AndIthinkshemustbeverygoodatcleaning,too.

Carolthinksherwindowsareprettydirty.

ButMegansaysherofficeiseasytoclean.

You'reright,Nathan.

IfIthoughtsomethingwasprettydirty,Iprobablywouldn'tsayitwaseasyto

clean.

Me,neither.

Nowyoumightnotunderstandhowsomethingisprettydirty.

Dirtythingsusuallyaren'tpretty.

ButIthinkChristinacanhelpusallunderstand.

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Doyouunderstand?

Soyoucansaythatamovieisprettygood.

Oryoucansaythatashirtisprettyugly.

Itsoundsfunny,butwe tinEnglishallthetime.

Orwecouldsaythatwe tprettyoften.

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See?

Nowlet'stalkaboutanotherwordthatcanbeusedindifferentJob.

ways,too.

Jobusuallymeanswhatyoudoforwork,howyoumakemoney.

Oh,that'sright.

ButMegantalksabouttheircleaningjob.

They'renotcleaningtomakemoney.

Thatkindofjobisjustsomethingyouneedtodo.

Soifyou'reatschoolandyou'reworkingwithateam,youallprobablyhave

differentjobstodo.

One needstofindinformationontheInternet.

Another needstowriteitdown.

Andthosearealldifferentjobs.

ButIcanthinkofadifferentmeaning,too,Nathan.

Oh,really?

Whatothermeaningisthere?

Well,therearemanykindsofjobs.

Thereareoutdoorjobs.

Therearejobsyoudoathomeoratschool.

Therearebigjobs.

Therearelittlejobs.

Andthere'sSteveJobs.

OK.

Ha,ha.

Katie,veryfunny.

Hey,Iwonderhowmanycleaningjobswecanthinkof.

Uh,whatisthere,Katie?

Well,Iknowthatthere'sswee.

Andthereiswidownyourtable.

Andthere'scleaningyourwindows.

That'strue.

Butwehaveadifferentjobnow.

Weneedtoreviewour fortoday.

Here'sthefirstkeyword.

dirt.

dirt.

Thereisdirtonyourshoes.

box.

box.

Whatisinthebox?

Openit!

throw[something]away.

throw[something]away.

Throwthefoodaway.It'sold.

wash.

wash.

Washyourhands.

embarrassed.

embarrassed.

Katieisembarrassed.

Herfaceisred.

OK,friends,thoseareallofthe fortoday.

Makesurethatyoureviewthemathome.

Rightnowwe'regoingtoreviewourconversationsfromtoday.

Thisofficeisamess!

I'malittleembarrassed.

Don'tbe.

Todayiscleaningday!

Everybody'sofficeisamess.

Idon'tlikecleaningday.

Butweneediteveryyear!

Dirtgetsintosmallces.

Weneedtocleanthem!

Iknow.

Thankyouforyourhelp.

Iliketoclean!

Todaywillbefun!

So,wheredowestart?

Youcancleanouttheseoldboxesofpapers.

Icancleanyourdesk.

Someofthesepapersarereallyold.

Whystillhavethem?

Whoknows?

Throwthemaway!

You'reright.

Idon'tneedthemanymore.

Thisisanewyear.

Iwantacleanoffice!

Next,wecanwashyourwindows.

Mywindowsareprettydirty.

Thiscleaningjobiseasy.

ButKen'sjobishard.

WhatisKen'sjob?

Keniscleaningthewholestudio!

Thelights,thecameras...everything!

Doesheneedanyhelp?

Yes.Icanhelphimlater.

RightnowI'mhelyou!

(Music).

Hi,MonkeyMan.

Uh,Ginger,thisceisamess!

Iknow.

Isn'titgreat?

No,it'snotgreat.

Youshouldbeembarrassed.

Embarrassed?

No,Ilikeit.

Well,let'shaveacl