【英语趣味课堂】学习英语-Learning English

 Todd: OK, Kawabe! (Hai) Can you tell us about your English success story.

 

Kawabe: English success story (Yeah, yeah) It's not a success story but I can tell how I learned¹. OK, first of all, I don't think I learned English as a foreign, a foreign language because I loved to listen to music, especially rock n' roll when I was a teenage. So when you love music, you become, like you, you want to sing with it so you memorize the whole lyrics² and you know stuff³ and, so to me it was like, just, you know, a hobby, it was just a fun purely⁴. It was the pure fun for me so, I didn't think I studied.

 

Todd: Wow, that's great! So did you listen without reading the words, the lyrics, or did you just listen and read the lyrics at the same time?

 

Kawabe: Um, both! (Both) Both, yeah! Sometimes, I'd see words which I don't understand, so I look up the dictionary and you know check the meaning and, you know, the things was always like this.

 

Todd: Um, so did you do anything else besides music?

 

Kawabe: Ah, what else? Yeah, the movie! The movie! Like, yeah, I loved to, one of my favorite movies, the Blues⁵ Brothers, because you know, that movie is interesting, and first of all, that funny, you know the funniest movie and like a great comedy in the history I think and that movie was famous for it's music, right, you know, that movie's soundtrack is great, and I have the CD in my room. And then..

 

Todd: You have it in your room?

 

Kawabe: Yeah!

 

Todd: Really!

 

Kawabe: Yeah! I do and, so I saw that movie so many times. I don't remember how many times I saw that, and when you , you know, after the repetition⁶, you know watching the same movies so many times you memorize a whole like words and sentence, what John Belushi was saying, what Dan Aykrod was saying, so it was a great study I think, for me!

 

Todd: Wow! That's a great..

 

Kawabe: But at that time I don't think that was studying you know!

 

Todd: Yeah, it was fun! So you enjoyed it!

 

 

 

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lyrics

 

Memorize the whole lyrics.

'Lyrics' are words that are put to a tune⁷ to make a song.

Notice the following:

 

That song has wonderful lyrics, it is one of my favorites. 

Do you ever listen carefully to lyrics?

pure fun

 

It was the pure fun for me so I didn't think I studied.

'Pure fun' is used to describe something that is only done to give you enjoyment⁸, not for any other purpose. 

Notice the following:

 

I want to go out and dance because it is pure fun for me.

Wow! Today was pure fun, don't you think?

soundtrack

 

That movie's soundtrack is great.

A 'soundtrack' is the collection of songs that have been picked to go along with a film or television program. 

Notice the following:

 

My favorite songs are always from movie soundtracks. 

I think the soundtrack really made the film. 

so many times

 

I saw that movie so many times. I don't remember how many times I saw that.

When you do something 'so many times' it means that you have done it repeatedly⁹. We frequently use this phrase, followed by 'that', to give reason for something else.

Notice the following:

 

I have driven to work so many times that I know the journey off by heart. 

I have told you so many times to tidy your room.

sentence

 

Watching the same movies so many times you memorize a whole like words and sentence.

A 'sentence' is a group of words that work together to express an idea. All of the words in a sentence are connected in their form and meaning. It ends with a full stop and starts with a capital letter. 

Notice the following:

 

Don't forget to use sentences in your writing. 

I know that sentence by heart. 

 

1 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。

2 lyrics   

n.歌词

参考例句：

• music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart 由罗杰斯和哈特作词作曲
• The book contains lyrics and guitar tablatures for over 100 songs. 这本书有100多首歌的歌词和吉他奏法谱。

3 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

4 purely   

adv.纯粹地，完全地

参考例句：

• I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
• This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。

5 blues   

n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐

参考例句：

• She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
• He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。

6 repetition   

n.重复；反复

参考例句：

• The perfomance improved with each repetition.演出每演一场都有改进。
• This degree of repetition is not found in any known language.这种重复程度在任何已知语言中都不曾出现。

7 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

8 enjoyment   

n.乐趣；享有；享用

参考例句：

• Your company adds to the enjoyment of our visit. 有您的陪同，我们这次访问更加愉快了。
• After each joke the old man cackled his enjoyment.每逢讲完一个笑话，这老人就呵呵笑着表示他的高兴。

9 repeatedly   

adv.重复地，再三地

参考例句：

• The loudspeakers blared the speech repeatedly.扬声器里反复大声地播送那篇演讲。
• He repeatedly beat his foot upon the floor.他反复用脚敲着地板。