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【英语趣味课堂】空闲时间-Free Time

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Dai: So, Naomi, so you're from Wales and you're eleven. So what does an eleven-year-old girl do for fun in Wales?
Naomi: I do music. I play the piano and and the violin.
 
Dai: How long have you played the piano for?
 
Naomi: Since I was about eight.
 
Dai: Eight. And what about the violin?
 
Naomi: About the same?
 
Dai: OK, and what kind of level are you at now, then, at the piano?
 
Naomi: I just passed my grade three.
 
Dai: Oh, congratulations. So that's grade three of ... what is that?
 
Naomi: Of ... you have different levels.
 
Dai: OK. And it starts at grade ...?
 
Naomi: One. And it gets harder.
 
Dai: Up till ... what's the highest grade you can get?
 
Naomi: Eight.
 
Dai: Oh, grade eight. So, you're a grade three now. So I guess the next one you're gonna do is grade four?
 
Naomi: Yeah.
 
Dai: OK, and so what do you have to do? What kind of test is it?
 
Naomi: You learn three pieces.
 
Dai: Three pieces of music.
 
Naomi: Yeah. And you have to play them and you have do some singing.
 
Dai: Oh, really?
 
Naomi: Yeah. And some ...
 
Dai: Is that like sight reading? You look at the script1 and you have to sing the notes or ... ?
 
Naomi: No, somebody plays a tune2 for you and you have to sing it, exactly the same tune that they played, and there's sight reading where you have to look at the page and then play it on the piano.
 
Dai: Oh, wow. Is that hard?
 
Naomi: Yeah.
 
Dai: Yeah. I can imagine. So often ... how much to you practice the piano then?
 
Naomi: It probably should be once a day, but I normally3 do it three times a week - about that.
 
Dai: OK. And you enjoy it then?
 
Naomi: Yeah.
 
Dai: OK. Great. And, you play the violin too?
 
Naomi: Yeah.
 
Dai: Yeah, is that fun?
 
Naomi: Sort of. It's not as fun as the piano.
 
Dai: OK. And do you do any other things in your spare time?
 
Naomi: I do Guides and swimming.
 
Dai: Guides?
 
Naomi: Yeah.
 
Dai: What's Guides?
 
Naomi: It's like a group of girls and they do activities and everything and they meet each week to do activities.
 
Dai: Like what kind of activities do you do?
 
Naomi: Well, you can go camping sometimes, and you just do activities like sometimes you do sports and outside activities and lots of things.
 
Dai: Oh, is it like, kind of like the Cub4 Scouts5 for the boys?
 
Naomi: Yes.
 
Dai: OK, so you have to wear a uniform?
 
Naomi: Yes.
 
Dai: OK, can you explain the uniform for me?
 
Naomi: It's sort of this dark blue and you can either wear jeans or joggers or these trousers.
 
Dai: Joggers? What are joggers?
 
Naomi: Trousers that you wear for sports.
 
Dai: Oh, for like jogging. Oh, OK. well, sounds like you have ... you do a lot of fun things in your spare time.
 
Naomi: Yeah.
 
Dai: OK, well, it was very nice to talk to you and good luck with your piano and your violin.
 
Naomi: Thank you.
 
Learn Vocabulary from the lesson
play a tune
 
Somebody plays a tune for you and you have to sing it.
 
A tune and a song are the same; however, we usually sing a song, but play a tune on a musical instrument.  Notice the following:
 
Why don't you play a tune for us on the guitar?
Our music teacher plays a tune on the piano and we try to copy it.
once
 
It probably should be once a day, but I normally do it three times a week.
 
'Once' means the same as 'one time'.  Notice the following:
 
My father does yoga at least once a day.
Most people take a shower once a day, if not more.
wear a uniform
 
You have to wear a uniform.
 
A uniform is a matching set of clothes worn by the same team, students of the same school, or employees of the same company.  Notice the following:
 
The home team usually wears its white uniforms.
My sister hated wearing a school uniform.
joggers
 
You can either wear jeans or joggers or these trousers.
 
Joggers are exercise pants.  Notice the following:
 
In America, people call joggers 'sweat pants'.
I usually wear my old joggers to the gym.
spare time
 
You do a lot of fun things in your spare time.
 
The phrase 'spare time' means the same as 'free time'. Notice the following:
 
People in prison have a lot of spare time.
If you have some spare time this weekend, you should come over.

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1 script 2Z4x4     
n.剧本,广播稿;文字体系;笔迹,手迹
参考例句:
  • It's easy to identify his script.他的笔迹容易辨认。
  • The script is massaged into final form.这篇稿子经过修改已定稿。
2 tune NmnwW     
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。
3 normally ln8zVb     
adv.正常地,通常地
参考例句:
  • I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六买东西。
  • My pulse beats normally.我脉搏正常。
4 cub ny5xt     
n.幼兽,年轻无经验的人
参考例句:
  • The lion cub's mother was hunting for what she needs. 这只幼师的母亲正在捕猎。
  • The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast. 这头幼兽吸吮着它妈妈的奶水。
5 scouts e6d47327278af4317aaf05d42afdbe25     
侦察员[机,舰]( scout的名词复数 ); 童子军; 搜索; 童子军成员
参考例句:
  • to join the Scouts 参加童子军
  • The scouts paired off and began to patrol the area. 巡逻人员两个一组,然后开始巡逻这个地区。
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