美语场景讲解：在海边 Section 44 At Sea 1. Throughout history, people have left the land and taken to the sea. 2. This has been done to catch food by fishing or to visit other lands. 3. Boats and ships have been used for this purpo...

美语场景讲解：假日 Section 46 Holidays 1. How often do you go on holidays? 2. Do you mean to have a break from work or to travel? 3. I mean to travel out of your area. 4. Ah, well, that depends how much money I have to spend. 5. Wh...

美语场景讲解：游泳 Section 45 Swimming etc. 1. The crawl, the backstroke, the breathstoke and the butterfly, what are these? 2. They are the different strokes we can use when swimming. 3. There are others, but these are the main on...

美语场景讲解：购物 Section 41 Shopping 1. A western supermarket is so unlike what we see in China. 2. In fact, China does not have many real supermarkets outside of the major cities. 3. To enter a huge building and buy anything fro...

美语场景讲解：地理 Section 40 Geography 1. What is the capital of this country? 2. Where is such and such a country? 3. This is what we think of when we think of geography. 4. In fact, geography covers not just countries and cities...

美语场景讲解：语言 Section 39 Languages 1. Language is one of the major forms of communication between people. 2. Speech and writing are the main components of a language. 3. By introducing grammar into language, we make it easier...

美语场景讲解：发明 Section 38 Inventions 1. They say that the world’s first great invention was the wheel. 2. Perhaps we could argue that the discovery of fire was equally as important. 3. Of course we don’t know who invented t...

美语场景讲解：烹调 Section 37 Cooking 1. Once we discovered fire, we learned how to cook. 2. Since then, the methods of cooking vary tremendously. 3. Culinary tastes have delivered boiling, baking, broiling, frying, grilling, roast...

美语场景讲解：疾病 Section 36 Illness 1. No one goes through life without getting ill. 2. We usually think of illness as a bad thing. 3. Sometimes, thought, it is necessary to be ill, especially when we are young. 4. That’s becau...

美语场景讲解：服装 Section 34 Clothes 1. “Clothes make us the man”, states an old English saying. 2. But is it true? 3. If we think carefully, we will find that it is often the case. 4. For example, when we see a man in a suit...