英語趣味課堂：講述童年 talking about childhood

Todd: Lois, actually how old are you Lois?

Lois: I'm 25.

Todd: OK, 25, so, do you have any early childhood memories? What's the earliest thing you can remember from Childhood?

Lois: Uh, my memories from my choldhood aren't very good. I can't remeber that much, but I do remember one thing. I must have only been about 3 or 4, I'm not sure, and I was on holiday with my family, and my grandparents and I had an ice cream and I wanted to climb to the top of this hill, and my parentes were like," No, No, No. Wait until you finish your ice cream, and then you can go" and I was like, "Nope, I'm going to go now" so I climbed to the top of the hill. It was only a small hill, I was only little and then I dediced it would be great to run down the hill really fast, which I did, and I ran to the bottom of the hill, fell over, ice cream all over me, and I don't think I got another ice cream after that.

Todd: Oh that's funny, and other memories from childhood.

Lois: I think I also remember pushing my brothers around in my brother's pram and him falling out and banging his head and there being lots of blood. I think I might have got is a lot of trouble for that one.

Todd: Oh! So you have a younger brother?

Lois: I have a younger brother and I have an older brother.

Todd: Oh, OK

Lois: So I'm the middle child, which is not always good because when we used to go on holiday my brothers would always fight in the car, so I always had to sit in the middle of them so if they were fighting I could stop the fighting, so I didn't like being the middle child.

Todd: Well, I sure you served a good purpose for your parents.

Lois: Well, I hope so, but still my brothers are now 27 and 23 and they still fight now, so I didn't actually manage to stop that.

學習內(nèi)容：

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

bottom of the hill

I thought it would be fun to run down to the bottom of the hill.

The 'bottom of the hill' is where the hill meets the flat ground. To run to the bottom of the hill means to run down the hill until you arrive at flat ground. Notice the following:

It is hard to walk all the way up here from the bottom of the hill.

I was almost to the bottom of the hill when my ski fell off.

fell over or all over

I fell over and had ice cream all over me.

If you 'fall over' it means that you fall to the ground from a position where you were sitting or standing. To get something 'all over' you means to be covered in it, like on your clothes and skin and in your hair. Notice the following:

My chair fell over because it was broken.

I have sand all over me from being at the beach all day.

bang the head

I remember pushing my brother, and he fell and banged his head.

When you 'bang your head' you hit it against something hard. Notice the following:

She banged her head pretty hard in the car accident.

He fell down on the ice and banged his head.

middle child

I don't like being the middle child.

When you have a sibling8 that is older and one that is younger we say that you are the 'middle child.' Notice the following:

He is a typical middle child.

My brother is a middle child and enjoys the fact that nobody pays a lot of attention to him.

serve a good purpose

I'm sure you served a good purpose for your parents.

If you 'serve a good purpose' you have a practical9 use or are able to help in some way. Notice the following:

She always keeps things she thinks could serve a good purpose.

This bicycle served a good purpose for me all through university.

1 pram

n.嬰兒車，童車

參考例句：

She sat the baby up in the pram. 她把孩子放在嬰兒車里坐著。

She ran in chase of the pram. 她跑著追那嬰兒車。

2 bang

n.巨響，猛擊;vi.砰砰作響;vt.砰地敲，猛擊

參考例句：

Pack it up, you kids;or I'll bang your heads together!住手，你們這些小孩，再弄就揍你們!

She fell and got a nasty bang on the knee.她摔倒了，膝蓋猛撞在地上。

3 banging

vt.猛擊，猛撞(bang的現(xiàn)在分詞形式)

參考例句：

The baby was banging the table with his spoon. 小寶寶用調(diào)羹敲打著桌子。

Stop banging around, children, Father is trying to sleep. 孩子們，別到處亂敲!爸爸想睡覺。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4 means

n.方法，手段，折中點，物質(zhì)財富

參考例句：

That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段獲取機密。

We must get it done by some means or other.我們總得想辦法把它干完。

5 ski

n.滑雪橇，滑雪板;vi.滑雪

參考例句：

The ski is wooden.這滑雪板是木制的。

Do you have the skill to ski such a difficult slope?你有沿著這樣一個陡坡滑雪的本事嗎?

6 standing

n.持續(xù)，地位;adj.永久的，不動的，直立的，不流動的

參考例句：

After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震過后只有幾幢房屋還立著。

They're standing out against any change in the law.他們堅決反對對法律做任何修改。

7 banged

vt.猛擊，猛撞(bang的過去式與過去分詞形式)

參考例句：

Two days after the accident she still looked pretty banged up. 事故過去兩天后她看上去傷勢仍然很重。

I've banged into the doorpost and hurt my arm. 我撞著了門柱，把臂傷了。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》

8 sibling

n.同胞手足(指兄、弟、姐或妹)

參考例句：

Many of us hate living in the shadows of a more successful sibling.我們很多人都討厭活在更為成功的手足的陰影下。

Sibling ravalry has been common in this family.這個家里，兄弟姊妹之間的矛盾很平常。

9 practical

adj.實際的，實踐的;實用的，應(yīng)用的;有實際經(jīng)驗的

參考例句：

He is a practical person.他是位很講實際的人。

Your invention is clever,but not practical.你的發(fā)明很巧，但不實用。