Hello! America
[00:-1.00]Welcome to Lesson Four.
[00:-2.00]Listen to this conversation between Jeff and Amy.
[00:-3.00]She's extremely tense.This is very hard on her.
[00:-4.00]Well,she's lucky she has you here.
[00:-5.00]I think she really needs me.
[00:-6.00]why do you sound so surprised? I don't know.
[00:-7.00]this may sound strange,but it's the first time I'm the one in charge
[00:-8.00]--not my father or mother or older brother.
[00:-9.00]They're all relying on me.
[00:10.00]Now listen to these sentences. They all have adjectives.
[00:11.00]Say the adjectives.You hear,"She's lucky." And you say,"Lucky."
[00:12.00]Let's begin.She's lucky. Lucky.
[00:13.00]The music was beautiful. Beautiful.
[00:14.00]The news was awful. Awful.
[00:15.00]She was perfect in the part. Perfect.
[00:16.00]The reviews were wonderful. Wonderful.
[00:17.00]He's a brilliant new star. Brilliant.
[00:18.00]\They had a good director. Good.
[00:19.00]The cast was strong. Strong.
[00:20.00]He was worried about his father. Worried.
[00:21.00]She was happy about the reviews. Happy.
[00:22.00]The show was terrible. Terrible.
[00:23.00]She was nervous and tense. Nervous and tense.
[00:24.00]She's a sensitive actress. Sensitive.
[00:25.00]Now you're going to here two words.
[00:26.00]Are they the same or different?
[00:27.00]You hear,"Brilliant.Brilliant." And you say,"The same."
[00:28.00]You hear,"Wonderful. Wonderfully." And you say,"Different."
[00:29.00]Ready? Brilliant. Brilliant. The same."
[00:30.00]Wonderful.Wonderfully. Different.
[00:31.00]Sensitively.Sensitive. Different.
[00:32.00]Quickly.Quickly. The same.
[00:33.00]Smoothly.Smoothly. The same.
[00:34.00]Terrible.Terribly. Different.
[00:35.00]Happily.Happily. The same.
[00:36.00]Perfectly.Perfectly. The same.
[00:37.00]Beautiful.Beautiful. The same.
[00:38.00]Nice.Nicely. Different.
[00:39.00]Nervously.Nervously. The same.
[00:40.00]Now let's repeat these adverbs.
[00:41.00]convincingly convincingly
[00:42.00]carefully carefully
[00:43.00]beautifully beautifully
[00:44.00]professionally professionally
[00:45.00]skillfully skillfully
[00:46.00]mysteriously mysteriously
[00:47.00]intelligently intelligently
[00:48.00]efficiently efficiently
[00:49.00]sensitively sensitively
[00:50.00]Now let's change the adjectives to adverbs.
[00:51.00]You hear,"convincing." And you say,"convincingly."
[00:52.00]Ready? Let's try it.
[00:53.00]Convincing. Convincingly.
[00:54.00]Careful. Carefully.
[00:55.00]Sensitive. Sensitively.
[00:56.00]Beautiful. Beautifully.
[00:57.00]Professional. Professionally.
[00:58.00]Intelligent. Intelligently.
[00:59.00]Skillful. Skillfully.
[-1:00.00]Mysterious. Mysteriously.
[-1:-1.00]Efficient. Efficiently.
[-1:-2.00]Now change these nouns to verbs.
[-1:-3.00]You hear.... He's an actor. And you say... He acts.
[-1:-4.00]You hear... She's a driver. And you say... She drives. Ready?
[-1:-5.00]He's an actor. He acts.
[-1:-6.00]She's a driver. She drives.
[-1:-7.00]She's a director. She directs.
[-1:-8.00]They're singers. They sing.
[-1:-9.00]He's a cook. He cooks.
[-1:10.00]She's a speaker. She speaks.
[-1:11.00]They're writers.She writes.
[-1:12.00]She's a manager. She manages.
[-1:13.00]He's a worker. He works.
[-1:14.00]Let's make some sentences using adverbs.
[-1:15.00]Add the-ly ending to the adjective to form the adverb.
[-1:16.00]For example,quick becomes quickly.
[-1:17.00]Then put the adverb at the end of the sentence.
[-1:18.00]You hear... She's a beautiful actress.
[-1:19.00]And you say... She acts beautifully.
[-1:20.00]You hear... He's a sensitive director.
[-1:21.00]And you say... He directs sensitively.
[-1:22.00]Let's try it.She's a beautiful actress. She acts beautifully.
[-1:23.00]He's a sensitive director. He directs sensitively.
[-1:24.00]She's a superb cook. She cooks superbly.
25.00]They're brilliant writers. They write brilliantly.
[-1:26.00]He's a nervous speaker. He speaks nervously.
[-1:27.00]He's a nice piano player. He plays piano nicely.
[-1:28.00]She's a superb singer. She sings superbly.
[-1:29.00]He's a brilliant actor. He acts brilliantly.
[-1:30.00]He's a convincing speaker. He speaks convincingly.
[-1:31.00]They're sensitive performers. They perform sensitively.
[-1:32.00]He's a nervous driver. He drives nervously.
[-1:33.00]She's an efficient manager. She manages efficiently.
[-1:34.00]End of Lesson Four. |