YOLO美语:Lesson 41 Teamwork works best with a team

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Summary

Anna meets with her boss, Ms. Weaver, for her yearly review. Ms. Weaver wants Anna to have higher numbers for the audience of her show. How will Anna make her audience numbers go up? Anna去见上司Ms. Weaver, 做年度评估。Ms. Weaver希望Anna提高节目的收视率，Anna怎样才能做到呢？

Speaking 口语

In this video, learn how to say the new words. Then learn about sentences that include the words "if" and "will." These are called present real conditional sentences.

Pronunciation 发音

When we want our listener to notice one or two words in a sentence, we can say them louder, or put more emphasis on them. Learn how to do that in this video.

Conversation 对话

Anna: Hi. I am walking to work. Today my boss will tell me what she thinks of my work. Is it good? Or is it bad? Okay, time for work. I am going right now. Okay, okay, I’m going!

Ms. Weaver: Anna, hello.

Anna: Hello.

Ms. Weaver: Sit down. As you know, at the start of a new year we have a work review.

Anna: Yes. It’s time for mine.

Ms. Weaver: Yes. Anna, this chart shows the audience of The Time Traveling Treehouse. If you look at it, you will see something bad. Your audience is going down, down, DOWN!

Anna: Ms. Weaver, I think the chart is upside down.

Anna: Here, let’s flip that around. Now, it’s right-side up.

Ms. Weaver: Oh. If you look at this chart, you will see something good. Your audience is big.

Anna: Good!

Ms. Weaver: But not big enough.

Anna: Not good.

Ms. Weaver: I want to see these numbers go up, and up, and UP!

Anna: How?

Ms. Weaver: I have something -- idea posters!

Anna: (whispers) Idea posters.

Ms. Weaver: You really ought to think seriously about them. I like this one. Please read it.

Anna: “If at first you SUCCEED; you will be a success.” Well, it's a cute cat.

Ms. Weaver: Here’s another one. I like it.

Anna: “WORKING HARD looks hard because it really is hard.” I see. It's another cute cat.

Ms. Weaver: This is my favorite.

Anna: “TEAMWORK works best with a team.” A team of cats. Look at all those cats!

Ms. Weaver: So, Anna, do you understand what I want?

Anna: Yes, Ms. Weaver. I understand.

Anna: Okay, team. There is a problem in the Treehouse.

Amelia: Problem? What's the problem?

Anna: Our audience is big.

Bryan: But that's a good thing.

Anna: No, it is not big enough.

Anna: Please don’t worry. I know what Ms. Weaver wants. Here’s the plan. (whispers)

Bryan: Is that what she wants?

Amelia: Are you sure?

Anna: Yes. Let’s get to work!

Anna: Good job, team. This is exactly what Ms. Weaver wants!

Anna: Welcome to The Time Traveling Treehouse! Today you will learn about a very popular pet … cats!

MINDY: Anna. Did I give you enough cats?

Anna: I don’t know, MINDY. I think we need more cats!

Writing 写作

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Activity Sheet Lesson 41

Learning Strategy 学习技巧

Learning Strategies are the thoughts and actions that help make learning easier or more effective.

The learning strategy for this lesson is Use Selective Attention. When you are listening in English, sometimes we can't understand every word. At those times, you can listen for the important words and try your best to understand.

本课的学习技巧是使用选择性注意。学英语有时候你不会每个字都懂，这种时候就要注意听关键字，尽量听懂句子的意思。

In this lesson, Anna tries to understand Ms. Weaver. Ms. Weaver wants Anna to get a bigger audience. But Anna pays attention to the cats in the posters that Ms. Weaver shows her. She thinks Ms. Weaver wants to see more cats in The Time Traveling Treehouse.

在本课中，Anna努力理解Ms. Weaver的意思。Ms. Weaver希望Anna提高收视率，但是Anna的注意力却在Ms. Weaver给她看的张贴画的猫咪身上。她以为Ms. Weaver是想让她在“The Time Traveling Treehouse”更多地使用猫的元素。

When you use selective attention, you may not always understand perfectly. But you can always ask a question to check on your understanding. Anna did not ask to make sure of what Ms.Weaver wanted. In real life, you should check your understanding when you use selective attention.

使用选择性注意，可能会造成理解的不全面，但是可以通过问问题来验证自己理解的准确程度。Anna就没有问。在现实生活中，用到选择性注意的时候，最好能验证一下自己理解得是否正确。

Teachers, see the Lesson Plan for more details on teaching this strategy.

New Words 新词汇

audience - n. the people who watch, read, or listen to something

audience - 名词，观众，听众

cat - n. a small animal that is related to lions and tigers and that is often kept by people as a pet

cat - 名词，猫

chart- n. information in the form of a table or a diagram

chart - 名词，图表

cute - adj. having a pleasing and usually youthful appearance

cute - 形容词，可爱的

exactly - adv. used to stress that something is accurate, complete, or correct

exactly - 副词，完全准确地

flip - v. to cause (something) to turn or turn over quickly

flip - 动词，迅速反转

meow - v. to make a crying sound as cats do

meow - 动词，猫叫

pet - n. an animal (such as a dog, cat, bird, or fish) that people keep mainly for pleasure

pet - 名词，宠物

poster - n. a usually large picture that is put on walls as a decoration

poster - 名词，张贴画

review - n. an act of carefully looking at or examining the quality or condition of something or someone

review- 名词，回顾

right-side up - noun phrase. with the top or correct side facing up

right-side up - 名词词组，正面朝上

succeed - v. to do what you are trying to do or to achieve the correct or desired result

succeed - 动词，成功

success - n. a person or thing that succeeds

success - 名词，成功

teamwork - n. the work done by people who work together as a team to do something

teamwork - 名词，团队合作

upside down- adv. in such a way that the upper and the lower parts are reversed in position

upside down - 副词， 颠倒地

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Each Let's Learn English lesson has an Activity Sheet for extra practice on your own or in the classroom. In this lesson, you can use it to practice making conditional sentences.