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来自世界不同地方的六位学生在美国相遇。他们都是交换学生，到美国大学就读一个学期。他们在这里学习英语，了解美国文化，修专业课程。英语“日常会话”
(Everyday Conversations)系列便是围绕这六位学生在美国的经历展开。这个系列适于中级或中级以上英语水平的学生。
在这个会话中，三个学生——Peter、Akinyi、Lee——将为一个秋季游艺活动担任义务服务员，他们在谈论这件事。
Peter: I thought we were
all meeting up here this morning. Where are Lucía, Ajay and
Jana?
Akinyi: Ajay
and Jana are helping Lucía with a huge midterm project for one of
her classes. You’re stuck with
us.
Lee:
But we’re ready to help!
Peter: Well,
thanks
for volunteering to
help out at the fall festival.
It’ll be a lot of fun, and all the money goes to the children’s
hospital in town.
Akinyi: Could you
explain one thing to me first? What exactly is a fall festival? I
volunteeredwithout knowing what I was getting myself
into.
Lee:
Me too!
Peter: Now I
really appreciate that you volunteered! A fall festival is like an
outdoor fair with a fall theme. There’s food and music, as well as
games for children. This one is
an off-campusevent near a farm,
so there’s even going to be a corn
maze.
Lee:
A corn maze? Like a maze made of corn?
Peter: Exactly.
You have to walk through
tall cornstalks trying
to find your way out of the maze. Just when you think you’re
finding your way, suddenly you come to
a dead end, and you have to turn
around and try a different path.
Akinyi: And
what happens if you can’t find your way out?
Peter: There are
people who will help you. You won’t be stuck in the maze
forever.
让我们来学习一些词语。（也可阅读英文解释）
To be stuck
with someone
or something的意思是被与某人或某事拴在一起，不得不照料某人或某事。在这里是开玩笑。
To volunteer的意思是志愿或义务做某事。.
A fall
festival是在秋季举行的户外游乐集会或展销活动。这种活动以秋天为主题，通常有时令食品和饮料，并且有音乐表演、游戏和工艺品展销。
短语 without knowing what (one) was getting
(one)self into的意思是（一个人）不知具体情况或无意中（将其自己）卷入某一事中。
An off-campus event：校园外的活动
A maze 在这里是迷宫游戏的意思。A corn
maze指玉米地迷宫，即在玉米地里砍倒一些玉米杆，形成回旋曲径，供人们玩走迷宫游戏。
A dead end：走不通的死路
A cornstalk：玉米秆
有兴趣听更多英语对话吗？请浏览“英语学习”专题网页。
“日常会话”由国务院教育与文化事务局英语语言项目处（Office
of English Language Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs）资深项目官员海蒂·豪兰（Heidi
Howland）编写。
Everyday
conversations: Thanks for volunteering! [audio]
Six
students from around the world meet. What do they have in common?
They are all exchange students studying at a U.S. university for a
semester. Throughout the semester, they learn more English, learn
about U.S. culture, and learn more about their fields of study.
This series of Everyday
Conversations is about these six students and
their experiences during a semester at a university in the U.S.
These conversations are for intermediate-level English-language
learners or higher.
Three students volunteer at a fall festival. In this conversation,
the students (Peter, Akinyiand Lee)
talk about the activities at the festival.
https://share.america.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/W2-D2.mp3
Peter: I thought we were
all meeting up here this morning. Where are Lucía, Ajay and
Jana?
Akinyi: Ajay
and Jana are helping Lucía with a huge midterm project for one of
her classes. You’re stuck with
us.
Lee:
But we’re ready to help!
Peter: Well,
thanks
for volunteering to
help out at the fall festival.
It’ll be a lot of fun, and all the money goes to the children’s
hospital in town.
Akinyi: Could you
explain one thing to me first? What exactly is a fall festival? I
volunteeredwithout knowing what I was getting myself
into.
Lee:
Me too!
Peter: Now I
really appreciate that you volunteered! A fall festival is like an
outdoor fair with a fall theme. There’s food and music, as well as
games for children. This one is
an off-campusevent near a farm,
so there’s even going to be a corn
maze.
Lee:
A corn maze? Like a maze made of corn?
Peter: Exactly.
You have to walk through
tall cornstalks trying
to find your way out of the maze. Just when you think you’re
finding your way, suddenly you come to
a dead end, and you have to turn
around and try a different path.
Akinyi: And
what happens if you can’t find your way out?
Peter: There are
people who will help you. You won’t be stuck in the maze
forever.
Now let’s review the vocabulary.
To be stuck
with someone or something means that one
is forced to take care of or deal with someone or something. In
this context, it is said as a joke.
To volunteer means
to offer to do something without being paid to do it or without
being asked to do it.
A fall
festival is a type of outdoor celebration
or fair in the fall. Fall festivals have a fall theme, often with
seasonal food and drink, music, games and crafts.
The phrase without knowing what (one) was
getting (one)self into means that the
person did not know the details of a situation in advance.
An off-campus
event is an event that does not take
place on the campus of a school.
A maze is a
complicated system of paths or passages that people try to find
their way through for fun. A corn maze is a large maze created in a
cornfield. Cornstalks are cut down to create the paths.
A dead end is a
road or path that is closed at one end and does not join another
road or path. As a result, one must turn around to exit a dead-end
path.
A cornstalk is
the thick, tall stem of a corn plant.
Ready to learn more English? Our
materials can help!
Everyday
Conversations are developed by the State Department’s Heidi
Howland, a senior program officer in the Office of English Language
Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs.
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