Summary 简介
Anna discovers a festival – the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall. What does she learn there about Basque culture?
Anna发现国家大草坪上正在举办史密森尼民俗节，她了解到了哪些巴斯克文化？
Speaking 口语
Learn to pronounce the new words for this lesson. You also learn about the words people use in English when they cannot remember a word, or they do not know a word.
看视频学单词。看看在英语里，不知道一个词怎么说，或是想不起来一个词怎么说该如何表达。
Pronunciation 发音
Use this video to learn about three ways to pronounce the past tense ending of regular verbs.
Conversation 对话
Anna: Yesterday was the most amazing day. I want to tell my friend back home about it. So, I am writing her a letter!
Writing 写作
Tell about a party or festival in your town. Write to us by email or in the Comments section. Click on the image below to download the Activity Sheet and practice with a friend.
评论或是发邮件，讲讲你家附近的派对或是节日。点击下载练习页，跟朋友一起练。
Activity Sheet Lesson 24
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 Substitute. When we are speaking a second language, we often do not know a word. That is the time we can substitute a phrase or another word, and continue speaking.
本课的学习技巧是替代。学习外语时，我们往往会遇到不会说的词。这种时候就需要换种说法来代替你想表达的意思，继续往下说。
In the video, you can hear Anna telling about the game. She does not remember the name at first.
Anna在视频中谈到一种游戏，但是她一上来想不起来这个游戏的名称了。
They are playing a game. It’s a kind of handball. What do they call it? They call it pilota!
他们玩一种游戏，一种手球游戏，叫什么来着？对了，叫 pilota!
Anna uses a phrase, “It’s a kind of handball,” to tell about the game. She is substituting that phrase for the Basque name. Then she remembers the name, pilota.
Anna用“一种手球”来形容这种游戏，用这种说法来替代这种巴斯克游戏的名称，然后她才想起来，这种游戏叫 pilota.
How about you? Do you sometimes substitute a word or phrase for an English word you do not know? Write to tell us how you use this strategy in an email or in the Comments section. Teachers, see the Lesson Plan for more on how to teach this strategy.
你在说英语时，会不会用替代的技巧来描述你不会说的字或是短语？评论或是发邮件告诉我们。
Quiz 测试
Listen to short videos and test your listening skills with this quiz. This week’s quiz also tests your learning strategy knowledge.
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New Words 新词汇
Past tense verbs 动词的过去式
start – started
want – wanted
walk – walked
dance – danced
play – played
call – called
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Free Materials 免费学习材料
Word Book
Download the VOA Learning English Word Book for a dictionary of the words we use on this website.
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 the past tense.
For Teachers 教师资源
Lesson Plan – Lesson 24
See the Lesson Plan for this lesson for ideas and more teaching resources. Send us an email if you have comments on this course or questions.
Grammar focus: Regular past tense verbs
Topics: Festivals and cultural traditions
Learning Strategy: Substitute
Speaking & Pronunciation Focus: Voiced and voiceless past tense pronunciations; Substituting one word for another