Studio Classroom- July 23- [American Culture Corner] A Car Drives Through It

【Chat Room】

• 本日討論重點：
  America's love affair with cars. 美國人對汽車強烈的愛好，迷戀
• a love affair：原指男女之間的戀情，尤其是指婚外情
  - First all, a love affair is not a good thing, because it's a romantic relationship between two people were not married to each other, but here we are not talking about that kind of affair, love affair can also refer to a strong and enthusiastic liking for something.
  So, here we were refering to American's enthusiasm and passion for cars.
• in love：相愛(例1)，也可用來指對一件事的愛好-We can also in love with a thing or an activity.(例2)
  ex:
  1. a young couple in love 一對情侶
  2. in love with baseball 瘋迷棒球

【Grammar on the Go】

• 本日討論例句：
  Drive-throughs are a matter of customer want and customer need.
• are a matter of = are a subject or situation all about
  = Drive-throughs are a subject all about customer want and customer need.
• Use this phrase：be-verb + a matter of , when you want to talk about what something is all about.
• ex:
  1. The new airport regulations are a matter of national security.
  2. A Roman gladiator's performance in the arena is a matter of life or death.

【Language Tips】

1. microphone n. 傳聲器，麥克風
   ＝mic
   ex:
   1. Please speak into the microphone so we can hear you.
   2. My cell phone has a built-in microphone, so I can record messages.
2. speaker n. 喇叭，擴音器，揚聲器
   ex:
   1. Many speakers were installed around the auditorium for the concert.
   2. There's no sound coming out from the left-hand speaker of the CD player.
3. automatic adj. 自動式的；自然而然的，一定會有的(例句3)
   ex:
   1. automatic door 自動門
   2. a fully-automatic washing machine 全自動式的洗衣機
   3. There's an automatic fine for overdue payments. 延期繳款必有罰金產生