(Supplementary Materials for Specific Textbooks--Q: Skills for Success: Listening and Speaking 5)
1. Nowadays, how are kids more likely to get to school?
2. What did two parents want their kids to do?
3. How did their kids feel about the idea?
4. How could the kids get a reward?
5. “Freiker” is a blended word, made up of which two words?
6. Who is Tim Carlin?
7. How many kids were taking part in the impromptu punch card system every morning?
1. Nowadays, how are kids more likely to get to school?
2. What did two parents want their kids to do?
3. How did their kids feel about the idea?
4. How could the kids get a reward?
5. “Freiker” is a blended word, made up of which two words?
6. Who is Tim Carlin?
7. How many kids were taking part in the impromptu punch card system every morning?
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I’m Ryan Warner
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1. You’re tuned to Colorado Matters, from KCFR news. I’m Ryan Warner. (00:04--00:08)
2. These days, kids are far more likely to get to school in their parents’ car than by biking or walking. (00:09-00:16)
3. Well, a program in Boulder is designed to change that, (00:16-00:19)
4. and it’s catching on in schools across the country and in Canada. (00:19-00:23)
5. But it didn’t start out with that lofty goal. (00:23-00:25)
Ryan Warner: You’re tuned to Colorado Matters, from KCFR news. I’m Ryan Warner. These days, kids are far more likely to get to school in their parents’ car than by biking or walking. Well, a program in Boulder is designed to change that, and it’s catching on in schools across the country and in Canada. But it didn’t start out with that lofty goal. No, it started when two parents were trying to get their kids to bike to school. The kids weren’t wild about the idea, and so their parents created punch cards, like the kind you get at a coffee shop or sub place. And when the cards were all punched, meaning the kids had biked consistently, there was a reward. Well, the frequent biker, or “Freiker” concept, caught on. Tim Carlin is one of the two dads who started this. He’s now Freiker’s executive director. And he told me how this grew from a handful of kids at Crestview Elementary School in Boulder into an international program.
Tim Carlin: The way it got started was, he and I were doing punch cards for our kids. And then, we saw some other kids who were riding, and we told them “oh, well we could do a punch card for you.” And then some other kids started riding, and then we had punch cards for them. And pretty soon we had 25, 30 kids every morning arriving at the bike racks taking part in this totally impromptu punch card system.
tune: to make changes to a television or radio so that it receives programmes from a particular company:
The radio is tuned to Radio 5.
likely: probably:
She'll most likely come without him.
program: a plan of events or activities with a particular purpose:
a health education program
is designed to: to have been planned or done for a particular purpose:
The new law is designed to protect children.
catch on: to become popular:
I wonder if the game will catch on with young people?
start out: to begin something in a particular way:
My dad started out as a sales assistant in a shop.
lofty: of a high moral standard:
lofty ideals
goal: something you want to do successfully in the future:
Andy's goal is to run in the New York Marathon.
be wild about: to be very enthusiastic about something:
He's wild about jazz.
punch cards: loyalty cards used at certain restaurants or cafes. Everytime you order something, they punch your card. When the card is full, you get a free drink.
sub: short for “submarine sandwich” is a type of sandwich split lengthwise and filled with meats, cheeses, vegetables, and condiments
consistently: adverb form of consistent--meaning always behaving or happening in a similar, usually positive, way:
The President has consistently denied the rumours.
frequent: happening often:
He is a frequent visitor to the US.
concept: an idea or principle:
the concept of free speech
executive: relating to making decisions and managing businesses:
an executive director
director: an important manager in an organization or company:
Meet the new sales director.
handful: a small number of people or things:
Only a handful of people came to the meeting.
elementary school: a school for children from the ages of five to about eleven
international: relating to or involving two or more countries:
rack: a type of shelf that you can put things on or hang things from:
a magazine rack
take part in: to be involved in an activity with other people:
She doesn't usually take part in any of the class activities.
totally: completely:
They look totally different.
impromptu: not planned or prepared:
an impromptu party
system: a way or method of doing things:
the American legal system
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