英語口語每天說上半小時 079

79.English 英語

1.When did you start learning english? 你什么時候開始學英文?

2.How did you feel about English when you first heard it spoken?

你第一次聽到英文的時候有什么感覺?

3.Do you practise speaking English a lot? 你經(jīng)常練習說英文嗎?

4.Are you learning any other foreign language besides English?

除了英語之外，你還學其它外語嗎?

5.How do you try to enlarge your English vocabulary? 你是如何擴展你的英語詞匯的?

6.Have you ever thought of giving up your English study? 你曾經(jīng)有想過放棄學英語嗎?

7.Do you think one can learn English quite well in just a few months?

你覺得一個人能在短短幾個月內(nèi)學好英文嗎?

8.Have you made much progress in English? 你在學英文上進步大嗎?

Dialogue One

A:Are you studying any languages here?

你在這里有學什么語言嗎?

B:Yes, I'm studying in the Foreign Languages Department.

是的，我在外語系學習。

A:What are you majoring in?

你的專業(yè)是什么?

B:I'm majoring in English.

我的專業(yè)是英語。

A:Is it difficult to learn?

英文難學嗎?

B:Yes.The language is hard to learn,but it's interesting.

是的。語言很難學，但是很有趣。

A:Do you know anything about Britain and America?

你了解英國和美國嗎?

B:I'm reading a lot of books about the two countries.I like the culture.

我看了很多關于這兩個國家的書。我喜歡文化。

A:Right.It's important to learn the culture of a nation if you want to learn the language well.

對。如果你想把一個國家的語言學好，了解該國的文化是很重要的。

B:You're right.

你說得對。

Dialogue Two

A:What do you like to do with your free time?

你空閑時間喜歡做什么?

B:Study English.

學英語。

A:You mean you like to study English?Why?

你是說你喜歡學英語?為什么?

B:It gives me great satisfaction.

它給我巨大的滿足。

A:Studying English wouldn't give me any satisfaction.It's hard work.

學英文不能帶個我任何滿足。它是一件苦差事。

B:I don't mind the work.I think it's worthwhile.

我不介意刻苦。我覺得值得。

Dialogue Three

A:Do you speak only English in the class,or does your teacher explain everything to you in Spanish?

你們在課堂上有說英文或者你們老師有用西班牙語向你們講解嗎?

B:Oh,we never speak Spanish in class!Miss.Parker speaks to us only in English.

噢，我們在課堂上從不說西班牙語!帕克老師只用英語跟我們將。

A:I suppose she's right.Does she speak English very slowly?

我覺得她是對的。她英文說得很慢嗎?

B:Not always.Sometimes we don't understand her.Then she has to repeat what she said.

不全是。有時我們不明白她說什么，那么她就必須重復她說過的。

A:It must be interesting to study English.

學英語一定很有趣。

B:Mario and I are the best students in the class. Miss Parker says that my pronunciation is very good.

我和馬里奧是班里最好的學生。帕克老師說我的發(fā)音非常好。

A:Is English pronunciation easy or difficult?

英語發(fā)音難還是容易?

B:Sometimes it's difficult.Some words look different from the way one pronounces them.

有時候是很難。有些單詞看起來和讀的方式不同。

英語的種類

There are two main families of Standard English,the American and the British.American English is spoken in the USA and in Canada.British English is spoken in the West Indies,Britain,Australia,New Zealand and Africa.However,many other parts of the world also use English.In India English is an official language still and there is a special kind of Indian English.In several African countries,such as Nigeria and Ghana,English is spoken in schools and colleges.In many sciences English is the language of communication.There are about 300 million people who speak English as a first language,and there are another 300 million who use it as a second language.So English is now an international language and is useful to people who never go to England.

標準英語有兩個主要語系，美式英語和英式英語。美國和加拿大講美式英語。西印度、英國、澳大利亞、新西蘭和非洲講英式英語。然而，世界其它地方也有用英語。在印度，英語仍然是一種官方語言，而且有一種特別的印度英語。在一些非洲國家，例如尼日利亞和加納，學校和大學都說英語。在很多科學領域，英文是溝通的語言。大約有3億人把英語作為第一語言，另外有3億人把英文作為第二語言。所以英語現(xiàn)在是一種國際語言，對從沒去過英格蘭的人說，英文很有用。

English

1.We should learn and master idiomatic English. 我們應該學習并掌握地道的英語。

2.You should improve your oral English. 你應該提高你的英語口語。

3.They've already had a good command of the English language.

他們已經(jīng)很好地掌握英語語言。

4.This word doesn't go with the verb. 這個詞不能和動詞搭配。

5.Although he can speak English pretty well,he still doesn't know enough vocabulary.

盡管他英語講得很好，但是他認識的詞匯還不夠。

6.He reads a lot in English, so his reading comprehension is better than others.

他讀很多英語書，所以他的閱讀理解比其他人好。

Dialogue One

A:Hi,my name is Lvan,and I'm from Russia.

嘿，我叫Lvan，我來自俄羅斯。

B:Nice to meet you,Lvan.My name is Akiko.I'm from Japan.

很高西認識你，Lvan。我叫Akiko。我來自日本。

A:To me English is a difficult language.

英文對我來說很難。

B:A second language is always difficult.

第二語言都是很難的。

A:True,but English is harder than most.It's a crazy language.

沒錯，但是英語難于大多數(shù)語言。英語是一門瘋狂的語言。

B:A crazy language?Why do you say that?

一門瘋狂的語言?你為什么這么說?

A:One letter can have several pronunciations and one word can have several meanings.

一個字母有若干個發(fā)音，一個單詞有若干個意思。

B:No wonder you say English is a crazy language.

難怪你說英語是一門瘋狂的語言了。

Dialogue Two

A:Are there many idioms in English?

英語中有很多習語嗎?

B:There are hundreds and hundreds.English is particularly rich in idiomatic expressions.

習語有成千上萬。英語習語表達方面特別豐富。

A:Can you give us an example?

你可以給我舉個例子嗎?

B:"I'll look up the rate."To look up doesn't mean to look high into the sky or to look at the roof.It means to search for and find some information.

“I'll look up the rate.” To look up的意思不是抬頭看天空或屋頂。它是指搜尋或找一些信息。

A:What about the expression "goodbye"?Is that an idiom?

那“goodbye”這個表達呢?它是一個習語嗎?

B:That is just a natural,grammatical English expression.It has a direct translation in other languages.

這僅僅是一個自然的、語法上的英文表達。它可以直接翻譯成其它語言。

A:This is interesting,Ms.Parker.

帕克先生，這真有趣。

Dialogue Three

A:Well,you seem to enjoy speaking English.

額，你似乎很喜歡說英語。

B:You can't help learning when you're using it all day.You'll see.A few weeks' study in the school will have a similar effect on you.

當你整天都用它的時候，你會忍不住學習它。你會明白的。在學校學幾個星期對你會有相同的影響的。

A:I hope so.You see, at the moment I find it difficult to get used to the teacher's speed and accent.I'm awfully worried, I can't reply as quickly as she seems to expect.

希望如此。你看，現(xiàn)在，我發(fā)現(xiàn)適應老師的語速和口音很難。我非常著急，我不能像她期待的那樣快來回答。

B:Oh,she likes keeping us on our toes by getting us use English throughout the class.She doesn't mind your making mistakes,though.

噢，她喜歡讓我們整節(jié)課都用英語，說個不停。但是她不介意你犯錯誤。

A:You know,speaking in class is a very good chance to put your English to practical use.

你知道的，在課堂上說英語是一個使用英語的很好機會。

英語漫談

English is the world's most widely used language.As a native language,English is spoken by more than three hundred million people:in the U.S.,England, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.In some other countries.English is often necessary for business,education, information and other activities.So English is the second language there.

英語是世界上使用最廣泛的英語。在美國、英國、澳大利亞和紐西蘭，3億多人把英文作為母語講。在一些其它國家，英語在商業(yè)、教育、信息和其它活動中經(jīng)常都是必須的。所以英語是那里的第二語言。

As a foreign language, no other language is more widely studied or used than English.We use it to listen to radio,to read books or to travel.It is also one of the working languages in the United Nations and is more used than the others.

作為一門外語，沒有其它語言像英語這樣被廣泛學習和使用。我們用它來聽廣播，看書或旅游。它也是聯(lián)合國的一門工作語言，比其它語言用得更多。