《自言自語·開口說英語》全書由20課組成。所選材料注重簡單易懂性和趣味性,旨在讓讀者以一種輕松愉悅的心情閱讀、理解,然后用自言自語的方式將所讀到的內(nèi)容陳述出來。練習題可幫助讀者理解原文的結(jié)構(gòu)和意義。書后附有參考答案,以便讀者自查。
《自言自語·開口說英語》可供具有高三及以上英語水平的在校學生、社會在職人士,以及準備參加各類口語考試的考生使用。
《自言自語·開口說英語》是“自言自語——自信交流英語口語系列”的第二分冊。根據(jù)本系列的編寫要求,本分冊所選材料注重簡單易懂性和趣味性,題材主要包括幽默笑話、逸聞趣事和個人經(jīng)歷,并適當編選了一些人物介紹方面的文章(包括自我介紹和對他人的介紹)。這些材料旨在讓學習者以一種輕松愉悅的心情閱讀、理解,然后用自言自語的方式將所讀到的內(nèi)容陳述出來。 本書可配合本系列的《大聲讀英語》使用,這樣既可以通過朗讀來訓練語音、語調(diào),培養(yǎng)語感,又可以用“自言自語法”展開口語練習,從而實現(xiàn)真正的口語交際。 本書的使用對象為具有高中及以上英語水平的在校學生和社會在職人士,以及準備參加各種英語口}式(包括高考英語口試、四六級英語口語考試、研究生入學英語口試、雅思、托福等)的考生。
Lesson 1 Zoo Job
Lesson 2 Where Do Pets Come From?
Lesson 3 Who Owns the Cows?
Lesson 4 How Are You Feeling?
Lesson 5 A Scientist
Lesson 6 Baked Beans
Lesson 7 Johnny the Explorer
Lesson 8 Honk If You Love Jesus
Lesson 9 Homework
Lesson 10 About Myself
Lesson 11 The Happy Shoemaker
Lesson 12 Mexican Fisherman
Lesson 13 The Rabbit from a Laboratory
Lesson 14 Quit Fighting
Lesson 15 A Writer
Lesson 16 Eliza and Athena
Lesson 17 Dads Blessings
Lesson 18 The Worst Scare of My Life
Lesson 19 The Monkey King
Lesson 20 A Pop Star
Key to Note Taking in Step 2
so to yourself. Retell the story to yourself, using the notes above as aclue. Pay attention to the following points:
Dont just murmur; speak out loud instead.
Suppose you are telling the story to a friend, so use body
language to make you better understood,
Dont read the notes, but talk over them, just like you are
delivering a speech based on an outline. [A Model]
This is a story about a mime. He is out of work so he goes to thezoo and wants to earn some money as a street performer. Then a zookeeper comes to him, He would like to offer him a job to dress up as agorilla. Of course the mime is very glad.
The next morning the mime puts on the gorilla suit and entersthe cage. He is very successful because he has drawn a big crowd. Hesleeps, plays and makes fun of people.
But as time passes by, the crowds get tired of him, and they aremore interesting in the lion in the cage nearby. The mime doesnt want to. lose his audience, so he climbs to the top of his cage, crawls across a partition, and dangles from the top to the lions cage. He keeps taunting the lion. Of course the lion gets very angry. The crowds grow larger, and his salary keeps going up.
Then one day, a terrible thing happens. When the mime is dangling over the lion he slips and falls. The lion gathers itself and prepares to pounce. He is so scared that he begins to run round and round the cage. He starts screaming and yelling, "Help me, help me!" Finally, the lion gets him. The lion can also speak. He says, "Shut up you idiot! Do you want to get us both fired?"
You know what? The lion is also dressed up by a human!