学术英语第二版第一册口语复习

Lesson 9

you

ever

said

something

in

English,

and

the

person

you

were

speaking

with

looked

at

you

with

surprise

or

confusion?

What

kind

of

mistake did you make?

Yes,

I

have

such

experience.

My

accent

isn

’

t

cl

ear

enough,

and

there

are

some

words that I can

’

t read correctly. In ad

dition, sometimes I can

’

t tell which word is

more accurate, such as safety and security.

it better to speak formal English in all situation? Why or why not?

Formal English shoul

d also be used in a specific occasion, such as talking to the

eld

ers, or on business or acad

emic occasions, so that we must use formal English,

which

makes

us

l

ook

polite

and

serious.

When

we

talk

with

others

in

daily

life,

using formal English will make us l

ook l

ess friendly and that sounds strange.

you begin learning a second language, should you first learn formal

language or formal language? Why?

I supposed that it d

epends on what you l

earn second language for. If you want to

pass the test of language proficiency through studying. The formal language will

be

better.

However,

If

you

just

want

to

communicate

with

foreigners.

Informal

language, such as slang, will have a better influence.

are some of the ways you think young children learn to use formal

and informal language?

First of all, there are many teaching vid

eos and learning materials on the Internet.

Young stud

ents can l

earn to use formal and informal languages by studying them.

They can also watch TV programs or cartoons to observe how the characters use

formal

and

informal

language,

and

then

imitate

it.

Finally,

they

will

try

to

participate

in

different

types

of

activities,

to

und

erstand

the

difference

of

the

occasions,

know

when

to

use

formal

language,

and

when

to

use

informal

language.

what

ways

do

you

think

it

is

different

or

easy

for

second

language

l

earners to l

earn the difference between formal and informal language?

Living in a foreign language environment is easy for second language learners to

l

earn difference between formal and informal language. They are surround

ed by

foreign

languages

all

day

l

ong,

making

it

easier

to

get

a

sense

of

the

language.

They

speak

a

foreign

language

at

any

time

and

in

any

place.

In

the

course

of

gradual

observation

and

accumulation,

they

will

know

the

difference

between

formal and informal language.

Lesson 13

do

you

know

about

Abraham

Lincoln

and

John

y?

Talk

about how you think the two men are similar and how they are different.

Lincoln and Kennedy were the youngest presidents in the United States. Both of

them

was

assassinated

whil

e

in

office,

and

neither

presid

ent

lived

to

compl

ete

their term in office.

Lincoln

was

born

in

a

poor

family

and

he

is

a

self-educated

man.

However,

Kenny's

family

was

rich.

He

went

to

expensive

school

and

graduated

from

Harvard

University.

Lincoln

lived

in

nineteenth

Century

whil

e

Kennedy

lived

in