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第14章 在英语角

经典表述

English corner plays an important role in English studying,it help improving our oral English.

英语角在英语学习中起着重要的作用,它帮助我们提高英语口语。

Many people tend to neglect practice in speaking English.

很多人往往忽视练习英语口语。

情景对话

Dialogue One

A:Dana,you know that there is an English corner on the campus every Thursday evening?

丹娜,你知道每周四晚上校园里都有英语角吗?

B:Yes,I heard that many students talk to each other in English there.

我听说在那儿很多学生用英语交谈。

A:Then how about going to English corner with me this Thursday evening?

这周四晚上我们一起去英语角如何呢?

B:Oh,I’d rather not.

我不想去。

A:Why not?

为什么不呢?

B:You know,my spoken English is very poor.I feel nervous enough to speak English in class,never mind to speak it at English corner.

你知道我的英语口语很差。我在英语课上都紧张的说不好,更不用说在英语角了。

A:That’s why you should go there.English corner is beneficial to improving our oral English.

所以你才应该去那儿。英语角对提高英语口语很有帮助。

B:OK.I will have a try.

好吧。我去试试。

Dialogue Two

A:Hello,this is my first time to come to the English corner.Can I talk with you?

你好,这是我第一次来英语角。我能和你交谈吗?

B:No problem.

没问题。

A:How often do you come to the English corner?

你经常来这里吗?

B:About twice a month.

一个月两次。

A:Do you think English corner plays an important role in English studying?

你认为英语角在英语学习中起着重要的作用吗?

B:Yes.Many people tend to neglect practice in speaking English.And English corner is really helpful.

很多人往往忽视练习口语。而英语角真的很有帮助。

A:Your English is very good.I guess it’s all because of the practices at English corner.

你的英语说得这么好,我猜都是因为在英语角练习的缘故吧。

B:Not actually.Activities in English are held regularly in our school.All these activities will make our oral English more fluent.

不完全是。我们学校经常举行各种英语活动。这些活动能使我们的英语口语更流利。

A:I see.

我明白了。

Dialogue Three

A:What do people usually talk about in English corner?

人们在英语角通常都谈些什么呢?

B:Whatever interests them,such as English study,music,books,movies,politics and traveling.

谈所有感兴趣的东西,比如英语学习、音乐、书、电影、政治和旅游。

A:But I’m not sure if I can keep up with their speed.What if I can’t understand others’questions?

我没有把握能赶上他们的谈话速度。要是我听不懂别人的问题怎么办?

B:That occurs to everyone in English corner.You can ask them to repeat the question.

在英语角,每个人都会遇到这样的情况,你可以请别人再重复一遍。

A:It must be very embarrassing if I still can’t understand.

如果我还是听不懂,那一定会很尴尬。

B:Don’t worry.In that case,he or she will try to explain the question to you in another way.

别担心。如果那样的话,他们会用另一种方式给你解释的。

A:OK.I get it.

我懂了。

1.activity行动,行为

2.fluent流利的,流畅的

3.regularly有规律地,有规则地

4.be beneficial to对……有好处

5.neglect忽视,疏忽

6.have difficulty in doing做……有困难

7.spoken/oral English英语口语