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适合练习英语口语的短文选择

除了学生英语学习的主力军外,越来越多的职场人士为了提高自己的职场竞争力也学起了英语。作为已经参加工作的成人,除了工作时间就没有太多富于时间去学习了,更何况,精力难以集中、记忆力下降,都成为学习上的障碍。成人学习英语最大的用处就是交流,交流最重要的就是口语的练习,如果把学习英语的精力主要集中在背诵和朗读文章上,就可以很快的提高口语,那么有哪些适合练习英语口语的短文呢?

适合练习英语口语的短文选择

  首先,在选择教材的时候,一定要选择正版的原文教材。

市面上英语教材众多,有很多都是国内出版社出品,不是说内容上会有什么错误,而是说学习方法和学习思维上的不同。原文教材是西方人按自己的思维模式编纂的,更能代表英语的表达方式,所以在学习的`时候,尽量选择那些原文教材,可以更容易学习到接近西方的表达方式。在学习之初,可以选择一些较为简单的,适合英语口语锻炼的短文进行朗读背诵,用以提高口语的表达水平。

  其次,选择知名演讲资料。

有很多的著名演讲稿都是练习英语口语的最佳短文,由于演讲稿比较口语化,而且句式都比较简短,更适合于口语表达。演讲稿的另一个优点就是:涉及了当下的新闻和时事内容,能更容易了解西方的社会动态,提高学习英语的兴趣。演讲也是一种艺术活动,演讲内容中的词汇音节都讲究搭配,还会用到一些习语、谚语等,可以增加演讲的生动性。演讲的口音是最值得学习的,表达语气和表达方式都很重要,语气都很自然,更容易缩短与听众之间交流的距离,所以,在练习口语的时候,演讲稿不失为最佳的练习材料。

  再次,阅读名著简版。

很多的世界名著都有精简版,选择一些自己喜欢的著作,可以当做英语口语练习的短文来背诵。可以先对照汉语翻译熟悉一下著作内容,然后进行大声朗读,之后可以分析每个句子的意思,进行英汉互译,可以很快速的提高英语口语的水平。刚开始的时候,要选择比较简单的文章,大量去练习,最初的时候可能耗时比较多,坚持下去,就会发现这是一个提速的过程,最后会发现口语和听力的反应速度都快了很多。

练习英语口语的短文资料很多,在选择的时候要选择适合自己能力之内的,一些幽默的小故事或者小小说都可以促使我们提起兴趣坚持下去。利用英语短文来锻炼英语口语还可以帮助我们复习单词,熟悉语法,还能提高翻译水平,可以说朗读和背诵是学习英语最好的方法。

  范例:时间机器Time Machine

The Time Machine is a novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895 and later directly adapted into at least two theatrical films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It indirectly inspired many more works of fiction in all media. This 38,000 word novella is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively. The term "time machine", coined by Wells, is now universally used to refer to such a vehicle. It was also inspired by Charles Darwin and On the Origin of Species, showing us humans that have evolved into different species. Wells introduces an early example of the Dying Earth subgenre as well.

The book's protagonist is an amateur inventor or scientist living in London who is never named; he is identified simply as The Time Traveller. Having demonstrated to friends using a miniature model that time is a fourth dimension, and that a suitable apparatus can move back and forth in this fourth dimension, he builds a full-scale model capable of carrying himself. He sets off on a journey into the future.

The Time Traveller details the experience of time travel and the evolution of his surroundings as he moves through time. While travelling through time, his machine allows him to observe the changes of the outside world in fast motion. He observes the sun and moon traversing the sky and the changes to the buildings and landscape around him as he travels through time. His machine produces a sense of disorientation to its occupant, and a blurring or faintness of the surroundings outside the machine.

His journey takes him to the year A.D. 802,701, where he finds an apparently peaceful, pastoral, communist,[1] future filled with happy, simple humans who call themselves the Eloi. The Eloi are about four feet tall (~122 cm), pink-skinned and frail-looking, with curly hair, small ears and mouths and large eyes. Males and females seem to be quite similar in build and appearance. They have high-pitched, soft voices and speak an unknown language. They appear to be quite unintelligent and child-like and live without quarrels or conflict.

Soon after his arrival he rescues Weena, a female Eloi he finds drowning in a river. Much to his surprise she is grateful to him and insists on following him.

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