英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级 Lesson 21

Lesson 21 Why Are They So Unlucky? Text A I wonder why so many shop-assistants are so foultempered? Inspite of so many campaigns to improve the services in the past years, we see no appreciable change so far. If Dad and Mum are to be believed, the se

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级 Lesson 16

Lesson 16 How to Improve Your Study Habits Text A Maybe you are an average student with an average intellect.You pass most of your subjects. You occasionally get good grades, but they are usually just average. You are more interested in hiking than i

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级 Lesson 18

Lesson 18 How to Keep Fit Text A Ten years ago I used to be very fit. T cycled to work and I got a lot of exercise at the weekends. I used to play tennis a lot and go for long walks. In those days I didn't earn very much. I had a job in an office. It

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级 Lesson 19

Lesson 19 Why Go to School? Text A MATTHEW: Lesley, you're a teacher. How does the English school system work? LESLEY: Um, well, first of all most children start school at the age of five and they can't leave school until the age of sixteen , which i

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级 Lesson 20

Lesson 20 What Does Friendship Mean to You? Text A Mr Brooks, Martin, Robert and Jean are being interviewed on subject of friendship. Mr BROOKS: I consider friendship to be one of the most important things in life-whatever your status, married or sin

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级 Lesson 22

Lesson 22 Tell Us About Your Hobbies Text A JOHN: What I like most, I suppose, is the fact that it's so unusual. I mean, when I tell people what I do,they just look at me usually as if I'm mad.Maybe I am, anyway what I do is this. I get up about a qu

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级 Lesson 23

Lesson 23 All For a Son Text A The desire for a son and heir is common to all mankind. In our country, especially, to have as many male descendents as possible has always been regarded as the greatest blessing in life. The failure to produce a male h

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级 Lesson 24

Lesson 24 Want to Kill Yourself ? Text A I wonder whether smoking is as harmful as doctors make us believe it to be? Some of the things they say are really hair-raising, and even if only half of what they say is true , then it is , if not suicidal, a

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级 Lesson 25

Lesson 25 Don't They Feel Ashamed of Themselves? Text A We were at the terminus and as a bus had just left, there were only the two of us. We're sure to get good seats, I thought to myself confidently. But soon there was a crowd and nobody seemed to

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级 Lesson 17

Lesson 17 Juvenile Delinquency Text A Jennifer got off the bus from the university and began walking towards the flat she shared with two other students. On her way she had to buy some food and stopped in one of the shops in the street. It was run by

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级 Lesson 35

Lesson 35 Never Give up the Hope of Living Text A In this recorded conversation with a friend, Alison Willson described her reactions to the news that she was going to die of cancer. The conversation took place five months before her death. Firstly,

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级 Lesson 33

Lesson 33 Thieves Beware : People See You Text A Each year car theft costs us about ￡300 million, and burglary sets us back by another ￡150 million. Yet the police reckon that one car in five is left unlocked, or with windows open, or with expens

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级 Lesson 32

Lesson 32 Do You Know Your Own Character? Text A THE OX You're a hard and conscientiou's worker if you were born in the year of the Ox and you set about everything in a methodical and determined manner. You're a strong leader-tough and uncompromising

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级 Lesson 31

Lesson 31 Thoughts on the Spring Festival Text A My first Spring Festival in north China was a bit of a shock. Where was the spring? There was snow on the ground and ice on the Summer Palace lake and a north-west wind was blowing. In England, where I

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级 Lesson 30

Lesson 30 Who Did It? Text A Inspector Chester of Scotland Yard soon arrived on the scene of the crime. When the newspapermen saw him getting out of the car they immediately realised that matters were serious. Inspector Chester had a fine reputation.

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级 Lesson 29

Lesson 29 The Voices of Time Text A Time talks. It speaks more plainly than words. Time communicates in many ways. Consider the different parts of the day, for example. The time of the day when something is done can give a special meaning to the even

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级 Lesson 28

Lesson 28 The Perfect Match Text A I walked into the office and shook hands with a smiling man named Mr Bleaucher. He was dressed very well, compared to me. He shuffled a pile of papers like they were so many pancakes. I'm sure you'll be very pleased

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级 Lesson 27

Lesson 27 Is It an Ideal Career? Text A I am not an extreme feminist. I am not an extreme anything. However, I am a firm believer in equality and freedom. I think we are all entitled to the same rights and opportunities. perhaps my views on feminism

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级 Lesson 26

Lesson 26 There Are Two Sides to Everything Text A I had a most exasperating and frustrating experience with the hospital today: But Granny had it much worse. First she was the victim of an accident and then she was the suffering patient. She was out

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级 Lesson 34

Lesson 34 Isn't It Good to Speak a Foreign Language? Text A You really are a lucky dog. Many peole assume that admission into the Institute of Foreign Trade means not only a farewell to unemployment, but also a hearty handshake with affluence. They s