英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--高级 Lesson 15

Lesson 15 Should Smoking Be Prohibited? Text Passive Path to Death for Non-smokers Alice Trillin was 38 and thought she was in excellent health. Then this completely crazy thing happened. I coughed and a tiny, tiny blood clot took me to get a chest X

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级 Lesson 13

Lesson 13 What's Wrong with Them? Text A I'm forty and married with two children. My trouble is that I haven't got enough to do. The kids are at school all day and the house is empty. So I eat chocolates, mostly. I've put on a lot of weight , but I c

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级 Lesson 11

Lesson 11 Is He a Good Neighbour? Text A You and your family have been living in the same six-family apartment building for eight years. The landlord's family also lives there, and, generally speaking,all the tenants get along fairly well with each o

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级 Lesson 7

Lesson 7 Going Shopping Text A Gretel and Mrs Clark went shopping in the centre of London yesterday. I'd like to know which store you like best in London, Mrs Clark , Gretel said. Now that's a difficult question, Mrs Clark replied. I just haven't any

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级 Lesson 15

Lesson 15 Remembering My Grandparents Text A When memory began for me, my grandfather was past sixty-a great tall man with thick hair becoming gray. He had black eyes and a straight nose which ended in a slightly flattened tip. Once he explained seri

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--初级 Lesson 14

Lesson 14 Text A They Don't Talk Mr Jones was very angry with his wife, and she was very angry with her husband. For several days they did not speak to each other at all. One evening Mr Jones was very tired when he came back from work, so he went to

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--初级 Lesson 12

Lesson 12 Text A What a Mess! Bill Lane has just touched some wet paint. MR FIELD: You mustn't touch the wet paint, Bill. BILL: I'm sorry. I won't do it again. MR FIELD: Try to be more careful in future. BILL: I shall. I wasn't as careless as John Sa

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--初级 Lesson 11

Lesson 11 Text A A Visit to Conway Castle Dave's class at school were studying English history, and one day their teacher said to them, Well, boys, on Friday we're all going to get on a bus and go to Conway. There's a beautiful castle there, and we'r

VOA标准英语2013--Disabled Express Themselves with Filmmaking

Disabled Express Themselves with Filmmaking LAUREL, MARYLAND More than a dozen people with physical and intellectual disabilities go to a daycare facility outside Washington twice a week and turn into filmmakers. At The Creative Edge Filmmaking works

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--高级 Lesson 22

Lesson 22 Should Capital Punishment Be a Major Deterrent to Crime? Text Capital Punishment Is the Only Way to Deter Criminals Perhaps all criminals should be required to carry cards which read: Fragile: Handle with Care. It will never do, these days,

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--高级 Lesson 20

Lesson 20 Is Housing Reform Necessary? Text Housing Reform Faces Obstacles Housing reform, acknowledged by economists and politicians at home and abroad as central to China's economic reform, has reached a critical stage. A recent article in the over

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--高级 Lesson 28

Lesson 28 Are Cars Doing More Harm Than Good? Text Cars Only Bring Peogle Trouble Today any Chinese can enjoy the luxury of owning a private car--if he can afford it, that is. And to be able to afford it, you have first of all to pay a five or six fi

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 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 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 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 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 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）--初级 Lesson 35

Lesson 35 Text A A Proud Linguist Once upon a time there was an Austrian emperor who made it a rule to interview every one of his soldiers once a year. During the interviews he invariably asked three questions- How old are'you?, How long have you bee

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--初级 Lesson 31

Lesson 31 Text A A Difficult Customer Dolores works in a shop selling gramophone records. One afternoon a middle-aged woman came in, sat on a stool in front of the counter, and smiled at her brightly. I want a record, dear, she began. One I heard on