英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--高级 Lesson 8

Lesson 8 Should We Diet in Order to Keep Fit? Text How Does It Feel to Lose Weight? Here is a conversation between a heart specialist and a heart patient. Vic: I've been feeling very lonely. I can't explain it, I'm in a crowd but I feel lonely. And s

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--高级 Lesson 13

Lesson 13 Work to Live or Live to Work? Text What Does Work Mean to People? A group of people from different walks of life are being interviewed about what role vork plays in their lives. Their attitudes, as we can see, vary. Interviewer: Mr. Fisher,

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--高级 Lesson 12

Lesson 12 Is It Necessary to Develop Toarism? Text A Little Good Will Can Help People Understand Each Other Today we had an American family, the Robinsons, for Sunday dinner. The man is in China on a joint project with the department where Mum works.

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--高级 Lesson 7

Lesson 7 Do Examinations Do More Harm Than Good? Text On Eggs and Exams I've been acting like an egg striking a rock. What is this egg? It's the campaign against the old-fashioned way of teaching Intensive Reading . And what' s the rock?. It' s the o

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--高级 Lesson 6

Lesson 6 Is Euthanasia Humane? Text A Doctor of Good Repntation Hastened His Patient's Death The most famous mercy killing case in America's history involves Dr. Herman N. Sanders, a country doctor from New Hampshire. In the early 1950s Dr. Sanders h

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--高级 Lesson 3

Lesson 3 Should the Brain Drain Be Stopped by Restrictions? Text Brain Drain It is said that Shanghai's musicians abroad could form a worldclass symphony orchestra. But the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra once failed to find a qualified conductor for a w

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--高级 Lesson 4

Lesson 4 Does Criticism Do More Harm Than Good to People? Text A Yoang Woman Who Fears Compliments Marya, a brilliant graduate student in her early twenties who came for consultation, insisted that she could improve only with criticism. Her reasoning

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--高级 Lesson 5

Lesson 5 Is It Good for Students to Have Part-time Jobs? Text School Part-timers More and more high school students in Beijing are turning their minds to ways of making money. They are capitalizing on opportunities such as one group of students who w

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--高级 Lesson 9

Lesson 9 Is It a Good Idea to Control Population Growth in the World? Text What Overpopulation Feels Like We moved slowly through the city in a taxi and entered a crowded slum district. The temperature was well over 100and the air was thick with dust

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--高级 Lesson 14

Lesson 14 Does the Younger Generation Know Best? Text The Younger Generation Knows Best Old people are always saying that the young are not what they were. The same comment is made from generation to generation and it is always true. It has never bee

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）--高级 Lesson 27

Lesson 27 Is the Prospect of Growing Old a Bleak One? Text The Prospect of Growing OId Is Horrifying My father has an organic brain disease. It's Parkinson's disease, and in his case it has led to the additional trauma of Parkinsonian dementia. He is

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--高级 Lesson 26

Lesson 26 Does Divorce Represent Social Progress? Text Divorces-a New Social Phenomenon in China Divorce used to be very rare in our country. In old times it was not necessary for a man to divorce his wife as he could easily marry another or many oth

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--高级 Lesson 25

Lesson 25 Do Advertisements Play a Positive or Negative Role in Our Society? Text People Change Their Attitudes towards Ads One night, when television began broadcasting a boring TV show, I said to my wife, The programme is even less interesting than

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--高级 Lesson 23

Lesson 23 Is It Necessary to Keep the Iron Rice Bowl? Text Living Without the Iron Rice Bowl Since 1987, reform of the Chinese labour system has stepped out of the laboratory and into the real world of employment. For many, the iron rice bowl no long

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）--高级 Lesson 19

Lesson19 Is it Good to Live in a Large Modern City? Text I Hate to Live in a Large Modern City Avoid the rush-hour must be the slogan of large cities the world over. If it is, it's a slogan no one takes the least notice of. Twice a day, with predicta

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--高级 Lesson 16

Lesson 16 Is Money the Most Important Thing in Life? Text The Only Thing People Are Interested in Today Is Earning More Money. Once upon a time there lived a beautiful young woman and a handsome young man . They were very poor, but a's they were deep