《英语口语（ 4 ）》练习及复习
本课程是一门英语口语技能训练课，口语技能的训练包含听、说、读、写多种技能的综合训练。本课程的教学目的是通过大量的口语练习和实践，逐步培养和提高学生用英语进行口头交际的能力。通过本课程的学习，学生应能经一定准备后 , 就一般日常生活和社会生活话题作 3-5 分钟的连贯性发言和交谈，做到语音、语调、语法基本正确。学生应通过大量的口语技能训练和语言实践活动，巩固和扩展所学语言功能的常用句型，强化交际技能。通过对不同话题的讨论加深对英、美等主要英语国家文化背景和生活习俗的了解，学会在具体语境中进行正确得体的交际。
本课程 形成性考核：满分 100 分，占课程总成绩的 30% 。形成性考核是对学生学习过程和阶段性学习效果的综合评价，包括学生参与各项教学活动和自主学习活动的情况以及阶段性的学习进展情况。
本课程的考试按教学大纲的要求进行。终结性考试每学期安排一次，由江苏电大统一命题。期末考试的内容紧密结合所学教材。期末考试成绩占课程总成绩的 70% 。
考试内容包括大纲规定掌握的英语交际功能和话题。考试按照大纲所规定的各学期具体要求命题。
１． Curiosity and Ignorance Superstition
1 、功能项目
1 ) Expressing curiosity
2 ) Confessing ignorance
2 、讨论话题
1 ） Can you think of some superstitions not mentioned in the text? List as many as you can think of.
2 ） Are you superstitious?
3 ） What do you believe in?
4 ） Are there any typical superstitious beliefs in your country that are not known elsewhere.
２． Listing and Summarizing Transportation
1、功能项目
1）Listing things
2）Summarizing
讨论话题
1 ） One of your friends will be traveling. Try to persuade him/her to take a flight by listing some advantages and then summing up.
2 ） Someone wants to buy a car. List the advantages and disadvantages and sum up. 3. List the advantages and disadvantages of going to school by bike.
３． Tolerating Criticizing Generation gap
1 、功能项目
1）Expressing tolerance and intolerance
2）Expressing criticism
2 、讨论话题
1 ） Suppose your student is late for class, show tolerance when he/she gives the excuse. 2 ） Express your criticism when a young man is mistreating his parents.
2 ） What is wrong with the teenagers today?
3 ） Any generation gap between you and your parents?
４． Cause and effect The press
1 、功能项目
1 ） Expressing causes
2 ） Expressing effect
2 、讨论话题
1 ） Talk about the cause and effect of diet and health, flood and forest protection, importance of reading newspapers.
2 ） Do you often read newspapers? What are they?
3 ） What do you expect to learn from the newspapers and magazines?
５． Prediction and judgment Wedding and marriage
1 、功能项目
1 ） Making general prediction
2 ）Making conditional prediction
2 、讨论话题
1 ） Predict what your life will be like ten years from now.
2 ） Make judgment on the city or the school you are in.
3 ） Describe the traditional Chinese wedding and the modern wedding of the young.
６． Correcting and explaining New fashions
1 、功能项目
1 ） Suggesting a correction
2 ） Making an explanation
2 、讨论话题
1 ） One of your classmates skips class without asking for leave.
2 ） Explain to your friend how to use the school library. 3. What is your attitude to fashion? Explain.
７． Clarifying and repeating TV & Radio
1 、功能项目
1 ） Extending clarification
2 ） Repeating
2 、讨论话题
1 ） Ask your teacher to clarify something you don't understand.
2 ）Help your friend with some difficult problem. Repeat the explanation.
3 ） What are your favorite TV & radio programs? Describe.
８． Hesitation and confidence A job application
1 、功能项目
1 ） Expressing hesitation
2 ） Expressing confidence
2 、讨论话题
1 ） Expressing your hesitation in deciding the new job.
2 ） Expressing your confidence in applying for the job you want.
3 ） Role play a job interview.
９． Hopes and desires Career
1 、功能项目
1 ） Expressing hope and desire
2 、讨论话题
1 ） Talk to your friend about the hope and desire for your future job.
2 ） Describe the deal career that you like to have.
期末考试内容包括大纲规定掌握的英语交际功能和话题，重点考核对所学基本语言要素的掌握程度和语言技能的初步运用能力。考试内容紧密结合所学教材。
重点复习话题：
1. Can you think of some superstitions? List as many as you can think of.
2. Are you superstitious? What do you believe in?
3. Are there any typical superstitious beliefs in your country that are not known elsewhere?
4. If you have a large sum of money, do you want to buy a car?
5. Developing car industry in China.
6. Advocating going to school by bike or on foot.
7. Is there any generation gap between you and your parents?
8. Why do people say there is a generation gap between the old and the young?
9. Are there any problems with today's teenagers?
10. What do you expect to learn from newspapers?
11. Do you often read English newspapers? What are they? In what way do you find them difficult to read?
12. Will newspapers be replaced by radio and TV in the future? Why or why not?
13. Can you describe a western wedding ceremony?
14. Please describe a traditional Chinese marriage ceremony.
15. Describe your ideal wedding ceremony and your ideal place for honeymoon.
16. What style of clothes do you like?
17. Describe how the fashions in clothing in the past few years in your city.
18. What is your attitude towards fashion?
19. What are your favorite radio and TV programs? Give reasons why.
20. Why do radio and TV play an important role in our daily life?
21. Describe some advantages and disadvantages of radio and TV.
22. What information should be included in a letter of application?
23. What is the function of an application?
24. Who will give reference to your ability when you apply for a job?
25. What is your ideal job?
26. Why do you want to do it?
27. How can you keep the ideal job you have?
重点复习情景：
1. Speak to your partner and express your curiosity over your teacher's family/some differences between foreign and the Chinese customs.
2. Speak to your partner and express your ignorance on obtaining a visa for overseas travel/the major tourist sights in Hong Kong.
3. One of your friends will be traveling. Try to persuade him/her to take a flight by listing some advantages and then summing up.
4. Someone wants to buy a motorcycle. You suggest that he/she buy a mountain bike instead. List the disadvantages of motorcycles and then sum up.
5. A student is late for class, he/she apologies and the teacher criticizes and then shows tolerance.
6. A salesgirl is selling cigarettes to a customer. The customer finds out that the cigarettes are fake. The salesgirl and the store manager apologize to the customer, but the customer shows no tolerance.
7. Speak to your partner using expressions to show cause and effect on diet and health/flood and forest protection/football in China/importance of reading newspapers.
8. Work with your partner and debate about cheating in the exams. Must cheating in the exam be done with?
9. Make predictions about your future job/places of residence/husband or wife/children, etc.
10. Suppose a historic building in your city is going to be torn down. Express your opinion on tearing down the building using the patterns of judgment.
11. How would you correct your friend if he/she enters the lab without changing shoes/stays away from school without asking for leave.
12. Try to explain to your friend the meaning of Chinese Lunar New Year/how to get the information about the school library.
13. Mary and Vicki are both students from Britain. They are studying in the Chinese Department of a university. Vicki says it is very difficult to learn Mandarin. Mary asks for clarification. Vicki gives clarification.
14. Zhang Jie, a student, and Miss Wang, his teacher, talk about English. Zhang Jie asks Miss Wang how to improve his English level. Miss Wang says that he should lay a solid foundation not only in English but also Chinese. Zhang Jie doesn't understand. Miss Wang repeats and clarifies. Then Miss Wang gives Zhang Jie some suggestions for the study.
15. Miss Black is choosing some trousers for her husband. The shop assistant shows her many well-known brands, but she hesitates to decide which pair to buy.
16. You are applying for a job as a sales manager. Show your confidence in a job interview.
17. Talk to your partner about what you want to do in the future and state the reasons.
18. Conduct a job interview with your partner.