English is a very interesting language. It has borrowed words from many other languages. Immigrants(移民) coming into the United States have contributed many words to the language, which have kept their original pronunciation. “Coolie” and “kowtow” were taken from the Chinese language, “kamikaze from the Japanese, “shampoo” from India, “blitz” from German, “amigo” and “Los Angeles” from Spanish and so on.
Many students have studied English for years, some as many as eight. However, some students still have difficulty in speaking fluent English. Some know many words but are unable to
discern them when native speakers use them. In our Oral English classes we will focus on speaking and listening to native English speakers. For this reason, because we are trying to train your ears to hear English and your mouths to speak intelligible (易理解的) English, we will have a rule that ONLY ENGLISH will be spoken in our English classes. Anyone speaking Chinese in class will be required to pay a fine in order to encourage the speaking and understanding of English. If teachers enter a classroom and discover that anyone is speaking Chinese, they will require everyone in the room to pay the fine. It is everyone’s job to enforce the English-Only rule. It is for your benefit. It is because we want to accustom (使习惯于) your ears to hearing English.
Other subjects may be learned solely from books but the only way to learn a foreign language is to SPEAK IT! Students are often nervous about speaking in class at first but we hope to make the classes fun, so you will forget your nervousness and learn to speak out. Enjoy your classes.
小题1:The first paragraph is mainly about________.
| A．the difficulty of learning English. | B．how interesting and various English is |
| C．different words in different languages | D．the immigrants’ contributions to America |
小题2:The underlined word “discern” in Para 2 can be replaced by___________.
| A．understand | B．notice | C．hear | D．speak |
小题3:In the author’s opinion , the only way to learn a language well is to__________.
| A．listen to it on the radio | B．learn it from books | C．play games with it | D．speak it often |
小题4:The article is probably aimed at________.
| A．Japanese students | B．German students | C．Chinese students | D．Indian students |
