4. Hearing and Writing 听和写

　　A: Tell me about your English class, Mary. (来源：英语论坛 http://bbs.englishcn.com)

　　B: Well, yesterday the teacher wro-te some sentences on the board. The first was 'if you can‘t produce the sounds of a langua-ge acceptable, then you can‘t really hear them when other people make them'. Next he worte, 'if you can‘t hear the sounds of a language then you probably can‘t write the language well. Your inadequate pronunciation contributes to making your writing substandard.'

　　A: Do you think that‘s right?

　　B: I don‘t know, Bob. I‘ll tell you when the course is over.

　　Notes

　　Substandasd--unacceptable, inferior

　　A：玛丽，给我说说你们英语课。

　　B：好吧，昨天老师在黑板上写了一些句子。第一句话是'对于一种语言如果你不能正确地发音,那么当别人发这些音时你实际上不可能听懂。'然后他又写道“如果你听不懂一种语言的发音，你大概也不可能很好地书写这种语言。你的不合格的发音将导致你的书写也不能令人满意。”

　　A：你认为这对吗？

　　B：我不知道，鲍勃。等这门课结束时我会告诉你的。

　　译文：

　　A：今天我上了第一堂英语课。

　　B：课上得怎样？

　　A：很在意思。老师告诉我们有三种方法可帮助我们学习语言。首先,除英语外不要用其他语言谈话。其次.背下大量完整的句子。最后请美国朋友告诉我们，我们在口语中感到困难的那些句子，他们是怎样表达的,并且要一直模仿他们。

　　5. Learning English 学英语

　　A: Ralph, do me a favor, will you?

　　B: That all depends on what it is.

　　A: This is the proble, I‘m still having trouble with my English. The instructor suggests that I ask an American to help me by telling me how he says the things I say which just aren‘t English. I wanted you to be the American.

　　B: What good‘ll it do? You never speak English unless you absolutely have to. I‘ll help you if you promise to speak noting but English all the time.

　　A: All right. Maybe I‘ll do that. It‘s the only way I‘ll be able to learn English fast enough, I guess.