1.Anna feels awkward at the party because________.
A.her husband's nervousness affects her
B.she doesn't like the Browns
C.her husband isn't coming
D.she doesn't know anybody
2.________makes Anna feel inadequate.
A.Her bad relationship with her husband
B.Her husband's youthful appearance
C.Her inability to have children
D.Her lack of success at parties
3.Anna starts to get angry because________.
A.she resents the Brown's wealth
B.she isn't feeling very well
C.her husband is not as thoughtful as he should be
D.the Browns are only business acquaintances
4.Edward wanted Anna to attend the party hecause________.
A.he was going to be late
B.he wanted her to have more of a social life
C.he needed her support
D.he thought she would impress the Browns
Pronouncing a language is a skill.Every normal person is expert in the skill of pronouncing
his own laguage;but few people are even moderately proficient at pronouncing foreign languages.
Now there are many reasons for this,some obvious.But I suggest that the fundamental reason
why people in general do not speak foreign languages very much better than they do is that they
fail to grasp the true nature of the problem of learning to pronounce,and consequently never set
about dealing with it in the right way.Far too many people fail to realize that pronouncing a foreign language in a skill-one that needs careful training of a special kind,and one that cannot be acquired by just leaving it
to take care of itself.I think even teachers of language ,while recognizing the importance of a good
accent,tend to neglect,in their practical teaching,the branch of study concerned with wpeaking the language.
So the first point I want to make is that English pronunciation must tbe taught;the teacher should be prepared
to devote some of the lesson time to this,and by his whole attitude to the subjuct he should get the student to
feel that here is a matter worthy of receiving his close attention.So,there should be occasions when other aspects
of English,such as grammar or speling,are allowed for the ,moment to take second place.
Apart from this question of the time given to proninciation,there are two other requirements for the teacher:the first,knowledge,te second,
technique.
