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北京制造正版中国医学软件,在美国升级换代,愿在文学城上继续改进性能,并探讨怎样让更多中国软件畅销美国市场。
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听俺 FMG 胡侃几个学英语的鬼花招

(2008-04-22 12:24:48) 下一个

俺学英语的起点低,当年国内研究生入学考试全靠阅读,俺轻而易举就踞榜首,可在入学第一天经过口语考试后俺就现了原形,以最低分数被分到了慢班。要说还真轮不上俺讲学英语的经验,可最近看了几个关于学英语的帖子,也想来说两句,心想俺这落后的典型如果能改进可能更有说服力。

我来美国后的第一个英语老师米勒博士曾经说过:当你对这个国家的文化历史和自然环境感兴趣,爱上她,你就会有话要说,有感情要表达。

英语是我们中国人在美国创业的第一拦路虎。首先,我不相信英语速成,但相信发音是可以很快矫正的。正确的发音会让你自信,与美国人交流增加,你就会进入一个良性循环,英语进步就快了。

当年有一位日本朋友推荐给我一本教材,对我帮助很大。这本书(带磁带)是由有趣的爵士乐节奏的 chanting 组成。记得其中几句讲一个女孩要减肥可是做不到因为:

She eats twelve cans of tuna fish e-very night.
Twel-ve cans!
Twel-ve cans
Twelve cans of tuna fish e-very night

e-very night!
e-very night
twelve cans of tuna fish e-very night

就是这个小游戏,让我彻底改变了发 V 的音时上唇不肯咬下唇的毛病。

不知道大家是不是像我一样,分不清 greet great 的发音,这本书中下面的这段对俺帮助极大。它描述了某人倒霉的一天,注意画底线的字母是我们常见的错误(注意长短音的区别):

I overslept and missed my train,
Slipped on the sidewalk
in the pouring rain,
Sprained my ankle, skinned my knees,
Broke my glass, lost my keys...

Bought a pen that didn’t write,
Took it back and had a fight.
Went home angry, lock the door,
Crawled into bed, couldn't take it any more...

还有,多听歌曲也是提高英语的一个重要因素,记得有一首歌教会了我多达 20 个双词动词。听了“ Country road, take me home ”才知道俺那“ moun tain ”一 词就从来没百分之百说对过。如果您起点比较高,对历史事件感兴趣,又想练练嘴皮子,那 " We Didn't Start the Fire " by Billy Joel 就是个绝好的材料,保您过瘾。歌中光是人所共知的就提到了周恩来,胡志明,尼克松,梦露,朝鲜战争,斯大林,甚至天安门广场事件。好了,爵士,乡村,百老汇,摇滚,随你挑选,乐趣无穷。

在享受中学习,适应美国文化,还能用来和美国人侃大山,何乐而不为呢?春天来了, 走出门看绿色,闻花香,听鸟叫,交朋友, 这英语就在不知不觉中变好了,不信您就试试!


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网友问本贴中提到的书,FMG回复:费了半天劲,还真的查到了书名和作者!

Jazz Chants : Rhythms of American English for Students of English As a Second Language
Author: Carolyn Graham

听说过买书不如借书,结束不如租书。先试着借书,查看当地图书馆或ESLprograms。借书买书时别忘了要带有AudioCD。这位作者有很多本书,最有可能俺用的是这本jazz chants。千万别嫌内容简单,等把这本书念熟了,你的舌头就滑溜了。

下面是有关作者的一些介绍。
Carolyn Graham is the creator of Jazz Chants® , which connect the rhythm of spoken American English to the beat of jazz. She developed the technique of jazz chanting during her twenty-five years of teaching ESL in the American Language Institute of New York University. She has also taught at Harvard University and has conducted workshops in the NYU School of Education, Columbia Teachers College in New York and Tokyo, and elsewhere throughout the world. Ms. Graham is the author of numerous Jazz Chants® books, all published by Oxford University Press.

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autumn088 回复 悄悄话 Sounds great. Just bought one at Amazon.com. Hope it will help me improve my pronounciation.

Thanks for sharing your experience.
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