第十九篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)

　　Pronouncing a language is a skill. Every normal person is expert in the skill of pronouncing his own language, and --71-- few people are even moderately proficient at pronouncing foreign languages. Now there are many reasons about this, --72--some obvious, some perhaps not so obvious. But I suggest that the fundamental reason why people in general do not speak foreign languages very better than they do is that --73--they fail to grasp the true name of the problem of learning to pronounce, and consequently never set about tackling it by the right way. Far too many people fail to realize --74-- that pronounce a foreign language is a skill, one that --75--needs careful training of a special kind, and one that cannot be acquired by just leaving it to take care of himself. --76--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 concerning with speaking the --77--language. So the first point I want to make is that English pronunciation must be taught; the teacher may be prepared to --78--devote some of the lesson time to this, and by his whole attitude to the subject he should get the student to feel that here is a matter worth of receiving his close attention. --79--So, there should be occasions where other aspects of English, --80--such as grammar or spelling, are allowed for the moment to take a secondary place.

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　　71.and→but。and表示遞進并列關系;but表示轉折關系。根據上下文應用but。��

　　72. about→for。reason與介詞for搭配，表示“……的原因”。��

　　73. very better→very much better。very不能修飾形容詞的比較級，只能用much,far, very much, a lot, any, no, rather, a little, a bit修飾。��

　　74. by→in。by the way：順便說一下;in the right way：以正確的方式，又如：in your own way：以自己的方式。��

　　75. pronounce→pronouncing。在that 引導的賓語從句中主語是動名詞短語pronouncing a foreign language,原形動詞(這里為pronounce)不能作主語。��

　　76. himself→itself。one在本句中不是指人，所以其反身代詞可用itself，而不用himself。��

　　77. concerning→concerned。be concerned with：關于，如：The book is chiefly concerned with history。concerning作分詞用，意為“涉及到”，此處不僅詞義不當，而且concering后絕不能加with。��

　　78. may→should。may表示推測、請求、允許或祝愿：should表示義務、建議、驚奇、推測等。這里講的是老師的義務，故應該為should。��

　　79. worth→worthy。 worth可用在兩個結構中，后面跟ing形式。1)用先行詞it作主語，如：it isn't worth getting upset。2)用名次或代詞作主語，如：The book is not worth reading. worthy 多用于worthy of + �玭.�� or be worthy to + �玽.�� 結構中，也可用作定語，如：a cause worthy of support/ a man who is worthy to have a place in the team/ a worthy winner。��

　　80. where→when。occasion是指動作發生的時機而不是地點，故應用表示時間的副詞引導的定語從句修飾occasion。