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  • 本周的
    "Speak Up" Story

    		• "Miss World" contenders arrive
     世姐总决赛在三亚开幕

    The 53rd Miss World Competition is to be held in the city of Sanya in China's southernmost Hainan province, from Nov 9 to Dec 6 as scheduled, the first time China will have held the pageant.

    Contenders from 117 countries and regions would converge on Sanya and the pageant would be televised live to those countries and regions, said sources with the Sanya municipal government recently.

    The cultural exhibition center, named the Crown of Beauty, is designed and built especially for this contest. Located by the scenic tropical Sanya river, the center covers a total area of 90,000 square meters with an investment of 120 million yuan (about 14.5 million US dollars).

    The first-phase project includes building a main building, a square, a parking lot, a cruise ship wharf and auxiliary service facilities, covering a construction area of 40,000 square meters.

    The Miss World Competition, which was launched in 1951 in London as part of the New Year celebrations in Britain at the sponsorship of Eric Morley, who died in the year 2000. And his widow Julia Morley succeeded him and is now executive chairperson of the competition's organizing agency.

    词汇总结
    pageant
    [n] 庆典
    municipal
    [adj] 市政的
    tropical
    [adj] 热带的
    wharf
    [n] 码头
    auxiliary
    [adj] 辅助的
    succeed
    [n] 继任;继承

  • 第一步：
    听本周时文

    • 请按下播放按钮，确认你的计算机处于联网状态，然后仔细听英文原文。语速很慢，不要担心有生词，让自己处于放松状态，尽量理解和记忆。

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  • 第二步：
    开口说答案

    • 听完了？感觉怎么样？
    如果有理解模糊的地方不要轻易放弃，先试着回答一下简单的问题：

    • 问题一：

      Where is the 53rd Miss World Competition being held?

      凭记忆试着回答一下这个问题。对自己的回答满意吗？

      来听听原文的回答吧：

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    • 问题二：

      接着来一个稍难的问题：

      Where and when did the Miss World Competition come into being?

      原文的回答:

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    • 问题三：

      最后来迎接一下挑战：

      Could you make a brief description of the first phase of the cultural exhibition center project, which is built especially for this contest?

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    怎么样？并不象想象地那么简单吧。那时因为英语对中国人来说是第二外语，并不会像母语那样本能反应，我们的注意力被分散在记忆和理解之间，语速再慢也会有理解偏差。记忆力人各不同，在语言学习过程中，我们要做到的是提高理解的效率和准确性。

    如果觉得自己表达还不理想，请再模仿一下原文的回答，让准确、简洁高效地回答成为自己的本能。


  • 第三步：
    进一步提高表达能力

    • 接下来分析几个本文的闪光句型，争取在最近的英语对话中多多采用:

    • the first time ... will do ... 第一次...做某事

    • ... be televised live to ... 某项活动向...电视直播。(学英语的球迷们是不是经常想向球迷老外通报赛况，却苦于无法挑起话题，看看今天的"Show Off"专栏中小王是怎么用这个句型开口的。)

    • The first[second third ...]-phase of [certain project] including A, B, C ... and Z。某项目的第一阶段包括... (这可是拉长句子结构，保持语意清晰，炫耀自己工作成果的绝佳句型哦)


  • 小王的
    "Show Off"专栏

    • 本周的"Killer Sentence"：

    Xiao Wang: Mr Johnson, I heard that you are a soccer fan.

    Mr Johnson: Yes, so what?

    Xiao Wang: Have you seen the match between Manchester United and Arsenal which was televised live to our Chinese fans last night? We have a dozen Arsenal fans here in our company.

    Foreigner: Oh, great. Why don't you tell me earlier? Come to my apartment next time you watch Arsenal's match. To tell you the truth, Arsenal is my favorite team. You know why? Blah blah ...


  • iCanSay
    口语小贴士

    • 和陌生人相识相知相交的口语能力提高:

    A: Mary, this is Stone's brother Jim.

    B: I'm very glad/pleased to meet you.

    C: It's a pleasure to meet you. /The pleasure is mine.

    B: How do you like China so far? /What's your impression of China? /What do you think of China?

    C: Its really different from what I expected.

    B: Don't worry. You'll get used to it in no time.

    1. May I have your name, please?

    2. I think I've seen you before. You look very familiar.

    3. Say, don't I know you from somewhere?

    4. I must have seen you somewhere before.

    5. Haven't we met before?

    6. We have talked of you often.

    7. I didn't quite catch your name. /I'm sorry. I didn't get your name.

    8. A: How do I address you?

    B: Please call me Mary. That's my first name.

    9. How many brothers and sisters do you have?

    10. Where are you working now?

    11. I've been looking forward to meeting you.

    12. I've heard a great deal about you.

    13. Is this your first trip to China? /Have you ever been to Guangzhou?

    14. What impressed you the most about Shanghai?

    15. May I ask where you are from?

    16. I hope you're enjoying your stay here.

    17. It always takes time to get used to a new place.

    18. Sorry, I couldn't help overhearing - did you mention something about?对不起，我无意中听见你们的谈话，你是不是提到…)


  • iCanSay
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