7. Hearing and Writing 聽(tīng)和寫
    A: Tell me about your English class, Mary. 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：瑪麗，給我說(shuō)說(shuō)你們英語(yǔ)課。 B：好吧，昨天老師在黑板上寫了一些句子。第一句話是"對(duì)于一種語(yǔ)言如果你不能正確地發(fā)音,那么當(dāng)別人發(fā)這些音時(shí)你實(shí)際上不可能聽(tīng)懂。"然后他又寫道“如果你聽(tīng)不懂一種語(yǔ)言的發(fā)音，你大概也不可能很好地書寫這種語(yǔ)言。你的不合格的發(fā)音將導(dǎo)致你的書寫也不能令人滿意?！?A：你認(rèn)為這對(duì)嗎？ B：我不知道，鮑勃。等這門課結(jié)束時(shí)我會(huì)告訴你的。 譯文： A：今天我上了第一堂英語(yǔ)課。 B：課上得怎樣？ A：很在意思。老師告訴我們有三種方法可幫助我們學(xué)習(xí)語(yǔ)言。首先,除英語(yǔ)外不要用其他語(yǔ)言談話。其次.背下大量完整的句子。后請(qǐng)美國(guó)朋友告訴我們，我們?cè)诳谡Z(yǔ)中感到困難的那些句子，他們是怎樣表達(dá)的,并且要一直模仿他們。