The Linguaphone English Course Book One 灵格风英语Word格式文档下载.docx

1、The Course consists of descriptive talks and conversations. The text is in easy-flowing and perfectly natural idiomatic language, which would be used by educated people under similar circumstances.Practical grammar is introduced into the text of each lesson and is absorbed by the student as he goes

2、along.The illustrations in the main textbook, which have been specially drawn by the artists William Stobbs, Jean Graziani and Suzanne Hall, form an integral part of the Course and perform an important function in it.The other books which are included in the Course give the meaning of the text, deta

3、iled explanations of grammatical points, idioms and so on.There is also a special recording of the Sounds of the language, spoken by Peter A.D. MacCarthy, M.A., Head of the Department of Phonetics of Leeds University and author of English Pronunciation.Advice on how to make the best use of the Cours

4、e is given in the booklet of Instructions which is supplied with it.SpeakersIn order to enable the student to follow the spoken text easily, the first lessons are spoken very slowly and distinctly, the rate of speech increasing as the Course progresses, so that in the more advanced lessons a perfect

5、ly natural rate of speech is heard.Ten speakers have taken part in the recording of the English Course, namely:Sir IFOR EVANS, M.A., D.LIT., Provost of University College, University of London;The first few lessons are spoken by the same two speakers, so that the student may concentrate on the new s

6、ounds of the language without being confused by the introduction of too many different voices. Once he has become familiar with the sounds, he will find it pleasing and stimulating to hear new voices.As no two speakers of a language speak exactly alike, differences will be found in the pronunciation

7、 of the speakers, but every one of them can be accepted as a safe model for the general student, while for those who make a special study of phonetics, the various differences o detail will provide ample scope for study.Extra reading practiceSupplementary Reading will be found at the end of the illu

8、strated textbook. These passages will show the student how, without going beyond the scope of the lessons, he can adapt the material he has learned, to form quite different sentences and describe a wide variety of events and circumstances. They are also an excellent revision test, because, if the st

9、udent has really mastered the lessons, he should be able to read the Supplementary Exercises without difficulty and without having to consult the vocabulary.The student who masters this Course will have acquired a thoroughly practical knowledge of the English language, both written and spoken. Not o

10、nly will he have a good grasp of the grammar, but he will also have at his command a store of useful words （The vocabulary has been based primarily on standard word-frequency counts.）, colloquial expressions and idiomatic sentences, which will enable him to enjoy to the full his contacts with Englis

11、h people. At the same time, he will be able to understand and appreciate English thought as expressed in the literature of the country.The Spoken WordLanguage is primarily Speech, and speech is dependent ultimately upon one and only one sense organthe Ear. Those parts of the human mechanism that are

12、 so regularly mis-termed the “Organs of Speech” are seldom, in books upon language, made to include the Ear, which is, in fact, the most import of all, for without the Ear, audible speech would have been impossible. Speech is acquired through the Ear and through the Ear alone, for it is through the

13、Ear that the mind looks out, so to speak, upon the world of Sound. Sound is, in fact, nothing more than the feature in the world around us of which we become conscious through the Ear. The Eye plays some part in the acquisition of Speech, but its special realm is that aspect of Language which has be

14、en designed to approach the mind through the medium of the Eye alone, i.e. the written or printed word. At the root of all practical study of language lies the simple truth that the Ear is in absolute domination, and as a necessary corollary it follows that at least one very important road towards t

15、he learning of a foreign language is to hear the language spoken as often as possible, knowing at the same time the meaning of what is being said, and realizing the circumstances that call for it. This means of approach is better provided by the intelligent use of a well constructed course on gramop

16、hone records or tape than by the living teacher.After many years of experience in the University of London in teaching English pronunciation to foreigners, I advise all students of our language to pay the utmost attention to two features of spoken English that are often imperfectly understood even b

17、y those native English people who attempt without special training to teach their language to foreigners. These two features are Rhythm and Intonation, two features of pronunciation upon which intelligibility largely rests. The surest way to become unintelligible in a language is to distort its natu

18、ral rhythm.And finally I commend as worthy of special attention the use and function of emphatic stress in modern English; abundant examples will be found in the recordings. A. LLOYD JAMESIntroductionLets speak EnglishGood morning!Listen, please.I am the teacher.You are the student.I am English.You

19、are not English.An Englishman speaks English.Englishmen speak English.I am speaking English now.This is a table.This is a gramophone.This is a record.The record is on the gramophone.The gramophone is on the table.You are sitting at the table.You are holding a book in you hand.The book is open.You ar

20、e looking at the book.You are listening to the record.You are hearing my voice.You are learning to speak, to understand, to read and to write English.I am speaking slowly.When I speak slowly, you understand me.When I speak quickly, you dont understand me.Good afternoon. How are you?Quite well, thank

21、 you.Now please, answer my questions. Am I the teacher?Yes, you are.Are you the student?Yes, I am.Am I English?Are you English?No, Im not.Who is the teacher, you or I?You are.And who is the student?I am.Do I speak English?Yes, you do.Am I speaking English now?Do you speak English?Yes, I do, but only

22、 a little.What is this?Its a record.Where is it?Its on the gramophone.Is this a book?Yes, it is.No, it isnt, its a record.Where are you sitting?Im sitting at the table.What are you listening to?Im listening to the record.Whose voice are you hearing?Im hearing your voice.What are you looking at?Im lo

23、oking at my book.Is the book open or closed?Open, of course.What are you learning?Im learning English.Do you understand me when I speak slowly?Yes, I do.And when I speak quickly?No, I dont.Lesson oneMy FamilyThis is my family: my wife, my son, my daughter and I. I am Mr. Black. My wife is Mrs. Black

24、. I am Mrs. Blacks husband. I am a man. My wife is a woman.We have two children, a boy and a girl. The boys name is John. Hes twelve years old. The girls name is Mary. Shes still quite young. Shes only eight. Shes four years younger than John, and John is four years older than she is. Mary is the yo

25、ungest in the family and I am the oldest.John is Marys brother. Mary is Johns sister. John is my son. I am his father. My wife is his mother. Mary is my daughter. I am her father. My wife is her mother. John and Mary are our children. I am their father; my wife is their mother; we are their parents.

26、 We love our children.My wife is sitting in an armchair, reading a book. I am standing by the window, smoking a pipe. Mary is writing a letter. John is kneeling on the floor and playing with his train. The dog and the cat are lying under the table.Lesson twoQuestions and answersWho am I?You are Mr.

27、Black. Whose husband am I?Mrs. Blacks husband. Whats my sons name?His name is John.What is your name?My name is Peter Jones.Have I got one child or two?You have two children.Is Mary my daughter?Yes, she is.How old is she?Shes eight.What is she doing?Shes writing a letter. Is she standing or sitting?