4分钟英语口语对话10篇Word文档格式.docx

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A:

DoyourememberthenovelwehavereadonthetextbookAPairofSilkStockings?

B:

Yes,awonderfulstoryaboutMrs.Sommers.

Sowhat’syourfeelingafterreadingthisstory?

Aftergettingmarried,theroleofMrs.Sommerschanged.Shebecameherhusband’swifeandtheirchildren’mother.Shehadtobearthefamily’sburden;

sheneverconsideredherownneeds.

Shelookedsopitiful.Shewasevenafraidofrecallingthepast.Thisreflectedtheimprisonment[ɪm'

prɪz（ə）nm（ə）nt]andrepressionagainstwomenoftheAmericansocietyin18thcentury.Thewomenwasconfinedtothesocialroleofwifeandmother;

theydidn’tallowanyofthemtohaveself-awarenessandpersonalpursuits.

That’sinconceivable.Ican’timaginethatifIliveatthattime.Sowhatdoyouthinkofthechangesofwomen’srolesince19thcentury?

Since19thcentury,womenhavebeenmoreandmoreindependent.Inmostcountries,theyhavecommonrightsandfemalerights.Ithinkthesocietyshouldgoforwardandwomenshouldbetreatedequally.

Yes,nowadays,youcanseemanywomenworkforthegovernment,someevenservedasthepresidentorotherimportantpositions.Femaleofficialsarerecognizedbymoreandmorepeople.

Andmoreandmorejobsareavailabletowomen.Womencanhavemorechoices.Theycanhavetheircareeranddowhattheylike,anddon’tneedtodependonmentolive.

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sright.Infamily,women’srolechangedalso.Theycanworktoearnmoneyforthefamilythesameastheman.Husbandandwifeareequalandtheyrespecteachother.

Alotofchangeshavetakenplace.Women’lifewillbecomemorecolorful.

Ofcourse.It’sgettingbetter.Butcanwomennowadaysliveindependentlywithequalrights?

Notexactlyso.Thoughthelawhasbeenestablishedandeveryoneappealtoequality,womencouldnottrulyliveindependentlywithequalright.Forexample,whenyouapplyforajobastheprogrammer,thecompanytendtochoosethemalecandidatesandrefusefemale’sapplication,eventhoughtheyarebetter.

It’sreallyunfair.What’smore,inmanyplacesaroundtheworld,womenarenotequalwithmen.Theydon’thaveright,andtheycan’tprotectthemselvesthroughlegalchannels.InIranandotherMiddleEastareas,womenareforbiddentoexposingtheirfaceunlessintheirownfamily.Andwomencannotparticipateintheelections.

Thereisstillalongwaytogoinprotectingwomen’right.

2.Duringthedevelopmentofalanguage,thereareperiodsofdramaticchangesandminorchanges.Why?

Givesomespecificexamplestoillustrateit.

DoyouknowanythingabouttheEnglishlanguage?

Yes.EnglishistheofficiallanguageusedbymostcountriesandalotofcountriessettheEnglishasthesecondlanguage.

Yeah,andin19th-20thcentury,EnglishbecameaninternationallanguagebecauseoftheleadingpositionsofBritishandAmerican.Theirculture,economy,military,politicsandsciencehaveinfluencedothercountriesintheworld.

That’sright.Englishisimportantnowinourlife.Anditdoeschangealotwiththetime.

Yeah,yeah.Iagreewithyou.Thelanguagehasalwayschanged,buttherateofchangehasbeenuneven;

minorchangeshaveslowlyaccumulatedineverygeneration,buttherehavebeenperiodsofdramaticchangeaswell.Youknowsomeofthem?

Ofcourse.ThemostimportantoftheseperiodsoccurredaftertheNormansConqueredEngland.Thisconquestbroughtnewconceptsfromacrossthechannel,liketheFrenchlanguage,theDoomsdayBookandsoon.Allinall,theEnglishabsorbedabouttenthousandnewwordsfromtheNormans.ThisgreatlyenrichedtheEnglishlanguage.

Absolutely,culturalconflictbringnewvitality.Also,somechangeshaven’tcomefromtheborrowing,butfromthenaturalgrowingneed.SuchasShakespeare’spoetry,Bible.TheyalldidagreatcontributioninEnglishchanging.Justasthedictionaryshows,about2000newwordsandphraseswereinventedbyWilliamShakespeare.HispoetryshowedtheworldthatEnglishwasarich,vibrantlanguagewithlimitlessexpressiveandemotionalpower.

Yeah,manynewwordsoccurredwiththedevelopmentoftheworld.Aswell,thescience,theInternet,theirdevelopmentproducedmanywordslikegene,e-mail,download,etc.Whennewthingsappeared,newwordsareinventedtofollowthem.

Besidesthevocabulary,thegrammarisalsodifferentfromthebeginning.Forexample,peoplenowliketosay“Let’shaveadrink”or“Let’stakeaswim”.Wecallthem“empty”verbs.Yearsago,wesay“Let’sdrink”or“Let’sswim”.

Therearevariouskindsofgrammarchanges,wearenotsurehowitbegan,butmoreandmorepeopleexpressedlikethat,thenitbecameastandardgrammar.

Yeah,theseminorchangeshappe