Text Three
Phrases: A. identify which specific areas of pronunciation 68 B. give you some things 69 C. make it difficult for native speakers 70 D. focus on accent reduction, 71
Many ESL learners are concerned about eliminating their accents, but before you run out and spend hundreds of dollars on the latest pronunciation course, let me 72 . First, the main goal of any pronunciation course should be to 73 , which is virtually impossible. Rather, students should work on reducing areas of their pronunciation that affect comprehensibility, that is, areas of their accents that 74 . Second, with this goal in mind, students need to be able to 75 , Of course, there are universal areas of pronunciation that affect specific language groups, and reading up on these commonalities will help you.
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英语试卷二 ENGLISH QUALIFICATION TEST FOR MASTER-DEGREE APPLICANTS
Paper Two (50 minutes) Part VI Translation (10 points) Part VII Writing (15 points)
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Paper Two (50 minutes)
Part VI Translation (10 points) Directions: Translate the following passage into Chinese. Write your answer on the Answer Sheet.
Being unhappy is like an infectious disease. It causes people to shrink away from the sufferer. He soon finds himself alone and miserable. There is, however, a cure so simple as to seem, at first glance, ridiculous: if you don’t feel happy, pretend to be! It works. Before long you will find that instead of pushing people away, you attract them. You discover how deeply rewarding it is to be the center of wider and wider circles of good will.
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