美国老师教你说出好英文

Preface 前言

Introduction 内容简介

About the author 作者简介

Chapert 1 I Love English我热爱英语

l Loving English does not guarantee Success热爱英语并不见得就能成功

2 What is love?什么是爱?

3 Leam to love English before you learn English在学习英语之前学会爱英语

4 Interesting activities can help you love English有趣的活动能够帮助你爱上英语

5 Bored to death with English对英语厌烦得要死

Chapert 2 My English is poor我的英语不好

1 Exam scores don’t tell US everything考试成绩无法代表全部

2 My English is too poor for going abroad我的英语差到不足以出国

3 Poor Enghsh is hard to love不好的英语是难以爱上的

4 I need mole vocabulary!我需要更多的词汇!

5 How to understand your foreign teacher如何听懂你的外教说的话

6 Summary小结

Chapert 3 Passive Active Learning消极学习与积极学习

1 Reading&listening VS．Writing and speaking读与听VS．写与说

2 Study and learn study与learn

3 Leaming styles学习方式

4 Vocabulary～How can I remember all those words？单词——我如何记住所有这些单词呢?

5 Cheating on exams考场作弊

6 Summary小结

Chapter 4 Grammar Check语法检查

1 Common grammar mistakes in America在美国常见的语法错误

2 Common grammar mistakes in China在中国常见的语法错误

3 Verb tense动词时态

4 Yes means yes!“Yes”就是“是”!

5 Foreigners area’t always the best helpers外国人并不都是最好的帮手

6 You must be willing to help each other乐于互相帮助

7 A last word about grammar关于语法的最后一些内容

Chapter 5 If You Can Say It in Chinese，You Can Say It in English如果你能用汉语说，那么你也能用英语说

l Talk about the weather谈论天气．

2 Talk about what you like to do谈论你喜欢做的事

3 Talk about your country谈论你的国家

4 Record your conversations记录你们的谈话

5 I can communicate my meaning clearly in Chinese，but not in English我可以很清楚地用汉语表达出我的本意，但是用英语就不行了

6 Technical English技术英语

7 What do you talk about?你们谈论什么内容?

8 Summary小结

Chapter 6 Practice Makes Perfect—Not!熟能生巧?不!

1 Diligent freshmen students勤奋的新生

2 Simplify!简单化!

Chapter 7 Flow River Flow!让英语流利起来!

1 Unplugging your fiver清理你的河流

2 The most natural way to learn English学习英语最自然的方式

3 Natural learning for adults成人学习英语的自然方式

Chapter 8 I Don’t Like to Speak EnglIish with Chinese People我不喜欢跟中国人说英语

1 Why should I speak English with people who are not native English speakers?我为什么要跟那些母语不是英语的人说英语?

2 Opportunities to speak English are everywhere练习口语的机会到处都有

3 Getting started从现在开始

4 Host an English comer主持一个英语角

5 English club英语俱乐部

6 Summary小结

Chapter 9 Dynamic Methods for Boosting Your English Ability迅速提高英语能力的动态方法

1 Some practical methods一些可操作的方法

2 Methods for practicing English with your Chinese friends与你的中国朋友练习英语的方法

3 Summary小结

Chapter 10 Think in English用英语思考

l Bypass the middle man跳过中间人

2 Twenty—four hour English每时每刻的英语．

3 If you go abroad如果出国

4 Hiring a tutor聘请家教

5 Success at last!最终成功!

6 Summary小结

Chapter 11 Culture and Language文化和语言

l Culture is important文化很重要

2 Stop calling me a foreigner!不要叫我外国人!

3 Humor and culture幽默和文化

4 Sometimes culture determines WHEN we say sometlling有时文化决定了我们何时说什么

5 Cultural influence on what we talk about文化影响我们谈论什么

6 Other examples of culturally influenced vocabulary文化影响词汇的其他例子

7 Questions&answers are cultural问和答是一种文化

8 Communication through actions is cultural通过行为沟通是一种文化

9 Global culture全球文化

10 Summary小结

Chapter 12 Yes You Can!你能做到!

1 Put your BUT in the right place将“但是”用在正确的地方

2 I can’t understand foreigners when they talk!我听不懂外国人的讲话1

3 How to start a conversation with a“foreigner”如何与“外国人”开始交谈

4 Going abroad出国

5 Contradiction矛盾

6 Benefits of practicing with native speakers与英语为母语的人练习英语的好处

7 Benefits of practicing with chinese people与中国人练习英语的好处

8 Building a strong pyramid of rapid improvement构建快速提高英语的坚固金字塔

Appendix 1 Grammar Error Correction Drill语法错误修正练习

Appendix 2 Useful References&Resources有用资源

Appendix 3 Everyday Vocabulary for Common Topics常见话题词汇

Appendix 4 Interviews about Improving Spoken English有关提高英语口语的访谈

You are holding in your hand a book that will most likely change the way you think about learning and speaking English.The fact that you bought this book is proof you really want to improve your spoken English.You have studied English under many different teachers,probably all very skilled.You have taken English exams.You've studied with lots of English textbooks,but you are not satisfied with your present ability to communicate in English.Nowyou have chosen to read a book that will take you beyond classroom and textbook study,intothe real world of freely speaking English.
Although I've taught Oral English classes for more than twelve years,I prefer to call them byanother name.I like to refer to those classes,and the topic of this book,as EnglishCommunication.Why do we study a foreign language? For that matter,why do we even learnour own mother language? ls it not for the purpose of communicating with other people? Whatabout English?
People all over the world are learning English so they can communicate with people fromEnglish speaking countries.They also study Engtish to talk with non-native English speakers fromother nations who have learned to speak English.The purpose of language is communication.Therefore,in this book sometimes the words Oral English or Spoken English are replaced withEnglish Communication.That's why we learn language to communicate with people.
Lots of people in China study English.Far less people can actually communicate well in thislanguage.Some are satisfied with high exam scores.Others just want to pass their Englishclasses so they can move on to other courses.Many people are only interested in being able toread English,especially if they have to read English instructions for their jobs or understandEnglish on the computer.These are all good reasons to study English,but the contents of thisbook are designed for people like you: People who are not satisfied with just passing examsand reading,people who are eager to go out and really commuhicate with this language.
You are reading this book,instead of just studying another textbook: This shows that you arenow ready to take the next step toward successful English commuhication.Fluentcommunication takes more than just studying.It takes action.It requires taking the actions youare preparing to read about in the following chapters.
The methods for improving your English communication skills in this book are notcomplicated.They are not meant to be complicated because the best ways to improve oralEnglish are not complicated.In fact,most of this book is written in very simple English.There's no need to make your training any more complex than it needs to be.I often tell mystudents,Spoken English is not complicated,but it isn't easy either.It's simple,but hardwork.It does require self-discipline but it doesn't have to be so complex that nobody canfigure out what it means.
In my experience teaching English in China,I have found that some of the worst Englishspeakers were also the most complex ones.I've tried to make them understand that simple isbetter,but they are not willing to listen.They have believed for years that complicated is morescholarly.Sadly,those students will never be good English communicators.They are theones who will just read a few chapters of this book,then throw it aside and proudly say,This book is too simple.They will go back to their complicated scholarly books andcontinue becoming worse and worse at speaking natural English.
On the other hand,there are wise people,like you,who will see the simplicity of this bookand honestly say,Maybe this foreigner really does know what he is talking about.I'll give ita try.These people may or may not already be good at speaking English,but they have abright future of fluently and freely communicating in English.They don't care if proud peoplelook down on them for their simple approach.They are not worried about higher exam scoresof their classmates.They are willing to try the methods in this book,and,while the others arejust becoming more complicated,they will become the best English communicators in China.- or,where ever in the world they want to go.
As you read this handy guide,I hope you will feel my heart.I hope you will realize.th:at Ilove China and Chinese people.I really want you to succeed.The whole world is speakingEnglish today,and I want you,my Chinese friend,to be one of the best of those English.speakers.I want you to go out and communicate freely with the rest of the world.I wantYOU to be able to effectively use English in your job.Whether you go abroad or make friendswith intemational visitors in China,I want YOUR English conversations to be fluent andnatural.As you read this book and try these methods,I invite YOU to join me in the great adventure of the real world of English communication!

成功不一定是要在另一个领域独辟蹊径，而是要把同样的事情做得更加出色。本书的创作和出版意义正在于此。作者是一位在中国教了十多年英语的美国人，他基于自己的切身体会和教学经验，告知读者以怎样的方法和技巧学习英语口语才最有效。我们相信它会是大家的良师益友，并给大家带来全新的学习感受！