4分钟英语口语对话10篇.docx
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1.Whatdoyouthinkofthechangesofwomen’srolessince19thcentury?
Canwomennowadaysliveindependentlywithequalrights?
A:
DoyourememberthenovelwehavereadonthetextbookAPairofSilkStockings?
B:
Yes,awonderfulstoryaboutMrs.Sommers.
A:
Sowhat’syourfeelingafterreadingthisstory?
B:
Aftergettingmarried,theroleofMrs.Sommerschanged.Shebecameherhusband’swifeandtheirchildren’mother.Shehadtobearthefamily’sburden;sheneverconsideredherownneeds.
A:
Shelookedsopitiful.Shewasevenafraidofrecallingthepast.Thisreflectedtheimprisonment[ɪm'prɪz(ə)nm(ə)nt]andrepressionagainstwomenoftheAmericansocietyin18thcentury.Thewomenwasconfinedtothesocialroleofwifeandmother;theydidn’tallowanyofthemtohaveself-awarenessandpersonalpursuits.
B:
That’sinconceivable.Ican’timaginethatifIliveatthattime.Sowhatdoyouthinkofthechangesofwomen’srolesince19thcentury?
A:
Since19thcentury,womenhavebeenmoreandmoreindependent.Inmostcountries,theyhavecommonrightsandfemalerights.Ithinkthesocietyshouldgoforwardandwomenshouldbetreatedequally.
B:
Yes,nowadays,youcanseemanywomenworkforthegovernment,someevenservedasthepresidentorotherimportantpositions.Femaleofficialsarerecognizedbymoreandmorepeople.
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Andmoreandmorejobsareavailabletowomen.Womencanhavemorechoices.Theycanhavetheircareeranddowhattheylike,anddon’tneedtodependonmentolive.
B:
That'sright.Infamily,women’srolechangedalso.Theycanworktoearnmoneyforthefamilythesameastheman.Husbandandwifeareequalandtheyrespecteachother.
A:
Alotofchangeshavetakenplace.Women’lifewillbecomemorecolorful.
B:
Ofcourse.It’sgettingbetter.Butcanwomennowadaysliveindependentlywithequalrights?
A:
Notexactlyso.Thoughthelawhasbeenestablishedandeveryoneappealtoequality,womencouldnottrulyliveindependentlywithequalright.Forexample,whenyouapplyforajobastheprogrammer,thecompanytendtochoosethemalecandidatesandrefusefemale’sapplication,eventhoughtheyarebetter.
B:
It’sreallyunfair.What’smore,inmanyplacesaroundtheworld,womenarenotequalwithmen.Theydon’thaveright,andtheycan’tprotectthemselvesthroughlegalchannels.InIranandotherMiddleEastareas,womenareforbiddentoexposingtheirfaceunlessintheirownfamily.Andwomencannotparticipateintheelections.
A:
Thereisstillalongwaytogoinprotectingwomen’right.
2.Duringthedevelopmentofalanguage,thereareperiodsofdramaticchangesandminorchanges.Why?
Givesomespecificexamplestoillustrateit.
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DoyouknowanythingabouttheEnglishlanguage?
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Yes.EnglishistheofficiallanguageusedbymostcountriesandalotofcountriessettheEnglishasthesecondlanguage.
A:
Yeah,andin19th-20thcentury,EnglishbecameaninternationallanguagebecauseoftheleadingpositionsofBritishandAmerican.Theirculture,economy,military,politicsandsciencehaveinfluencedothercountriesintheworld.
B:
That’sright.Englishisimportantnowinourlife.Anditdoeschangealotwiththetime.
A:
Yeah,yeah.Iagreewithyou.Thelanguagehasalwayschanged,buttherateofchangehasbeenuneven;minorchangeshaveslowlyaccumulatedineverygeneration,buttherehavebeenperiodsofdramaticchangeaswell.Youknowsomeofthem?
B:
Ofcourse.ThemostimportantoftheseperiodsoccurredaftertheNormansConqueredEngland.Thisconquestbroughtnewconceptsfromacrossthechannel,liketheFrenchlanguage,theDoomsdayBookandsoon.Allinall,theEnglishabsorbedabouttenthousandnewwordsfromtheNormans.ThisgreatlyenrichedtheEnglishlanguage.
A:
Absolutely,culturalconflictbringnewvitality.Also,somechangeshaven’tcomefromtheborrowing,butfromthenaturalgrowingneed.SuchasShakespeare’spoetry,Bible.TheyalldidagreatcontributioninEnglishchanging.Justasthedictionaryshows,about2000newwordsandphraseswereinventedbyWilliamShakespeare.HispoetryshowedtheworldthatEnglishwasarich,vibrantlanguagewithlimitlessexpressiveandemotionalpower.
B:
Yeah,manynewwordsoccurredwiththedevelopmentoftheworld.Aswell,thescience,theInternet,theirdevelopmentproducedmanywordslikegene,e-mail,download,etc.Whennewthingsappeared,newwordsareinventedtofollowthem.
A:
Besidesthevocabulary,thegrammarisalsodifferentfromthebeginning.Forexample,peoplenowliketosay“Let’shaveadrink”or“Let’stakeaswim”.Wecallthem“empty”verbs.Yearsago,wesay“Let’sdrink”or“Let’sswim”.
B:
Therearevariouskindsofgrammarchanges,wearenotsurehowitbegan,butmoreandmorepeopleexpressedlikethat,thenitbecameastandardgrammar.
A:
Yeah,theseminorchangeshappe
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