英语口语专项训练（朗读短文）

英语口语专项训练

一、朗读短文

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Everyone needs friends. There is an old saying, Friends are God's way of taking care of us. But how do you find real friendship and keep it? First, you should choose a friend, What makes a good friend? It is not money or good looks. A good friend should be kind and patient. For example, if you have a bad day, a good friend should listen to your complaints and do his or her best to help. To make a friend, you cannot be too shy. You should make each other happy and share your lives. But things cannot always go smoothly. Even the best of friends have fights. What should you do when you have a fight with your friend? You have to talk to him or her. When you are alone, with your friend, have an honest talk. If he or she doesn't want to talk, you could write a letter. There are three steps to being friends again Tell him or her how you are feeling; say what your friend has done wrong; and explain why you acted as you did. Remember that friendship is the most important thing in your life.

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No air means death. Although we can't see it, there is air around us. Air is everywhere and it gives life to every living thing. Bad air makes people ill. We must have fresh air to keep us in good health. In the city, there are a great many people

and there are too many cars on the road. The exhaust fumes the cars give out are full of poison. Every day we breathe them in and out. This makes us feel sick. Besides cars, there are many factories, too. From the chimneys of these factories we get smoke, usually in a black or grey color. This kind of smoke, when it is mixed with air, is dangerous to our health. So in order to keep ourselves healthy we have to go out to the countryside to breathe fresher air. Or we can go up hills to get fresher air.

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All around the world, people drink tea. But tea does not mean the same thing to everyone. In different countries people have very different ideas about drinking tea. In China people like to have tea together with their friends. They may drink tea at any time of the day. They put only tea leaves in their cups. They prefer the tea with nothing else in it. Tea is also important in Japan. It is very popular there. People drink tea every day. But they have it in a way different from that in China. In the USA people drink tea at breakfast or after meals. They usually use tea bags to make their tea. Making tea with tea bags is faster and easier than making it with leaves in teapots.

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We have a radio station in our school. It is great because it is run by the

students for the school. It started two years ago. And I have been a student member of the radio station for two years. Every morning we Jell the students about the weather and latest news, pits some special messages that the teachers want us to mention. During exam time we have a special program that tells students the things they should or shouldn't do in preparation. At the end of the school year, many students who are going to graduate use our station to send messages to their close friends and teachers. When parents come to visit the school and talk to the teachers in the evening, we always play songs sung by the students, and we also report special events to the parents, such as outings and school plays.

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New York, London, Paris and some other cities are exciting places to live. There are many interesting things to see and to do. You can go to different kinds of museums, plays and films. You can also buy things from all over the world. But there are serious problems in big cities, too. It is expensive to live there, and there are too many people in some places in big cities. Every year many people move to the cities to find work, study at good schools and receive good medical care. But sometimes these people can't find work or good places to live. Also it is hard to keep big cities safe and clean. Some people enjoy living in big cities, others do not. Before people move to a big city, they should think about the problems they might encounter there.