There are great impediments to the general use of a standard in pronun-
7 b5 u' s5 S. ]; W ciation comparable to that existing in spelling (orthography). One is the
' _# L0 w% E/ r2 V; O4 a fact that pronunciation is learnt ‘naturally’ and unconsciously, and orthography __1__7 }0 P! _$ {. p: K( P
is learnt deliberately and consciously. Large numbers of us, in fact, remain
3 G) ?. P7 w8 B5 R1 f- } throughout our lives quite unconscious with what our speech sounds __2__7 S3 @5 M! O7 E% m" a) g
like when we speak out, and it often comes as a shock when we __3__" x! J: S% ^0 B% F# G. Q
firstly hear a recording of ourselves. It is not a voice we recognize at once, __4__1 S6 s( W1 ^' N
whereas our own handwriting is something which we almost always know. We __5__7 ^. `( _) H- k- f
begin the ‘natural’ learning of pronunciation long before we start learning to
- j7 U7 v/ f2 |) M' i$ d3 Q read or write, and in our early years we went on unconsciously imitating and __6__' I6 R. S' i' X$ \+ v: s) k$ O
practicing the pronunciation of those around us for many more hours per every __7__! E! F s# S5 t
day than we ever have to spend learning even our difficult English spelling.
; S$ ]6 J, ~7 \2 t4 G7 }: h This is ‘ natural’, therefore, that our speech-sounds should be those of our im- __8__& F# E0 d9 h, x2 }! S& B
mediate circle; after all, as we have seen, speech operates a means of holding a
: a7 r9 }, A( ]" e community and to give a sense of ‘belonging’. We learn quite early to recognize a __9__. Y5 {* [, V; L) N! Q+ s- h% N) w
‘stranger’, someone who speaks with an accent of a different community—perhaps9 M8 a; {4 A* c1 K7 f/ G7 [
only a few miles far. __10__. F/ [+ C# l5 N9 l* T. U* p- k
参考答案及解析:$ p' D' M/ a v$ m! ^, }. b
1. 将and改为whereas/but/yet6 E! J9 K+ _) o( O! \4 l" m. m
2. 将with改为of
2 ~, R& q; M3 y! s/ l unconscious of 是固定搭配。
5 [1 `3 }, @' G3 @1 ^. d 3. 删掉out0 L' K; J; t% I4 G: T
speak out 意思为“大胆地说”,“大声地说”,与此处意思不符。" `/ f, o5 X# ^
4. 将firstly改为first
5 R9 J9 m9 z m# {5 \- D 5. 将which改为that或者将which删掉。限制性定语从句前面的先行词是something,因此要用that引导定语从句。也可以将which删掉,不用任何引导词。$ e0 @/ p% D7 k
6. 将went改为go
5 ?- L7 X. X* X8 v 7. 删掉per或者every2 f8 s! i1 m+ j Q$ H
8. 将This改为It3 |3 `8 W2 A5 U7 {
It在此处做形式主语,后面的that从句是真正的主语。7 L, `% P% K g8 v! b
9. 在community后面加together
7 {: b; b' C; t! w; w8 u$ k1 M 此处的大意为“语音是把社区团结在一起的工具”。
( {6 v* |) ^2 M' ~9 t5 m0 ] 10. 将far改为away
. f6 w. N' W S0 m9 z “只有几英里远”应是 a few miles away。 |