英語口語的特點 口語中口頭語

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對于練習來說.無論是一個人的獨白，還是兩個人對話，或者是多個人討論，多數情況下都是沒有稿子的即席講話。與 用筆頭表達的英語相比，英語口語具有一些比較明顯的特征。由于口頭表達的英語通常是沒有事先準備的，說話的人邊說邊想，斷斷續 續地說，因而遺漏、重復、出錯、糾錯、顛三倒四、打結巴、有頭無 尾等情況的產生是不可避免的。
另一方面，從語言本身的特點來看，以下幾個方面比較突出:
口語中多用日常生活中的 小詞 而不用文氣十足的 大詞 ，從文體的角度來說比較隨意。
句子比較簡短，常用省略句，結構偏于簡單，語法上有時也不夠嚴謹，例如:It s me (I). Who (Whom) do you want to see?
使用縮略形式(如:We ve, they d, there s等)在口語中是屢見不鮮的。
在口語里反意問句也用得比較多，例如:It s a nice day, isn tit?
人們在說話時還有一些 口頭禪 ，像You see, you know, Imean, let me see, sort of, things like that，等等。
在英語口語中，一些代表不同意思的非實意詞也是常見的，如well, eh, ah,等等。
口語中口頭語(colloquialisms)、習語(idioms)用得比較多， 有時也用一些俗語(slang),這段對話就表現出許多上述特點:
The Things They Say!
A: A First-class Honours in chemistry, eh, Dick? I expectyou ve been offered plenty of jobs.
B: Yes, but unfortunately most of them have been in industry.
A: What s so unfortunate about that?
B: Well, I d like to go on doing the kind of research we do at the University. Industrial research holds no attractionsfor me.
A：Why not? I used to think like you, but now I ve seenthat research in industry is just as isfying. Think ofthe values industrial research can bring to manufacturing,farming, medicine and so on.
B: Perhaps you re right, but I d prefer to continue doingpure research一pursuing knowledge for its own sake, youknow.
A: Maybe, but whether you work in a university or in an in-dustrial laboratory you ll be employing the same scientificmethod, the same mental approach一and is there any-thing derogatory in acquiring scientific knowledge to useit for practical ends?
B: I don t suppose there is, really.
A: Of course there isn t. And you may even find people en-gaged in doing fundamental work in industry who haveacquired international recognition in their particularfields.