Oral Workshop教材简介
外研社英语口语权威教程--《英语口语教程》（Oral Workshop）包含外研社《英语初级口语》、《英语中级口语》及《英语高级口语》为北京外国语大学吴祯福教授历时6年的呕心沥血之作，教材选取了丰富的口语素材，是国内最系统、最科学的一套全面提高英语口语的教材，并一直作各高校英语专业的首选口语教材。
问世于20世纪90年代初，是目前我国英语教学界具有相当的影响力的一套教材，至今已经累计销售数百万册。这套优秀的教材哺育了一届又一届的英语学习者，为国家培养了大量的英语专业人才，成为国内主要高等学校英语专业的指定口语教材。实践证明，这是一套非常富有生命力的教材。
课程采用“话题”教学法，选取当前最热门的话题，针对中国学生学习口语的难点，现代教学理念与传统教学模式的融合，有助于培养学习者英语思维的能力和用英语表达的技巧，通过循序渐进的学习过程全面提高学习者的英语交际能力。
初级部分40课，包括饮食起居，节假日、晚会、舞会、作客、通信，电视、电影、购物、求医、求学、旅游等内容。课文多是与日常生活相关的小故事与对话。
中级部分35课，包括爱情友谊、生儿育女、公共道德、人际关系、个性特点。生活习惯、趣味爱好， 生活经历，体育运动、勤工俭学，学习方法、健康减肥、犯罪案例等内容。
高级部分28课，包括对各种问题的辩论，诸如青年人的思想情绪，广告的优劣、寻找对象的方式，妇女的地位。住房改造、对“大锅饭”的态度。对老板的态度、工作的意义、独生子女的教育、城乡差别、教育改革，时装美容。对钱的态度，批评与表扬，两代人的差 别、对时间的看法等内容。
本套mp3录音者皆是英语国家的学者和专家，配音清晰、流畅、优美，语音、语调标准纯正。
本MP3特别适合
1. 大学英语专业一、二年级或非英语专业的学生
2．有一定英语基础、想全面、系统提高口语水平的人士
Lesson 16 Is Money the Most Important Thing in Life? Text The Only Thing People Are Interested in Today Is Earning More Money. Once upon a time there lived a beautiful young woman and a handsome young man . They were very poor, but a's they were deep...
Lesson 17 Is Romantic Love the Most Important Condition for Marriage? Text Choosing a Spouse If you are young and unmarried, you must have in your mind the image of an ideal husband or wife. Most young people like to indulge in fantasies, and your im...
Lesson 18 Should Women Be Treated the Same as Men? Text For Women, There Is a Long Way to Go One-third of the people at work in Britain are women. By 1975 they will, by law, be on a footing of equal pay with men. Their prospects of reaching the top,...
Lesson19 Is it Good to Live in a Large Modern City? Text I Hate to Live in a Large Modern City Avoid the rush-hour must be the slogan of large cities the world over. If it is, it's a slogan no one takes the least notice of. Twice a day, with predicta...
Lesson 20 Is Housing Reform Necessary? Text Housing Reform Faces Obstacles Housing reform, acknowledged by economists and politicians at home and abroad as central to China's economic reform, has reached a critical stage. A recent article in the over...
Lesson 21 Should People Be Promoted according to Ability? Text Flattering the Boss Gets You Everywhere In the world of work, flattery will get you everywhere. Employees who flatter their bosses tend to receive better evaluations and move more easily...
Lesson 22 Should Capital Punishment Be a Major Deterrent to Crime? Text Capital Punishment Is the Only Way to Deter Criminals Perhaps all criminals should be required to carry cards which read: Fragile: Handle with Care. It will never do, these days,...
Lesson 23 Is It Necessary to Keep the Iron Rice Bowl? Text Living Without the Iron Rice Bowl Since 1987, reform of the Chinese labour system has stepped out of the laboratory and into the real world of employment. For many, the iron rice bowl no long...
Lesson 24 Does Fashion Contribute Anything to Society? Text Make np, Dress up, Warm up, Brighten'up When 43-year-old Wang I.ongzhu stepped out of a beauty parlour in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province in East China, she felt all the people around w...
Lesson 25 Do Advertisements Play a Positive or Negative Role in Our Society? Text People Change Their Attitudes towards Ads One night, when television began broadcasting a boring TV show, I said to my wife, The programme is even less interesting than...
Lesson 26 Does Divorce Represent Social Progress? Text Divorces-a New Social Phenomenon in China Divorce used to be very rare in our country. In old times it was not necessary for a man to divorce his wife as he could easily marry another or many oth...
Lesson 27 Is the Prospect of Growing Old a Bleak One? Text The Prospect of Growing OId Is Horrifying My father has an organic brain disease. It's Parkinson's disease, and in his case it has led to the additional trauma of Parkinsonian dementia. He is...
Lesson 28 Are Cars Doing More Harm Than Good? Text Cars Only Bring Peogle Trouble Today any Chinese can enjoy the luxury of owning a private car--if he can afford it, that is. And to be able to afford it, you have first of all to pay a five or six fi...
