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 How to Improve Your Study Habits Text A Maybe you are an average student with an average intellect.You pass most of your subjects. You occasionally get good grades, but they are usually just average. You are more interested in hiking than i...
Lesson 17 Juvenile Delinquency Text A Jennifer got off the bus from the university and began walking towards the flat she shared with two other students. On her way she had to buy some food and stopped in one of the shops in the street. It was run by...
Lesson 18 How to Keep Fit Text A Ten years ago I used to be very fit. T cycled to work and I got a lot of exercise at the weekends. I used to play tennis a lot and go for long walks. In those days I didn't earn very much. I had a job in an office. It...
Lesson 19 Why Go to School? Text A MATTHEW: Lesley, you're a teacher. How does the English school system work? LESLEY: Um, well, first of all most children start school at the age of five and they can't leave school until the age of sixteen , which i...
Lesson 20 What Does Friendship Mean to You? Text A Mr Brooks, Martin, Robert and Jean are being interviewed on subject of friendship. Mr BROOKS: I consider friendship to be one of the most important things in life-whatever your status, married or sin...
Lesson 21 Why Are They So Unlucky? Text A I wonder why so many shop-assistants are so foultempered? Inspite of so many campaigns to improve the services in the past years, we see no appreciable change so far. If Dad and Mum are to be believed, the se...
Lesson 22 Tell Us About Your Hobbies Text A JOHN: What I like most, I suppose, is the fact that it's so unusual. I mean, when I tell people what I do,they just look at me usually as if I'm mad.Maybe I am, anyway what I do is this. I get up about a qu...
Lesson 23 All For a Son Text A The desire for a son and heir is common to all mankind. In our country, especially, to have as many male descendents as possible has always been regarded as the greatest blessing in life. The failure to produce a male h...
Lesson 24 Want to Kill Yourself ? Text A I wonder whether smoking is as harmful as doctors make us believe it to be? Some of the things they say are really hair-raising, and even if only half of what they say is true , then it is , if not suicidal, a...
Lesson 25 Don't They Feel Ashamed of Themselves? Text A We were at the terminus and as a bus had just left, there were only the two of us. We're sure to get good seats, I thought to myself confidently. But soon there was a crowd and nobody seemed to...
Lesson 26 There Are Two Sides to Everything Text A I had a most exasperating and frustrating experience with the hospital today: But Granny had it much worse. First she was the victim of an accident and then she was the suffering patient. She was out...
Lesson 27 Is It an Ideal Career? Text A I am not an extreme feminist. I am not an extreme anything. However, I am a firm believer in equality and freedom. I think we are all entitled to the same rights and opportunities. perhaps my views on feminism...
Lesson 28 The Perfect Match Text A I walked into the office and shook hands with a smiling man named Mr Bleaucher. He was dressed very well, compared to me. He shuffled a pile of papers like they were so many pancakes. I'm sure you'll be very pleased...
Lesson 29 The Voices of Time Text A Time talks. It speaks more plainly than words. Time communicates in many ways. Consider the different parts of the day, for example. The time of the day when something is done can give a special meaning to the even...
Lesson 30 Who Did It? Text A Inspector Chester of Scotland Yard soon arrived on the scene of the crime. When the newspapermen saw him getting out of the car they immediately realised that matters were serious. Inspector Chester had a fine reputation....
