口语是一种利用语言表达思想、进行口头交际的能力。《高等学校英语专业基础阶段英语教学大纲》要求加强培养及培训学生语言知识的转换能力。意思是学生通过读和听获得知识、信息和语言，经过思维，在原有知识及语言的基础上对所获得的内容和语言加工和重组，赋予新的内容，然后输出，从而完成交际的全过程。
《英语口语教程》（Oral Workshop）问世于20世纪90年代初，是由北京外国语大学吴祯福教授主持编写，也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，为我们国家的改革开放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。
Lesson 25 Text A A Ten-Dollar Bill Sam waited patiently in the long line at the grocery store. He had come to pick up a few items for his mother. He often did Chores for his parents after school. He e...
Lesson 24 Text A Many people like to decorate their houses at Christmas time. They decorate the inside of the house and the outside too. Inside they usually decorate a Christmas tree and the fireplace...
Lesson 23 Text A Would You Like a Shave or a Haircut? A poor farmer who had always lived in the country and had never visited a big town won a lot of money, so he decided that he could now afford a ho...
Lesson 22 Text A If I Don't Do Anything Else Yesterday morning Paul said to himself. "I've got to write that economics paper today. If I don't do anything else, I've got to write that paper. " He sat...
Lesson 21 Text A Bill Is Very Rude Bill is in Victor's house and he is sitting down. He is leaning back and he has put his feet on the table. Bill is very rude. VICTOR: Would you mind° taking your fe...
Lesson 20 Text A Honesty A man went to an insurance office to have his life insured. The manager of the office asked him how old his parents .were when they died. "Mother had a bad heart and died at t...
Lesson 19 Text A A Lesson to Learn John was the only son of a wealthy American businessman. Usually he was taken to school by the chauffeur in his father's beautiful car, before the chauffeur took Joh...
Lesson 18 Text A Christmas Cards It mas two weeks before Christmas. and Mrs Smith was very busy. She bought a lot of Christmas cards to send to her friends and to her husband's friends, and put them o...
Lesson 17 Text A The Coustry Schoollhouse The country schooihouse was three miles from my uncle's farm. It stood in a clearing in the woods and would hold about twenty-five boys and girls. We attended...
Lesson 16 Text A The Charcoal Pit Erika was worried. Her restaurant was losing customers. The new restaurant across the street now had more customers than she did. She had even seen some of her own cu...
Lesson 15 Text A A Welcome Surprise Let's now visit Mary Miller. Mary and her mother are happy today. The postman has brought a letter from Mrs Miller's brother. He's coming to visit the Millers with...
Lesson 14 Text A They Don't Talk Mr Jones was very angry with his wife, and she was very angry with her husband. For several days they did not speak to each other at a11. One evening Mr Jones was very...
Lesson 13 Text A Give Me a Big Box of Chocolates John liked chocolates very much, but his mother never gave him any, because they were bad for his teeth, she thought. But .)ohn had a very nice grandfa...
Lesson 12 Text A What a Mess! Bill Lane has just touched some wet paint. MR FIELD: You mustn't touch the wet paint, Bill. BILL: I'm sorry. I won't do it again. MR FIELD: Try to be more careful in futu...
Lesson 11 Text A A Visit to Conway Castle Dave's class at school were studying English history, and one day their teacher said to them, "Well, boys, on Friday we're all going to get on a bus and go to...
