most dangerous place in the world 4 She was that the business would take a tum for the 5. It was a( an situation for the gentleman for he couldn't afford the dinner I. Reading Comprehension Passage 1 Pronouncing a language is a skill. Every normal pe xpert in the skill of pronouncing his own language, but few people are even moderately proficient at pronouncing foreig languages. Now there are many reasons for this, some obvious, some perhaps not so obvious. But I suggest that the fundamental reason why people in general do not speak foreig languages very much better than they do is that they fail to grasp the true nature of the problem of leaming to pronouncing and consequently never set about tackling it in the right way Far too many people fail to realize that pronouncing a foreig language is a skill that one needs careful training of a special kind. I think even teachers of language, while recognizing the importance of a good accent, tend to neglect, in their practical teaching, the branch of study concemed with speaking the language. So the first point I want to make is that English pronunciation must be taught; the teacher should be prepared to devote some of the lesson time to this, and by his whole attitude to the subject should get the student to fee that here is a matter worthy of receiving his close attention Apart from this question of the time given to pronunciation there are two other requirements for the teacher: knowledge and technique. It is important that the teacher should be n possession of the necessary information. This can generally be obtained from books. It is possible to get from books idea of the mechanics of speech, and of what we call general phonetic theory. It is also possible in this way to get a clear menta picture of the relationship between the sounds of different languages, between the speech habits of English people and those, say, of your students. Unless the teacher has such a picture, any comments he may make on his students- 2 - most dangerous place in the world. 4. She was ______that the business would take a turn for the better. 5. It was a( an ) ______ situation for the gentleman for he couldn’t afford the dinner. IV. Reading Comprehension Passage 1 Pronouncing a language is a skill. Every normal person is expert in the skill of pronouncing his own language, but few people are even moderately proficient at pronouncing foreign languages. Now there are many reasons for this, some obvious, some perhaps not so obvious. But I suggest that the fundamental reason why people in general do not speak foreign languages very much better than they do is that they fail to grasp the true nature of the problem of learning to pronouncing, and consequently never set about tackling it in the right way. Far too many people fail to realize that pronouncing a foreign language is a skill that one needs careful training of a special kind. I think even teachers of language, while recognizing the importance of a good accent, tend to neglect, in their practical teaching, the branch of study concerned with speaking the language. So the first point I want to make is that English pronunciation must be taught; the teacher should be prepared to devote some of the lesson time to this, and by his whole attitude to the subject should get the student to fee that here is a matter worthy of receiving his close attention. Apart from this question of the time given to pronunciation, there are two other requirements for the teacher: knowledge and technique. It is important that the teacher should be in possession of the necessary information. This can generally be obtained from books. It is possible to get from books idea of the mechanics of speech, and of what we call general phonetic theory. It is also possible in this way to get a clear mental picture of the relationship between the sounds of different languages, between the speech habits of English people and those, say, of your students. Unless the teacher has such a picture, any comments he may make on his students’