Pronouncing a language is a skill. Every normal person isexpert in the skill of pronouncing his own language, and __1__few people are even moderately proficient at pronouncingforeign languages. Now there are many reasons about this, __2__ some obvious, some perhaps not so obvious. But Isuggest that the fundamental reason why people in general donot speak foreign languages very better than they do is that__3__ they fail to grasp the true name of the problem of learning to pronounce, and consequentlynever set about tackling it by the right way. Far too many people fail to realize __4__ thatpronounce a foreign language is a skill, one that__5__ needs careful training of a special kind, andone that cannot be acquired by just leaving it to take care of himself. __6__ I think even teachersof language, while recognizing the importance of a good accent, tend to neglect, in their practicalteaching, the branch of study concerning with speaking the__7__ language. So the first point Iwant to make is that English pronunciation must be taught; the teacher may be prepared to__8__ devote some of the lesson time to this, and by his whole attitude to the subject he shouldget the student to feel that here is a matter worth of receiving his close ttention.__9__ So, thereshould be occasions where other aspects of English, __10__ such as grammar or spelling, areallowed for the moment to take a secondary place.
參考答案及解析:
1.and→but。and表示遞進(jìn)并列關(guān)系;but表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。根據(jù)上下文應(yīng)用but。
2. about→for。reason與介詞for搭配，表示“……的原因”。
3. very better→very much better。very不能修飾形容詞的比較級(jí)，只能用much,far, very much, a lot, any, no, rather, a little, abit修飾。
4. by→in。by the way：順便說(shuō)一下;in the right way：以正確的方式，又如：in your own way：以自己的方式。
5. pronounce→pronouncing。在that 引導(dǎo)的賓語(yǔ)從句中主語(yǔ)是動(dòng)名詞短語(yǔ)pronouncing a foreignlanguage,原形動(dòng)詞(這里為pronounce)不能作主語(yǔ)。
6. himself→itself。one在本句中不是指人，所以其反身代詞可用itself，而不用himself。
7. concerning→concerned。be concerned with：關(guān)于，如：The book is chiefly concerned withhistory。concerning作分詞用，意為“涉及到”，此處不僅詞義不當(dāng)，而且concering后絕不能加with。
8. may→should。may表示推測(cè)、請(qǐng)求、允許或祝愿：should表示義務(wù)、建議、驚奇、推測(cè)等。這里講的是老師的義務(wù)，故應(yīng)該為should。
9. worth→worthy。 worth可用在兩個(gè)結(jié)構(gòu)中，后面跟ing形式。1)用先行詞it作主語(yǔ)，如：it isn’tworth getting upset。2)用名次或代詞作主語(yǔ)，如：The book is not worth reading. worthy 多用于worthy of + n. or be worthy to + v. 結(jié)構(gòu)中，也可用作定語(yǔ)，如：a cause worthy ofsupport/ a man who is worthy to have a place in the team/ a worthy winner。
10. where→when。occasion是指動(dòng)作發(fā)生的時(shí)機(jī)而不是地點(diǎn)，故應(yīng)用表示時(shí)間的副詞引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)從句修飾occasion。