教師英語口語訓(xùn)練課件模塊五

1、教師英語口語訓(xùn)練（第三版）主編 王 融 錢 虹教師英語口語訓(xùn)練（第三版）主編 王 融 錢 虹Part 5 Reading Aloud （朗讀練習）Part 5 Reading Aloud （朗讀練習）英語有48個音素，采用國際音標標注。這48個音素可分為兩大類：20個元音音素（vowels）和28個輔音音素（consonants）。發(fā)元音音素時聲帶振動，氣流在空氣通道中不受阻礙；發(fā)輔音音素時氣流在空氣通道中受到阻礙。元音音素可分為單元音（pure vowels）和雙元音（diphthongs）。發(fā)單元音時，語音器官基本不移動位置。按舌位，單元音可分為四個前元音（front vowels）、三個

2、中元音（centralvowels）和五個后元音（back vowels）。發(fā)雙元音時，語音器官從發(fā)第一個音的位置滑向發(fā)第二個音的位置，第一個音發(fā)得較重而清晰，第二個音發(fā)得較輕而含糊。雙元音是復(fù)合音，可按發(fā)音時語音器官滑動的變化分為5個合口雙元音（closing diphthongs）和3個集中雙元音（centring diphthongs）。英語有48個音素，采用國際音標標注。這48個音素可分為兩大類前元音：i e 中元音： 后元音： u合口雙元音：e a a集中雙元音： e 28個輔音按照發(fā)音方法可以分成六組。爆破音：p b t d k g摩擦音：f v s z r h破擦音：ts dz

3、tr dr t d鼻音：m n 旁流音：l半元音：j w前元音：i e 中元音：按照聲帶的活動，輔音可分為兩類，清輔音（voiceless consonants）和濁輔音（voiced consonants）。發(fā)清輔音時聲帶不振動，發(fā)濁輔音時聲帶振動。清輔音：p t k f s ts tr t h濁輔音：b d g v z dz dr d r m n l j w按照聲帶的活動，輔音可分為兩類，清輔音（voiceless Part A Drills on Front VowelsPart A Drills on Front Vowels發(fā)前元音時，舌尖抵下齒，舌前部向硬腭抬起，但不要接觸硬腭。i

4、1. Extremes meet.2. Its Greek to me.3. Seeing is believing.4. New brooms sweep clean.5. A friend in need is a friend in deed.6. A man without reason is a beast in season.發(fā)前元音時，舌尖抵下齒，舌前部向硬腭抬起，但不要接觸硬腭。發(fā)前元音時，舌尖抵下齒，舌前部向硬腭抬起，但不要接觸硬腭。1. Business is business.2. Fish begins to stink at the head.3. Its no us

5、e crying over spilt milk.4. A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.5. He that lives with cripples learns to limp.6. Everybodys business is nobodys business.發(fā)前元音時，舌尖抵下齒，舌前部向硬腭抬起，但不要接觸硬腭。發(fā)前元音時，舌尖抵下齒，舌前部向硬腭抬起，但不要接觸硬腭。e1. All is well that ends well.2. Let the dead bury the dead.3. East and west, home i

6、s best.4. Two heads are better than one.5. Better to do well than to say well.6. A cracked bell can never sound well.發(fā)前元音時，舌尖抵下齒，舌前部向硬腭抬起，但不要接觸硬腭。發(fā)前元音時，舌尖抵下齒，舌前部向硬腭抬起，但不要接觸硬腭。1.A fact is a fact.2. Habit cures habit.3. Bad news travels fast.4. Let the cat out of the bag.5. A bad beginning makes a bad

7、 ending.6. A man apt to promise is apt to forget.發(fā)前元音時，舌尖抵下齒，舌前部向硬腭抬起，但不要接觸硬腭。Part B Drills on Central VowelsPart B Drills on Central Vowe發(fā)中元音時，舌中部向硬腭與軟腭之間抬起。1.Blood will have blood.2.What must be must be.3.Of nothing comes nothing.4.Nothing new under the sun.5.What is done cannot be undone.6.Nothin

8、g ventured, nothing gained.發(fā)中元音時，舌中部向硬腭與軟腭之間抬起。發(fā)中元音時，舌中部向硬腭與軟腭之間抬起。1.Early sow, early mow.2. First come,first served.3.Work makes the workman.4.The early bird catches the worm.5.A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.6.Whats worth doing is worth doing well.發(fā)中元音時，舌中部向硬腭與軟腭之間抬起。發(fā)中元音時，舌中部向硬腭與軟腭之間抬起。1.

9、Forgive and forget.2.Better late than never.3.A miss is as good as a mile.4.Blood is thicker than water.5.Birds of a featherflock together.6.An apple a day keeps the doctor away.發(fā)中元音時，舌中部向硬腭與軟腭之間抬起。Part C Drills on Back VowelsPart C Drills on Back Vowels發(fā)后元音時，舌后部向軟腭抬起，舌尖不接觸下齒。1.Last makes fast.2.Har

10、m set, harm get.3.A bargain is a bargain.4.Far from eye, far from heart.5.He laughs best who laughs last.6.A single spark can start a prairiefire.發(fā)后元音時，舌后部向軟腭抬起，舌尖不接觸下齒。發(fā)后元音時，舌后部向軟腭抬起，舌尖不接觸下齒。1.Whats lost is lost.2.Waste not, want not.3.A little pot is soon hot.4.A fools bolt is soon shot.5.Honesty

11、is the best policy.6.Quality is better than quantity.發(fā)后元音時，舌后部向軟腭抬起，舌尖不接觸下齒。發(fā)后元音時，舌后部向軟腭抬起，舌尖不接觸下齒。1.Grasp all, lose all.2.No rose without a thorn.3.The more noble, the more humble.4.Hawks will not pick hawks eyes out.5.A common danger causes common action.6.A straw shows which way the wind blows.發(fā)后

12、元音時，舌后部向軟腭抬起，舌尖不接觸下齒。發(fā)后元音時，舌后部向軟腭抬起，舌尖不接觸下齒。1.Look before you leap.2.A good tree is a good shelter.3.A good appetite is a good sauce.4.A good winter brings a good summer.5.In every art it is good to have a master.6.A good beginning makes a good ending.發(fā)后元音時，舌后部向軟腭抬起，舌尖不接觸下齒。發(fā)后元音時，舌后部向軟腭抬起，舌尖不接觸下齒。u1

13、.No root, no fruit.2.Soon up, soon down.3.Soon gotten, soon spent.4.True blue will never stain.5.Doing nothing is doing ill.6.Doing everything is doing nothing.發(fā)后元音時，舌后部向軟腭抬起，舌尖不接觸下齒。Part D Drills on Closing DiphthongsPart D Drills on Closing Diph發(fā)合口雙元音時，語音器官從發(fā)第一個音的位置滑向發(fā)第二個音的位置，口腔張開度有從大到小的變化。e1.No p

14、ains, no gains.2.Haste makes waste.3.Call a spade a spade.4.A penny saved is a penny gained.5.A good name is better than a good face.6.When the cats away, the mice will play.發(fā)合口雙元音時，語音器官從發(fā)第一個音的位置滑向發(fā)第二個音的位發(fā)合口雙元音時，語音器官從發(fā)第一個音的位置滑向發(fā)第二個音的位置，口腔張開度有從大到小的變化。a1.Timeflies.2.Like father, like son.3.Diamond cut

15、 diamond.4.A stitch in time saves nine.5.Strike while the iron is hot.6.Time and tide wait for no man.發(fā)合口雙元音時，語音器官從發(fā)第一個音的位置滑向發(fā)第二個音的位發(fā)合口雙元音時，語音器官從發(fā)第一個音的位置滑向發(fā)第二個音的位置，口腔張開度有從大到小的變化。1.Boys will be boys.2.There is no royal road to learning.3.All work and no play Makes Jack a dull boy; All play and no wor

16、k Makes Jack a mere boy.發(fā)合口雙元音時，語音器官從發(fā)第一個音的位置滑向發(fā)第二個音的位發(fā)合口雙元音時，語音器官從發(fā)第一個音的位置滑向發(fā)第二個音的位置，口腔張開度有從大到小的變化。1.Great boast, small roast.2.Little stroke fell great oaks.3.As you sow you shall mow.4.A rolling stone gathers no moss.5.While in Rome do as the Romans do.6.The man who knows most knows most his own

17、ignorance.發(fā)合口雙元音時，語音器官從發(fā)第一個音的位置滑向發(fā)第二個音的位發(fā)合口雙元音時，語音器官從發(fā)第一個音的位置滑向發(fā)第二個音的位置，口腔張開度有從大到小的變化。a1.Man or mouse.2.Out of sight, out of mind.3.A lazy youth, a lousy age.4.Out of debt, out of danger.5.A sound mind dwells in a sound body.6.Burn not the house to rid it of the mouse.發(fā)合口雙元音時，語音器官從發(fā)第一個音的位置滑向發(fā)第二個音的位P

18、art E Drills on Centring DiphthongsPart E Drills on Centring Dip發(fā)集中雙元音時，語音器官從發(fā)第一個音的位置滑向發(fā)中元音的位置。1.Even the walls have ears.2.Fear is the mother of safety.3.Be swift to hear, slow to speak.4.Far water does not put out nearfire.5.Fear is often greater than the danger.6.Fear not the future; weep not for

19、 the past.發(fā)集中雙元音時，語音器官從發(fā)第一個音的位置滑向發(fā)中元音發(fā)集中雙元音時，語音器官從發(fā)第一個音的位置滑向發(fā)中元音的位置。e1.Care killed the cat.2.Wise care begets care.3.Where love is there is faith.4.Where there is life, there is hope.5.Where there is reek, there is heat.6.Where there is a will, there is a way.發(fā)集中雙元音時，語音器官從發(fā)第一個音的位置滑向發(fā)中元音發(fā)集中雙元音時，語音器官從

20、發(fā)第一個音的位置滑向發(fā)中元音的位置。1.Sure bind, surefind.2.Time cures all things.3.A little explained, a little endured.4.A little pill may well cure a great ill.5.A rich miser is poorer than a poor man.6.Desperate diseases need desperate cures.發(fā)集中雙元音時，語音器官從發(fā)第一個音的位置滑向發(fā)中元音Part F Drills on PlosivesPart F Drills on Plo

21、sives發(fā)爆破音時，氣流暫時地完全受阻，隨后受壓的氣流沖出阻礙形成小小的爆破聲。p1.Practice makes perfect.2.Practice is better than precept.3.Penny wise and pound foolish.4.Every potter praises his own pot.5.A proverb is condensed popular wisdom.6.Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip.發(fā)爆破音時，氣流暫時地完全受阻，隨后受壓的氣流沖出阻礙形成小發(fā)爆破音時，氣流暫時地完全受阻

22、，隨后受壓的氣流沖出阻礙形成小小的爆破聲。b1.Beauty is but a blossom.2.Barking dogs seldom bite.3.Beat the dog before the lion.4.All bread is not baked in one oven.5.You cannot burn the candle at both ends.6.Bad chicken, bad eggs; bad eggs, bad chick.發(fā)爆破音時，氣流暫時地完全受阻，隨后受壓的氣流沖出阻礙形成小發(fā)爆破音時，氣流暫時地完全受阻，隨后受壓的氣流沖出阻礙形成小小的爆破聲。t1.F

23、east today, fast tomorrow.2.Soon learnt, soon forgotten.3.Little by little and bit by bit.4.Better untaught than ill taught.5.He preaches best who lives best.6.Self-trust is thefirst secret of success.發(fā)爆破音時，氣流暫時地完全受阻，隨后受壓的氣流沖出阻礙形成小發(fā)爆破音時，氣流暫時地完全受阻，隨后受壓的氣流沖出阻礙形成小小的爆破聲。d1. Delays are dangerous.2. After

24、 death, the doctor.3. Deliberating is not delaying.4. Different times, different customs.5. Behind bad lucks come good lucks.6. The darkest hour comes before dawn.發(fā)爆破音時，氣流暫時地完全受阻，隨后受壓的氣流沖出阻礙形成小發(fā)爆破音時，氣流暫時地完全受阻，隨后受壓的氣流沖出阻礙形成小小的爆破聲。k1.A cat may look at a king.2.Little knocks split great blocks.3.A cat

25、in gloves catches no mice.4.Happiness consists in contentment.5.If you lack health you lack everything.6.He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.發(fā)爆破音時，氣流暫時地完全受阻，隨后受壓的氣流沖出阻礙形成小發(fā)爆破音時，氣流暫時地完全受阻，隨后受壓的氣流沖出阻礙形成小小的爆破聲。1.Dog does not eat dog.2.Let bygones be bygones.3.All is not gold that glitters.4.A great

26、talker is a great liar.5.A hungry man, an angry man.6.The grass is greener on the other side of the hill.發(fā)爆破音時，氣流暫時地完全受阻，隨后受壓的氣流沖出阻礙形成小Part G Drills on FricativesPart G Drills on Fricatives發(fā)摩擦音時，氣流通過口腔中某一部位的狹窄通道而發(fā)出各種摩擦聲。f1.Fortune isfickle.2.Fortune favours fools.3.Bread is the staff of life.4.Forew

27、arned, fore-earned.5.The peacock has fair feathers, but foul feet.6.Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.發(fā)摩擦音時，氣流通過口腔中某一部位的狹窄通道而發(fā)出各種摩擦聲發(fā)摩擦音時，氣流通過口腔中某一部位的狹窄通道而發(fā)出各種摩擦聲。v1.He lives long that lives well.2.Nothing crave, nothing have.3.Feed a cold and starve a fever.4.Venture a smallfish to catch

28、a great one.5.Heaven helps those who help themselves.6.If you are ready to believe, you are ready to deceive.發(fā)摩擦音時，氣流通過口腔中某一部位的狹窄通道而發(fā)出各種摩擦聲發(fā)摩擦音時，氣流通過口腔中某一部位的狹窄通道而發(fā)出各種摩擦聲。1.Set a thief to catch a thief.2.Nothing comes of nothing.3.Nothing seek, nothingfind.4.Good health is above wealth.5.If a thing i

29、s worth doing, it is worth doing well.6.Early to bed and early to rise, make a man healthy, wealthy and wise.發(fā)摩擦音時，氣流通過口腔中某一部位的狹窄通道而發(fā)出各種摩擦聲發(fā)摩擦音時，氣流通過口腔中某一部位的狹窄通道而發(fā)出各種摩擦聲。1.The child is father of the man.2.A wolf without, a sheep within.3.You may go farther and fare worse.4.Zeal without knowledge isf

30、ire without light.5.Wit without learning is like a tree without fruit.6.Working without a plan is sailing without a compass.發(fā)摩擦音時，氣流通過口腔中某一部位的狹窄通道而發(fā)出各種摩擦聲發(fā)摩擦音時，氣流通過口腔中某一部位的狹窄通道而發(fā)出各種摩擦聲。s1.As you sow, so shall you reap.2.Speech is silver, silence is golden.3.Who swims in sin shall sink in sorrow.4.An

31、 enemys mouth seldom speaks well.5.Confidence of success is almost success.6.A smooth sea never makes a skillful seaman.發(fā)摩擦音時，氣流通過口腔中某一部位的狹窄通道而發(fā)出各種摩擦聲發(fā)摩擦音時，氣流通過口腔中某一部位的狹窄通道而發(fā)出各種摩擦聲。z1.Easy come, easy go.2.No news is good news.3.Honour changes manners.4.A man is as good as he feels.5.As is the workma

32、n, so is the work.6.The more a man knows, the less he knows he knows.發(fā)摩擦音時，氣流通過口腔中某一部位的狹窄通道而發(fā)出各種摩擦聲發(fā)摩擦音時，氣流通過口腔中某一部位的狹窄通道而發(fā)出各種摩擦聲。r1.Rest breeds rust.2.Soon ripe, soon rotten.3.Merry meet, merry part.4.Ready money is a ready medicine.5.He that respects not is not respected.6.Beware of him who regard

33、s not his reputation.發(fā)摩擦音時，氣流通過口腔中某一部位的狹窄通道而發(fā)出各種摩擦聲發(fā)摩擦音時，氣流通過口腔中某一部位的狹窄通道而發(fā)出各種摩擦聲。1. Make hay while the sun shines.2.If he deceives me once, shame on him;If he deceives me twice, shame on me.3.Better are smallfish than an empty dish.4.Show me a liar, and Ill show you a thief.5.The foundation of ever

34、y state is its education of its youth.發(fā)摩擦音時，氣流通過口腔中某一部位的狹窄通道而發(fā)出各種摩擦聲發(fā)摩擦音時，氣流通過口腔中某一部位的狹窄通道而發(fā)出各種摩擦聲。1.Idleness is a luxury.2.Business before pleasure.3.Short pleasure, long lament.4.Time stays not the fools leisure.5.A man of pleasure is a man of gains.6.The seizure of the treasure is a pleasure.發(fā)摩擦音

35、時，氣流通過口腔中某一部位的狹窄通道而發(fā)出各種摩擦聲發(fā)摩擦音時，氣流通過口腔中某一部位的狹窄通道而發(fā)出各種摩擦聲。h1.Hit the nail on the head.2.All is not at hand that helps.3.Handsome is that handsome does.4.Happy is he that is happy in childhood.5.All are not hunters that blow the horn.6.Men make houses, women make homes.發(fā)摩擦音時，氣流通過口腔中某一部位的狹窄通道而發(fā)出各種摩擦聲Pa

36、rt H Drills on AffricatesPart H Drills on Affricates發(fā)破擦音時，舌從爆破音的位置開始慢慢釋放受壓的氣流而最終過渡到相應(yīng)的摩擦音。ts1.Cats hide their paws.2.Accidents will happen.3.Its never too late to mend.4.Everything is good in its season.5.A place for everything, everything in its place.6.Thats good wisdom which is wisdom in the end.

37、發(fā)破擦音時，舌從爆破音的位置開始慢慢釋放受壓的氣流而最終過渡發(fā)破擦音時，舌從爆破音的位置開始慢慢釋放受壓的氣流而最終過渡到相應(yīng)的摩擦音。dz1.All roads lead to Rome.2.All is well that ends well.3.Many sands will sink a ship.4.Words cut more than swords.5.Little things please little minds.6.Jack of all trades is master of none.發(fā)破擦音時，舌從爆破音的位置開始慢慢釋放受壓的氣流而最終過渡發(fā)破擦音時，舌從爆破音的

38、位置開始慢慢釋放受壓的氣流而最終過渡到相應(yīng)的摩擦音。tr1.Like tree, like fruit.2.Beauty is truth, truth is beauty.3.A trouble shared is a trouble halved.4.Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.5.As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries man.6.A strong man will struggle with the storm of fate.發(fā)破擦音時，舌從爆破音的位置開始慢慢釋放受壓

39、的氣流而最終過渡發(fā)破擦音時，舌從爆破音的位置開始慢慢釋放受壓的氣流而最終過渡到相應(yīng)的摩擦音。dr1.Draw water with a sieve.2.Drop by drop the oceans arefilled.3.Drowning man will catch at a straw.4.Drunken days have all their tomorrows.5.Drive your business, dont let it drive you.6.Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals.發(fā)破擦音時，舌從爆破音的位置開始慢慢釋放受壓

40、的氣流而最終過渡發(fā)破擦音時，舌從爆破音的位置開始慢慢釋放受壓的氣流而最終過渡到相應(yīng)的摩擦音。t1.Ask much, know much.2.Harm watch, harm catch.3.Teaching others teaches yourself.4.Chains of gold are stronger than chains of iron.5.Be slow in choosing a friend; slower in changing.6.Dont count your chickens before they are hatched.發(fā)破擦音時，舌從爆破音的位置開始慢慢釋

41、放受壓的氣流而最終過渡發(fā)破擦音時，舌從爆破音的位置開始慢慢釋放受壓的氣流而最終過渡到相應(yīng)的摩擦音。d1. A true jest is no jest.2. Every Jack has his Jill.3. Be just before you are generous.4. Wine and judgement mature with age.5. Every advantage has its disadvantage.6. Where might is master, justice is servant.發(fā)破擦音時，舌從爆破音的位置開始慢慢釋放受壓的氣流而最終過渡Part I Dr

42、ills on NasalsPart I Drills on Nasals發(fā)鼻音時，軟腭下垂，口腔通道受阻，氣流從鼻腔壓出。m1. Many men, many minds.2. The tailor makes the man.3. A good marksman may miss.4.One swallow does not make a summer.5.One mans meat is another mans poison.6.Good medicine tastes bitter to the mouth.發(fā)鼻音時，軟腭下垂，口腔通道受阻，氣流從鼻腔壓出。發(fā)鼻音時，軟腭下垂，口腔通

43、道受阻，氣流從鼻腔壓出。1.Saving is getting.2.All things have a beginning.3.Fasting comes after feasting.4.If you have nothing, you loose nothing.5.The proof of the pudding is in the eating.6.Speaking without thinking is shooting without aiming.發(fā)鼻音時，軟腭下垂，口腔通道受阻，氣流從鼻腔壓出。Part J Drills on LateralsPart J Drills on

44、Laterals發(fā)旁流音時，舌尖輕觸齒齦，舌兩側(cè)下陷形成通道，氣流由此通過，不帶摩擦。l1. Live and learn.2. All covet, all lose.3.Let the sleeping dog lie.4.A little late, too much late.5.All lay load on the willing horse.6.One rotten apple spoils the barrel.發(fā)旁流音時，舌尖輕觸齒齦，舌兩側(cè)下陷形成通道，氣流由此通過，Part K Drills on Semi-vowelsPart K Drills on Semi-vowe

45、ls發(fā)半元音時，氣流在聲門以上不受阻礙，并快捷流暢地向后面的元音滑動。它具有元音性質(zhì)，但不能像元音那樣單獨構(gòu)成音節(jié)。j1. A snow year, a rich year.2. You must reap what you have sown.3. You cannot eat your cake and have it.4. You have no goats, and yet you sell kids.5. You never know what you can do till you try.6. You can take a horse to the water but you c

46、annot make him drink.發(fā)半元音時，氣流在聲門以上不受阻礙，并快捷流暢地向后面的元音發(fā)半元音時，氣流在聲門以上不受阻礙，并快捷流暢地向后面的元音滑動。它具有元音性質(zhì)，但不能像元音那樣單獨構(gòu)成音節(jié)。w1.Words are but wind.2.Do well and have well.3.The wise are not always wise.4.A willful man will have his way.5.Good to begin well, better to end well.6.Work while you work; play while you pla

47、y.發(fā)半元音時，氣流在聲門以上不受阻礙，并快捷流暢地向后面的元音Part L PassagesPart L PassagesThe Gettysburg Address(Abraham Lincoln）Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.Now we are engaged in a

48、 great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It i

49、s altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.The Gettysburg Address(AbrahamThe Gettysburg Address(Abraham Lincoln）But, in a large sense, we can not dedicatewe can not consecratewe can not hallowthis ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above

50、our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. The Gettysburg Addres

51、s(AbrahamThe Gettysburg Address(Abraham Lincoln） It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before usthat from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotionthat we here highly resolve that these dead shall

52、not have died in vainthat this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedomand that government of the people, by the people, for the people,shall not perish from the earth.The Gettysburg Address(AbrahamDeparting Guests(J. B. Priestley）I am more of a host than a guest. I like people to stay w

53、ith me but do not much care about staying with them, and usually say I am too busy. The only people we ask to stay with us are people we likeI do not believe in business hospitality, which has the seed of corruption in itand all Fridays I work in a pleasant glow just because I know some nice people

54、are coming down by the last train. I am genuinely glad to see them. But I suspect that I am still more delighted to see them go, and the house is ours again. Departing Guests(J. B. PriestlDeparting Guests(J. B. Priestley）It is not that I feel that I have been mistaken in these guests, though this ha

55、s happened of course at times. After the weekend I may like them more than ever, having discovered new virtues and unsuspected charms. Nevertheless, I am delighted to see them go. They leave more room in which to live properly. Meals are quicker and easier. There is no more hanging about, no more si

56、ght-seeing, no further necessity for bright talks. My mind, like my body, puts on its old clothes again. Departing Guests(J. B. PriestlDeparting Guests(J. B. Priestley） I enjoy hard work (my own kind) and foolish play, and both are difficult when you are cluttered up with guests. I like to think abo

57、ut life in this world, and it is not easy to do this when animated and talkative pieces of it are all over the place. With guests about I am conscious of myself as a solid, but as soon as they have gone I expand into a gas again. And a gas can have more delight than a solid. SoGood-by! . Good-by! .G

58、ood-.Departing Guests(J. B. PriestlOut of the Air(Fielden Hughes）People are always talking about the problem of youth. If there is onewhich I take leave to doubtthen it is older people who create it, not the young themselves. Let us get down to fundamentals and agree that the young are after all hum

59、an beingspeople just like their elders. There is only one difference between an old man and a young one: the young man has a glorious future before him, and the old one has a splendid future behind him; and maybe that is where the rub is.Out of the Air(Fielden Hughes）Out of the Air(Fielden Hughes）Wh

60、en I was a teenager, I felt that I was just young and uncertainthat I was a new boy in a huge school, and I would have been very pleased to be regarded as something so interesting as a problem. For one thing, being a problem gives you a certain identity, and that is one of the things the young are b