口語是一種利用語言表達思想、進行口頭交際的能力?！陡叩葘W校英語專業基礎階段英語教學大綱》要求加強培養及培訓學生語言知識的轉換能力。意思是學生通過讀和聽獲得知識、信息和語言，經過思維，在原有知識及語言的基礎上對所獲得的內容和語言加工和重組，賦予新的內容，然后輸出，從而完成交際的全過程。
《英語口語教程》（Oral Workshop）問世于20世紀90年代初，是由北京外國語大學吳禎福教授主持編寫，也是目前我國英語教學界具有相當的影響力的一套教材，至今已經累計銷售數百萬冊。這套優秀的教材哺育了一屆又一屆的英語學習者，為我們國家的改革開放培養了大量的英語專業人才，成為國內主要高等學校英語專業的指定口語教材。實踐證明，這是一套非常富有生命力的教材。
Lesson 28 Are Cars Doing More Harm Than Good? Text Cars Only Bring Peogle Trouble Today any Chinese can enjoy the luxury of owning a private car--if he can afford it, that is. And to be able to afford...
Lesson 27 Is the Prospect of Growing Old a Bleak One? Text The Prospect of Growing OId Is Horrifying My father has an organic brain disease. It's Parkinson's disease, and in his case it has led to the...
Lesson 26 Does Divorce Represent Social Progress? Text Divorces-a New Social Phenomenon in China Divorce used to be very rare in our country. In old times it was not necessary for a man to divorce his...
Lesson 25 Do Advertisements Play a Positive or Negative Role in Our Society? Text People Change Their Attitudes towards Ads One night, when television began broadcasting a boring TV show, I said to my...
Lesson 24 Does Fashion Contribute Anything to Society? Text Make np, Dress up, Warm up, Brighten'up When 43-year-old Wang I.ongzhu stepped out of a beauty parlour in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Provin...
Lesson 23 Is It Necessary to Keep the "Iron Rice Bowl"? Text Living Without the "Iron Rice Bowl" Since 1987, reform of the Chinese labour system has stepped out of the laboratory and into the real wor...
Lesson 22 Should Capital Punishment Be a Major Deterrent to Crime? Text Capital Punishment Is the Only Way to Deter Criminals Perhaps all criminals should be required to carry cards which read: Fragil...
Lesson 21 Should People Be Promoted according to Ability? Text Flattering the Boss Gets You Everywhere In the world of work, flattery will get you everywhere. Employees who flatter their bosses tend to receive better evaluations and move more easily...
Lesson 20 Is Housing Reform Necessary? Text Housing Reform Faces Obstacles Housing reform, acknowledged by economists and politicians at home and abroad as central to China's economic reform, has reac...
Lesson19 Is it Good to Live in a Large Modern City? Text I Hate to Live in a Large Modern City "Avoid the rush-hour" must be the slogan of large cities the world over. If it is, it's a slogan no one t...
Lesson 18 Should Women Be Treated the Same as Men? Text For Women, There Is a Long Way to Go One-third of the people at work in Britain are women. By 1975 they will, by law, be on a footing of equal p...
Lesson 17 Is Romantic Love the Most Important Condition for Marriage? Text Choosing a Spouse If you are young and unmarried, you must have in your mind the image of an ideal husband or wife. Most youn...
Lesson 16 Is Money the Most Important Thing in Life? Text "The Only Thing People Are Interested in Today Is Earning More Money." Once upon a time there lived a beautiful young woman and a handsome you...
Lesson 15 Should Smoking Be Prohibited? Text Passive Path to Death for Non-smokers Alice Trillin was 38 and thought she was in excellent health. Then "this completely crazy thing" happened. "I coughed...
Lesson 14 Does the Younger Generation Know Best? Text The Younger Generation Knows Best Old people are always saying that the young are not what they were. The same comment is made from generation to...
