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 20 What Does Friendship Mean to You? Text A Mr Brooks, Martin, Robert and Jean are being interviewed on subject of friendship. Mr BROOKS: I consider friendship to be one of the most important t...
Lesson 19 Why Go to School? Text A MATTHEW: Lesley, you're a teacher. How does the English school system work? LESLEY: Um, well, first of all most children start school at the age of five and they can...
Lesson 18 How to Keep Fit Text A Ten years ago I used to be very fit. T cycled to work and I got a lot of exercise at the weekends. I used to play tennis a lot and go for long walks. In those days I d...
Lesson 17 Juvenile Delinquency Text A Jennifer got off the bus from the university and began walking towards the flat she shared with two other students. On her way she had to buy some food and stoppe...
Lesson 16 How to Improve Your Study Habits Text A Maybe you are an average student with an average intellect.You pass most of your subjects. You occasionally get good grades, but they are usually just...
Lesson 15 Remembering My Grandparents Text A When memory began for me, my grandfather was past sixty-a great tall man with thick hair becoming gray. He had black eyes and a straight nose which ended i...
Lesson 14 What Sports Do They Enjoy? Text A Not all people like to wnrk but everyone likes to play. All over the world men and women and boys and girls enjoy sports. iends the days of long ago, adults...
Lesson 13 What's Wrong with Them? Text A I'm forty and married with two children. My trouble is that I haven't got enough to do. The kids are at school all day and the house is empty. So I eat chocola...
Lesson 12 Seeing the World Text A If someone offered to pay all my expenses for a month's holiday anywhere in the world, I would feel very surprised and very excited. It would be difficult to decide w...
Lesson 11 Is He a Good Neighbour? Text A You and your family have been living in the same six-family apartment building for eight years. The landlord's family also lives there, and, generally speaking...
Lesson 10 How to Describe Yourself Text A All about me I'm twelve years old. I'm large for my age and have big feet which I am self-conscious about. I look like both my mum and my dad but in different...
Lesson 9 Why Is the World So Tough to Her? Text A David: What's the matter? Sue: Oh , I don't know. David: Oh, come on.. . it's something. What is it? Sue: It's just life. . . it's so boring. David: O...
Lesson 8 What to Do About Grandma Text A Hal Bohlman, his wife Judy, and their three children live in a small apartment. Hal works in the income tax division of the government where he is a public inf...
Lesson 7 Going Shopping Text A Gretel and Mrs Clark went shopping in the centre of London yesterday. "I'd like to know which store you like best in London, Mrs Clark , " Gretel said. "Now that's a dif...
Lesson 6 How It Feels When Parents Divorce Text A Ari, age fourteen When my parents were married, I hardly ever saw my Dad becausc he was always busy working. Now that they're divorced , I've gotten t...
