江蘇省初中生英語口語電視比賽后的思考

周俊梅

【摘要】正如各類考試一樣，英語口語電視比賽的各個(gè)環(huán)節(jié)雖各有各的特點(diǎn)和規(guī)則，但也是可以通過精心準(zhǔn)備而獲得理想成績的。準(zhǔn)備的內(nèi)容越多，技巧鍛煉得越純熟，勝算也就越大。

【關(guān)鍵詞】命題演講 即問即答 小組合作秀

【中圖分類號】G633.41 【文獻(xiàn)標(biāo)識碼】A 【文章編號】2095-3089（2014）01-0118-02

江蘇省中學(xué)生英語口語電視比賽2002年由省教育廳立項(xiàng)，旨在為江蘇省各級各類中學(xué)生提供基于信息技術(shù)支持下的英語學(xué)習(xí)和交流平臺，為廣大學(xué)校英語口語教學(xué)改革提供學(xué)習(xí)資源和引導(dǎo)。比賽通常由四部分組成：自我介紹、命題演講、即問即答和小組合作秀。它既能體現(xiàn)出參賽同學(xué)的很多能力。有幸的是我連年帶隊(duì)參加此項(xiàng)活動(dòng)，收益頗豐——正如各類考試一樣，準(zhǔn)備的內(nèi)容越多，技巧鍛煉得越純熟，勝算也就越大。

一、Self Introduction（自我介紹）

自我介紹規(guī)定時(shí)間90秒，它非常正式，通常不需要表演和歌唱，一律不允許配背景音樂和圖像。且自我介紹要有層次性，切不能弄成一團(tuán)糟。

自備節(jié)目常常先入為主，容易給人留下較深刻的印象，于是要高度重視自備節(jié)目。

自備節(jié)目一定要富于個(gè)性，要能體現(xiàn)自己的個(gè)人特色，給人以耳目一新的感覺。比如你喜歡鋼琴，你就可以就這一點(diǎn)展開，寫出與之有關(guān)的一系列感觸頗深的事件。自備節(jié)目的行文要易讀、押韻、流暢并便于演講。演講時(shí)語速要注意輕重緩急、抑揚(yáng)頓挫。表情要自然、真實(shí)、富有感性，眼睛要顧盼神飛，只有這樣你方可抓住評委以及觀眾的心，為整個(gè)比賽的成功作好鋪墊。例如：

Ladies and Gentlemen：

Im Wu Tianyi from Rudong Experimental Middle School. If you come to our class， you will be deeply impressed by a boy who is tall and thin. He is energetic and active with a gentle smile on his face most of the time. He can answer the teachers questions most quickly and solve the hardest problems fastest. When he was young， he became interested in listening songs， especially， English songs by Back Street Boys. In order to understand their songs more clearly， he has kept improving his English. And he is excited to see himself making more and more progress day by day. Actually， English has become an important part of his life. Besides that， hes fond of sports， and his favorite sport is playing basketball. He plays basketball quite often after school. He thinks skills and teamwork come first in basketball. He is always ready to help others and everyone in his class wants to make friends with him. Maybe you would like to know who the boy is. Of course， its me， Wu Tianyi， a quick， confident and open minded boy from Rudong Experimental Junior Middle School.

Thanks for listening！

二、Impromptu speech（命題演講）

命題演講相當(dāng)于口頭作文。臨時(shí)給個(gè)Topic給你，只有40秒的準(zhǔn)備時(shí)間，然后限你用100秒時(shí)間把整個(gè)話題用英語繪聲繪色地演講出來。它不但要求選手有過硬的英語基本功，還要求選手有很強(qiáng)的應(yīng)變能力和組織能力，所以它是整個(gè)英語口語比賽中最難的部分，其實(shí)它也最能體現(xiàn)參賽選手的真實(shí)水平。我發(fā)現(xiàn)，要想在這部分取得好的成績，待拿到Topic后，先要考慮如何布局？如何破題？準(zhǔn)備講幾個(gè)方面？然后再自由發(fā)揮，即就是心中要有個(gè)演講提綱，只有這樣才能在有限的時(shí)間內(nèi)把話題闡述清楚。

演講需要激情，但更需要真情實(shí)感。要從生活中最貼近的東西入口，要將抽象的問題具體化，并盡可能地游移到自己親生經(jīng)歷的事情中去。當(dāng)然，演講稿的語言構(gòu)成是否出色就得靠演講者的真本領(lǐng)了。我個(gè)人覺得可以適當(dāng)?shù)募尤胄┚涫蕉痰呐疟染洌@樣富有氣勢，容易在演講時(shí)迸發(fā)激情，也可以用些疑問句，以引起聽眾的思索，還可以用一些英語典故或俚語，諺語等，只要用得恰當(dāng)，就會(huì)為你的演講錦上添花。

在演講過程中，萬一大腦出現(xiàn)短暫空白，要巧妙地運(yùn)用過渡語，如In my opinion. Well. I think.等，給自己大腦一個(gè)思考的空間，切不可冷場。且要注意平常的積累，平時(shí)要多找話題來進(jìn)行操練。這樣才能在比賽中快速破題，學(xué)會(huì)快速布局全文，以便提高自己瞬間語言組織能力。同時(shí)拿到命題后要學(xué)會(huì)將平時(shí)訓(xùn)練積累的東西有效地融合進(jìn)去。

例：If Im a teacher

Good morning ， dear judges and friends.

Today my topic is ‘If I am a teacher

When Im very young， I already had a dream——I want to be a teacher.

As we all know teacher is a holy job. People say the teachers are the builders of peoples soul. I think so.

If Im a teacher， I will make myself work hardest. Because an able teacher can make the students study easily and well. It can help them save a lot of time. But if I want to be a person like that I must learn more and more and be strict with myself from now on.

If Im a teacher， I will try to be good friends of my students. After class， they can talk to me about their heroes， hobbies， problems， secrets and so on. In class， we can learn from each other. They can also tell me the mistakes I made and I will try to correct them.

All the students will make mistakes， but different teachers have different ways to solve them. If Im a teacher， I will believe in my students and make everything clear first. I will use the correct way instead of criticizing them or calling their parents. I wouldnt also make them unbearable. If it is my students mistake， I will talk to him or her about what is true. I think he or she can understand me.

If Im a teacher， Ill try my best to be a good teacher， because its a holy job and I will love it. And I hope all the teachers love their jobs， all the students love their teachers too.

Thanks for listening！

三、Question and Answer（即問即答）

即問即答是現(xiàn)場看圖回答三至四個(gè)問題，時(shí)間要求是120秒。通常一、二兩道為客觀性問題，三、四兩道為主觀性問題，務(wù)必要掌控好時(shí)間，客觀題簡單陳述即可，用時(shí)約為30秒。第一個(gè)問題一般是叫你Describe a picture what youve seen（有什么）： state the obvious things， usually use ‘I can see…. Dont talk about what you think of… .Dont say Im not sure. You should usually describe the picture from top to bottom， its colors and name.You should describe everything you can see in the picture.第二個(gè)問題一般是叫你Describe a person in the picture（干什么）. 第三、四是主觀性問題，不能只回答Yes 或No，必須闡述the reasons to the question.通常是談?wù)勀愕母邢牒妥龇ā＿@就要求我們的識圖能力要強(qiáng)，要領(lǐng)悟其中的寓意，要有創(chuàng)新精神。于是我們平時(shí)要關(guān)心時(shí)事與社會(huì)問題。要時(shí)常從網(wǎng)上、報(bào)刊上選取圖片，有意識地去鍛煉自己，以最短的時(shí)間，用最有把握的語言將所給圖片表達(dá)出來。

例：City Public Bicycles

Please describe the picture what youve seen.

What are the reasons for the government to provide the public bicycles？

What are the advantages for the government to provide the public bicycles？

Do you always take city public bicycles？

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四、Team co-operation（小組合作秀）

第四環(huán)節(jié)小組合作秀。每組三至六人，準(zhǔn)備時(shí)間90秒，合作時(shí)間180秒。它是一個(gè)集體協(xié)作節(jié)目，要求組內(nèi)通力協(xié)作，既不可冷場又反對搶話題：即在學(xué)會(huì)傾聽的同時(shí)又要不時(shí)用英文闡明自己的觀念，當(dāng)然還得根據(jù)所給話題確定小組合作秀的表現(xiàn)形式，是采取師生對話？記者采訪？還是同學(xué)辯論？……就全靠三人的領(lǐng)悟與決斷。訓(xùn)練題有：①The good and bad effects on TV ②What is the most valuable quality of teenagers in your eyes？ ③Is it important to learn every subject well？④If you are organizing a New Year party for your class. What activities will you include and why？ …

不過，我覺得英語口語電視比賽取得成功的重中之重是要加大閱讀，豐富自己的詞匯量（enlarge your vocabulary），且要接觸一些時(shí)政要聞和英美風(fēng)情介紹的東西，擴(kuò)充自己的知識面。還可以多讀讀英語的繞口令，讓自己說英語時(shí)更加的靈巧。當(dāng)然最好的就是參加專業(yè)的培訓(xùn)。因?yàn)榕嘤?xùn)可以模擬正式的比賽，讓你在最真實(shí)的環(huán)境中不斷進(jìn)步，這樣你才能做到戰(zhàn)無不勝。

最后，愿我的膚淺總結(jié)與思考會(huì)給你以拋磚引玉之效。