外教评委对英语比赛参赛选手的点评     Smile, I´m sorry about the delay.  Here are some comments: 1- Make a point of shaking hands with a person in a business situation.  It is usually expected, much like the exchanging of business cards. 2- Be prepared to repeat your name without being insulted.  Just as you can´t pronounce many foreign names, others may have difficulty pronouncing your name. 3- When introducing yourself, DO NOT talk about your hometown.  You can say where you are FROM, but concentrate the details on information about your likes, dislikes, habits--not the city! 4- Make eye contact often.  It will relax you, and make the person you are speaking to more involved in the conversation. 5- Try to minimize the ´ummm,´ and ´nei ge,´ if you need to think, do it silently, or say "I´m not sure how to say..." 6- In a conversation, you must listen to what the other person is saying.  Check that you answer the question that the person asks you! Also, give the other person a chance to speak, you can say "Don´t you agree? What do you think? Isn´t that so?"   7- It is important to focus on correct pronounciation, especially of the sounds in the words "the," "think," and the sounds "l," "r." --as well as some vowels. The best way to practice these is with a partner, who can tell you what they hear. 8- Remember, the goal is communication, not perfection!  It´s ok to make mistakes, as long as you can communicate your message.     关闭窗口       [email protected] copyright © 2002 上海港信息中心 portshanghai all right reserved