职称英语综合类考试考前每日一练(16)

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　　Look after Your Voice

　　Often speakers at a meeting experience dry mouths and ask for a glass of water. You can solve the problem by activating the saliva in you mouth. First gently bite the edges of your tongue with your teeth. Or, press your entire tongue to the bottom of your mouth and hold it there until the saliva flows. Or you can imagine that you are slicing a big juicy lemon and sucking the juice.

　　Before you begin your talk, be kind to your voice. Avoid milk or creamy drinks which dry your throat. Keep your throat wet by drinking a little sweetened warm tea or diluted fruit juice.

　　If you sense that you are losing your voice, stop talking completely. In the meantime, do not even talk in a low voice. Save your voice for your health. You may feel foolish using paper to write notes, but the best thing you can do is to rest your voice. If it is necessary, perhaps you can get some advice from a professional singer.

　　What about drinking alcohol to wet your throat? I advice you not to touch alcohol before speaking. The problem with alcohol is that one drink gives you a little confidence. The second drink gives you even more confidence. Finally you will feel all-powerful and you will feel you can do everything, but in fact your brain and your mouth do not work together properly. Save the alcohol until after you finish speaking.

　　Perhaps you want to accept the advice，but you may wonder if you can ever change the habits of a lifetime.Of course you can.Goethe，who lived before indoor skating rinks or swimming pools，said，We learn to skate in the summer and swim in the winter.Take this message to heart and give yourself time to develop your new habits.If you are willing to change，you will soon be able to say that you will never forget these techniques because they became a part of your body.

　　16.To solve the problem of dry mouths，one is advised to take coo[milk。

　　A.True

　　B.False

　　C.Not mentioned

　　17.The first paragraph mentions three ways of activating the saliva in the mouth.

　　A.True

　　B.False

　　C.Not mentioned

　　18.The writer suggests that you go to see a doctor when you feel you are losing your voice.

　　A True

　　B.False

　　C.Not。mentioned

　　19.The writers advice about alcohol before you make a speech is to take one or two drinks so as to give yourself some confidence.

　　A.True

　　B.False

　　C.Not mentioned

　　20.Due to the effect of alcohol，your thought and your mouth wilt not coordinate

　　properly.

　　A.True

　　B.False

　　C.Not mentioned

　　21.Goethe often did outdoor skating and swimming.

　　A.True.

　　B.False

　　C.Not mentioned

　　22.The writer cites Goethe to prove that one can change ones habits.

　　A.True

　　B.False

　　C.Not mentioned

　　参考译文

　　保护嗓音

　　演讲者在会议上经常有口干舌燥的经历，这时他们会要一杯水喝。其实你可以调动自己口腔中的唾液来解决这个问题。首先用牙齿轻轻咬你舌头的边缘，或者把整个舌头抵在口腔的底部保持不动，直到唾液分泌出来。或者你可以想象你正在把一个多汁的柠檬切成片并且吮吸柠檬汁。

　　在你讲话之前，善待你的嗓音。避免喝牛奶或者乳制品饮料，因为那些饮品会使你的嗓子发干。一些加糖的热茶或者是稀释的果汁可以使你的嗓子保持湿润。

　　当你感觉到你的嗓音正在变沙哑，就应该彻底停止讲话，连压低嗓音说话都别做。为你的健康考虑省省你的嗓子吧。你也许会感觉用纸写笔记很愚蠢，但是你能做的最好的事情就是让你的嗓子休息。如果有必要的话，也许你可以从职业歌手那里得到一些保护嗓子的建议。

　　用喝酒的方法来湿润嗓子怎么样?我建议你在说话前不要去碰酒精。酒精的问题在于第一杯会给你自信，第二杯会给你更多的自信。最后你会感觉力量无穷，无所不能，但是事实上你的大脑和嘴巴已经不能在一起协调配合了。所以把你的酒留到讲话之后喝吧。

　　也许你想接受这些建议，但是不能肯定你是否能改变多年的习惯。你当然可以做到。生活在室内溜冰场和室内游泳池时代之前的歌德曾经说过，我们可以在夏天学习溜冰，在冬天学习游泳。把这句话记在心里，给自己一些时间去培养新的习惯。如果你愿意改变，你很快就可以说，这些技能你永远不会忘记，因为它们变成了你身体的一部分。