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1、Word英语故事短文：Lets Speak English It was the first day of class. Two of her new ESL classmates wanted to know where Tara was from. They were both from Iraq. Because Tara looked Iraqi, one of the women asked Tara, in English, if she was from Iraq. Tara replied, No, Im not. Then the women took turns askin

2、g Tara if she was from Iran, or Syria, or Jordan. To each question, Tara responded with a simple no. Laughing, one woman said to the other, Shes not from anywhere! The two went to their desks, talking to each other in Arabic. 这是第一天上课。她的两个新ESL同学想知道塔拉来自哪里。他们都来自伊拉克。由于塔拉看起来像伊拉克人，其中一个女人用英语问塔拉，她是不是来自伊拉克。塔

3、拉回答说：不，我不是。然后女人们轮番问塔拉是伊朗人、叙利亚人还是约旦人。对于每一个问题，塔拉的回答都是简洁的不。一个女人笑着对另一个说：她不是哪儿来的！两人走到办公桌前，用阿拉伯语交谈。 The next day, the teacher divided the students into groups of four. The students in each group asked introductory questions of each other. A student in Taras group asked her, Where are you from? Tara answer

4、ed that she was from Iraq. The two women who had questioned Tara the day before were sitting only a few feet away. Both of them heard Taras response. 其次天，老师把同学分成四组。每组的同学相互问一些介绍性的问题。塔拉所在小组的一个同学问她：你是哪里人？塔拉回答说她来自伊拉克。前一天审问塔拉的两个女人坐在离塔拉只有几英尺远的地方。他们俩都听到了塔拉的回答。 Aha! they both exclaimed. You ARE from Iraq! T

5、ara smiled and said yes. Then she apologized to both of them for lying the day before. She explained that she had not wanted to get into an Arabic conversation with them. It had been her experience that many ESL students continued to speak their native language in ESL class, and Tara had not come to

6、 ESL class to practice her Arabic. In her opinion, ESL students should try to speak English only. 啊哈！他们都惊呼道你来自伊拉克！塔拉微笑着答应了。然后她为前一天撒谎向他们两人赔礼。她解释说她不想和他们进行阿拉伯语对话。她的阅历是，很多ESL同学在ESL课上连续说他们的母语，而塔拉并没有来ESL班练习阿拉伯语。在她看来，ESL同学应当尽量只说英语。 I agree, said Rose. 我同意，罗斯说。 Youre 100 percent right, agreed Jennifer. Rose

7、 and I must stop speaking Arabic to each other. Right, Rose? Rose nodded, and then said something in Arabic. All three women laughed. 你百分之百正确，詹妮弗同意了罗斯和我必需停止彼此说阿拉伯语。对吧，罗斯？罗斯点点头，然后用阿拉伯语说了些什么。三个女人都笑了。 Over the next four months, Tara became friendly with both women, although she never spoke a word of Arabic to them during class or break. 在接下来的四个月里，塔拉和这两个女人变得友好起来，尽管她在上课或休息时从来没有跟她们说一句阿拉伯语。 3