口语

The written language is often far more homogeneous than the spoken.

书面语比口语往往更加一致.

These words sound too literary to give them colloquial currency.

这些词文绉绉的,不能作为口语使用.

His English then was fluent but not colloquial.

他的英语讲得很流利,但不够口语化.

He is taller than I.

他比我高〔现在口语常作thanme〕.

She has a good command of spoken English.

她的英语口语很熟练.

So we're trying to redress the balance and to give teachers a sense that both spoken and written language are equally important.

所以我们正努力恢复平衡，让教师们感到口语和书面语同样重要。

I have nothing to do this morning.

这是口语.

This, in turn, makes speech and written communication richer.

这也因此使得口语及文字沟通变得更加丰富.

There is a distinct improvement in your spoken English.

你的英语口语有明显的进步.

Contractions are much more common in speech than in writing.

缩略词在口语里比在书写中常见得多.

They were subtle portraits, sometimes catching exactly the dry New England idiom.

行文极其细致, 有时能够恰如其分地获得新英格兰那种淳朴的口语的真趣.

a corpus of 100 million words of spoken English

含有1亿单词的英语口语语料库

He takes note of common speech.

他留意口语.

Particular emphasis will be placed on oral language training.

将会特别强调口语训练。

Yuki is working up an in-home phonics program slated for Thursdays , and I'm drilling her on English conversation at dinnertime.

Yuki每周四还有一次家庭语音课.我在晚餐时训练她的英语口语.