A. the specialist stopped me

   B. other people understood what I was saying

   C. when you are in an interview for a job

   D. she told me that I spoke too fast

   E. it is never too late to improve My teachers suggested that I see a speech specialist (專(zhuān)家) in school.

I never really gave much thought to my speech. If (26)         ， then that was good enough. I didn't mind repeating myself many times.

Before testing me,the speech specialist asked me what I thought of having good speech. I told her I thought it was not important.

"Well, (27)         ， and they don't know what you are saying,what are they going to say to you? Nice meeting you? Bye?" she said.

Maybe good speech was important. I took part in 20-minute classes each week with the specialist.

After she tested me (28)         ， and didn't give enough eye contact (眼神交流) .I learned that when I made eye contact with someone,it meant that I was talking to that person,and I could also see what he or she thought about what I was saying.

When my first speech class started,I found that I had been speaking too fast to be understood. Every time I spoke too fast,(29)        and told me to start again. At first,I got stopped after almost every other sentence. After a while,I felt my speech slow down. I wasn't sure if people could understand me better,but my friends stopped asking me to repeat myself.

Speech is an important skill to have.  If you do have good speech,that's a good thing,but if you don't have it(30)         .

25. Practice typing email English messages on a computer (practice + doing)

造句：瑪麗每天花兩個(gè)小時(shí)練習(xí)說(shuō)英文。

24. I used to eat meat,but now I am / get used to eating vegetables (be / get used to + doing)

造句:我習(xí)慣于吃辣的食物。

23. In email English,punctuation marks are used to show feelings. (show feelings)

造句:有很多人疼愛(ài)我們，他們只是不知道如何去表達(dá)自己的感情而已。

22. E-mail English is supposed to be used on mobile phones(be supposed to do sth.)

造句:她現(xiàn)在應(yīng)該在做她的家庭作業(yè)。

21. It's polite to help others in trouble (be polite to)

造句：在日本，喝湯的時(shí)候發(fā)出聲音是禮貌的。 

20. 隨著社會(huì)的發(fā)展，父母在孩子教育方面的花費(fèi)越來(lái)越多。

With the development of the society,parents                     money on their children's education.

19. 你能發(fā)現(xiàn)一些容易且有趣的方法寫(xiě)詞匯嗎？

Can you find some                    ways to write the words?

18. 在那個(gè)國(guó)家工作時(shí)，我和吉姆交上了朋友。

               in the country,I made friends with Jim.

17. 對(duì)我們來(lái)說(shuō)學(xué)好一門(mén)外語(yǔ)很重要。

It's very important                    learn a foreign language well.