There are great impediments to the general use of a standard in pronun-ciation comparable to that existing in spelling （orthography）. One is the fact that pronunciation is learnt 'naturally' and unconsciously, and orthography __1__is learnt deliberately and consciously. Large numbers of us, in fact, remain throughout our lives quite unconscious with what our speech sounds __2__like when we speak out, and it often comes as a shock when we __3__firstly hear a recording of ourselves. It is not a voice we recognize at once, __4__whereas our own handwriting is something which we almost always know. We __5__begin the 'natural' learning of pronunciation long before we start learning to read or write, and in our early years we went on unconsciously imitating and __6__practicing the pronunciation of those around us for many more hours per every __7__day than we ever have to spend learning even our difficult English spelling.
This is 'natural', therefore, that our speech-sounds should be those of our im- __8__mediate circle; after all, as we have seen, speech operates a means of holding a community and to give a sense of 'belonging'. We learn quite early to recognize a __9__'stranger', someone who speaks with an accent of a different community—perhaps only a few miles far. __10__
【答案】
1將and改為whereas/but/yet
2 將with改為of.unconscious of 是固定搭配。
3 刪掉out.speak out 意思為“大膽地說”，“大聲地說”，與此處意思不符。
4 將firstly改為first
5 將which改為that或者將which刪掉。限制性定語從句前面的先行詞是something，因此要用that引導定語從句。也可以將which刪掉，不用任何引導詞。
6 將went改為go
7 刪掉per或者every
8 將This改為It.It在此處做形式主語，后面的that從句是真正的主語。
9 在community后面加together.此處的大意為“語音是把社區(qū)團結在一起的工具”。
10 將far改為away.“只有幾英里遠”應是 a few miles away.
This is 'natural', therefore, that our speech-sounds should be those of our im- __8__mediate circle; after all, as we have seen, speech operates a means of holding a community and to give a sense of 'belonging'. We learn quite early to recognize a __9__'stranger', someone who speaks with an accent of a different community—perhaps only a few miles far. __10__
【答案】
1將and改為whereas/but/yet
2 將with改為of.unconscious of 是固定搭配。
3 刪掉out.speak out 意思為“大膽地說”，“大聲地說”，與此處意思不符。
4 將firstly改為first
5 將which改為that或者將which刪掉。限制性定語從句前面的先行詞是something，因此要用that引導定語從句。也可以將which刪掉，不用任何引導詞。
6 將went改為go
7 刪掉per或者every
8 將This改為It.It在此處做形式主語，后面的that從句是真正的主語。
9 在community后面加together.此處的大意為“語音是把社區(qū)團結在一起的工具”。
10 將far改為away.“只有幾英里遠”應是 a few miles away.