全国英语专业四级口语考试仍然采用录音口试，将于笔试一至二周后举行。根据大纲规定，口试内容将分解为三项：（ 1 ） 复 述 故 事 （ 听 两 遍 故 事 后 复 述3分 种 ） ；（2） 即席发言（根据所给旳题目准备 3 分钟后，作即席发言 3 分钟）；（ 3 ） 对 话 （ 根 据 规 定 旳 角 色 各 自 准 备 3 分 钟 后 ， 对 话 4 分 钟 ） 。Task1: Retelling a storyI once knew an old man whose bad memory made him famous. John Smith was so① forgetful that he sometimes forget what he was talking about in the middle of a sentence. His wife had to constantly remind him about his meetings, his classes – even his meals! Once he forgot he had eaten breakfast twice, at home and at ②school. His wife liked to remind her neighbors, “If John didn’t have his head tied on. He would forget that too!” Since Smith was a professor at a well-known university, his③ forgetfulness was often an embarrassment. It wasn’t that he was not clever, as some critical people tended to say, but just very, very absent-minded.One hot summer day, Professor Smith decided to take his children to a④ seaside town about a three-hour train ride away. To make the trip more interesting for his young children, he kept the name of the town a secret. However, by the time⑤ they arrived at the station, Smith forgot the name of the town he was planning to visit. Luckily, a friend of his happened to be in the station. He offered to take care of the children while Smith hurried back home to find out where he was going.The professor’s wife was surprised to see him again so soon. ⑥“Oh, my dear, I forgot the name the town.” “What? You forgot the name? Maybe one day you will forget my name! Now I’ll write the name of that town on a piece o...
