2006.12 Section C: Compound dictation:
You probably have noticed that people express similar ideas in different ways depending on the situation they are in. This is very natural. All languages have two general levels of usage: a formal level and an informal level. English is no exception. The difference in these two levels is the situation in which you use a particular level. Formal language is the kind of language you find in textbooks, reference books and in business letters. You would also use formal English in compositions and essays that you write in school. Informal language is used in conversation with colleagues, family members and friends, and when we write personal notes or letters to close friends.
Formal language is different from informal language in several ways. First, formal language tends to be more polite. What we may find interesting is that it usually takes more words to be polite. For example, I might say to a friend or a family member “Close the door, please”, but to a stranger, I probably would say “Would you mind closing the door?”
Another difference between formal and informal language is some of the vocabulary. There are bound to be some words and phrases that belong in formal language and others that are informal. Let’s say that I really like soccer. If I’m talking to my friend I might say “I’m just crazy about soccer!” But if I were talking to my boss, I would probably say “I really enjoy soccer.”
前七个填空要注意单词的拼写，如colleagues不要和college混淆，也很容易拼成colleage或colleegue等，一定要注意。
空格8，抓住关键词more words，polite，既然全文都在讲正式和非正式用语，大致可猜出正式用语要更繁复一些，所以要用更多的词汇。原文可转写成如：What is interesting is that more words are needed to be polite.
空格9，文中有转折词but，根据前文我对朋友会说……，那么这里一定是对陌生人会怎么说的问题，写成：but I might say to a stranger……为表示礼貌，把对朋友用的命令句式改成表示礼貌的疑问句式。
空格10，很多同学会在there are bound to be 上栽跟头，不知道句子在说什么。但前文一句话已经说正式和非正式的词汇也有不同。而这里又说有些词和短语属于正式的，有些是非正式的，即作为前一句的解释和具体话。所以填空中能写出这一点也是可以的。可改写成：there must be |
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