人教版高中英语必修四Bodylanguage同步练习(六).docxVIP

Body language 同步练习(六) 阅读理解 A A linguist, an expert on languages, is always listening, never off-duty. I invited a group of friends round to my house, telling them that I was going to record their speech. I said I was interested in their regional accents (地方口音) and that it would take only a few minutes. Thus, one evening, three people came to my house and were shown into my front room. In front of each chair there was a microphone (话筒） at head height, connected (连接) to a recorder in the middle of the floor. They sat down, rather nervously, and I explained that all I wanted was for them to count