Have you ever noticed someone "talking" to them-selves? What did you think? The word "crazy" probably came to your mind. Wait a minute, though. Maybe they’re doing something meaningful.
Speaking practice can be effective in many different forms when people learn English or another foreign language. Imitating the speech of others is proven to be highly effective in developing a native speaker’s level of fluency in a language. Actually you’ve already proven that to your-self.
How? That’s how you learned your first language! Whether it was English, Spanish, French or some other language, you "imitated" your mother, father, other family members, friends, teachers and whoever else was around making "talking" noises at you as you formed your first communicative language skills.
So don’t think those who are talking to themselves are "crazy". At least don’t do so until you’ve tried it for your-self, in English or in your new foreign language.
As you go through your day, in English or your new foreign language, tell yourself what you’re doing at the moment and what you’re going to do during the day.
"Which of these shirts, ties, etc. should I wear today? Not this one, I wore it just last week. Maybe this one, but I don’t like this color with the pants. Let’s try another one," you might say as you are getting dressed.
If you live alone, you can talk aloud whenever you want without disturbing others. If you don’t live alone, however, then first explain to your family or roommates what you’ll be doing, to avoid a quiet phone call to the local psychiatrist (精神病学家).
小题1:The author wrote the passage mainly to _______.
A．tell us how to talk to ourselves
B．introduce a method of learning a foreign language
C．tell us why some people talk to themselves
D．explain to us how we learned our native language小题2:What does the underlined word "it" in the fifth paragraph refer to?
A．The word "crazy".
B．A foreign language.
C．The skill of communicating.
D．The method of talking to oneself.小题3:From the passage we can know that ______.
A．people who talk to themselves are crazy
B．if you live alone, you should talk to yourself
C．you should tell yourself what you’re doing
D．we learned our native language by imitating
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:D
题目分析：本文主要讲述的就是一种学习语言的方法： "talking" to them-selves。这是一种通过模仿他人的语言的方式来锻炼自己语言的熟练程度的学习方法。
小题1:B 主旨大意题。通读全文可知本文主要讲述的就是一种学习语言的方法： "talking" to them-selves。这是一种通过模仿他人的语言的方式来锻炼自己语言的熟练程度的学习方法。故B正确。
小题2:D 推理题。根据本句So don’t think those who are talking to themselves are "crazy". At least don’t do so until you’ve tried it for your-self, in English or in your new foreign language.可知这里的It就是指前句的talking to themselves。故D正确。
小题3:D 细节题。根据文章第三段That’s how you learned your first language! Whether it was English, Spanish, French or some other language, you "imitated" your mother, father, other family members, friends, teachers and whoever else was around making "talking" noises at you as you formed your first communicative language skills.可知我们学习母语就是通过模仿自己的家人，亲戚朋友等。故D正确。
点评：本文主要讲述的就是一种学习语言的方法： "talking" to them-selves。这是一种通过模仿他人的语言的方式来锻炼自己语言的熟练程度的学习方法。本文主旨鲜明,很容易在文中找到答案。做题时要注意文章的首段和每一段的首句或尾句，因为它们往往就是文章的主题句。阅读中要注意要点之间的关系。然后带着问题，再读全文，找出答题所需要的依据，完成阅读任务。