Jazz Chants - Do You Know Mary
Jazz Chants是由Carolyn Graham首创的一种具有爵士韵味的，用来提高学生听说能力的诗歌、韵文。自出版以来，Jazz Chants在世界各地的英语课堂中给无数的老师和学生带来了学习英语的无穷乐趣。
我在上大学的时候，我们的英语听力老师就给我们用过Jazz Chants的材料，那大概算得上是所有英语课中我最喜欢的部分了。
后来我自己在大学教英语，也给我的学生用Jazz Chants，相信那也是他们最喜欢的部分吧。
现在上网可以搜到很多有关Carolyn Graham的Jazz Chants以及她其他作品的材料。
一起来体验一下这种与众不同的英语韵律吧。
Do You Know Mary?
- Do you know Mary?
Mary who?
- Mary McDonald.
Of course I do.
- Do you know her little brother?
Yes, of course I do.
I know her brother, and her mother and her father too.
- Do you know her older sister?
Yes, of course I do.
I know her older sister, Betty and her younger sister, Sue.
- Do you know her Aunt Esther?
Yes, of course I do.
I know her aunts and her uncles and her cousins too.
- Do you know her husband Bobby?
Yes, of course I do.
I know her husband and his brother and his father too.
相关信息：
What are Jazz Chants?
Jazz Chants are Carolyn Graham's snappy, upbeat chants and poems that use jazz rhythms to illustrate the natural stress and intonation patterns of conversational American English. The first book, Jazz Chants, was published in 1978, followed by Jazz Chants for Children one year later. For twenty five years, classes all over the world have enjoyed jazz chanting as a unique way for students to improve their speaking and listening comprehension skills while reinforcing the language structures of everyday situations.
About the Author
Carolyn Graham is the author of Jazz Chants titles. She taught for twenty-five years at The American Language Institute of New York University and spent nine summers as a teaching fellow at Harvard University. Frequently a featured guest at conferences worldwide, she has conducted workshops in such diverse places as the village of Arctic Bay in the Northwest Territories and refugee camps in Southeast Asia. |
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