A. the specialist stopped me

   B. other people understood what I was saying

   C. when you are in an interview for a job

   D. she told me that I spoke too fast

   E. it is never too late to improve My teachers suggested that I see a speech specialist (专家) in school.

I never really gave much thought to my speech. If (26)         ， then that was good enough. I didn't mind repeating myself many times.

Before testing me,the speech specialist asked me what I thought of having good speech. I told her I thought it was not important.

"Well, (27)         ， and they don't know what you are saying,what are they going to say to you? Nice meeting you? Bye?" she said.

Maybe good speech was important. I took part in 20-minute classes each week with the specialist.

After she tested me (28)         ， and didn't give enough eye contact (眼神交流) .I learned that when I made eye contact with someone,it meant that I was talking to that person,and I could also see what he or she thought about what I was saying.

When my first speech class started,I found that I had been speaking too fast to be understood. Every time I spoke too fast,(29)        and told me to start again. At first,I got stopped after almost every other sentence. After a while,I felt my speech slow down. I wasn't sure if people could understand me better,but my friends stopped asking me to repeat myself.

Speech is an important skill to have.  If you do have good speech,that's a good thing,but if you don't have it(30)         .

25. Practice typing email English messages on a computer (practice + doing)

造句：玛丽每天花两个小时练习说英文。

24. I used to eat meat,but now I am / get used to eating vegetables (be / get used to + doing)

造句:我习惯于吃辣的食物。

23. In email English,punctuation marks are used to show feelings. (show feelings)

造句:有很多人疼爱我们，他们只是不知道如何去表达自己的感情而已。

22. E-mail English is supposed to be used on mobile phones(be supposed to do sth.)

造句:她现在应该在做她的家庭作业。

21. It's polite to help others in trouble (be polite to)

造句：在日本，喝汤的时候发出声音是礼貌的。 

20. 随着社会的发展，父母在孩子教育方面的花费越来越多。

With the development of the society,parents                     money on their children's education.

19. 你能发现一些容易且有趣的方法写词汇吗？

Can you find some                    ways to write the words?

18. 在那个国家工作时，我和吉姆交上了朋友。

               in the country,I made friends with Jim.

17. 对我们来说学好一门外语很重要。

It's very important                    learn a foreign language well.