填空题

Pronouncing a language is a skill. Every normal person is expert
with the skill of pronouncing his own language, but few people are even 41. ______
moderately proficient at pronouncing foreign languages. There are many
reasons this, some obvious, some perhaps not so obvious. But I suggest 42. ______
that the fundamental reason which people in general do not speak 43. ______
foreign languages very much better than they do are that they 44. ______
fail to grab the true nature of the problem of learning to pronounce, 45. ______
and consequently never set about to tackling with it in the right way. Far 46. ______
too many people fail to realize that pronouncing a foreign language
is a skill—one needs careless training of a special kind, 47. ______
and one that cannot be acquired by just leaving it to take care of
itself. I think even teachers of language, while recognizing the
importance of a good accent, tend to neglect, in their practical
teaching, the branch of study concerning with 48. ______
speaking the language. So the first point which I want to make is 49. ______
that English pronunciation must be taught; the teacher
should be prepared to devote some of the lesson time to this,
and by his whole attitude to the subject should get the student
to feel that here is a matter worthy receiving his close attention. 50. ______