Unit 14. (listen to the cassette)

Unit 15. TAIL

[e ] – дифтонг. Ядро дифтонга – краткий гласный [е] переднего ряда среднего подъема узкой разновидности, нелабиализованный. После произнесения ядра язык делает легкое движение вверх в направлении звука [i], не достигая его полного образования.

Следите за тем, чтобы ядро звучало громко и протяжно, а вторая его часть значительно тише и короче. Смягчите немного предшествующий согласный, чтобы передняя спинка языка автоматически слегка поднялась. При этом ядро станет более закрытым. Растяните немного губы. Не открывайте широко рот.

1. Listen and repeat:

2. Listen and repeat:

3. Dialogue. At the railway station

(Mr. Grey is waiting at the railway station for a train.)

Mr. Grey: Hey! This train’s late! I’ve been waiting here for ages.

Porter: Which train, sir?

Mr. Grey: The 8. 18 to Baker Street.

Porter: The 8. 18? I’m afraid you’ve made a mistake, sir.

Mr. Grey: A mistake? My timetable says: Baker Street train – 8.18.

Porter: Oh no, sir. The Baker Street train leaves at 8.08.

Mr. Grey: At 8.08?

Porter: You see, sir, they changed the timetable at the end of April. It’s the first of May today.

Mr. Grey: Changed it? May I see the new timetable? What does it say?

Porter: It says: Baker Street train – 8.08.

Mr. Grey: Hm! So the train isn’t late. I’m late.

4. Tongue twisters. Can you say these three times … fast?

Three grey geese in a green field grazing.

Gray were the geese and green was the grazing.

There’s no need to light a night light on a light night like tonight.

Unit 16. FINE

[ai] – дифтонг. Ядро дифтонга – гласный звук переднего ряда низкого подъема широкой разновидности, нелабиализованный. После произнесения ядра язык делает движение вверх в направлении звука [i].

1. Listen and repeat:

2. Listen and repeat:

3. Dialogue. Mike, Myra and Violet

(Myra and Violet are typists in the library.)

Myra: Hello, Mike!

Mike: Hello, Myra! Hello, Violet! You’re looking nice, Violet. Would you like some ice-cream, Violet?

Violet: No thanks, Mike. I’m busy typing. Talk to me some other time. I have 99 pages to type by Friday.

Mike: Never mind. Do you like riding, Violet?

Violet: Sometimes.

Mike: Would you like coming riding with me tonight, Violet?

Violet: Not tonight, Mike. I’m going for a drive with Nigel.

Mike: What about Friday?

Violet: I’m going climbing with Miles.

Mike: Hm! Oh, all right. Bye!

Myra: Violet, he’s put something behind your typewriter.

Violet: Is it something nice, Myra?

Myra: No. It’s a spider.

4. Tongue twisters. Can you say these three times … fast?

On mules we find two legs behind

and two we find before.

We stand behind before we find

what those behind be for.

Unit 17. BOY

[ ] – дифтонг. Ядро дифтонга – звук заднего ряда низкого подъема, лабиализованный. После произнесения ядра язык делает движение вверх в направлении гласного [i].

1. Listen and repeat:

2. Listen and repeat:

3. Dialogue. Joyce’s Rolls Royce

(Joyce takes her Rolls Royce to the garage.)

Garage boy: What a terrible noise.

Joyce: Eh?

Garage boy: WHAT A TERRIBLE NOISE!

Joyce: It’s out of oil.

Garage boy: Out of oil? And look! The water’s boiling! Madam, a Rolls Royce isn’t a toy. Perhaps you’ve spoiled the motor or even destroyed it.

Joyce: How annoying! While you’re changing the oil, I’ll go and visit my boyfriend, Roy.

4. Tongue twisters. Can you say these three times … fast?

What kind of noise annoys an oyster?

A noisy noise annoys an oyster.