Drill. Read the dialogues and reproduce them

Восклицания и междометия, как правило, произносятся с нисходящим тоном: с низким нисходящим тоном, если говорящий хочет, чтобы они звучали весомо, эмфатически, и с высоким нисходящим тоном, если они произнесены менее весомо, более эмфатически и заинтересованнее.

1) A.: I really must be going now.

B.: Pity! Can't you stay a little longer?

A.: Thanks awfully. But I'm late already.

B.: Oh, dear! What a shame!

A.: We'll meet on Friday.

B.: Fine. Welcome back!

 

2) A.: Hallo, Ann. Pleased to meet you! My best congratulations!

B.: They say you've passed your exams successfully.

A.: Thank you very much. I was lucky, but Lily has got a bad mark in history.

B.: Fancy that! Poor thing! I'll help her with the history.

A.: How sweet of you!

 

Unit 41.THIN

[ ] – переднеязычные апикально-межзубные щелевые фрикативные согласные. При произнесении этих согласных язык не напряжен, кончик языка находится между зубами. Зубы обнажены, струя воздуха проходит между языком и верхними зубами. [ ] – глухой согласный, [ ]-звонкий согласный. Когда вы произносите

[ ], нижняя губа должна быть оттянута вниз, кончик языка немного виден и не сильно зажат зубами.

Произносите конечный [ ] энергично. Не прижимайте сильно кончик языка к краю верхних зубов.

 

1. Listen and repeat:

mouse-mouth, sum-thumb, sick-thick, sink-think, pass-path.

 

2. Listen and repeat:

free-three, first-thirst, fin-thin, Fred-thread, half-hearth.

 

3. Listen and repeat:

tin-thin, tree-three, tanks-thanks, sheet-sheath.

 

4. Listen and repeat:

thank you, thought, thousand, thirsty, Thursday, thirty-three, Ethel, author, nothing, something, birthday, mathematician, Judith, worth, Mrs. Smith, Smiths’, Edith, moths.

 

5. Dialogue. Gossips

A.: Edith Smith is only thirty.

B.: Is she? I thought she was thirty- three.

A.: Edith’s birthday was last Thursday.

B.: Was it? I thought it was last month.

A.: The Smiths’ house is worth thirty thousand pounds.

B.: Is it? I thought it was worth three thousand.

A.: Mr. Smith is the author of the book about moths.

B.: Is he? I thought he was a mathematician.

A.: I’m so thirsty.

B.: Are you? I thought you drank something at the Smiths’.

A.: No. Edith gave me nothing to drink.

B.: Shall I buy you a drink?

A.: Thank you.

Stress.

Is she? I thought she was thirty-three.

Wasit? I thought it was last month.

Isit? I thought it was worth three thousand.

Areyou? I thought you drank something.

 

Thank the other three brothers of their father's mother's brother's side

They both, though, have thirty-three thick thimbles to thaw.

They have left the thriftshop, and lost both their theatre tickets and the
volume of valuable licenses and coupons for free theatrical frills and thrills.

 

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

Three free throws.

I can think of six thin things, but I can think of six thick things too.

 

Room Three Hundred Thirty-Three on the third floor rents for $33.33 every third Thursday.

Unit 42. THE FEATHER

Когда вы произносите [ ], нижняя губа должна быть оттянута вниз, кончик языка немного виден и не сильно зажат зубами.

Звук [ ] произносится слабо, так как он слабый.

 

1. Listen and repeat:

Dan-than, day-they, dare-there, doze-those, Ida-either.

 

2. Listen and repeat:

What’s this? – This is the zoo.

What are those? – Those are zebras.

What’s that? – That’s a zebu.

What’s this? – This is Z.

What’s that? – That’s zero.

What are these? – These are zips.

Who’s that? – That’s Zack.

 

3. Listen and repeat:

bays-bathe, close-clothe, whiz-with, breeze-breathe, boos-booth, size-scythe.

4. Listen and repeat:

the, this, that, clothes, together, feather, leather, Miss Brothers, another, smoother, rather.

 

5. Dialogue. The hat in the window

A.: I want to buy the hat in the window.

B.: There are three hats together in the window, madam. Do you want the one with the feathers?

A.: No. The other one.

B.: The small one for three pounds?

A.: No. Not that one either. That one over there. The leather one.

B.: Ah! The leather one. Now this is another leather hat, madam. It’s better than the one in the window. It’s a smoother leather.

A.: I’d rather have the one in the window. It goes with my clothes.

B.: Certainly, madam. But we don’t take anything out of the window until three o’clock on Thursday.

 

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

Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better.

 

Not these things here but those things there.

 

 

LESSON IX

Unit 43. MOUTH

[m] – губно-губной смычный носовой сонант. Губы, смыкаясь, образуют полную преграду, мягкое небо опущено, струя воздуха проходит через полость носа.

 

1. Listen and repeat:

Mm! me, met, may, make, maybe, tomorrow, summer, family, crumpets, Cambridge, remember, him, Tim, time, come, some, home, Smith, small, smart, Mum, home-made, Tom, Mitcham.

 

2. Dialogue. Mum’s crumpets

J.: Mum, may Tom Mitcham come home with me for tea tomorrow?

M.: Of course, Jim. Have I met Tom before?

J.: You met him in the summer. He’s very small and smart.

M.: Oh, yes. I remember Tom. Does his family come from Cambridge?

J.: Yes. Oh, Mum! Will you made some home-made crumpets tomorrow?

M.: Mm… maybe. If I have time.

J.: I told Tom about your crumpets, Mum. That’s why he’s coming for tea tomorrow!

 

3. Intonation.

Mm has a lot of meanings. Practise these:

RISE: What did you say? FALL: Yes. FALL-RISE: How nice!

Listen to the conversation and repeat:

A.: Would you like some home-made crumpets?

B.: Mm?

A.: Would you like some crumpets?

B.: Mm.

A.: Here you are.

B.: (eating) Mm!

A.: I’m glad you like them. I made them myself. Would you like to try them with marmalade?

B.: Mm?

A.: Marmalade. They are marvelous with marmalade. Would you like some?

B.: Mm.

A.: Here you are.

B.: Mm!(eating)

 

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

Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager

imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?

Might might make right.

 

Momma made me mash my M & M's.

 

 

Unit 44. NOSE

[n] – переднеязычный апикально-альвеолярный смычный носовой сонант. Кончик языка касается альвеол и образует полную преграду, мягкое небо опущено, воздух проходит через полость носа.

1. Listen and repeat:

me-knee, mile-Nile, mine-nine, Tim-tin, comb-cone, name-mane.

 

2. Listen and repeat:

noise, morning, rent, agency, apartment, unfurnished, inexpensive, month, Northern Avenue, central, London, ninety-nine, 11.15,

oven, often, seven, eleven, station, accommodation, television, prison, garden, kitchen, Mr. Mason, certainly.

 

3. Dialogue. At an accommodation agency

A.: Good morning. I want an apartment in central London.

B.: Certainly, sir. How much rent did you want to pay?

A.: No more than 27 pounds a month.

B.: 27 pounds a month? We don’t often have apartments as inexpensive as that. We have one apartment for 29 pounds a month in Northern Avenue. It’s down near the station.

A.: Is it furnished?

B.: No. It’s unfurnished. The kitchen has no oven. It’s forbidden to use the garden. No friends in the apartment after eleven in the evening. No noise and no television after 11.15. No…

A.: No thank you! I want an apartment, not a prison!

 

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

Nine new noisy, nosy, annoying neighbors.

 

Nine nervous Nuns in an Indiana Nunnery.

 

 

Unit 45. RING

[ ] – заднеязычный смычный носовой сонант. При его произнесении задняя часть языка касается мягкого неба. Кончик языка не поднимается к альвеолам, а находится у основания нижних зубов.

Тренируя слова контрастно, контролируйте разное место образования носовых звуков [n] и [ ]. При произнесении [n] осязательно контролируйте, что кончик языка находится на альвеолах. При произнесении [ ] откройте широко рот и опустите нижнюю челюсть (при широком растворе рта физически невозможно поставить кончик языка на верхние альвеолы). Произносите оба звука в конечном положении протяжно. При соединении [ ] с последующей гласной избегайте резкого перехода. Следите за тем, чтобы не появлялись дополнительные звуки [k] и [g].

 

1. Listen and repeat:

win-wing, thin-thing, ban-bang, ran-rang, run-rung, Ron-wrong.

 

2. Listen and repeat:

wink-wing, sink-sing, rink-ring, stink-sting, bank-bang.

 

3. Listen and repeat:

pink, think, drink, finger, angrily, Mr. King, Mr. Pring, morning, something, standing, happening, strong, string, running, ringing, singing, brining, banging, hanging.

 

4. Dialogue. Noisy neighbors

A.: Bang! Bang! Bang! What are the Kings doing at seven o’clock on Sunday morning?

B.: Well, Mr. King is singing.

A.: Yes, but what’s the banging noise?

B.: He’s standing in the ladder and banging some nails into the wall with a hammer. Now he’s hanging some strong string on the nails.

A.: And what’s Mrs. King doing?

B.: She’s bringing something pink for Mr. King to drink. Now she’s putting it under the ladder, and . Oh!

A.: What’s happening?

B.: The ladder’s falling.

A.: What’s Mr. King doing?

B.: He’s hanging from the string. He’s holding the string in his fingers and he’s shouting to Mrs. King.

A.: And is she helping him?

B.: No. She’s running to our house. Now she’s ringing our bell.

A.: I’m not going to answer it. I’m sleeping.

 

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

Swing the king and swing the queen,

Swing them round and round the green.

Everything is going wrong.

Good evening. My guest tonight is the young singer Kay \king.

 

Unit 46. LETTER (part 1)

 

[1] – переднеязычный апикально-альвеолярный боковой сонант. Кончик языка прижат к альвеолам, боковые края опущены, образуя проход для воздуха. Темный (твердый) оттенок l звучит в конце слов и перед согласными. Светлый (палатализованный) оттенок [1] звучит перед гласными и согласным [j].

 

1. Listen and repeat:

no-low, night-light, nine-line, Jenny-jelly, bin-Bill, ten-tell.

 

2. Answer the questions:

Who’s late for lunch? What’s Mr. Lee looking at? Is there a lot of lemonade left or only a little? Is there any lettuce left? Why is Mr. Lee complaining? Who’s lovely? Who’s early for lunch? What’s Mr. Allen saying to Lily? Is Mr. Allen looking marvelous? What’s Mr. Allen having for lunch?

 

3. Answer the questions:

What color are the olives? (black) How many slices of melon does Mr. Allen want? (a slice) Where are the black olives? (plate) Where’s the lemonade? (a glass)

 

4. Dialogue. Early for lunch

A.: Hello, Lily. You are looking lovely today.

L.: Hello, Mr. Allen. You’re early for lunch. It’s only eleven o’clock.

A.: When I come later there’s usually nothing left.

L.: What would you like?

A.: Leg of lamb, please.

L.: And would you like a plate of salad? It’s lettuce with black olives.

A.: Marvelous! I love olives.

L.: And would you like a glass of lemonade?

A.: Yes, please, Lily. And a slice of melon and yellow jelly.

 

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

A lusty lady loved a lawyer

and longed to lure him from his laboratory.

 

 

Unit 47. BALL(part 2)

 

1. Listen and repeat:

Bill, Paul, tell, fall, pull, I’ll, small, help, myself, holding, difficult, salesman, a spoilt child, always, fault, uncle, bicycle, careful, beautiful, sensible, special, little, gentleman.

 

2. Dialogue. A spoilt little boy in a bicycle shop

Paul: What a beautiful bicycle!

Uncle Bill: Paul! Be careful!

Salesman: Excuse me, sir. This child is too small to ride this bicycle. It’s a very difficult bicycle to …

Uncle Bill: Be careful, Paul!

Paul: You always tell me to be careful. Don’t help me. I won’t fall.

Salesman: But, sir. That is a very special bicycle. It’s …

Paul: Don’t pull the bicycle, Uncle Bill. I’ll do it myself.

Uncle Bill: Be sensible, Paul. This gentleman says it’s a …

(Paul falls)

Paul: It was Uncle Bill’s fault. He was holding the bicycle.

 

 

Unit 48. RAIN (part1)

 

[r] – переднеязычный заальвеолярный срединный щелевой сонант. Кончик языка поднят к заднему скату альвеол. В отличие от русского [р], английский согласный характеризуется однородностью звучания.

 

1. Listen and repeat:

long-wrong, light-right, load-road, jelly-Jerry, fly-fry, glass-grass.

 

2. Listen and repeat:

Ruth, Rita, Rosemary, Mrs. Reed, restaurant, Russia, very, Jerry, Paris, married, parent, America, everywhere in Europe, pretty, proud, France, waitress, countries, Austria, interesting, secretary, grow up, Greece, drives.

 

3. Listen and repeat:

railway, really, Roland, Mrs. Randal, Laura, lorry, library, librarian, cleverest, electrician, children, Australia.

4. Dialogue. A proud parent

A.: Are all the children grown up now, Ruth?

B.: Oh, yes. Laura is the cleverest one. She’s a librarian in the public library.

A.: Very interesting. And what about Rita?

B.: She’s a secretary at the railway station.

A.: And what about Rosemary? She was always a pretty child.

B.: Rosemary is a waitress in a restaurant in Paris. She’s married to an electrician.

A.: And what about Jerry and Roland?

B.: Jerry drives a lorry. He drives everywhere in Europe.

A.: Really? Which countries does he drive to?

B.: France and Austria and Greece and Russia.

A.: And does Roland drive a lorry too?

B.: Oh, no. Roland is a pilot.

A.: Really? Which countries does he fly to?

B.: Australia and America.

 

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

Truly rural.

 

Raleigh, are you already ready?

Are you really ready, Raleigh?

Raleigh's really ready, Riley.

Riley, Raleigh's already ready!

 

I rarely practice 'rarely' really really hard.

 

Red lorry, yellow lorry

Red lorry, yellow lorry

Red lorry, yellow lorry.

 

 

Unit 49. GIRL(part 2)

The letter r is silent in this words. When there is no vowel following it, r is silent.

1. Listen and repeat:

New York, depart, afternoon, passengers, forbidden, wonderful, German, upstairs, marvelous, emergency, storm, worse, later, weather announcer, sir, are, beer, dear, four, more, there, sure, quarter, airport, order, earlier, departure, forecaster, supermarket, Dr Darling, Mr. Martin.

 

2. Dialogue. (in this dialogue every letter r is silent.) In the airport

A.: The 2.30 plane to New York will depart later this afternoon at 4. 44. Passengers on this flight are forbidden to leave the airport.

B.: Wonderful! I’m going to the bar to order some German beer.

C.: Where’s the bar?

B.: It’s upstairs. There’s a bookshop too. And a supermarket. This is a marvelous airport!

C.: Oh dear! I wanted to get to New York earlier. Ah! Here’s an air hostess. Excuse me. I don’t understand. Has there been an emergency?

A.: Oh, no, sir. There’s just a storm and the weather forecast says it will get worse. So the plane will leave a little later this afternoon.

B.: Are you sure?

A.: Oh, yes, sir. Our departure time is at 4. 44.

 

 

LESSON X

Read the poem.

The Chaos

 

1. Dearest creature in creation,

Study English pronunciation.

I will teach you in my verse

Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse.

I will keep you, Suzy, busy,

Make your head with heat grow dizzy.

Tear in eye, your dress will tear.

So shall I! Oh hear my prayer.

Pray, console your loving poet,

Make my coat look new, dear, sew it!

 

2. Just compare heart, beard, and heard,

Dies and diet, lord and word,

Sword and sward, retain and Britain.

(Mind the latter, how it's written.)

Now I surely will not plague you

With such words as plaque and ague.

But be careful how you speak:

Say break and steak, but bleak and streak;

Cloven, oven, how and low,

Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe.

 

3. Hear me say, devoid of trickery,

Daughter, laughter, and Terpsichore,

Typhoid, measles, topsails, aisles,

Exiles, similes, and reviles;

Scholar, vicar, and cigar,

Solar, mica, war and far;

One, anemone, Balmoral,

Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel;

Gertrude, German, wind and mind,

Scene, Melpomene, mankind.

 

4. Billet does not rhyme with ballet,

Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet.

Blood and flood are not like food,

Nor is mould like should and would.

Viscous, viscount, load and broad,

Toward, to forward, to reward.

And your pronunciation's OK

When you correctly say croquet,

Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve,

Friend and fiend, alive and live.

 

5. Ivy, privy, famous; clamour

And enamour rhyme with hammer.

River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb,

Doll and roll and some and home.

Stranger does not rhyme with anger,

Neither does devour with clangour.

Souls but foul, haunt but aunt,

Font, front, wont, want, grand, and grant,

Shoes, goes, does. Now first say finger,

And then singer, ginger, linger,

Real, zeal; mauve, gauze, gouge and gauge,

Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age.

 

6. Query does not rhyme with very,

Nor does fury sound like bury.

Dost, lost, post and doth, cloth, loth.

Job, nob, bosom, transom, oath.

Though the differences seem little

We say actual but victual.

Refer does not rhyme with deafer.

Foeffer does, and zephyr, heifer.

Mint, pint, senate and sedate;

Dull, bull, and George ate late.

Scenic, Arabic, Pacific,

Science, conscience, scientific.

 

7. Liberty, library, heave and heaven,

Rachel, ache, moustache, eleven.

We say hallowed, but allowed,

People, leopard, towed, but vowed.

Mark the differences, moreover,

Between mover, cover, clover;

Leeches, breeches, wise, precise,

Chalice, but police and lice;

Camel, constable, unstable,

Principle, disciple, label.

 

8. Petal, panel, and canal,

Wait, surprise, plait, promise, pal.

Worm and storm, chaise, chaos, chair,

Senator, spectator, mayor.

Tour, but our and succour, four.

Gas, alas, and Arkansas.

Sea, idea, Korea, area,

Psalm, Maria, but malaria....

Youth, south, southern, cleanse and clean.

Doctrine, turpentine, marine.

 

9. Compare alien with Italian,

Dandelion and battalion.

Sally with ally, yea, ye,

Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, and key.

Say aver, but ever, fever,

Neither, leisure, skein, deceiver.

Heron, granary, canary.

Crevice and device and aerie

 

10. Face, but preface, not efface.

Phlegm, phlegmatic, ass, glass, bass.

Large, but target, gin, give, verging,

Ought, put, joust and scour, scourging.

Ear, but earn and wear and tear

Do not rhyme with here but ere.

Seven is right, but so is even,

Hyphen, roughen, nephew Stephen,

Monkey, donkey, Turk and jerk,

Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork and work.

 

11. Pronunciation - think of Psyche!

Is a paling stout and spikey?

Won't it make you lose your wits,

Writing groats and saying grits?

It's a dark abyss or tunnel:

Strewn with stones, stowed, solace,

gunwale.

Islington and Isle of Wight,

Housewife, verdict and indict.

 

12. Finally, which rhymes with enough -

Though, through, plough, or dough, or

Cough?

Hiccough has the sound of cup.

My advice is to give up!!!