In a Good School - раздел Иностранные языки, Колыхалова О.А., Махмурян К.С.Учитесь говорить по-английски: Фонетический практикум. - М.: Гуманит. изд. центр ВЛАДОС, 1998. 232 с Miss Luke: Good Afternoon, Girls.
Girls: Good Afternoon, Miss Luke....
Miss Luke: Good afternoon, girls.
Girls: Good afternoon, Miss Luke.
Miss Luke: This afternoon we're going to learn how to cook soup. Open your books at unit ţwenty-two.
P r u e: Excuse me, Miss Luke.
Miss Luke: Yes, Prue?
P r u e: There's some chewing gum on your shoe.
Miss Luke: Who threw their chewing gum on the floor? Was it you, Prue?
Prue: No, Miss Luke. It was June.
Miss Luke: Who?
Prue: June Cook.
June: It wasn't me, stupid. It was Sue.
Sue: It was you!
June: It wasn't me, you stupid fool. My mouth's full of chewing gum. Look, Miss Luke!
Sue: Stop pulling my hair, June. It was you!
June: You!
Sue: You!
Miss Luke: Excuse me! You're being very rude. You two nuisances can stay in school this afternoon instead of going to the swimming pool.
3. Where Are You, Hugh?
Lucy: Hugh? Hugh! Where are you?
Hugh: I'm in the loo. Where are you?
Lucy: Removing my boots. I've got news for you.
Hugh: News? Amusing news?
Lucy: Well, I saw June in Kėw. You know how moody and rude she is as a rule? Hugh, are you still in the loo? What are you doing?
Hugh: Well, you see, Lucy, I was using the new foolproof screwdriver on the Hoover and it blew a fuse.
Lucy: You fool! I knew that if I left it to you, you'd do something stupid. You usually do.
Hugh: And then I dropped the screwdriver down the loo.
Lucy: Hugh, look at your shoes! And your new blue suit! It's ruined! And you — you're wet through!
H u g h: To tell you the truth, Lucy — I fell into the loo, too.
4. Miss Woodfulľlł Be Furious!
Rachel: "How much wood would a woodpecker peck if a woodpecker could peck wood?" Goodness, that's difficult!
Mabel: Looks a good book. Let me have a look.
Rachel: It's full of puzzles, and riddles, and —
Mabel: Let me look, Rachel!
Rachel: Mabel! You are awful! You just took it!
Mabel: I asked if I could have a look. Now push off. I'm looking at the book.
Rachel: You're a horrible bully!
Mabel: And you're just a miserable pudding!
R а с h e 1: I shoulďve kept it in my room.
Mabel: Oh shush, for goodness' sake! Anyway, I shouldn't have thought you could have understood the book, you're so backward.
Rachel: You're hateful! Give me my book! Oh careful, Mabel! It's Miss Woodfulľs book. I'll get into terrible trouble if you — oh look! you are awful! She'll be-furious!
Mabel: Well, you shouldn't have pulled, should you?
Exercise VII.Read the rhymes and learn them.
1. There was an Old Person of Loo,
Who said, "What on earth shall I do?"
When they said, "Go away!"
She continued to stay,
That foolish old person of Loo.
2. There was an old man of Peru,
Who dreamt he was eating his shoe,
He awoke in the night
In a terrible fright :
And found it was perfectly true!
3. I would if I could
If I couldn't how could I?
I couldn't without I could, could I?
Could you, without you could, could ye?
Could ye? Could ye?
Could you, without you could, could ye?
Exercise VII.Transcribe the proverbs and learn them.
1. By hook or by crook.
2. A fool and his money are soon parted.
3. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
4. A good wife makes a good husband.
5. A good name is sooner lost than won.
6. The exception proves the rule.
7. Soon learnt, soon forgotten.
8. The boot is on the wrong foot.
9. Too good to be true.
UNIT 7. [ə] - [i]
Exercise I.Read the following words paying special attention to correct pronunciation.
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| perhaps
| sooner
| affect — effect
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| allow
| entertain
| measure
| accept — except
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| adore
| amateur
| Africa
| armour — army
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| attend
| comfortable
| Persia
| waiter — weighty
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| obstruct
| ignorant
| flatterer
| sitter — city
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| achieve
| understand
| colour
| razors — raises
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| account
| terrible
| picture
| battered — batted
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| annoy
| permanent
| murderer
| mitre — mighty
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| approve
| characters
| sailor
| offers — office
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| appear
| component
| collar
| officers — offices
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| offence
| glamourous
| America
| better — Betty
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Exercise II. Read the following sense-groups, mind the rhythm and intonation.
(a) a photograph; a photograph of her mother; a photograph of her mother and father; a photograph of her mother, father and brother; a photograph of her mother, father and younger brother.
(b) America; about South America; a book about South America; a beautiful book about South America.
Exercise III.Transcribe and intone the following sentences. Practise reading them in pairs.
[ə] (a) 1. Walter is older than Thomas.
2. Amelia speaks German better than Japanese.
3. Marcia is going to visit Persia in August.
4. Peter has never been to London.
5. Perhaps we'll come to them on Saturday afternoon. .
6. London is beautiful in such weather.
[э] — [i] (b) 1. Peter was offered a job of a manager in his father's office.
2. Betty knows London better than Manchester.
Exercise IV.Read the tongue-twister and learn it.
An adventurous professor and a professional astronomer are posing in front of the camera of a fashionable photographer.
Exercise V. Read the following texts.
(a) Alderman Sir Edward Anderson is a prosperous government official at the Treasury. Sir Edward Anderson's apartment at Aldeburgh is comfortable and fashionable. A professional burglar has entered the apartment by a ladder that was at the back of the house. But an observant amateur photographer has focussed his camera on the burglar and summoned a police-constable. As the burglar leaves there is a policeman at the bottom of the ladder.
(b) Barbara spent Saturday afternoon looking at a beautiful book about South America.
"I want to go to South America," she said to herself.
The next morning, when Barbara woke up it was six o'clock, and her brothers and sisters were still asleep.
Barbara looked at them, and closed her eyes again.
Then she quietly got out of bed and started to pack her suitcase.
She took some comfortable clothes out of the cupboard.
She packed a pair of binoculars and her sister's camera. She packed a photograph of herself and one of her mother and father.
"I mustn't forget to have some breakfast," she said to herself. But then she looked at the clock. It was a quarter to seven.
"I'll just drink a glass of water," she said.
"A glass of water," she said.
"Water," she said, and opened her eyes.
She was still in her bed, and her brothers and sisters were laughing at her.
"Tell us what you were dreaming about," they said to her.
But Barbara didn't answer. She was thinking about her wonderful journey to South America.
Exercise VI.Read the dialogue, mark the stresses and tunes. Act it out.
Comfort, Culture or Adventure?
Christopher: Going anywhere different for your vacation, Theresa?
Theresa: Ah, that's a million dollar question, Chistopher. Perhaps you can provide us with the decision. Edward demands his creature comforts — proper heating, constant hot water, comfortable beds, colour television...
Christopher: What about you, Theresa? Or aren't you too particular?
Theresa: Normally, yes. And usually we combine the open air and exercise with a bit of culture. Last year, for instance, we covered the Cheltenham Festival. The year before, it was Edinburgh. Edward adores Scotland.
Christopher: You fortunate characters! Are you complaining?
Theresa: No, but I long to go further afield — something more dangerous — and where the temperature's hotter!
Christopher: I wonder if this would interest you. It arrived today. "A Specialised Tour of South America for Photographers. Canoeing up the Amazon. Alligators. And other hazardous adventures."
Theresa: Christopher, how marvellous! It sounds wonderful.
Christopher: No creature comforts for Edward!
Theresa: Separate holidays are an excellent idea — occasionally! Edward can go to Scotland alone.
Exercise VII.Read the rhymes and learn them.
1. Tinker, Rich man,
Tailor, Poor man,
Soldier, Beggar man,
Sailor, Thief.
2. Rub-a-dub dub,
Three men in a tub,
The butcher, the baker,
The candlestick maker,
They all jumped over a rotten potato!
Exercise VIII.Transcribe the proverbs and learn them.
1. Adversity is a great headmaster.
2. Beggars can't be choosers.
3. Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
4. Better be alone than in bad company.
5. Christmas comes but once a year.
6. Take us as you find us.
7. As like as two peas.
UNIT 8. [ɛə] - [iə]
Exercise I.Read the following words paying special attention to correct pronunciation.
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| hare
| despair
| era
| appear
| hare — here
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| dare
| compare
| zero
| adhere
| bear — beer
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| pair
| repair
| here
| veneer
| air — ear
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| air
| declare
| dear
| endear
| fair — fear
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| mare
| affair
| ear
| career
| rare — rear
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| care
| prepare
| shear
| sincere
| pear — pier
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| hair
| impair
| mere
| museum
| dare — dear
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| fair
| aware
| beer
| material
| chair — cheer
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Exercise II.Read the following sense-groups, mind the rhythm and intonation.
(a) share; fair share; their fair share; it's their fair share.
(b) there; down there; Mary down there; there's Mary down there; I swear there's Mary down there; I dare swear there's Mary down there.
(c) Can you hear? Can you hear clearly? Can you hear clearly from here?
Exercise III.Transcribe and intone the following sentences. Practise reading them in pairs.
[iə] (a) 1. Here, here!
2. Here today, gone tomorrow.
3. He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
4. There's none so queer as folk.
5. All the world is queer save thee and me and even thee's a little queer.
[ɛə] (b) 1. All's fair in love and war.
2. Fair's fair.
3. Share and share alike.
4. There, there!
5. Hair of the dog that bit you.
6. To bear a grudge.
7. As mad as a March hare.
8. If the cap fits, wear it.
9. Mary, Mary, quite contrary.
[ɛə] — [iə] (c) 1. The steering wheel needs repairing.
2. And the radio aerial doesn't work.
3. The gear box is really bad.
4. And would you repair the spare wheel? The air comes out.
5. The theatre is somewhere near here.
6. I don't care whether I live upstairs or downstairs.
Exercise IV. Read the tongue-twisters and learn them.
1. Mary is scared of fairies in the dairy.
2. Fair-haired Sarah stares warily at the hairy bear, glaring from his lair.
Exercise V. Read the text.
A dreary peer sneers in the grand tier of the theatre. At the rear they hear the peer and jeer. But here, clearly the cheers for the hero are really fierce. The weary hero King Lear is nearly in tears.
Exercise VI.Read the dialogues, mark the stresses and tunes. Learn them. Act out the dialogues.
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Гласные фонемы
[I] — монофтонг переднего отодвинутого назад ряда высокого подъема (широкой разновидности), краткий нелабиализованный. При произнесении [I] язык находится в передней части полости рта, средняя част
Согласные фонемы
[р], [b] — губно-губные смычные взрывные согласные. При их произнесении губы, смыкаясь, образуют полную преграду. Размыкание преграды осуществляется быстро и энергично, [р] — глухой согласный, прои
ОСНОВНЫЕ ПРАВИЛА ЧТЕНИЯ ГЛАСНЫХ
Ударный слог
в открытом слоге
[ei]
take, place, name, cake,
ОСНОВНЫЕ ПРАВИЛА ЧТЕНИЯ СОГЛАСНЫХ
перед е, i, у
[s]
face, city, bicycle
перед а, о, u
[k]
case, cat, cut, co
БУКВОСОЧЕТАНИЯ
bt
[t]
debt, doubt, subtle
ght
[t]
light, night, right
Фонетические явления
1. Палатализация— (palatalization) — смягчение согласных, возникает под влиянием следующих за ними гласных переднего ряда. Это явление характерно для русских согласных и выполняет
In a Restaurant
Peter: What would you like to eat, Edith?
Edith: A meat sandwich.
Peter: Jean? Would you like a meat sandwich or a cheese sandwich?
Jean: A cheese sandwich, please, Peter
Busy in the Kitchen
Billy: Mummy! Are you busy?
Mother: Yes, I'm in the kitchen.
Вi11y: Can I go swimming in Chichester with Jim this morning?
Mother: Jim?
Billy: Jim English. He's
An Expensive Holiday
Eddie: Hello, Ellen! Hello, Ben! Hello, Jenny!
Ben: Hello, Eddie! Have a cigarette.
Eddie: Thanks, Ben.
Ellen: Help yourself to whiskey!
J e n n y: It's on the s
A Bad Hijacker
Hostess Bradley: Alice! Perhaps that passenger is a hijacker!
Hostess Allen: Which passenger, Anne? That sad man with the camera? He's wearing black slacks and a jacket.
Hostess B
The End of the Adventure
Ken: Ted! Thank heaven! I was getting desperate. Ted: Hello there, Ken. Where are Jeff and the rest of the men? К е n: They left me in the tent with some eggs and some bread, and off they went.
Crackle, Crackle, Galactic Static
Gran: Jack, do you have to bang and slam on that piano like that?
Jack: I'm practising for our new album. It's smashing.
Gran: An album? You mean that racket you and your gang bas
Sports Reports from Channel 4
Announcer: This morning the Roarers football team arrived back from York. Paul Short is our sports reporter, and he was at the airport.
Paul Short: Good morning. This is Paul Short. All th
Fawns, Horses And a Tortoise
Paul: Any more of these awful autumn storms, George, and we'll be short of corn. I ought to have bought some more in Northport.
George: This morning, just before dawn, I thought I saw sign
The Worst Nurse
Sir Herbert: Nurse!
Colonel Burton: Nurse! I'm thirsty!
Sir Herbert: Nurse! My head hurts!
Colonel Burton: NURSE!!
Sir Herbert: Curse these nurses!
Colo
I Love You
Russ: Honey, why are you so sad? (Janet says nothing)
Russ: Honey, why are you so unhappy? I don't understand. Janet: You don't love me, Russ!
R u s s: But, honey, I love
At a Party
Margaret: Where's your glass, Barbara?
В а г b a r a: It's on the bar.
Martin: Barbara! Margaret! Come into the garden! Martha and Charles are dancing in the dark.
M a r
Making a Pass at Martha
Charlie: The dance doesn't start till half past, Martha. Let's park the car under the arch by Farmer Palmer's barn. It's not far. Ah, here we are. There's the farm cart.
Martha: Ooh, Charl
A Pair of Hairbrushes
Mary: I've lost two small hairbrushes, Claire. They're a pair.
Claire: Have you looked carefully everywhere?
Mary: Yes. They're nowhere here.
Claire: Have you looked upst
A Bearded Mountaineer
(Mr and Mrs Lear are on holiday in Austria)
Mr Lear: Let's have a beer here, dear.
Mrs Lear: What a good idea! They have very good beer here. We came here last year.
A Mouse in the House
Mrs Brown: (shouting loudly) I've found a mouse!!
Mr Brown: Ow! You're shouting too loudly. Sit down and don't shout.
Mrs Brown: (sitting down) I've found a mouse in
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.
Mike, Myra and Violet
(Myra and Violet are typists in the library)
Myra: (smiling) Hello, Mike!
Mike: Hello, Myra. Hello, Violet. You're looking nice, Violet.
(silence)
A Painting of a Boy
J a y: Do you like painting?
Joy: Yes. I'm trying to paint a boy lying beside a lake. Do you like it?
Jay: Hm ... Why don't you buy some oil paints?
J о у: I don't enjoy
Passports, Please
(Mr and Mrs Tupman are at the airport. They have just got off the plane from Paris.)
О f f i с а 1: Passports, please!
Mr Tupman:! think I've lost the passports, Poppy.
Happy Birthday
Bob: Hello, Barbara.
Barbara: Hello, Bob. It's my birthday today.
Bob: Oh, yes. Your birthday! Happy birthday, Barbara!
Barbara: Thanks, Bob. Somebody gave me this blouse
A Bit of Beef at the Picnic
Paul: Picnics! I detest picnics!
Kate: Paul, do stop grumbling and get the basket out of the car. We couldn't stay indoors today. It's beautiful!
Paul: I do like a proper Sunday d
A Damaged Telephone
Daisy: Dunstone 238-8282.
Donald: Hello, Daisy. This is Donald.
D i a s y: Oh hello, darling.
Donald: What did you do yesterday, Daisy? You forgot our date, didn't you?
Waiting for Templetons
Tessa: What time did you tell Templetons to get here, Martin?
Martin: Any time between 10 and 12.
Tessa: But it's after two! They're terribly late!
Martin: Why didn't you
Guests in August
Craig: I've just got a telegram from Margaret and Greg.
Carol: Are they coming to England again?
Craig: Yes. At the beginning of August.
Carol: Good. We can all get toget
The Cuckoo Clock
Mrs Cook: Would you like some cream in your coffee, Mrs Clark?
Mrs С 1 a r k: No thank you. But I'd like a little milk.
Mrs Cook: Would you like some chocolate cakes?
Mrs
Eggs from the Greek Grocer
Gladys: Gran, I'm hungry. Can we go home?
Granny: Grumbling again, Gladys! A great big girl like you. Now take my grey bag and go and get some eggs from the grocer, there's a good girl.
Cash in the Ice-Cream Carton
Colin: OK, Mike. At six o'clock you take a taxi to the bank. Max will come out with the cash in a cream-coloured case...
Mike: I'm to collect the cash?
Colin: Of course. Don't ask
At an Accommodation Agency
Mr Mason: Good morning. I want an apartment in central London.
Manager: Certainly, sir. How much rent did you want to pay?
Mr Mason: No more than $27 a month.
Manager: $2
Noisy Neighbours
Mr P r i n g: (angrily) Bang! Bang! Bang! What are the Kings doing at seven o'clock on Sunday morning?
Mrs P r i n g: Well, Mr King is singing.
Mr P r i n g: Yes, but what'
A King and a Song
I n g r i d: There once was a king —
Mungo: King of England?
I n g r i d: No. This king's kingdom was far-flung, stretching along the banks of every winding river, spreading into
A Fine View
V e r a: Has your family lived here for very long?
Victor: Five and a half years. We arrived on the first of February.
V e r a: What a fine view you have! Victor: Yes. I love livi
A Walk in the Woods
G w e n: Did you see Victor on Wednesday, Wendy?
Wendy: Yes. We went for a walk in the woods near the railway.
G w e n: Wasn't it cold on Wednesday?
Wendy: Yes. It was ve
A Visit to Vladivostok
Oliver: Victor, have you ever visited Vladivostok?
Victor: Never. In fact, I haven't travelled further than Liverpool.
Oliver: I've had an invitation from the University of Vladiv
Twenty Foreign Visitors
W i 1 m a: What are you giving your foreign visitors on Wednesday evening, Winnie? How many — twelve, is it?
Winnie: Twenty. Twelve of William's Swedish representatives, eight of them with
Surprises in the Post Office
Mns Smith: This parcel smells, Mrs Jones.
M r s Jones: Something's written on it.
M r s S m i t h: What does it say?
Mrs!Jones:It says: This parcel contains six m
A Sweet Siamese Student
Sam: That Siamese student seems a nice sort of person.
Stan: Yes. serious, sensible — a bit insecure, perhaps. Eldest of six — the rest still at school.
S a m: I see her sister so
A Special Washing Machine
Mrs Marsh: Does this shop sell washing machines?
Mr Shaw: Yes. This is the newest washing machine, madam.
Mrs M a r s h: Is it Swedish?
Mr Shaw: No, madam. It's English.
George Churchill
Jerry: Just outside this village there's a very dangerous bridge.
John: Yes. Charles told me two jeeps crashed on it in January. What happened?
Jerry: Well George Churchill was th
Early for Lunch
Mr Alien: Hello, Lily. You're looking lovely today.
Waitress: Hello, Mr Alien. You're early for lunch. It's only eleven o'clock.
Mr Alien: When I come later there's usually nothin
A Proud Parent
Mrs Randal: Are" all the children grown up now, Ruth?
Mrs R e e d: Oh yes. Laura is the cleverest one. She's a librarian in the public library.
Mrs Randal: Very interesting.
A Lovely Little lion
Billy: I love wild life in its natural element. Look at all your lovely animals, Lucy. Lots and lots.
Lucy: Eleven, actually.
Billy: And look! Here's a lovely little lion — a real
The Respective Merits of Frogs and Rabbits
Roger: My rabbit can roar like a rhinoceros.
Barry: Rubbish! Rabbits don't roar, Roger.
Roger: You're wrong, Barry. My rabbit's an Arabian rabbit. They're very rare. When he's ang
A Dreadful Train Crash
P r u e: Weren't you in that train crash on Friday, Fred?
Fred: Oh Prue, it's like a dreadful dream.
P r u e: A tractor — isn t that right? — crossing a bridge with a trailer of f
Gossips
Judith: Edith Smith is only thirty. Ethel: Is she? I thought, she was thirty-three. Judith: Edith's birthday was last Thursday. Ethel: Was it? 1 thought it was last month.
Judith: The Smit
The Hat in the Window
Miss Brothers: I want to buy the hat in the window.
Assistant: There are three hats together in the window, madam. Do you want the one with the feathers?
Miss Brothers: No. The ot
A Horrible Accident
Helen: Hello, Ellen.
Ellen: Hello, Helen. Have you heard? There's been a horrible accident.
Helen: Oh dear! What's happened?
Ellen: Hilda Higgins' husband has had an acci
To a False Friend
(by Th. Hood)
Our hands have met, but not our hearts;
Our hands will never meet again.
Friends, if we have ever been,
Friends, we cannot now remain;
I o
UNIT 26. WEAK FORMS OF WORDS
The use of weak forms is an essential part of English speech and you must learn to use the weak forms of 33 English words if you want your English to sound English. Some words have more than one we
A Few General Rules
(a) Always stress the syllable before one that's pronounced [fn] -ssion/-tion, [fs] -cious/-tious, [fl] -cial/-tíal, etc.
e. g. a'ttention 'spacious ,arti'ficia
Синтагма
В предложении могут быть одна или несколько синтагм или интонационных групп. Синтагмой называется относительно законченный по смыслу отрезок предложения. Синтагма может состоять из одного сл
Table of Notation in the Text
Каждая синтагма заканчивается восходящим или нисходящим тоном последнего ударн
LOGICAL STRESS ЛОГИЧЕСКОЕ УДАРЕНИЕ
Логическое ударение -- это особое средство выделения какого-либо слова, используемого в качестве интонационного средства противопоставления или усиления. Слово с логическим ударением
Looking For Something Pretty
Salesgirl: Good morning, madam. Can I help you at all?
Annabel: Well, I'm looking for a dress. Something to wear at the theatre. Something pretty.
Salesgirl: Certainly, mad
UNIT 10. INTONATION OF SPECIAL QUESTIONS ИНТОНАЦИЯ СПЕЦИАЛЬНЫХ ВОПРОСОВ
Специальные вопросы обычно произносятся нисходящим тоном. Например:
He Has One Rabbit at Home
Teacher: "Who can tell me how much five and one make?" No answer.
Teacher: "Suppose I give you five rabbits and then another rabbit. How many rabbits would you have?&
Morning and Evening
— What time do you get up as a rule?
— Generally about half past seven.
— Why so early?
— Because I usually catch an early train up to town.
— When do you get to
Afternoon Tea
— Good afternoon, Mrs. White, how are you?
— Very well indeed, thank you, and how are you?
— Quite well, thank you. Won't you sit down. Excuse me, please. I think that's my niece
Every Cloud Has Its Silver Lining
The father was reading the school report which had just been handed to him by his hopeful son. His brow was wrathful as he read, "English — poor, French — weak, mathematics — poor," and h
Cinderella
Once upon a time there lived a young girl called Cinderella. She had a step-mother and two ugly step-sisters. One day the Prince invited them to a ball. The ugly sisters went but Cinderella had to
Too Great a Majority
George Bernard Show's gift of ready wit is well-illustrated by the story of how he turned the laugh against a member of the public who was expressing disapproval of one of his plays.
It wa
I. JOKES
BABY BEGINS TO SPEAK
"I've had a dreadful day," the wife complained to her husband. "First the baby cut his first tooth, then he took his first step, and then he fell and kn
II. TALES
THE COUNTRY MOUSE AND THE CITY MOUSE
Once upon a time a city mouse visited his cousin in the country. The country mouse shared his simple but wholesome food. Peas, barley, corn, tasty root
The Moral
A simple meal eaten in peace is better than a banquet eaten in fear and trembling.
THE FOX AND THE GRAPES
One hot summer day the fox hunted for miles and miles without seei
The Moral
Only a fool will despise what he cannot get for himself.
LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD
Once upon a time there was a little girl who was very pretty and very good. Her mother and her gran
III. TEXTS
WASHINGTON
New York is a place to have fun. San Francisco is great for a holiday, but Washington is wonderful for tourists, because there are so many famous and historical places to see.
IV. LECTURES
WHY USE GAMES? (by Julia Khan)
Characteristics of games
What is a game? Everyone feels intuitively that they know but definition is elusive. Perhaps we can say that, "
V. POEMS
LITTLE ROBIN REDBREAST
Little Robin Redbreast sat upon a tree,
Up went Pussy-cat and down went he;
Down came Pussy-cat and away Robin ran;
Said littte Robin Redb
WRITTEN IN MARCH (by William Wordsworth)
The cock is crowing,
The stream is flowing,
The small birds twitter,
The lake doth[14] glitter,
The green field sleeps in the sun;
The oldest and younge
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