A Mouse in the House - раздел Иностранные языки, Колыхалова О.А., Махмурян К.С.Учитесь говорить по-английски: Фонетический практикум. - М.: Гуманит. изд. центр ВЛАДОС, 1998. 232 с Mrs Brown: (Shouting Loudly) I've Found A Mouse!!
Mr Brown: O...
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 the house.
Mr В г о wn: A brown mouse?
Mrs Brown: Yes. A little round mouse. It's running around in the lounge.
Mr Brown: On the ground?
Mrs Brown: Yes. It's under the couch now.
Mr Brown: Well, get it out.
Mrs Brown: How?
Mr Brown: Turn the couch upside-down. Get it out somehow. We don't want a mouse in our house. Ours is the cleanest house in the town!
2. Snow in October
(Joe Jones is sleeping, but Joan woke up a few minutes ago.)
Joan: Joe! Joe! Joe! Hello!
Joe: (groans) Oh! What is it Joan?
Joan: Look out of the window.
Joe: No. My eyes are closed, and I'm going to go to sleep again.
J о an: Don't go to sleep, Joe. Look at the snow.
Joe: Snow? But it's only October. I know there's no snow.
Joan: Come over to the window, Joe.'
Joe: You're joking, Joan. There's no snow.
Joan: OK. I'll put my coat on and go out and make a snowball and throw it at your nose, Joe Jones!
3. Howard's Found an Owl
Howard: Brownie, if you vow not to make a sound, I'll show you an owl that I've found.
Brownie: An owl? You've found an owl?
Howard: Don't shout so loudly. We don't want a crowd to gather round the house. Tie that hound up outside the cowshed. He's so bouncy and he's bound to growl.
Brownie: There. I've wound his lead round the plough. No amount of bouncing will get him out now.
Howard: Now, not a sound. It's down by the fountain Where the cows browse.
Brownie: Wow, Howard! It's a brown mountain owl! It's worth about a thousand pounds down in the town.
Howard: No doubt. But my proud owl is homeward bound — south to the Drowned Mouse Mountains.
4. No Wonder the Boat Was Low!
Miss Jones: So the boatman put the goat and the roses and the load of coal into the boat —
Toby: I hope the goat won't eat the roses. Goats eat most things, you know. Miss Jones.
Miss Jones: They told the boatman so. But oh no, the goat and the roses both had to go in the boat.
Toby: Was it a rowing boat. Miss Jones? Was the boatman going to row?
Miss Jones: No, they told the boatman rowing would be too slow. So the postman sold him an old motor mower and he roped it to the boat. And so, you see, Toby, he had a motor boat.
Toby: Did the boat go?
Miss Jones: It was a bit low, with the goat and the coal and the roses and the boatman —
Toby: And the postman and Rover, I suppose — Miss Jones: Oh no, there was no room for the postman and Rover. They went home by road. And then it began to snow...
Exercise VII.Read the rhymes and learn them.
1. Little mouse, little mouse,
Will you come out of your house?
Thank you, pussy! says the mouse
I won't leave my little house!
2. See-saw, See-saw
Up and down,
Up and down,
This is the way
To London town.
3. Mr Brown, Mr Brown,
Are you going down town,
Could you stop and take me down,
Thank you kindly, Mr Brown.
4. There was an Old Man who supposed
That the street door was partially closed,
But some very large rats
Ate his coats and his hats.
While that futile Old Gentleman dozed.
5. There was an Old Man in a boat,
Who said. "I'm afloat! I'm afloat!"
When they said, "Not You ain't!"
He was ready to ,faint,
That unhappy Old Man in a boat.
6. There was an Old Man who said, "How
Shall I flee from this horrible cow?"
I will sit on this stile,
And continue to smile,
Which may soften the heart of that cow.
Exercise VIII.Transcribe the proverbs and learn them.
1. Great boast, small roast.
2. Little strokes fell great oaks.
3. Man proposes, God disposes.
4. To know everything is to know nothing.
5. Stones grow old.
6. To hope against hope.
7. Out of sight, out of mind.
8. Burn not your house to rid it of your mouse.
9. As you sow you shall mow.
10. These is no place like home.
11. In a roundabout way.
UNIT 10. [ai] — [ei]
Exercise I.Read the following words paying special attention to correct pronunciation.
| 1. [ai]
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| 2. [ei]
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| 3. [ai] — [ei]
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| I
| idea
| kite
| pay
| pain
| make
| white — wait
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| my
| ride
| right
| day
| gain
| take
| rice — race
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| tie
| oblige
| sight
| say
| vain
| rake
| like — lake
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| rye
| rhyme
| night
| lay
| rain
| sake
| lied — laid
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| bye
| time
| bright
| ray
| again
| shape
| rise — raise
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| by
| kind
| like
| bay
| game
| cape
| file — fail
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| pie
| nine
| life
| stay
| fame
| face
| light — late
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| lie
| wild
| wife
| way
| famous
| lace
| might — mate
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| die
| mild
| rice
| may
| lain
| late
| isle — ale
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| shy
| while
| mice
| weigh
| sane
| waste
| while — whale
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| sky
| child
| white
| eight
| David
| pace
| bike — bake
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Exercise II. Read the following sense-groups, mind the rhythm and intonation.
(a) days; eight days; eighty-eight days; takes eighty-eight days; it takes eighty-eight days; they say it takes eighty-eight days.
(b) station; a railway station; waiting at a railway station; a train waiting at a railway station; a train waiting at a railway station on a rainy day; a train waiting at a railway station on a grey rainy day.
Exercise III.Transcribe and intone the following sentences. Practise reading them in pairs.
[ai] (a) 1. Mike's white kite is flying high in the sky.
2. Clive climbs high spires at night.
3. Diana is quite nice but frightfully shy.
4. Clive decides to invite Diana to dine. He tries to find a fine white wine.
5. Diana decides she would like to dine with Clive and arrives on time, but politely declines the white wine.
[ei] (b) 1. A sailor and a mate watch a baby whale playing on a great wave at daybreak.
2. James plays with trains and planes.
3. Jane bakes eight cakes.
4. James takes a cake from Jane's plate.
[ai] — [ei] (c) 1. The lake that I like is on the isle.
2. David baits his hook and a whiting bites it.
3. Save your pains, Mike.
4. Name the day, Myra.
Exercise IV. Read the tongue-twisters and learn them.
1. Three grey geese in a green field grazing.
Grey were the geese and green was the grazing.
2. There's no need to light a night light on a light night like tonight.
Exercise V.Read the dialogues, mark the stresses and tunes. Learn them. Act out the dialogues.
Все темы данного раздела:
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
In a Good School
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.
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.
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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