Solomon Grundy Thirty days

Solomon Grundy, Thirty days have September,

Born on Monday, April, June and November,

Christened on Tuesday, All the rest have thirty-one;

Married on Wednesday, February has twenty-eight alone,

Ill on Thursday, Excepting leap-year, that’s the time

Worse on Friday, When February’s days are twenty-nine.

Died on Saturday,

Buried on Sunday,

That was the end

of Solomon Grundy

 

Before reading the text practice the sounds in the following words and word combinations:

Ex. 10.5 (a).

/iː/ – see, receive, read, needn’t, please, tea

/æ/ – Saturday, Sandford, glad, can, family, thank, have

/e/ – enter, present, let, anything, pleasure, well

/ɒ/ – knock, what, doctor, clock

Ex. 10.5 (b).

Nasal plosion – needn’t, certainly

No devoicing before voiceless consonants – his study, have tea

No voicing before voiced consonants – let’s go, this way

Loss of plosion – glad to see you, sit down, what can I do, like to have it

No glottal stop – Saturday afternoon, Sandford is in, come in, what is it, show him in, Mr. White enters

Phonetic notes:

1) Вводное слово well (Parenthesis Well), употребляемое в начале предложения, часто образует самостоятельную интонационную группу и произносится восходящим тоном.

Например: ͵Well, Mr. White, ∣ it’s ⃗five o’､clock.

2) Восклицательные предложения (Exclamations),обычно произносятся нисходящим тоном, будучи эмоционально окрашенными – при несколько расширенном диапазоне.

Например: ˋCertainly!

3) Предлог, следующий за последним ударным словом интонационной группы (Preposition after the Nucleus),имеет полную нередуцированную форму.

Например: What can I do for you? /ˈwɒt kǝnaɪˈduːfɔːjuˑ/