1.Listen how the speaker on the tape reads the following words.
easy, eager, sea, tea, seem, please, meat, weak
2. Read the words yourself. Pay attention to the vowel initial. No glottal stop should be heard before it.
3. Listen carefully to your fellow-student reading the words of Ex. 1. Tell him what his errors in the articulation of [i:] are.
4. Now transcribe and read the following word contrasts. Concentrate on the difference in vowel length.
me — meal — meat tea — team — teeth
fee — feed — feet lea — leave — leaf
5. Read the following sets of words. Tell the difference between
the opposed vowels.
áèò — beat; ñèò — seat; ìèë — meal
6. Reading Matter.Listen how the speaker on the tape reads the
phrases below.
They keep their streets clean. These trees need heat to keep them green. Each teacher needs to be free to teach as he pleases.
7. Transcribe and intone the phrases above. Practise reading
them at normal conversational speed.
[i] - [LJ 1. Transcribe and read the following word contrasts. Make as clear distinction as possible between the quality of the vowels [i] and [i:].
pill — peal; sin — seen; slip — sleep; sit — seat
2. Say what articulatory features of the vowels [i and [i:J differentiate the meaning of the words above.
3. Reading Matter.Listen how the speaker on the tape reads the phrases below.
She sits in the pit having one of the cheapest seats. I'm feeling a bit chilly. It isn't easy to please Lizzy. Fish and chips are cheap and easy to eat.
4. Go through each sentence several times until you produce it
rapidly and smoothly.
[IK]
1. Listen how the speaker on the tape pronounces the following
words.
do, who, rule, move, roof, group
2. Read the words yourself.
3. Listen carefully to your fellow-student reading the words of Ex. 1. Correct his errors in the articulation of [u:].
4. Now transcribe and read the following word contrasts. Concentrate on the difference in vowel length.
cue — queued — cute; you — use (v) — use (n)
5. Read the following sets of words. Tell the difference between
the opposed vowels.
ðóëü — rule; ñòóë — stool; ãðóïï — group; ñóï — soup
6. Reading Matter.Listen how the speaker on the tape reads the
phrases below.
Hugh's tooth is loose. Sue is beautiful. I'd like some fruit juice.
7. Transcribe and intone the sentences above. Practise reading
them at normal conversational speed.
M-lu:]
1. Transcribe and read the following word contrasts. Make as
clear distinction as possible between the quality of the vowels
[u] and [u:J.
pull — pool; full — fool; should — shooed; would — wooed
2. Say what articulatory features of the vowels (u] and [u:l differ
entiate the meaning of the words above.
3. Reading Matter.Listen how the speaker on the tape reads the
dialogue below.
A: Could you get my cookery book from the bathroom?
B: The bathroom? That's a curious place for a cooking
book.
A: I usually plan the cooking in the bath. It's soothing, and
it puts me in a good mood for the actual cooking.
B: Good for you.
4. Practise reading the dialogue above. Go. through each sen
tence several times until you produce it rapidly and smoothly.