(ei]
1.Listen how the speaker on the tape pronounces the following
words:
aim, aid, day, bay, name, same, late, fate
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 [ei] are.
4. Now transcribe and read the following word contrasts. Concentrate on the difference in vowel length, mind that it affects the nucleus of the diphthong alone.
lay — lain — lake bay — bade — bake
gay — gaze — gate hay — haze — hate
5. Read the following sets of words. Tell the difference between
the opposed sounds.
áåé — bay; ëåé — lay; êëåé — clay; ðåéä — raid
4. Reading Matter.Listen how the speaker on the tape reads the phrases below.
A train is waiting at a railway station. It rained and rained on that gray April day. He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
7. Transcribe and intone the phrases above. Practise reading them at normal conversational speed.
[ai]
1. Listen how the speaker on the tape pronounces the following
words:
I, ice, my, by, time, five, like, kite
2. Read the words yourself. Mind that no glottal stop should be heard before the diphthong initial.
3. Listen carefully to your fellow-student reading the words of Ex. 1. Tell him what his errors in the articulation of [ai] are.
4. Now transcribe and read the following word contrasts. Concentrate on the difference in vowel length, mind it does not affect the glide.
lie — lied — light; die — died — dike
5. Read the following sets of words. Tell the difference between
the opposed sounds.
ìàé — my; äàé — die; ëàé — lie; òàéì — time
6. Reading Matter. Listen how the speaker on the tape reads the
phrases below.
A white kite is flying high in the sky. A stitch in time saves nine. I like to write to my wife and child.
7. Transcribe and intone the phrases above. Practise reading
them at normal conversational speed. j
[oi]
1. Listen how the speaker on the tape pronounces the following ,
words. Read the words yourself.
boy, toy, boil, coin, choice, voice, oil, oiler
2. Listen carefully to your fellow-student reading the words above. Tell him what his errors in the articulation of [oi] are.
3. Now transcribe and read the following word contrasts. Concentrate on the length of the nucleus of the diphthong. J
boy — boys — boyhood; toy — toys — toyshop 4
4. Read the following sets of words. Tell the difference between
the opposed sounds.
áîé — boy; ðîé — roy; ñîéêà — soil; áîéëåð — boiler
5. Reading Matter. Listen how the speaker on the tape reads the
phrases below.
The boy joined us with joy. Does this noise annoy those boys? Joyce enjoys annoying Roy.
6. Transcribe and intone the phrases above, practise reading
them at normal conversational speed.
1. Listen how the speaker on the tape pronounces the following
words:
so, go, tone, home, note, hope, old, only
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 {çè] are.
4. Now transcribe and read the following word contrasts. Concentrate on the length of the nucleus of the diphthong.
go — goal — goat foe — phone — photo row — road — wrote
5. Read the following sets of words. Tell the difference between
the opposed sounds.
êëîóí — close; coyc — soak; øîó — show
6. Reading Matter.Listen how the speaker on the tape reads the
phrases, and the limerick below.
A minute ago he spoke to Mr. Snow over the phone. Don't poke your nose into things»you don't know.
There was an Old Man with a nose
Who said, "If you choose to suppose
That my nose is too long,
You are certainly wrong!"
That remarkable man with a nose.
7. Practise reading the exercise above at normal conversational
speed. Concentrate your attention on the sound [çè].
(ao] 1. Listen how the speaker on the tape reads the following words. now, how, loud, proud, house, mouse, out, owl
2. Read the words yourself.
3. Listen carefully to your fellow-student reading the words of Ex. 1. Tell him what his errors in the articulation of the diphthong (au) are.
4. Now transcribe and read the following word contrasts. Concentrate on the length of the nucleus of the diphthong.
bow, how, bowed, howl, about, house
J>. Read the following sets of words. Tell the differences between the opposed sounds.
êàó÷óê — couch ôàóíà — found
ñêàóò — scout íîêàóò — knockout
6. Reading Matter. Listen how the speaker, on the tape reads a
piece of poetry.
Snow came in the night Without a sound Like a white cloud Trembling down to the ground.
(E. Merriam)
7. Transcribe and intone the verse above. Practise reading it at normal conversational speed.
8. Go through each line of the verse several times until you produce it rapidly and smoothly. Learn it by heart.
I»]
1. Listen how the speaker on the tape pronounces the following
words:
ear, earing, near, dear, nearer, rieriod, serious
2. Read the words yourself. Articulate them carefully.
3. Listen to your fellow-student reading the words of Ex. 1. Tell him what his errors in the articulation of the diphthong fia] are.
4. Reading Matter. Listen how the speaker on the tape reads the
phrases.
We are near the end of the year. Oh, dear! I hear the sky will be sunny and clear. The museum is near the theatre.
5. Transcribe and intone the phrases above. Practise reading
them yourself at normal conversational speed.
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[åç]
1. Listen how the speaker on the tape pronounces the following
words:
air, chair, care, chairs, dared, careful
2. Read the words yourself.
3. Listen carefully to your fellow-student reading the words of Ex. 1. Tell him what his errors in the articulation of [åý) are.
4. Reading Matter. Listen how the speaker on the tape reads the phrases below,
Sarah has fair hair. The boy went up one pair of stairs and there he found a teddy-bear.
5. Transcribe and intone the phrases above. Practise reading
them yourself at normal conversational speed.
[èç!
1. Listen how the speaker on the tape reads the following words.
poor, tour, poorer, tourist, curious, furious
2. Transcribe and read the words yourself.
3. Listen to your fellow-student reading the words of Ex. 1. Tell him what his errors in the articulation of the diphthong [èý] are.
4. Reading Matter. Listen to the speaker on the tape reading the following phrases.
Curious tourists. The jury were sure the poor man was innocent.
5. Transcribe and intone the phrases above. Practise reading
them at normal conversational speed.