(♦Tail)
Stimulus Response
Do you think I should Mightn't it be better to wait?
ring him?
I hate the thought of Ought we to delay it any
spring cleaning. longer, though?
Pattern Six. (Low Pre-Head +) Sliding Head (+ High Falls) + High Fall (+Tail)
Stimulus Response
What a nice stamp! Mind you don't spoil it getting
it off.
Why on earth didn't she I can't understand it.
come?
Pattern Nine*. (High Pre-Nucleus +) High Fall (+Tail)
Stimulus Response
This surface is terribly rough. Use sandpaper on it.
Thanks very much. Don't mention it, my dear
fellow.
3. In the talk below the man is showing a relative round his town. He sounds very polite. Listen carefully to the talk and concentrate your attention on the intonation of the response. Make up conversational situations and act them with your fellow-student. Try to sound polite.
— Excuse me. Could you tell me the way to the station?
— Certainly. Catch a fifty-one bus.
— Well I really wanted to walk.
— Turn right at the corner.
— The one up the road?
— Yes. Look for the Westminster Bank.
— Yes I think I can remember that.
Ref Note on page 344.
— Cross over the railway bridge.
— Mmm. And then?
— Turn left right there.
— All right. Then?
— Euston Station's on your left.
— But I wanted Paddington Station.
— Let's start again.
4. Read the dialogue silently, underline the communicative center in each phrase and decide what attitude should be expressed in it. Mark the stresses and tunes, keeping the attitude constantly in mind. It is not expected that each member of the class will mark the dialogue in exactly the same way. Practise reading your corrected variant. Memorize the dialogue and act it with your fellow-student.
— What's.that building?
— That's the new hospital.
— Very modern.
— Built in nineteen sixty.
— Oh, yes. And what's that ugly-looking church over there?
— All Saints.
— I suppose it's very old.
— Yes, Christopher Wren built it.
— Oh. When was that built?
— Sixteen eighty.
— Oh, well I don't like it even if it is three hundred years old.
GROUP 111. THE RISE-FALL
.a. Listen to the stimulus and respond to it in the interval. Make your voice rise from a fairly low to a high pitch and then fall quickly to a very low note when pronouncing the Rise-Fall.
b. Pronounce each response several times until it sounds perfectly natural to you.
ñ Listen to a fellow-student reading the responses. Tell him what his errors in intonation are.
Pattern One. (Low Pre-Nucleus +) Rise Fall (+ Tail)
Model: Shall we try the I've already ë done it.
crossword?
Stimulus Response
Was it well acted? Surprisingly well.
You may take one of the Well, but which, may 1 ask?
books.
Pattern Two. (Low Pre-Head +) Falling Head + Rise Fall (+ Tail)
Model: Of course he'll agree. ^That's what you A think.
Stimulus Response
Did you finish it? It took more time than I had
expected.
I've never seen you so How would you have liked it.
annoyed.
Pattern Three. (Low or High Pre-Head +) High (Medium) Level Head + Rise-Fall (+ Tail)
Model: Shall we invite Paul ~* Let's invite ë both of them. or Mary?
Stimulus Response
Did you like it? I simply hate it.
I won't hear of your buying one. Why not, for Heaven's sake?