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7.Link [f, v, tʃ, dʒ, ʃ, s, z, θ, ð] to a following vowel.

-'What do you 'want to ‘do | when you 'leave ‘school?

-I want to 'move into a 'flat with some ‘friends.

-It’s 'less ex'pensive to live at ‘home.

-I’m 'going to give a ‘party.

-'Don’t ‘damage ‚anything!

-I’d 'like to 'buy myself a ‘sports car.

-'Don’t ‘crash into ‚anything!

-I 'want to catch a 'plane to 'South A‘merica.

-Ar'range a 'cheap‘flight!

-'What do‘you want to do | when you 'leave ‘school?

-I 'want to get a 'job in a 'large organi‘zation | and 'save 'all my ‘money.

8. Practise the following word combinations and phrases observ-

ing the linking [r].
'father–in–‘law	the 'Tower of ‘London
a 'lecture on ‘history	'German or ‘English
'ask for a ‘favour	'neither is ‘Ann
'closed or ‘open	'Arthur is ‘here.
'father and ‘mother	'neither are ‘we
'mother–in–‘law	the 'door is ‘open
a 'picture of a ‘city	the 'floor is ‘clean
'send for a ‘doctor	they are ‘easy
a 'glass or a ‘cup	the 'author of the ‘novel

9. Now read the sentences below. Mind the linking [r].

1.My car is here.

2.I can’t hear anything.

3.Peter is a teacher of English.

4.Is it your own computer?

4.There are many rivers in Russia.

5.There is a fly in my soup.

6.We have a seminar on Wednesday.

7.The teacher is in the classroom.

8.She has a shower every day.

9.How far is the station from here?

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10. Practice the lateral plosions (dl.., tl...)

little – kettle – settle – gentle – battle – brittle – metal – mental – total riddle – saddle – candle – noodle – medal – pedal – fiddle – poodle middle – handle – rattle – vital – cuddle – capital – paddle – subtle – puddle

It is vital for a gentleman to be subtle.

Gentlemen, let’s estimate the total capital gain from our Seattle metal factory sale.

Little Lily is so silly to fall in love with little Billy.

The noise of the pistols in the battle caused to cattle to be unsettled. For our bridal candle-lit supper we enjoyed Thai noodles.

V. INTONATION PATTERNS

PRACTICE 1

1. Listen to the dialogues paying attention to the intonation patterns. Repeat and role play.

Dialogue 1.

-Who’s that? Who’s that? -It’s me – Tom.

-Tom?

-Yes, Tom... Your grandson, from Canada.

-Oh, Tom! Come in! -This is my wife, Mary… -Oh, how do you do?

-…and these are our children – Jimmy and Ethel.

-Hello, Jimmy. Hello, Ethel. Well, this is a nice surprise.

Dialogue 2.

-Hello, Jane. -Hello, Richard. -Phew, what’s this? -It’s a Cadillac.

-Is it your car? -Well, no, no, it isn’t. -Whose car is it? -It’s Mr. Orson’s car.

-Mr. Orson?… Who’s he?

-He’s my boss. He’s a millionaire.

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Dialogue 3.

-Oh, yes, my husband’s wonderful.

-Really? Is he?

-Yes, he’s big, strong and handsome.

-Well, my husband isn’t very big or very strong …but he’s very intelligent.

-Intelligent?

-Yes, he can speak six languages.

-Can he? Which languages can he speak?

-He can speak French, Spanish, Italian, German, Arabic and Japanese.

-Oh!... My husband’s very athletic.

-Athletic?

-Yes, he can swim, ski, play football, cricket and rugby …

-Can he cook?

-Pardon?

-Can your husband cook? My husband can’t play sports but he is an excellent cook.

-Is he?

-Yes, and he can sew and iron. He is a very good husband.

-Really? Is he English?

Dialogue 4.

-Please, marry me, Fiona. I want you, I need you, I love you.

-I’m sorry, Charles, but I can’t.

-Oh, Fiona, why not?

-Well, Charles, I like you … I like you a lot ..., but I don’t love you.

-But Fiona, love isn’t everything.

-Oh, Charles, you don’t understand... For me love is everything.

-Do you love another man, Fiona?

-Yes, Charles, I do.

-Not James Milton!

-Yes, James Milton.

-But he doesn’t want you. He is engaged.

-I know.

-Fiona, James isn’t a rich man. I can give you everything. What do you want – clothes? Money? Travel? A big house?

-No, Charles, I don’t want those things. I only want James.

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PRACTICE 2

1. Read the phrases, following the marked intonation:

2. Read the phrases, pay attention to the rhythm:

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PRACTICE 3

Read the QUESTIONS with the rising or/and falling intonation.

General questions:	Special questions:
Do you come here often? ↑	What time is it? ↓
Did you go out last night? ↑	Who did you go out with? ↓
Do you know where it is? ↑	How much is a subway ticket? ↓

Tag questions:

You don’t smoke, do you? ↑

You don’t smoke, do you? ↓

Banks don’t open on Saturdays, do they? ↑

Banks don’t open on Saturdays, do they? ↓

We have met before, haven’t we? ↑

We have met before, haven’t we? ↓

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PRACTICE 4

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PRACTICE 5

PRACTICE 6

Study the enumeration quiz. Answer the questions, observing the listing intonation.

1. What meals do you have during the day?

Example: During the ˏday, I have ˏbreakfast, ˏbrunch, ˏlunch, some 'tea in the ˏafternoon and ˎdinner.

2.What school subjects did you like best?

3.What articles of furniture are there in your living room?

4.Name winter sports you’d like to go in for.

5.Name the 7 days of the week.

6.Can you count till 10 in another foreign language?

7.What are your favourite five colours?

8.What have you got in our handbag today?

9.What things do you put when laying the table?

10.What departments are there in your store?

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REVISION

Divide the sentences of the passage into tone-units. Mark sentence stress, pauses and the tones. Practise reading.

Airplanes are slowly driving me mad. I live near an airport and passing planes can be heard night and day.

The airport was built during the war but for some reason it could not be used then.

Last year, however, it came to use. Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise. I am one of the few people left.

Sometimes I think this house will be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been offered a large sum of money to go away but I am determined to stay here. Everybody says I must be mad and they are probably right.

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THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH

Find the reading of the poetry by native speakers on youtube.com Listen, read and recite the poems by heart.

Poetry from the UK

“The Seven Ages of Man”

(by William Shakespeare)

All the world's a stage,

And all the men and women merely players, They have their exits and entrances,

And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. Then, the whining schoolboy with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,

Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden, and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation

Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice In fair round belly, with good capon lin'd,

With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws, and modern instances, And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon,

With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side, His youthful hose well sav'd, a world too wide, For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice, Turning again towards childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history,

Is second childishness and mere oblivion,

Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.

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“My Heart's in the Highlands”

(Robert Burns)

My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands a–chasing the deer. A–chasing the wild deer, and following the roe; My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.

Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North The birth place of Valour, the country of Worth; Wherever I wander, wherever I rove,

The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.

Farewell to the mountains high cover'd with snow; Farewell to the straths and green valleys below; Farewell to the forests and wild–hanging woods; Farwell to the torrents and loud–pouring floods.

My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands a–chasing the deer Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe;

My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.

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“She walks in Beauty”

(by Lord Byron)

She walks in Beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellowed to that tender light Which Heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress,

Or softly lightens o'er her face;

Where thoughts serenely sweet express, How pure, how dear their dwelling–place.

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