6. This exercise is meant to test your ability to analyze and reproduce material for reading and retelling.

a). Read the jokes silently to make sure you understand each sentence. Find the sentence expressing the essence of the joke. Divide each phrase into intonation groups if necessary. Locate the communicative center of each sentence. Mark the stresses and tunes. Practise reading the joke.

b). Tell the joke in your own words.

A man dropped in to pay a friend an unexpected visit, and was amazed to find him playing chess with his dog. The man watched in silence for a minute, then burst out with “That’s the most incredible dog I ever saw in my life!” “ Oh, he isn’t so smart”, was the answer. “I’ve beaten him three games out of four!”

7. Listen to dialogue 42 from e.L.C. (Sports and Games)

a). Recognize the intonation pattern of each utterance, lay stresses and tone marks. Imitate and reproduce the dialogue in class.

b). Complete the following situations according to the dialogue. Check yourself against the key.

1. – What would you say are the most popular games in England today?

Pause.

Key: Well,| I suppose football| that is soccer| or rugger,| and cricket

2. – What about horse-racing?

Pause.

Key: I should say that is one of the most popular sports in Great Britain.

3. – Is there any golf to be had near London?

Pause.

Key: Oh, yes, any amount. There are dozens of good golf-links| within an hour or so of London.

4. – You ought to join a golf club if you’re keen on the game.

Pause.

Key: I think I shall  if I get the chance.

5. – By the way, | do you play billiards?

Pause.

Key: Well, I do, but of course,  I’m not a professional or a champion,| just an ordinary amateur,| and not a very good one at that.

c). Choose the pattern used in the dialogue for the response.

1. – What would you say are the most popular games in England today?

– Well, I suppose football  that is  soccer  or rugby, and cricket.

Well, I suppose football  that is soccer or rugby,  and cricket.

2. – What about horse-racing?

– I should say  that is one of the most popular sports in Great Britain.

I should say  that is one of the most popular sports in Great Britain.

3. – Is there any golf to be had near London?

– Oh, yes, any am ount. There are dozens of good golf-links  within an hour or so of London.

Oh, yes, any amount. There are dozens of good golf-links within an hour or so of London.

4. – You ought to join a golf club  if you’re keen on the game.

– I think I shall  if I get the chance.

I think I shall  if I get the chance.

5. – By the way, do you play billiards?

– Well, I do,  but of course, I’m not a pro fessional or a champion, | just an ordinary amateur, and not a very good one at that.

– Well, I do, but of course, I’m not a pro fessional or a champion, just an ordinary amateur, and not a very good one at that.

Keys:

1. a

2. b

3. a

4. b

5. a

d). Present the model narration according to the dialogue. Try to use the same intonation patterns.

e). Pick out of the dialogue sentences containing compound tunes and the logical stress.

f). Make up conversational situations about sport, using the following phrases:

What would you say were the most popular …?

Well, I suppose …

What about …?

I should say that …

I’ve been told that …

Is there any … to be had near …?

Oh, yes, any amount.

You should join if you’re keen on …

I think I shall if I get the chance …

By the way …

Well, I do, but …