Tape Unit 18. Intonation – extracts from conversation.

The following extracts are from the same recorded conversations as were used in Tape Unit 14. Each extract will be heard three times, with four or five seconds between repetitions. Mark the intonation; the instructions for how to do this are given in the text for Tape Unit 17, Exercise 4. In addition, for numbers 10-16 you will need to use the vertical line | to separate tone-units. You should expect this tape to be more difficult than previous intonation tapes.

Transcription

ONE-TONE UNITS

it looks like a French magazine

the television is plugged in

does your colander have a handle

('s) a flap on it

you tell me about yours

well dark hair

more than halfway

but er not in the other corners

a sort of Daily Sketch format newspaper

TWO TONE-UNITS

on the top of the lid

well they’re on alternate steps they’re not on every step

what about the vent at the back

and a lady’s handbag hanging on a nail on the wall

you do the left hand bit of the picture and I’ll do the right hand bit

were being very particular but we just haven’t hit upon one of the differences yet

THREE TONE-UNITS

and what about your television two knobs in the front