Phonetic difficulties
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Read the following. Mind the shifting of word stress.
Read the following numerals.
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HOME PHONETIC EXERCISES IV
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1. Study the intonation of dialogue prose.
Modek 1.
Ex. 2. Practise the following stress patterns.
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3. Practise the following.
1. Can you come to lunch today? 2. Do you have enough money for the trip? 3. I spoke to him this morning. 4. George plays football every Saturday afternoon. 5. Did you leave the office at four? 6. Both of them speak English well. 7. I left your papers with the secretary.
HOME PHONETIC EXERCISES V
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1. Read the following according to the models.
1. The woman who fetches the children from school has left for several days. 2. The shop that sells vegetables and fruit is a short way down the street. 3. The idea that so suddenly came to his head is really wonderful. 4. The arrangement you told me about is quite all right for both of us. 5. The plane he had to go by was a new model. 6. The incident everybody is talking about happened a few days ago. 7. The way by which he was to return runs through a forest. 8. The film you are so eager to see is still on. 9. The moment he entered the room he started arguing. 10. The morning I was to see her off the weather was awful.
1. He stopped to look at the pictures that were in the shop window. 2. They decided to send for Dr. Franklin who had known their mother for years. 3. She was greatly upset by the news she had heard. 4. I’ve forgotten the name of the place he wrote from. 5. He gave us a very good description of the places he had visited. 6. That was the first day he was able to walk after his illness. 7. She was looking over the books she was to choose from. 8. I expect you to follow the instructions I’ve given you.
Ex. 2. Read the following according to the n.odel. Mind the accidental rise.
STUDY THE INTONATIONS OF THE FOLLOWING DIALOGUES
DISCUSSION OF BOOKS AND THEATRE
1St Speaker
What’s that book you’ve got there?
Oh, I’ve seen it performed on the stage. Is the book interesting?
Why? Too old-fashioned?
2 Nd Speaker
It’s an English book that I’m reading — “Pickwick Papers” by Charles Dickens.
Very! But the style is a bit difficult.
Not exactly. Still, it’s not modern colloquial Englis* you know.
Then why read it?
That’s true.
Yes, they’re magnificent in the play too. The play is really a work of art.
I’ll tell you what. You let me take the book, and I’ll get tickets for both of us for the play. I shouldn’t mind seeing it again at all.
Well, you see, the characters are wonderfully done.
Well, you see, the characters are wonderfully done.
And you get a wonderful picture of the England of Pickwick’s time. But, of course, the main thing is the characters.
I wonder if the play is like the book. But, of course, you wouldn’t know.
By all means. It will be fine if we’ve both read the book beforehand.