2.2. Mother to daughter at home

ˆCatherine, I’m “never ˌgoing on a"nother school ‘trip as ˈlong as I _\\live. ˈSecond ˙form _\children, ˈsecond ˙form ˆkids. They should be ˆin a ˌZoo,│ ˌnot _\\visiting it. For ‘one ˌthing I ‚couldn’t “stop the little ˇdears ˌfeeding the _\animals│– "huge ‘notices wheˈrever you _\looked│“ˈDo ˙not ˈfeed the _\animals”. And ˈwhat did _\they do? "Stuffing ˙sandwiches through the “bars on every oc‘casion,│and ˆI ˙couldn’t ^↘run ˙up and ˙down the ˇbuilding “telling them ˌall to _\stop.

3.1. Mr. Higgins to Head of the committee in an office

– Good ‘morning, Mr. ‚Higgins! I’ve ˈcalled on you to dis‘cuss some ‚things conˈcerning the ˈcoming ˙compe‘tition. ˈTell me a˙bout your ˈprepa‘ration ˌfor it.

– We ^↘train three ˙times a ‘week. And the ^↘boys im˙prove each ‘time.

– "Give me ˈmore ‘details aˌbout it.

– ˌAndrew ‘Brown is ˌmaking ˌgood ‚progress. ¯He may ˌreach the ‘top one ‚day.

– ‘Well, ˈthings are ˈnot as ‚bad ¦ as ^↘I i‘magined. Be‘sides, you’ve ˌgot some ˈgood ‘boys. But ˈtell them to ‘work _\harder. Have ˈmore ‘training ˌsessions. ˈShow “skills in this ˌfield.

– I’ll ˈdo my ‚best, ˙sir.

3.2. Mr. Higgins to his colleague in an office

– ¯Hal‚lo, old ˙chap. ¯How are ‘things?

– ˌNot very ‚well. That ‘Peterson is going to take ^↘part in the ˙compe‘tition.

– ‘Don’t be up ‚set. ¯Your ‘boys are in good ‚form. ¯You’ve ‘got a ˌgood ˌchance of ‚winning.

– ˈHow can they ˙do ‘that?

– ¯Tell them to _\work ˌharder. ¯Have ˈmore ‘training ˌsessions. ¯Show your ˆskills in this ˌfield.

– ˈThanks for your sup‘port, ˌTom.

b) subject-matter of the conversation varied, social status of and relations between the speakers unchanged;

1.1. Two friends about the exams

– ˈWhat did you ˈthink of the e‘xams, ˌPete? ¯I ˌreckon they were ^↘dead ˇeasy.

– ˈMaybe they were ˈeasy enough for “you but they were ‘much too ˌhard for ˇme.

– ˌOh, "come ‚on. You’ve ˆprobably ‚done ˈbetter than you ‘think.

– _\No, I’m ˈdead ˙certain I’ve ‘failed in ‚Latin,│ and ˈmost ˙likely in ˇFrench and ˇHistory ‘tоо. ˌThank ˈgoodness it’s ˙all _\over ˌthough. We can for‘get aˌbout it ‚now,│ at ˌleast unˌtil the re_\\sults come ‚out.

– _\\Yes,│^↘now I can ^↘get ˙on with ^↘reading ^↘all the “books I’ve been “wanting to read for ˆmonths, but ‚haven’t ˈhad “time ˌfor it.

1.2. Two friends about the theatre

– >Well, ˈwhat did you ˙think of the _\play?

– I enˌjoyed "every ‘minute of it. ˈWhat did ‘you ˌthink of it?

– ¯I ‚thought it was ‘splendid. ¯I ˙haven’t ˈlaughed so ˙much for a ‘long ˌtime.

– ˈNeither have _\I. It was ex"tremely _\good.

– ‘Yes, ˆwasn’t it? ¯I ˌthought the ^↘acting was ‘excellent.

– ˈSo did _\I. The ˈwhole ‚thing was "first-‚rate from beˈginning to ‘end.

2.1. Two friends about the studies

– ¯I ˈhear your ˈtutors deˈcided to ˈgive you ˈthree tu‘torials in the ˈnext ‘week on the ˌsubject of Ob‘lomov.

– ‘Yes, ¯but I ‘can’t ˌsee how I can ˌfit all this ˌin with my ‘essays.

– ˆSurely your ˌtime-table doesn’t ˌtake up “all the ‚time “every ‚day.

– ˈI ˙don’t ˙see how I can ‘possibly ˌfit in as ˌmany as ^↘three tu˙torials in ^↘one ‘week. You ˈknow that the ˙extra hours of ‘language will be ˌgiven as ‘well.

– ¯Now I ‘don’t really ‚see how you ˙can ‘either. ¯But I sup^↘pose your ^↘tutor ˙gave you the ˌusual ˇplan which is comˇpulsory ¦ for a ˌstudent to perˇform│ at ˌleast ^↘seven tu^↘torials ^↘on Obˇlomov.