2. Try to pronounce the following tongue-twisters.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
3. Read more about The Beatles and complete the text with the Past perfect.
1. play
2. become
3. change
4. introduce
5. experiment
6. record
7. sell
8. make
9. win
A (very short) history of THE BEATLES
The Beatles were probably the most important pop and rock group of all time. They were together for only eight years, but their influence has lasted much longer.
The Beatles came from Liverpool, England. They started playing together in I962, although Paul McCartney and John Lennon _1______________ together in another group. They started by playing rock 'n' roll songs, but they quickly developed their own style. By I963, they_2____________ Britain's top rock group. A year later they toured the United State, where they attracted millions of fans.
By the time The Beatles broke up in 1970, they _3___________ the nature of rock and pop music.They_4_____________ new sounds and rhythms and they_5____________with different types of musical instruments. They_6____________hundreds of songs and they _7______________ millions and millions of records.
The_8_____________ many films and _9______________ many awards for their music.
Today, Beatles songs are still famous all over the world.
4. Learn the words of the famous song “Yesterday” (Beatles)
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday
Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me
oh, yesterday came suddenly
Why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
oh, I believe in yesterday
Why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
oh, I believe in yesterday, Mm
Перевод песни
Автор: М. Подберезский (Вольный перевод)
Я вчера огорчений и тревог не знал,
Я вчера еще не понимал,
Что жизнь – не легкая игра...
Без тебя жизнь моя трудней день ото дня,
И сегодня вспоминаю я о том,
Что потерял вчера.
Нет, нам не найти, кто же прав, кого винить.
Нет к тебе пути,
Нам вчера не возвратить...
Без тебя я не буду счастлив никогда,
И не раз печально вспомню я о том,
Что потерял вчера.
LESSON 3
I. Phonetics
1. Study the table
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Возникает в закрытых слогах при следующих буквосочетаниях:
Примечание: в отдельных случаях сочетание o + r после w даёт этот звук: word [wε:d], work [wε:k] |
ə |
Нейтральный звук дают большинство неударных гласных/сочетаний гласных: famous [feiməs], computer [kəmpju:tə] |