Listening Challenge
..pdfCxercise 3. Listen and repeat the uuords containing different vouuel sounds.
/л -а :-а ± -а и / encouragement steadfast disciple
tithe pouch
/X - i:-± 9 / guinea pig conceit sweetheart endearment persevere
O O : O ± - 0 U / |
/ U - u : - U 9 / |
providence |
woodwork |
exhaustion |
breakthrough |
loyality |
roots |
boisterous |
rural |
atonement |
endurance |
/е - аз- з:-е±-еэ/
integrity affluence attorney attainment prayer
Cxercise 4. Listen again, minding the length and the rhythmical structure of each uuord.
exercise 5. Listen and uurite each uuord under the appropriate Russian stressed vouuel
symbol of the uuords you hear.
/ и / |
/ у / |
/ о / |
/ э / |
/ а / |
Perl Three |
U n it 5 |
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Cxercise 6. Listen to the sentences beloui. Pay attention to the underlined tuords.
The buck does funny things when the does are present.
A seamstres and a sewer fell down into a sewer lie.
To help with planting, the farm er taught his sow how to sow .
The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
Cxercise 7. Listen and read the ujords uuhich have different frequencies of usage. Try and sort out the uuords into the follouuing groups: very frequent and frequent (FRB), fairly frequent (FC), rare (FD€).
FAB |
FC |
FDE |
Cxercise 8. Listen and repeat the sentences. Pay attention to the foct that the same word can have a stressed or an unstressed position in different phrases.
1.Trim sponge to fit base of tine tightly.
2.A press-wheel behind the tine helps a lot.
3. Glancing at him she could see that he was th o u g h tfu l.
4.She hesitated, glancing again at the food.
5.The floor was covered in woven woollen rugs.
6.He wore a thick woollen coat all the time.
7.But the drudgery of doing housework is awful.
8.Travel is an escape from the drudgery of life.
9.The judge allowed it to be treated as inheriting in the legacy.
10.The right of inheriting in their property remained.
11. Then she ate the marshmallows I had brought.
12. Uncle Sam brought out a box of m arshm allows. 13. Her voice repudiated any further discussion. 14. He later repudiated this position.
1. W hat I look for is strength in a woman.
2. He’s so charming that you start to believe that may be you might have a shot with him, if only you could manage to form coherent sentences in his presence.
3. Often, a girl won't say something nice because she feels like she has to say something cutting to prove that she's tough.
4 .1can totally appreciate everything that's going on, which may not have been the case if I had started when I was 18.
5.Turn 45 degrees off center and lean in towards the camera a bit to give your body a sleeker silhouette.
6.I'm passionate about yoga practice because it works.
7 .1think you get married when you're ready to commit yourself.
8.My wife tells me I haven't looked this good in years.
9.We've noticed several stars wearing headbands in a sexy way.
10.If you want to wear this style a lot, you can also buy tapered jeans that are made to fit into boots.
11.If you have lackluster locks, slip this shiny pink pin into your tresses so they'll twinkle
all day.
12.When she turned around, I discovered she was one of the ladies who worked in the
canteen.
13.We talked while we were moving our stuff to the dryers, and she asked me to watch over her belonging so she could make a call.
14 .1introduced myself, but she was unresponsive, so I kept chatting to try to impress her.
Exercise 10. Listen to the 88C programme.
Cxercise 11. Listen to the parable by Paulo Coelho «The UUeepIng Sand».
• Love s u f f e r s long and is kind;
•Love does not envy;
•Love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
•Love does not behave rudely, does not seek its own;
•Love is not provoked, thinks no evil;
•Love does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth.
•Love bears all things, believes all things,
hopes all things and endures all things;
• Love never fails.
Test Three
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Listen to the text «П Sunday in London» by Washington Irving and try to |
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Now listen to the text again and identify which of the statements are true. Please
correct the false ones.
1.It was in the country.
2.The intolerable din and struggle of the week are at an end.
3.The charity scholars were in uniforms of modern cut
4.The morning service is at an end.
5.Members of the family are separated by the laborious occupations of the week.
6.There is nothing delightful to throw himself upon the green bosom of nature.
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Final Test
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