Практическая фонетика английского языка просто о сложном. Учебное пособие

Lesson 3

9.The sergeant wants more armour and more cars for the army.

10.It is too dark to start the party.

11.The water is calm in the large harbour.

12.There is a rather large mark on his arm.

13.My grandfather was an artist and my father is an architect.

14.The sergeant told the guard to guard the car.

15.My father does karate in the yard.

16.It is a rather bizarre article about drama and art.

17.I started to take apart the charger.

18.It is rather hard to play a marble guitar.

[ɒ]

Другиеобозначения: [ɔ]

Краткийлабиализованныймонофтонгзаднегоряданизкогоподъемаширокой разновидности

БукваОвзакрытомслоге(II типчтения)

Вамериканскоманглийскомчитаетсякаккраткое[а].

По сравнению с русским [о] звук очень короткий, с минималь- ной артикуляцией – как будто намек на звук. Губы округлены, но не вытягиваются вперед.

Exercise 28

Read aloud the words.

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Phonograms

Homophones

Exercise 29

Read aloud the tongue-twisters.

1.John wants to stop watching horror films.

2.I often copy from my colleagues in the office.

3.To be honest, I am confident it is the wrong option.

4.Everybody wants a good doctor.

5.Top models often wear long socks.

6.Do not wash your dog in the pond!

7.Top quality cotton is so soft.

8.This hospital has got lots of foreign doctors.

9.I want my colleague to stop following me in the office.

10.We have a lot of problems with technology.

11.Oh God! I am so sorry about your dog.

12.We’ve obviously got the wrong one. Sorry.

13.I am sorry. It is not possible to contact the doctor till tomorrow.

14.I have got a job on a top quality project at the hospital.

15.John wants to do Geography in the college.

16.I want a solid block of chocolate.

17.I want to stop for coffee at a restaurant.

18.He probably wants to copy your product.

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Lesson 3

19.We lost the fox in the forest.

20.Ed Nott was shot and Sam Shott was not. So, it is better to be Shott than Nott. Some say Nott was not shot. But Shott says he shot Nott. Either the shot Shott shot at Nott was not shot, or Nott was shot. If the shot Shott shot shot Nott, Nott was shot. But if the shot Shott shot shot Shott, the shot was Shott, not Nott. However, the shot Shott shot shot not Shott – but Nott. So, Ed Nott was shot and that’s hot! Is it not?

[u:]

Долгийлабиализованныйдифтонгоидзаднегорядавысокогоподъемаузкой разновидности

ГласныйдиграфОО БукваU послеR иL

Частосочетаетсяс[j] – букваU воткрытомслогепроизноситсякак[ju:] (атакжевдиграфах, например, eu, ew).

Губы округлые, особенно в конце произнесения звука, но при этом не выдаются вперед (губы «уточкой», как в русском языке, – распространенная ошибка). Звук направлен вниз, как буд- то вы хотите выразить разочарование одним звуком.

Exercise 30

Read aloud the following words.

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[u:] after l, r, j

Initial

Phonograms

Exercise 31

Read aloud the tongue-twisters and the limerick.

[u: – ju:]

1.If a dog chews shoes, whose shoes does he choose?

2.A Tudor who tooted the flute tried to tutor two tooters to toot. Said the two to the tutor,

“Is it harder to toot or

to tutor two tooters to toot?”

3.How much juice does a fruit juice producer produce when a fruit juice producer produces fruit juice? We can deduce a fruit juice produces as much juice as a fruit juice produce can seduce from the fruit that produces juice.

4.There are two minutes difference from four to two to two to two, from two to two to two, too.

5.What to do to die today at a minute or two to two. A terribly difficult thing to say and a harder thing to do. A dragon will come and beat his drum Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-too at a minute or two to two today. At a minute or two to two.

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[u]

Краткийлабиализованныймонофтонгзаднегопродвинутоговпередрядавысоко- гоподъемаширокойразновидности

БукваU взакрытомслоге(II типчтения) – внекоторыхсловах, диграфОО– внекоторыхсловах

Губы слегка округлены, артикуляция минимальна. Очень ко- роткий звук, намек. Представьте, что вы заняты очень важным делом, погружены в приятную работу, и вдруг вас окликает кто- то близкий. Вы не хотите отрываться от работы, но, в то же вре- мя, показываете близкому, что вы его услышали и хотите узнать, в чем дело. Выразите эмоции с помощью одного короткого звука, произнесите с вопросительной интонацией.

Exercise 32

Read aloud the following words.

Exercise 33

Read aloud the tongue-twisters.

[u – u:]

1.A bully and brutal duke in a cruel mood took my football book.

2.He looks good in a hood.

3.I could push and you could pull.

4.I took the cushion from a good woman.

5.I am looking for a good book about wolves.

6.It would look good if you stood in the bush.

7.Put more sugar in the pudding.

8.Put the bull’s foot on the wooden hook.

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9.The woman stood and looked at the wolf.

10.This cushion is full of good wool.

11.I grew a few huge cucumbers in my youth.

12.It is a cute cartoon about a huge zoo.

13.Students want a solution to reduce pollution.

14.We canoed through the blue lagoon.

15.Revolutions usually produce new opportunities.

16.It is too humid to move.

17.Computers used to be truly huge.

18.I have a few excuses for losing the jewellery. Fools usually lose beautiful jewellery.

19.I saw a cute goose at the zoo.

20.What a beautiful, smooth blue jewel!

21.There is a huge queue to view the cool kangaroos at the zoo.

22.Cute cats usually get lots of views on Youtube.

23.This fuel is suitable for my cool new car.

24.You can make super juice from this fruit.

25.This new shampoo cost fifty-two roubles.

26.I threw the balloon through the blue hoop.

27.Humans produce truly super solutions.

28.Our school rules are stupid and confusing.

29.How many cookies could a good cook cook if a good cook could cook cookies? A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.

[ɜː]

Другиеобозначения: [ə:]

Долгийнелабиализованныймонофтонгсмешанногорядасреднегоподъемаузкой разновидности

БуквыE, I, U, Y вIII типечтения(гласная+ R)

Вамериканскоманглийскомпроизноситсякак[ɜːr].

Губыокруглые, ротприоткрыт, верхняягубавыгибаетсянаверх. Представьте, что за 10 см до поцелуя вас вдруг пронзает резкая

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Lesson 3

боль в пояснице и портит всю романтику момента и вы выражаете свою боль и разочарование одним звуком.

Точно такой же звук есть во французском языке.

Exercise 34

Read the words with IR.

Read the words with UR.

Exercise 35

Read aloud the tongue-twisters.

[ɜː]

1.I am allergic to fur and birds. Urban birds get on my nerves.

2.There are lots of churches and birch trees in Germany.

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3.The turtles in the circus made me nervous.

4.German girls like T-shirts and short skirts, so I flirted with the German girl. Now I am searching a perfect pearl for my German girlfriend. Perfect girls deserve pearls and fur.

5.This is worse than the first version.

6.Work is the worst word in the world.

7.A perfect girl worships in my church.

8.These are the worst herbs in the world.

9.I am certain the surfer was murdered.

10.I got a fur shirt for my thirtieth birthday.

11.He hurt the girl on purpose.

12.The curtains are perfect, but the furniture is the worst. It was absurd to purchase that furniture. I would prefer to return the furniture.

13.The nurse purchased a dessert for the surgeon.

14.It is urgent as it is Myrtle’s birthday on Thursday.

15.How much myrtle would a wood turtle hurdle if a wood turtle could hurdle myrtle? A wood turtle would hurdle as much myrtle as a wood turtle could hurdle if a wood turtle could hurdle myrtle.

16.A nurse anesthetist unearthed a nest.

[ɜʊ]

Другиеобозначения: [əʊ], [ɔʊ]

Дифтонг. Ядро– лабиализованныйгласныйсмешанногорядасреднегоподъема узкойразновидности.

БукваОвзакрытомслоге(II типчтения) Буквосочетаниеold [ɜʊld]

Губы округлые, но не вытягиваются вперед. Начните произ- носить краткий [ɒ] и соскользните на краткий [ʊ]. Потренируй- тесь произносить с разными интонациями – междометие Oh! [ɜʊ] в английском языке может передавать широкую палитру эмоций. В художественной литературе можно встретить при- меры активного слушания, когда один персонаж говорит мно- го длинных реплик, а второй всего лишь вставляет в нужные

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моменты “Oh!” с разной интонацией, побуждая первого к более подробному рассказу.

Exercise 36

Read aloud the words.

Phonograms

Homophones

Exercise 37

Read aloud the tongue-twisters and the rhyme.

[ɜʊ]

1.He sold his soul for a bowl of gold.

2.The old goat followed me home when I was going slowly along the narrow road full of holes. Though I was told not to go so close to those old goats, I am fond of this goat and I hope the goat will not be sold.

3.I broke my elbow, a bon in my shoulder and my toe!

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4.Both of my phones are totally broken.

5.Joe borrowed a yellow boat to go along the coast in Poland. I know that Joe wrote a poem about that yellow boat.

6.The ghost was holding my old coat.

7.She wrote a note to the heroic soldiers.

8.Sherlock Holmes noticed some yellow smoke.

9.I do not know which photo to post!

10.Do not show those boats to the soldiers.

11.The October is so cold that the coast road is closed. I suppose you will be cold in those old clothes.

12.Who holds Joe’s nose when he blows? Joe knows.

13.No nose knows like a gnome’s nose knows.

14.(*) A tree toad loved a she-toad, Who lived up in a tree.

He was a three-toed tree toad, But a two-toed toad was she.

The three-toed tree toad tried to win, The two-toed she-toad’s heart,

For the three-toed tree toad loved the ground, That the two-toed tree toad trod.

But the three-toed tree toad tried in vain. He couldn’t please her whim.

From her tree toad bower, With her two-toed power, The she-toad vetoed him.

[ɒ – ɜʊ]

How much pot, could a pot roast roast, if a pot roast could roast pot.

Additional exercise 2

Read aloud the words.

Homographs

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