Sounds in contrast [ɒ] – [ɔ:]

42. Read the following words paying special attention to correct pronunciation.

    ı. [ɒ]		2. [ɔ:]			3. [ɒ] - [ɔ:]
    nod	top	or	lord	short	cock — cork
    cod	stop	nor	ford	port	fog — fork
    rod	mop	for	board	sort	pot — port
    odd	cop	bore	horn	sport	Bob — born
    dog	copy	tore	torn	fork	Polly — Paul
    job	boss	core	born	force	wad — ward
    Bob	not	folklore	corn	ought	cod — cord
    Tom	cock	thaw	form	bought	odd — lord
    golf	stock	saw	storm	thought
    fog	lock	jaw	reform	autumn
    lost	dock	law	warm	daughter
    loss		war	order	taught
    			all	naughty

43. Read the following sense-groups, mind the rhythm and intonation.

(a) a dog; a hot dog; a big hot dog; a nice big hot dog.

(b) a bottle; a water bottle; a hot water bottle; don't warm a hot water bottle.

(c) horses; four horses; drawn by four horses; was drawn by four horses; the cart he bought was drawn by four horses.

(d) the horse; the cart before the horse; always puts the cart before the horse; Gordon always puts the cart before the horse.

44. Transcribe and intone the following sentences. Practise reading them.

[ɒ] (a) 1. Polly wants her coffee strong.

2. Dolly wants an office job.

3. Was it not possible to stop Tom and Bob?

4. Polly's gone to the wrong shop.

5. John's dog Tobby got lost.

[ɔ:] (b) 1. Any port in a storm.

2. The calm before the storm.

3. New Lords, new laws.

4. Pride comes before a fall.

5. To put the cart before the horse.

6. A tall order.

7. You can take a horse to the water, but you can't make it drink.

8. Forewarned is forearmed.

9. All the more so.

[ɒ] — [ɔ:] (c) 1. Olive watches John put a locked strong box on a yacht in a lock at the docks.

2. Gordon wants forty-four copies of the documents.

3. Yesterday John made four copies but Bob poured a cup of coffee all over them.

4. Paul and George, stop talking.

5. Cora and Polly adore small talk.

45. Read the tongue-twisters and learn them.

1. Of all the saws I ever saw

I never saw a saw saw as this saw saws.

2. Knott and Shott fought a duel.

Knott was shot and Shott was not.

It was better to be Shott than Knott.

46. Read the dialogues, mark the stresses and tunes. Learn them. Act out the dialogues.

Fawns, Horses And a Tortoise

Paul: Any more of these awful autumn storms, George, and we'll be short of corn. I ought to have bought some more in Northport.

George: This morning, just before dawn, I thought I saw signs of a thaw.. I was sure...

Paul: Ssh! Behind that door there are four fawns that were born in the storm. They're all warm in the straw now.

George: Poor little fawns! Paul, what's that snorting next door?

Paul: Those are the horses' stalls. They're snorting at my daughter's tortoise. It always crawls around in the straw.

George: If Claud saw us walking across his lawn... He's an awful bore about his lawn. Oh, Lord, we're caught! There is Claud! Now we're for it!