- •Міністерство освіти та науки, молоді та спорту України
- •Preface
- •Organs of speech
- •How to Read Vowel Letters
- •How to Read Consonant Letters
- •Vowel sounds
- •Sound [I:]
- •In a cafe: 'It's cheaper to eat at Marguerite's'
- •Sound [I:]
- •Three interesting films
- •Sounds in contrast [I:] - [ɪ]
- •Busy in the Kitchen
- •Weeding's Not for Me!
- •Sound [e]
- •Friends
- •Sound [X]
- •A Bad Day
- •More Bad Luck
- •Sounds in contrast [æ] - [e]
- •An Expensive Holiday
- •A Bad Hijacker
- •The End of the Adventure
- •Crackle, Crackle, Galactic Static
- •Sound [a]
- •She doesn’t love him
- •Sound [r]
- •At a party
- •Sounds in contrast [ʌ] – [a:]
- •Making a Pass at Martha
- •Sound [p]
- •Advertisement for 'On wash'
- •Sports report from Radio Station 4
- •Sounds in contrast [ɒ] – [ɔ:]
- •Fawns, Horses And a Tortoise
- •I'm Afraid I Think I'm Lost
- •Sound [з:]
- •The worst nurse
- •How's My Pert Little Turtledove?
- •Sound [V]
- •A lost book
- •Sound [h]
- •The two rudest students in the school
- •Sounds in contrast [ʋ] - [u:]
- •Where Are You, Hugh?
- •Miss Woodfulľlł Be Furious!
- •Sound [q]
- •Sound [eI]
- •At the railway station
- •Sound [aI]
- •Heidi, Caroline and Nigel
- •Selfish
- •2. Mike, Myra and Violet
- •Sound [oi]
- •Joyce Royal's Rolls Royce
- •A Painting of a Boy
- •James Doyle and the Boilermakers' Strike
- •Sound [aV]
- •Mouse in the House
- •Ouch! That Hurts
- •Sound [qV]
- •Snow in October
- •Sounds in contrast [аʋ] — [зʋ]
- •Howard's Found an Owl
- •No Wonder the Boat Was Low!
- •Sound [Iq]
- •A bearded mountaineer
- •Sound [eq]
- •A pair of hairclips
- •Sounds in contrast [ɛə] - [iə]
- •It's Eerie in Here
- •Revisoin
- •Consonant sounds
- •Sound [p]
- •Passports, Please
- •Sound [b]
- •Happy Birthday
- •Baby Bobby
- •Brandy in the Baby's Bottle!
- •A Bit of Beef at the Picnic
- •Sound [t]
- •In the Department Store
- •Tall Trees
- •Sound [d]
- •Damaged telephone line
- •I'm Sorry, But...
- •3. [T]-[d]
- •4. Silent t Silent d
- •Waiting for Templetons
- •All Dressed Up like á Dog's Dinner
- •Sound [k]
- •The Cuckoo Clock
- •Sound [g]
- •George and Maggie's answering machine
- •3. [K] - [g]
- •4. Silent k before n Silent g
- •Guests in August
- •Eggs from the Greek Grocer
- •Cash in the Ice-Cream Carton
- •Sound [s]
- •It's expensive
- •Sally Speaks Spanish, But Not Very Well
- •How's His English?
- •Sound [z]
- •Surprises in the post office
- •Sounds in contrast [s] – [z]
- •The Zoology Exam's on Thursday
- •A Sweet Siamese Student
- •The Smile of a Snake
- •A Special Washing Machine
- •Sound [s]
- •A special washing machine
- •Sh! Baby's Sleeping!
- •Sound [tS]
- •At the butcher's shop
- •Life Is a Question of Choice or Chance?
- •Which Do You Prefer?
- •Sound [z]
- •Sound [dZ]
- •A dangerous bridge
- •Big Mouth John Brown
- •Sounds in contrast [ʒ] – [ʤ]
- •George Churchill
- •George's Jaw
- •Sound [f]
- •A funny photographer
- •Sound [V]
- •A fine view
- •Sounds in contrast [f] — [V]
- •A Fine, Flashy Fox Fur
- •Sound [w]
- •A walk in the woods.
- •It's Got to be Somewhere
- •What Are You Going to Do at Two?
- •Wake Up! Wake Up!
- •Sounds in contrast [V] - [w]
- •A Visit to Vladivostok
- •Rowena, Are You Awake?
- •Twenty Foreign Visitors
- •Sound [j]
- •Not so stupid
- •Sound [h]
- •A horrible accident
- •Sounds in contrast [h] - no [h]
- •Sound [t]
- •Gossips
- •Sound [d]
- •The Hat in the Window
- •Sounds in contrast [ɵ] - [ð]
- •My Birthday's on Thursday
- •I'd Rather Be a Mother Than a Father
- •Sound [m]
- •Mum's Muffins
- •Meet Me in the Morning
- •Do You Know Mary?
- •Sound [n]
- •At an accommodation agency
- •Sounds in contrast [n] - [m]
- •3. [N] - [m]
- •4. Silent n
- •Mum's Crumpets
- •Sound [n]
- •Noisy Neighbours
- •Sounds in contrast [n] - [ŋ]
- •A King and a Song
- •Sound [l]
- •Early for Lunch at the Office Canteen
- •Sound [r]
- •A Proud Parent
- •Personal Questions
- •Sounds in contrast [l] - [r]
- •A Spoilt Little Boy in a Bicycle Shop
- •A Lovely Little Lion
- •The Respective Merits of Frogs and Rabbits
- •A Dreadful Train Crash
- •Зміст самостійної роботи студентів і семестр
- •Іi семестр
- •Зміст індивідуально-дослідних завдань і семестр
- •Іi семестр
- •Зразок мкр Consonants. Phonetic Phenomena.
- •Contents
The two rudest students in the school
MISS LUKE: (l) Good afternoon girls.
GIRLS: (2) Good afternoon, Miss Luke.
MISS LUKE: (4) This afternoon we're going to learn how to cook soup. (5) Turn on your computers and look at unit twenty-two.
LUCY: (2) Excuse me, Miss Luke.
MISS LUKE: (l) Yes, Lucy?
LUCY; (2) There's some chewing gum on your shoe.
MISS LUKE: (5) Who threw their chewing gum on the floor? Was it you, Lucy?
LUCY: (2) No, Miss Luke. It was Susan.
MISS LUKE: (l) Who?
LUCY: (2) Susan Duke.
SUSAN: (3) It wasn't me, stupid. It was Julie.
JULIE: (1) It was you!
SUSAN: (8) It wasn't me! My mouth's full of chewing gum. Look, Miss Luke!
JULIE: (4) Stop pulling my hair, Susan. It was you!
SUSAN: (l) YOU!
JULIE: (1) YOU!
MISS LUKE: (11) Excuse me! lf you two continue with this rudeness, you can stay
after school instead of going to the pool.
Sounds in contrast [ʋ] - [u:]
Read the following words paying special attention to correct pronunciation.
1. [ʋ]
2. [u:]
3. [ʋ]- [u:]
wood
look
flu
shoot
look — Luke
hood
cook
woo
loop
pull — pool
good
book
two
boot
full — fool
could
took
who
loose
book — boot
would
shook
pool
moose
took — tooth
should
rook
fool
tooth
foot — food
pudding
foot
cool
fruit
cook — cool
sugar
put
food
nook — noon
bull
puss
noon
hook — who
full
soot
moon
wool
hook
goose
stool
Read the following sense-groups, mind the rhythm and intonation.
(a) book; cookery-book; look at the cookery-book; the cook looks at the cookery-book.
(b) spoon; a wooden spoon; a good wooden spoon; a good blue wooden spoon; choose a good blue wooden spoon.
Transcribe and intone the following sentences. Practise reading them in pairs.
[ʋ] (a). 1. It looks good.
2. She puts some sugar in the pudding.
3. Could you help the woman if you could?
4. A book about woodwork? What about "Woodwork for Beginners" by Peter Bull?
[u:] (b) 1. Hugh's tooth is loose.
2. Hugh shoots a moose and loses his loose tooth.
3. Ruth can't say boo to a goose.
[ʋ] — [u:] (с) 1. Could I have some fruit juice?
2. This foolish, bookish Duke is too full of good food to move a foot.
3. Look at Luke pulling a poor fool out of the pool in the wood.
4. Look at this blue woolen suit. It's good, isn't it? Yes, it looks good.
Read the tongue-twister and learn it.
How much wood would a wood-chuck chuck
If a wood-chuck could chuck wood?
Complete the following sentences working in pairs.
1. — Could you cook a gooseberry pudding without putting sugar in? — No, I couldn't cook a gooseberry pudding without putting sugar in.
2. — Could you pull a camel who was miserable, looked awful and said he didn't want to travel, all the way from Fulham to Naples? — No, I couldn't pull ...
3. — Could you walk through a wood, knowing it was full of horrible wolves, and not pull your hood up and wish you didn't look edible? — No, I couldn't walk ...