- •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
Selfish
This is mine!
That's yours!
Don't touch mine!
Get your own!
This is mine!
That's yours!
This is mine!
That's yours!
This is mine!
That's yours!
That's yours! 2
Hey, what are you doing?
What are you doing with that?
That's mine!
Hey, what are you doing?
What are you doing with that?
That's his!
Hey, what are you doing?
What are you doing with that?
That's hers!
What's mine is mine.
What's yours is yours.
What's his is his.
What's hers is hers.
What's ours is ours.
What's theirs is theirs.
Sounds in contrast [ai] — [ei]
Read the following words paying special attention to correct pronunciation.
1. [ai]
2. [ei]
3. [ai] — [ei]
I
idea
kite
pay
pain
make
white — wait
my
ride
right
day
gain
take
rice — race
tie
oblige
sight
say
vain
rake
like — lake
rye
rhyme
night
lay
rain
sake
lied — laid
bye
time
bright
ray
again
shape
rise — raise
by
kind
like
bay
game
cape
file — fail
pie
nine
life
stay
fame
face
light — late
lie
wild
wife
way
famous
lace
might — mate
die
mild
rice
may
lain
late
isle — ale
shy
while
mice
weigh
sane
waste
while — whale
sky
child
white
eight
David
pace
bike — bake
Read the following sense-groups, mind the rhythm and intonation.
(a) days; eight days; eighty-eight days; takes eighty-eight days; it takes eighty-eight days; they say it takes eighty-eight days.
(b) station; a railway station; waiting at a railway station; a train waiting at a railway station; a train waiting at a railway station on a rainy day; a train waiting at a railway station on a grey rainy day.
Transcribe and intone the following sentences. Practise reading them in pairs.
[ai] (a) 1. Mike's white kite is flying high in the sky.
2. Clive climbs high spires at night.
3. Diana is quite nice but frightfully shy.
4. Clive decides to invite Diana to dine. He tries to find a fine white wine.
5. Diana decides she would like to dine with Clive and arrives on time, but politely declines the white wine.
[ei] (b) 1. A sailor and a mate watch a baby whale playing on a great wave at daybreak.
2. James plays with trains and planes.
3. Jane bakes eight cakes.
4. James takes a cake from Jane's plate.
[ai] — [ei] (c) 1. The lake that I like is on the isle.
2. David baits his hook and a whiting bites it.
3. Save your pains, Mike.
4. Name the day, Myra.
Read the tongue-twisters and learn them.
1. Three grey geese in a green field grazing.
Grey were the geese and green was the grazing.
2. There's no need to light a night light on a light night like tonight.
Read the dialogues, mark the stresses and tunes. Learn them. Act out the dialogues.