It's Eerie in Here

Aaron: Oh Piers, it's eerie in here — there's a sort of mysterious atmosphere — as if nobody's been here for years.

Piers: That's queer. Look, Aaron — over there. There's a weird light, like hundreds of pairs of eyes staring. I think we're in some animal's lair.

Aaron: Where?

Piers: There. They're coming nearer. My God, Aaron, they're giant bats.

Aaron: Oh no! I can feel them in my hair. They're tearing my beard! I can't bear it. Piers.

Piers: What if they're vampires? They're everywhere. Let's get out of here. We could try and climb higher.

Aaron: No fear! I'm not going anywhere. I'm staying here.

Piers: Aaron! There's a kind of iron staircase. Over here. Only take care. There's a sheer drop. (Sounds of panting)

Aaron: God, I'm weary. We must have been climbing these stairs for hours.

Piers: Cheer up, Aaron, I can see a square of light and smell fresh air and flowers. We're nearly there!

124. Read the rhymes and learn them.

     1. Here's a body — there's a bed, There's a pillow — here's a head, There's a curtain — here's a light! There's a puff — and so good night! 2. What is this life if, Full of care, We have no time To stand and stare.

     3. There was an old man with the beard, Who said "It is just as I feared! — Two owls and a hen, Four larks and a wren, Have all built their nest in my beard."

125. Transcribe the proverbs and learn them.

1. It's late to tear your hair.

2. Hares may pull dead lions by the beard.

3. Neither here nor there.

4. Experience is the mother of wisdom.

5. Who fears to suffer, suffers to fear.

Revisoin

1. Circle the words with the same vowel sounds as 1-4.

   1 bird [з:]	2 ball [ɔ:]
   bed, early, rude, were, burn, board, shirt, shot, worst	torn, water, girl, all, glass, four, log, talk, nurse
   3 boot [u:]	4 book [ʋ]
   look, shoe, two, could, though, morning, super, do, clock	full, box, cook, who, lock, threw, would, look, tool, good

2. Circle the words with the same vowel sounds as 1-5.

   1 paper [eɪ]	2 shine [aɪ]	3 house [aʊ]	4 nose [əʊ]	5 pear [ɛə]
   edge, barge, page, voyage, percentage, weight, fright, pain, poppies, pepper	machine, sing, noise, shy, spoil, darn, frightened, stars, sigh, shorn	horse, how’s, hose, harms, grass, owl, all, four, found, goose	class, annoys, home, soup, mouse, snow, serve, gnaws, though, through	pea, beer, pier, their, they’re, stare, pain, closed, again, ears

3. Use a dictionary with IPA to help you match the words with their pronunciations.

a flier ­– i [flaɪə]

b flower – ii [flaʊə]

1 a stock i [stɔːk] b stalk ii [stɒk]	7 a sand i [sænd] b send ii [send	13 a bear i [beə] b buyer ii [baɪə]
2 a here i [hɪə] b heir ii [heə]	8 a far i [fɑː] b fear ii [fɪə]	14 a should i [Sʊd] b showed ii [Səʊd]
3 a stand i [stΛnd] b stunned ii [stænd]	9 a leak i [leɪk] b lake ii [li:k]	15 a chin i [tSɪn] b chain ii [tSeɪn]
4 a tour i [taʊə] b tower ii [tʊə]	10 a voice i [vɔɪs] b vice ii [vaɪs]	16 a full i [fu:l] b fool ii [fʊl]
5 a turn i [tɜːn] b ton ii [tΛn]	11 a geese i [ges] b guess ii [gi:s]	17 a order i [əʊdə] b odour ii [ɔːdə]
6 a learn i [laɪn] b line ii [lɜːn]	12 a oil i [ɔɪl] b owl ii [aʊl]	18 a pond i [paʊnd] b pound ii [pɒnd]