All Dressed Up like á Dog's Dinner

Sam: Jack, for Pete's sake! Who's that girl all dressed up like a dog's dinner — red hat, red dress, red gloves — ah! but what's this? Blue shoes!

Jack: Take that back, Sam Boyd. Dog's dinner indeed!

Sam: You're quite right! My dog hates raw meat! He'd have ten fits if I gave him a red mess like that for dinner.

Jack: It's her best dress. To impress you, you rude creature! She's sweet, rich, clever — and a good cook!

Sam: Lord save us, the man's mad! Don't say you're in love with the red maiden?

Jack: Yes, Sam. I am. What's more — we're engaged. This time next week we'll be man and wife.

S a m: I did really put my big foot in it, didn't I? All I can say now is — good luck, old man!

152. Read the rhymes and learn them.

     1. Twinkle, twinkle, little star How I wonder what you are Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. 2. Hoddley, poddley, puddle and fogs, Cats are to marry the poodle dogs, Cats in the blue jackets and dogs in red hats, What will become of the mice and the rats? 3. Hey, diddle, diddle! The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon, The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon.

     4. Little Miss Muffet, Sat on a tuffet, Eating her curds and whey. There came a big spider, Who sat down beside her And frightened Miss Muffet away. 5. A tutor who tooted a 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?" (C. Wells.)

153. Transcribe the proverbs and learn them.

1. A storm in a teacup.

2. Better late than never.

3. When children stay still, they have done ill.

4. Dead as a door nail.

5. Dull as. ditch water.

6. Never say die until you're dead.

7. Between the devil and the deep blue sea.

154. Pronounce the following sentences with aspiration.

1. Ткет ткач ткани на платки Тане.

2. У пенька опять пять опят.

3. Трое трубачей трубили в трубы.

4. Тут-тук-тук, кто там? Почтальон Печкин.

5. От топота копыт пыль по полю летит.

6. Дай девочке дядины подарки.

Sound [k]

155. First practise the target sound /k/ in words from the dialogue, plus some others. Read the words aloud.

/k/ is LOUD before a vowel.

Kate cup sky school course coffee cuckoo Karen OK American excuse me

/k/ is also quite LOUD before /l/ and /r/.

cream cry crowd Christmas across class clean clear climb include

/k/ is often quiet at the end of a word.

look walk ask quick black book work milk Mrs Clark plastic electric

What happens when the next word begins with a vowel? Do the two words join together? Is the /k/ louder or quieter?

Look look up walk walk along

ask ask anybody work work out

book book out Mrs Clark Is Mrs Clark in?

Notice what happens when a quiet /k/ at the end of a word is followed /b/ a louder /k/ at the beginning of the next word. Make the two sounds different. There can be a slight pause between the two sounds.

black black cup quick quick question electric electric clock plastic plastic container

like like cooking book book case speak speak clearly walk walk quickly

/k/ is quieter before most consonants (except /l/ and /r/). Choose the correct heading from this box for each list of consonant clusters (1-5) below.

/kt/ /kl/ /kw/ /kr/ /ks/

Next	picked	quiet	clock	cricket
exciting	walked	Kwok	class	cream
expensive	worked	question	clever	scream
excuse me	asked	quality	quickly	microwave
forks	electric	quite	chocolate	incredible

In which two lists l-5 does /k/ sound louder?

Practise saying the clusters.

Look at the words in the box below and decide whether the target sound

is loud (L) or quiet (Q).

EXAMPLE like (Q) coffee (L)

Milk ( ) cuckoo( ) like ( ) next ( ) Kate ( ) fork ( ) make ( ) American ( ) carved ( )

call ( ) coffee ( ) plastic ( ) course ( ) cream ( )

156. Track 49. Read the dialogue below and fill the gaps with the correct words from the box above. 1-8 have a louder /k/. a-f have a quieter /k/. Numbers 1 and a) have been done as examples. Check your answers by listening to the dialogue.