At an accommodation agency

MARTIN: Good morning. My name is Martin Nelson Are you the manager?

MANAGER: Yes, I am. How can I help you, Mr 1 ________ ?

MARTIN: I want an apartment in central London.

MANACER: 2 ________ , Mr Nelson How much rent do you want to pay?

MARTIN: No more than f 1,000 a month.

MANACER: £ 1,000 a month? We don't often have apartments as inexpensive as that. Not in central London. We have one apartment or £ 2,179 a month 3 ________ in Notting Hill. It's down near the I in Northend Avenue.

MARTTN: Is it furnished?

MANACER: No. It's unfurnished. The kitchen has no 4 ________ It’s forbidden to

use the 5 ________ . No friends in the apartment after 6 ________ in the evening. No noise and no 7 ________ after 11.15 pm No ...

MARTTN: No thank you! I want an apartment, not a 8 ________!

Listen to the dialogue again and check your answers.

Practise reading the dialogue aloud

Sounds in contrast [n] - [m]

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

1. [n]			2. [m]
no	button	snow	me	him	smile
now	cotton	ninth	more	ham	smoke
near	often	tenth	my	hem	memory
nor	sun	panther	meal	bum	member
new	noon	unreal	may	sum	woman
name	ten	sunrise	miss	rum	family
need	learn	sunset	mess	room	German
never	on	event	mister	tram	James
nose	in	offence	milk	warm	remember
north	man	send	money	form	remarkable
neither	down	Sunday	mind	farm	memorable

3. [N] - [m]

sun — sum new — mew

run — rum none — mum

bun — bum need — meed

4. Silent n

column solemn autumn

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

(a) Memphis; museum at Memphis; mammoth in the museum at Memphis; an immense mammoth in the museum at Memphis.

(b) line; pen line; a fine pen line; again with a fine pen line; again and again with a fine pen line; his name again and again with a fine pen line; sign his name again and again with a fine pen line; Brown signs his name again and again with a fine pen line; Norman Brown signs his name again and again with a fine pen line.

269. Transcribe and intone the following sentences. Practise reading them in pairs.

[m] (a) 1. Marmaduke and Mary have mumps.

2. "They mustn't munch marmalade sandwiches at the moment", says Mummy.

3. The museum has many memorable monuments to the memory of some remarkable members of the Moslem community.

4. Martha always makes a mountain out of a molehill.

5. Just a moment, Mathew.

6. If my memory serves me...

[n] b) 1. Nick is no genius.

2. No doubt Nickolas knows Nigel.

3. Naughty, Nancy has bent the knitting needles and knotted Nanny's knitting.

4. Henry hands his nephew Nigel a brand-new pound note on Sundays.

[n] — [m] c) 1. No offence meant.

2. It's no concern of mine.

3. The name slipped my memory.

4. Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain.

5. You mustn't mind about me, Mike.

6. Nick knows no more about the murder than the man in the moon.

270. Read the tongue-twisters and learn them.

1. Miss, miss, little Miss, miss,

When she misses, she misses like this.

2. I need not your needles

They are needless to me.

271. Read the dialogue, mark the stresses and tunes. Learn it. Act out the dialogue.