• Describe some place of interest in London.

• If you had a chance what place of interest would you like to see first in London?

• What is your favourite place of interest in Kyiv? (your native city)

3. Listen to two poems. Lay stresses and tone marks according to the model suggested. Practise reading them. London

By William Blake

I wander thro’ each charter’d street,

Near where the charter’d Thames does flow,

And mark in every face I meet

Marks of weakness, marks of woe.

In every cry of every Man,

In every Infant’s cry of fear,

In every voice, in every ban,

The mind-forg’d manacles I hear.

How the Chimney-sweeper’s cry

Every black’ning Church appalls;

And the hapless Soldier’s sigh

Runs in blood down Palace walls.

But most thro’ midnight street I hear

How the youthful Harlot’s curse

Blasts the new born Infant’s rear,

And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse.

Sonnet composed upon Westminster bridge

By William Wordsworth

Earth has not anything to show more fair:

Dull would he be of soul who could pass by

A sight so touching in its majesty:

This City now doth, like a garment, wear

The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,

Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie

Open unto the fields, and to the sky:

All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.

Never did sun more beautifully steep

In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;

N’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!

The river glideth at his own sweet will;

Dear God! The very houses seem asleep;

And all that mighty heart is lying still!

• Sum up the picture of London drawn by Blake.

• Compare the London of Blake to that of Wordsworth (in subject-matter, idea etc)

Section V Consonants in comparison

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1. A). Listen and practise the following pairs of words:

cash – catch

stop – chop

shoes – choose

portion – fortune

garage – carriage

measure – major

closure – longer

e rosion – Rodger

choose – juice

chapter – jacket

culture – soldier

fortune – margin

1. B). Practise reading the following conversational contexts. Define the intonation and accentual patterns of all utterances.

1. – Could you oblige me with some change?

– I’ll have a look. What do you want it for?

2. – May I have a word with Jane?

– I’ll just see if she is in.

3. – What’s the postage on these letters to Japan?

– I’ll have a check. Do you need anything else?

4. – How much is the greeting telegram to Germany, please?

– I’ll just make sure.

5. – Did you want anything else?

– I’ll have a large registered envelope.

6. – Thank you very much for the delicious meal.

– I’m glad you enjoyed it.