5. Read the following conversational situations. Observe the position of logical stress in the replies. Make the stress emphatic wherever possible. Give your own replies to the same verbal context.

1. – I don’t believe he could be such a nuisance.

– You mustn’t believe all the gossip you hear.

2. – We can’t put up there for the night.

– Then let’s try some other place.

3. – Harris has got a headache.

– The music might do him good.

4. – I think I’ll try something else.

– You ought to.

5. – Shall I play some more?

– I’m afraid I can’t stand your music.

6. – Mr. Brown has met with an accident on his way there.

– So he has.

7. – I’m sure she will make friends with her relatives.

– She certainly will.

8. – She is evidently a very nervous person.

– I know she is.

6. Read the following dialogue (A.J. Cronin “The Citadel”. Adapted). Mark the stresses and tunes. Use logical and emphatic stresses. It is not expected that each member of the group will mark the text in exactly the same way. Finally practise reading your corrected variant. Retell it.

7. a). Listen to the text from E.L.C. (25). Recognize the intonation pattern of each utterance, mark the nuclear tones in each intonation group. Practise reading the text imitating the speaker’s intonation.

Travelling

Those who wish to travel, either for pleasure or on business have at their disposal various means of transport. There is for instance, the humble, inexpensive bicycle. Then there’s the motor-cycle, with which you can travel quickly and cheaply, but for long journeys it’s rather tiring.

With a motor-car, one can travel comfortably for long distances without getting too tired. Luxurious ships cross the seas and oceans from one continent to another – aeroplanes carry passengers to various parts of the world in almost as many hours as it takes days to do the journey by other means. But most of us still have to use trains. Look at this picture of a busy railway station. A train is standing at one of the platforms ready to leave. Some of the passengers are looking out of the windows watching the late-comers who are hurrying along looking for empty seats.

The engine is ready to draw the train out of the station. On another platform a train has just come in; some passengers are getting out, others are getting in. Those who’ve not taken the precaution of getting their tickets beforehand are waiting in queues at the booking-office.

At the bookstalls people are choosing books, magazines or newspapers for the journey. At the cloakroom others are depositing or withdrawing their luggage. Further along there are refreshment rooms crowded with people snatching a hasty meal, while those with time to spare are sitting in the waiting rooms.

b). Complete the following sentences according to the text. Use the same intonation patterns. Check yourself against the key.

1. Those who wish to travel either for pleasure or …

Pause.

Key: on business  have at their disposal  various means of transport.

2. Luxurious ships cross the seas and oceans.

Pause.

Key: from one continent to another.

3. Aeroplanes carry passengers to various parts of the world in almost as many hours as …

Pause.

Key: it takes days  to do the journey by other means.

4. Some of the passengers are looking out of the windows watching …

Pause.

Key: the  latecomers who are hurrying along looking for empty seats.

5. On another platform a train has just come in; some …

Pause.

Key: passengers are getting out, others are getting in.

c). Imagine that you are travelling by train. Describe a busy railway station using your active vocabulary and intonation patterns of the text suggested.

8. Listen to the story (Taken for a Ride) twice.

1. Present a summary of it in written form.

2. Retell the story to your friends.