7. B). Answer the following questions using intonation patterns of the text.
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What should you do, if you have a toothache?
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What should be done if you don’t feel well?
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What can you get at chemists’ shops?
7. C). Listen to the following dialogues. Mark the stresses and tunes. Practise the dialogues using substitutions.
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A: Can I help you? B: Yes, thank you. I have a terrible headache. A: How long have you had it? B: About two or three hours. A: Well, try these pills. Take two every four hours. B: Thank you very much. |
headache stomachache backache earache sore throat pills capsules tablets drops throat lozenges |
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C: Good morning. Can I help you? D: Good morning. I’d like a toothbrush, please. C: Electric? D: No, just a regular toothbrush. C: Nylon or natural bristles? D: Nylon, please. C: Hard, soft or medium? D: Soft. My dentist says soft is best. C: What colour would you like? D: It doesn’t really matter. Oh, white’s OK. |
white blue red green yellow pink
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E: Could I have a tube of toothpaste, please? F: With fluoride or without? E: With. F: Will that be all? E: Yes, thank you. I only have a twenty-dollar bill. F: That’s all right. Here’s your change. |
a tube of toothpaste with fluoride/without a bar of soap a pack of razor blades a bottle of mouthwash a can of spray deodorant a box of throat lozenges |
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G: Could you fill this prescription, please? H: Sure. Do you want to wait? G: How long will it take? H: It’ll be ready in about twenty minutes. G: Oh. I’ll come back later. H: All right. I’ll have it here for you. G: Should I pay now or later? H: Later will be fine. |
about twenty minutes a moment about an hour |
7. d). Listen to dialogue 47 from E.L.C. Recognize the intonation pattern of each utterance, mark the nuclear tones in each intonation group. Practise reading the dialogue imitating the speaker’s intonation.
7. E). Reproduce the text so that a question is asked about each sentence said by the patient or the doctor. Present the dialogue in class, using the same intonation patterns.
Example:
Patient: You’d better ask me what is not the matter with me, doctor.
Doctor: Is it really as bad as that? What are you complaining of?
Patient: Insomnia … and pains in the stomach.
Doctor: Oh, dear, isn’t it too much for one man?
8. a).
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Listen to the text, entitle it.
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Ask 6 general questions to the text. Do it in writing. Make them sound warm and friendly/formal. Comment on the use of tones in questions.
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Retell the text imitating the speaker’s intonation.