3.8 Some fun

3.8.1 Try to pronounce the tongue-twisters quickly and correctly

• Elizabeth’s birthday is on the third Thursday of this month.

• How many cookies could cook a good cook to cook if a good cook could cook cookies?

• Mr. Tounge Twister tried to train his tounge to twist and turn, and twit and twat, to learn the letter “T”.

• She saw Sherif’s shoes on the sofa. But was she sure she saw Sherif’s shoes on the sofa?

• Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew.

- While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew.

- Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze.

- Freezy trees made these three cheese freeze.

- That’s what made these three free fleas sneeze.

• He threw three free throws.

• I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking you.

• Eddie edited it.

• Four furious friends fought for the phone.

• The queen in green screamed.

• Six slimy snails sailed silently.

• On a lazy laser raiser lies a laser ray eraser.

• Wow, race winners really want red wine right away.

• The ruddy widow really wants ripe watermelon and red roses when winter arrives.

• Chestar Cheetah chews a chunk of cheep cheddar cheese.

• Two tiny tigers take two taxis to town.

• Excited executioner is exercising his excising powers excessively.

• Casual clothes are provisional for leisurely trips across Asia.

• I wish you were a fish in my dish.

• The big black bug bit the big black bear but the big black bear bit the big black bug back.

3.8.2 Read and memorize the poem

Leisure

W. Davies (1871-1940)

What is this life if full of care

We have no time to stand and stare.

No time to stand beneath the boughs,

And stare as long as sheep and cows.

No time to see when woods we pass,

Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

No time to see in broad daylight

Streams full of starts, like skies at night.

No time to turn to Beauty’s glance,

And watch her feet, how they can dance.

No time to wait till her mouth can

Enrich that smile her eyes began.

A poor life this is if full of care

We have no time to stand and stare.

Notes:

care – забота

to stare – пристально смотреть

beneath the boughs – под сучьями, под ветвями

in broad daylight – в разгар дня

stream – ручей

to turn to Beauty’s glance – зд. восторгаться сверканием красоты

to enrich – обогащать; украшать

3.8.3 Read and try to retell the jokes

“How is it that you are late this morning?” the boy was asked by his teacher.

“I overslept,” was the answer.

“What? Do you sleep at home as well?” asked the teacher.

Mother: It is nine o’clock and you are not yet in bed. What will your father say when he comes home?

Henry: He’ll say: “Supper! Supper! What’s for supper?”

A man was very ill and was advised to go to the village to have a good rest. Doctor’s recommendations were: to go to bed early, to drink much milk, to eat much meat and butter and to smoke only one cigarette a day.

A month later the man came to the doctor again.

“How are you?” said the doctor. “I see you are quite well.”

“Oh, yes. I am quite well, thank you,” answered the man. “I did everything you had advised me. I went to bed early, ate much meat and butter, drank much milk. But one cigarette a day almost killed me.”

“Why?” asked the doctor.

“Because I had never smoked before.”