2. Обратите внимание на то, что ответы с нисходяще-восходящим терминальным тоном звучат менее категорично и более вежливо.

They are going out of town. — They ^varen't. The furniture here is rather old. — ""Not ^vreally. Where's my comb? — It may be in the ^vdrawer. I hope everybody was pleased. — The Boneses /Weren't. No one can speak English here. — T ,can. I know you can play the piano. — ⁴No, I /Can't.

2. Определите характер импликаций, передаваемых во фразах с нисходяще-восходящим тоном. Обратите внимание на то, что вне контекста трудно опре­делить конкретную импликацию.

Ernest is a first-year student. — ^v Second -year. She is young. She is only twenty. — ^ Nineteen. The curtains in her room are green. — They are ^v yellow. Her elder sister's name is Emily. — It's ^v Rose. ' Have you posted the letter? — I'll 'do it a bit ^vlater. He's coming back on Monday. — On ^v Saturday. Shall we walk there? — It's^rather a^long ^vway. We are going out. — It's ^pouring with ^vrain.

Упражнения для внеаудиторной работы

1. Прослушайте первичные тренировочные упражнения. Воспроизведите слова и фразы в паузах за диктором в соответствии с инструкциями к упражнениям.

2. Распределите следующие слова согласно правилам чтения буквы "О". О^Г^

soap, throw, both, comb, loaf, come, loose, Monday, lose, nose, tomb, low, cloak, money, goose, those, tongs, done, tongue, song, took, tool, tone, book, whose, who, whom

3. .Затранскрибируйте следующие слова. Выпишите слова, в ,. которых дифтонг [эи] произносится в безударном слоге.

October, November, .yellgw^ .sparrow, golden, jj[ionetics, borrow, .follow. oval, microphone, swallow, piano, clothes, photo.

3. Распределите следующие слова по группам в соответствии с позиционной долготой дифтонга [эи].

5 Z- .С 2. 5 ч 5 «г z г.

^ coat, cl^se, cloak, cpde, soap,^oda, note, roast, road, rode, loaf, row, load, stone, mow, roller, soul.

3. Сравните тип шкалы и терминальный тон в следующих фразах. Покажите различия между ними на интонограмме.

   1. 1 'want a 'loaf of ⁴bread. — I ^want a 'loaf of "bread.

   2. I 'don't "know the 'way to the ^post-office. — Pdon't 'know the^way to the "post-office.

   3. You can leave it in the cloak-room. —You can leave it in the "cloak-room.

Vocabulary and Speech Exercises (In-class Activities)

I. Practise and memorize

1. words

nouns: coat, oak-tree, loaf, boat, gold, moment, soap, sofa, comb, piano, stone, window, photo, telephone, hotel, home, tomato, snow verbs: go, smoke, throw, borrow, follow, close, know, hope,

suppose, open

adjectives: old, open, low, slow, own, cold, close, narrow, yellow, golden

adverbs: only, tomorrow, slowly, closely, almost, mostly pronouns: both, those, nobody, no one, nowhere prepositions: over, below proper names:Moscow, Oslo, Joan