Positional length of [eı ].
a aid eight [e - eı] pen - pain
may made mate shed - shade
bay bade bait tell - tail
say save safe wet - wait
grey grade great test - taste
way wave wait West - waste
play played plate get - gate
II. Read the sentences. Follow the tonetic marks.
1. Save your pains. Зря стараешься.
2. Haste makes waste. Поспешишь – людей насмешишь.
3. It may rain today. Возможно, сегодня будет дождь.
4. Take it straight away. Возьми это сейчас же.
5. Kate’s mainly to blame. Кейт больше всех виновата.
6. They made a day of it. Они провели день вместе.
7. The mail train was delayed again. Почтовый поезд опять опоздал.
8. They are playing the waiting game. Они ведут выжидательную политику.
III. Mind the correct pronunciation of the rhythmic groups and the diphthong [eı].
They 'painted the table. | They 'painted the 'table pale gray. | They 'painted the 'table pale 'gray the other day. | They 'painted the 'table pale 'gray the other `day | to 'save it from stains. ||
IV. Match the following English idioms, proverbs and sayings with their Russian
equivalents. Make up situations to illustrate their usage.
1. No pains, no gains. a. спекулировать чьим-то именем
2. to call a spade a spade b. называть вещи своими именами
3. to make the grade c. разбираться в чем-либо/ком-либо
4. make head or tail of smth/smb d. по старой дружбе
5. put on a brave face e. Без труда не вытащишь и рыбку из
пруда
6. for old sake’s sake f. добиться успеха
7. take smb’s name in vain g. поднять скандал
8. to raise snakes h. действовать смело, решительно
V. Practise the pronunciation of the following rhyme and learn it by heart.
The Unwinged Ones
by Ogden Nash
I don’s travel on planes,
I travel on trains,
Once in a while, on trains,
I see people who travel on planes.
Every once in a while I’m surrounded
By people whose planes have been grounded
They feel that they have to explain
How they happen to be on a train.
They grumble and fume about how
They’d have been in Miami by now.
By the time that they’re passing through Rahway
They should be in Havana or Norway,
And they strongly imply that perhaps,
Since they’re late, the world will collapse.
Every once in a while I’m surrounded
By people whose planes have been grounded
That’s the trouble with planes:
When it fogs, when it smogs, when it rains,
You get people from planes.
VI. Pronounce the tongue twister in the quickest possible way. Observe the correct
articulation of [eı ].
My dame hath a lame tame crane,
My dame hath a crane that is lame.
Section 3
I. Test. Tick the words you recognize in the sentences you hear:
| 1. a) pen; | b) pain |
| 2. a) shed; | b) shade |
| 3. a) pepper; | b) paper |
| 4. a) let; | b) late |
| 5. a) letter; | b) later |
| 6. a) get; | b) gate |
II. Listen to the dialogue and learn it by heart.
At the Railway Station
(Mr. Grey is waiting at the railway station for a train.)
Mr. Grey: Hey! This train’s late! I’ve been waiting here for ages.
Porter: Which train, sir?
Mr. Grey: The 8.18 to Baker Street.
Porter: The 8.18? I’m afraid you’ve made a mistake, sir.
Mr. Grey: A mistake? My timetable says: Baker Street train – 8.18.
Porter: Oh no, sir. The Baker Street train leaves at 8.08.
Mr. Grey: At 8.08?
Porter: You see, sir, they changed the timetable at the end of April. It’s the
first of May today.
Mr. Grey: Changed it? May I see the new timetable? What does it say?
Porter: It says: Baker Street train – 8.08.
Mr. Grey: Hm! So the train isn’t late. I’m late.
III. Conversational practice. (Intonation. Expressing surprise.)
Practise in pairs.
Example: A: It’s the eighth of April.
B: The eighth?
1. It’s the eighth of May.
2. Yes. It’s Mrs Grey’s birthday today.
3. Yes. She’s eighty-eight.
4. Yes. And she’s going away for a holiday.
5. That’s right. And she’s going by plane.
6. Well, it’s a bit dangerous at her age, but she wants to go to Spain.
7. That’s right. Why don’t you go with her?