Fawns, Horses And a Tortoise
Paul: Any more of these awful autumn storms, George, and we'll be short of corn. I ought to have bought some more in Northport.
George: This morning, just before dawn, I thought I saw signs of a thaw.. I was sure...
Paul: Ssh! Behind that door there are four fawns that were born in the storm. They're all warm in the straw now.
George: Poor little fawns! Paul, what's that snorting next door?
Paul: Those are the horses' stalls. They're snorting at my daughter's tortoise. It always crawls around in the straw.
George: If Claud saw us walking across his lawn... He's an awful bore about his lawn. Oh, Lord, we're caught! There is Claud! Now we're for it!
4. I'm Afraid I Think I'm Lost
Old Lady; Excuse me. I'm terribly sorry to bother you...
Policeman: Yes? That's quite all right. Can I help you at all?
Old Lady: I don't know how to begin.
Policeman: Well, the beginning's always a good place to start.
Old Lady: But, you see, I don't know the beginning. I'm looking for a small, old-fashioned hotel where I — if only I could remember the name!
Policeman: Or the name of the street?
О 1 d Lady: The street? Oh, I've no idea, I'm afraid.
Policeman: Or the area?
Old L a d y: I know it was not far from the Pier. Or could that have been last year, I wonder? No, no, last year I went with Emily — I think.
Policeman: Did you say near the Pier? There's no pier here.
Old Lady: There must be! My hotel was near it.
Policeman: Which pier?
Old Lady: Eastbourne Pier, of course!
Policeman: Eastbourne? But this is Seaford!
Old Lady: Seaford! Really? I thought it seemed rather a long way!
Exercise VI.Read the rhymes and learn them.
1. Tommy Trot, a man of law,
Sold his bed and lay upon straw,
Sold the straw and slept on grass,
To buy his wife a looking-glass.
2. Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross,
To buy little Johnny a galloping horse,
It trots behind, and it ambles before,
And Johnny shall ride till he can ride no more.
3. It's raining, it's pouring.
The old man is snoring,
He got into bed
And bumped his head
And couldn't get up in the morning.
4. Grasshopper, grasshopper,
Please, will you stop?
And show me how high
A grasshopper can hop.
Oh, no, I'm in haste.
I must hop out to shop.
Hoppety, hoppety,
hoppety, hop.
Exercise VII.Transcribe the proverbs and learn them.
1. A little pot is soon hot.
2. Honour and profit lie not in one sack.
3. Better unborn than untaught, but better untaught than ill-taught . ,
4. To draw in. one's horns.
5. To draw water in sieve.
6. To make a long story short.
7. Be slow to promise and quick to perform.
8. Honesty is the best policy.
9. When all comes to all.
10. Velvet paws hide sharp claws.
UNIT 4. [з:]-[ ɔ:]
Exercise I.Read the following words paying special attention to correct pronunciation.
| 1. [з:] | 2. [ɔ:] | 3. [з:] - [ɔ:] | ||
| sir | work | four | ought | her — horn |
| fir | hurt | more | bought | bird — board |
| her | shirt | ore | thought | pearl — Paul |
| bird | skirt | bore | daughter | work — walk |
| heard | purse | tore | taught | turn — torn |
| word | nurse | saw | nought | burn — born |
| world | first | thaw | talk | curl — call |
| girl | burst | draw | walk | first— force |
| curl | curtain | straw | horse | curse — course |
| earl | thirteen | awed | course | worm — warm |
| pearl | birthday | board | short | shirt — short |
| term | Thursday | small | shorts | shirts — shorts |
| firm | purpose | wall | sport | |
| serve | curve | morning | port | |
| prefer | worse | warm | quarter |
Exercise II.Read the following sense-groups, mind the rhythm and intonation.
(a) purpose; serve no purpose; the work will serve no purpose.
(b) a girl; a circus girl; Pearl is a circus girl; Pearl is a circus girl who works; Pearl is a circus girl who works with horses.
(c) birthday; first birthday; thirty-first birthday; pearls for her thirty-first birthday; a circlet of pearls for her thirty-first birthday; a fur and a circlet of pearls for her thirty-first birthday; an earl gave Pearl a fur and a circlet of pearls for her thirty-first birthday.
Exercise III.Transcribe and intone the following sentences. Practise reading them in pairs.
[з:] (а) 1. Repeat the verse word for word.
2. Bert will be thirteen next birthday.
3. Bertha preferred to turn to the Colonel whenever it was her turn to rehearse.
4. Bert and Jemima had a perfectly murderous journey from Hurlingham to Surbiton on Thursday.
5. Turn down the first turning after the church — or the third, if you prefer.
6. We've searched for work all over the world, cursing the ever-worsening conditions for labourers.
7. Myrtle will certainly start her journey to Germany next Thursday under the circumstances.
[э:] (b) 1. I thought George Thornhill ought to talk.
2. Paul Thornaby adores Mort Morgan's daughter Laura.
3. Nora thought that all autumn balls were boring.
4. Gordon Norton taught law to forty-four students.
5. Nora bought sausages and oranges and a tall bottle of mineral water.
[з:] — [о:] (с) 1. Paul and Pearl are on board a ship.
2. First call Bert and Paul.
3. Maud and Bert like to walk but they don't like to work.
4. Work without purpose is like walk without joy.
Exercise IV. Read the tongue-twisters and learn them.
1. Observe the observed of all observers.
2. If white chalk chalks on a black blackboard, will black chalk chalk on a white blackboard?
Exercise V.Read the dialogues, mark the stresses and tunes. Learn them. Act out the dialogues,
The Worst Nurse
Sir Herbert: Nurse!
Colonel Burton: Nurse! I'm thirsty!
Sir Herbert: Nurse! My head hurts!
Colonel Burton: NURSE!!
Sir Herbert: Curse these nurses!
Colonel Burton: Nurse Sherman always wears such dirty shirts.
Sir Herbert: And such short skirts.
Colonel Burton: She never arrives at work early.
Sir Herbert: She and... er... Nurse Turner weren't at work on Thursday, were they?
Colonel Burton: No, they weren't.
Sir Herbert: Nurse Sherman is the worst nurse in the ward, isn't she?
Colonel Burton: No, she isn't. She's the worst nurse in the world!
2. How's My Pert Little Turtledove?
1st Bird: How's my pert little turtledove this early, pearly murmuring morn?
2nd В i r d: I think I'm worse. I can't turn on my perch. And I'm permanently thirsty — burning, burning. It's murder.
1st Bird: My poor, hurt bird. The world's astir. I've heard that even the worms are turning. A worm! You yearn for a worm!
2nd Bird: I'm allergic to worms. Ugh! Dirty, squirming worms!
1st Bird: I'll search under the fir trees and the birches. I'll circle the earth — and I'll return with a superb firm earthworm for my perfect turtledove.
2nd Bird: What an absurd bird! You're very chirpy, Sir. I wish I were. All this fervid verse. I find it disturbing so early. I prefer a less wordy bird.
1st Bird: No further word, then. I'm a bird with a purpose. Er — I'd better fly; it's the early bird that catches the worm — or so I've heard!
Exercise VI.Read the rhymes and learn them.
1. There was a little girl
And she had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead.
When she was good,
She was very, very good,
But when she was bad,
She was horrid.
2. There was an old person of Burton,
Whose answers were very uncertain,
When they said. "How ďyou do?"
He replied, "Who are you?"
This distressing old person of Burton.
3. There was an old lady of Chertsey,
Who made a remarkable curtsey,
She twirled round and round,
Till she sunk underground,
Which distressed all the people of Chertsey.
Exercise VII.Transcribe the proverbs and learn them.
1. First come, first served.
2. A light purse is a heavy curse.
3. Many words hurt more than swords.
4. It is the early bird that catches the worm.
5. Virtue is its own reward.
6. The work shows the workman.
7. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
8. One good turn deserves another.
9. Old birds are not caught with chaff.
UNIT 5. [ʌ] – [a:]
Exercise I. Read the following words paying special attention to correct pronunciation.
| 1. [ʌ] | 2. [a] | 3. [ʌ] - [a:] | |||
| come | cut | far | arm | last | duck — dark |
| some | but | are | farm | fast | buck — bark |
| hum | up | bar | hard | class | cut — cart |
| plum | us | car | card | carpet | lust — last |
| run | fuss | par | barn | part | bun — barn |
| fun | luck | mar | darn | party | fun — farm |
| none | duck | star | large | tart | hut — heart |
| done | hut | scar | starve | smart | drum — drama |
| double | shut | spar | carve | art | cuff — carve |
| cub | cup | charge | cart | hum — harm | |
| tub | must | palm | chart | cup — carp | |
| hug | cuff | calm | mark | up — harp | |
| shut — sharp | |||||
| mother—father |
Exercise II.Read the following sense-groups, mind the rhythm and intonation.
(a) Charles; hard on Charles; rather hard on Charles; Father's rather hard on Charles.
(b) supper; bun for supper; buttered bun for supper; crusty buttered bun for supper; a lovely crusty buttered bun for supper.
Exercise III.Transcribe and intone the following sentences. Practise reading them in pairs.
[ʌ] (a) 1. Just my luck.
2. Pluck up your courage.
3. Does the bus run every other Monday?
4. My brother Russ made mother's cup run over.
5. After Sunday comes Monday.
[a:] (b) 1. He who laughs last laughs longest.
2. One is nearer God's heart in a garden.
3. Cold hands, warm heart.
4. Part and parcel.
5. Barbara Barton is art and part of the party.
6. Cars can't be parked here after dark.
7. Aunt Martha lives near Marble Arch.
6. Margaret and Charles are dancing in the garden under the stars.
[ʌ] — [a:] (c) 1. Charles puts some mustard in his mother's custard.
2. Charles' brother wonders why father doesn't love his other son.
3. Margaret loves Charles, Charles loves Marcia.
Exercise IV. Read the tongue-twister and learn it.
I wonder why my cousin doesn't have a proper cup of coffee in a proper coffee cup.
Exercise V.Read the dialogues, mark the stresses and tunes. Learn them. Act out the dialogues.
I Love You
Russ: Honey, why are you so sad? (Janet says nothing)
Russ: Honey, why are you so unhappy? I don't understand. Janet: You don't love me, Russ!
R u s s: But, honey, I love you very much.
Janet: That's untrue. You love my cousin, Sunny. You think she's lovely and I'm ugly.
R u s s: Janet, just once last month I took Sunny out for lunch. You mustn't worry. I like your company much better than Sunny's.
Janet: Oh, shut up, Russ.
R u s s: But, honey, I.think you're wonderful. You mustn't...
Janet: Oh, shut up!
At a Party
Margaret: Where's your glass, Barbara?
В а г b a r a: It's on the bar.
Martin: Barbara! Margaret! Come into the garden! Martha and Charles are dancing in the dark.
M a r g a r e t: In the garden? What a laugh! Barbara: So they are! They're dancing on the grass!
Margaret: They're dancing under the stars!
Martin: And Arnold's playing his guitar.
Barbara: Doesn't Martha look smart!
Margaret: Look at Charles! What a marvellous dancer!
Barbara: Ah! Let's take a photograph of Martha and Charles.
Martin: We can't., It's too dark.
Making a Pass at Martha
Charlie: The dance doesn't start till half past, Martha. Let's park the car under the arch by Farmer Palmer's barn. It's not far. Ah, here we are. There's the farm cart.
Martha: Ooh, Charlie, it's dark!
Charlie: The stars are sparkling. My heart is enchanted. Martha you are — marvellous!
Martha: Your father's car's draughty, Charlie. Pass me my scarf.
Charlie: Rather let me clasp you in my arms, Martha, my darling.
Martha: Ah, Charlie! Your moustache is all nasty and sharp. I can't help laughing. Aren't you starved? Here, have half a Mars Bar. Ssh! There's a car passing.
Charlie: Keep calm, can't you? It's only Sergent Barker. He plays darts in the bar of the Star and Garter. Martha... darling...
Martha: Don't be daft, Charlie! You can't start making a pass till after the dance!
Exercise VI.Read the rhymes and learn them.
1. Hiccup, snickup, Rise up, right up,
Three drops in a cup, Are good for the hiccup.
2. There was a young lady of Parma,
Whose conduct grew calmer and calmer,
When they said, "Are you dumb?"
She merely said, "Hum!"
That provoking young lady of Parma.
3. There was an old man in a garden,
Who always begged every one's pardon,
When they asked him, "What for?",
He replied, "You are a bore! .
And I trust you'll go out of my garden."
Exercise VII.Transcribe the proverbs and learn them.
1. As snug as a bug in a rug.
2. Grasp all, lose all.
3. He laughs best who laughs last.
4. Well begun is half done.
5. Well done, soon done.
6. The highest art is artlessness.
7. Every country has it customs.
8. Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
9. A wonder lasts but nine days.
10. What's done cannot be undone.
11. Winter's thunder is summer's wonder.
UNIT 6. [ʋ] - [u:]
Exercise I. Read the following words paying special attention to correct pronunciation.
| 1. [ʋ] | 2. [u:] | 3. [ʋ]- [u:] | ||
| wood | look | Пи | shoot | look — Luke |
| hood | cook | woo | loop | pull — pool |
| good | book | two | boot | full — fool |
| could | took | who | loose | book — boot |
| would | shook | pool | moose | took — tooth |
| should | rook | fool | tooth | foot — food |
| pudding | foot | cool | fruit | cook — cool |
| sugar | put | food | nook — noon | |
| bull | puss | noon | hook — who | |
| full | soot | moon | ||
| wool | hook | goose | ||
| stool |
Exercise II.Read the following sense-groups, mind the rhythm and intonation.
(a) book; cookery-book; look at the cookery-book; the cook looks at the cookery-book.
(b) spoon; a wooden spoon; a good wooden spoon; a good blue wooden spoon; choose a good blue wooden spoon.
Exercise III. Transcribe and intone the following sentences. Practise reading them in pairs.
[ʋ] (a). 1. It looks good.
2. She puts some sugar in the pudding.
3. Could you help the woman if you could?
4. A book about woodwork? What about "Woodwork for Beginners" by Peter Bull?
[u:] (b) 1. Hugh's tooth is loose.
2. Hugh shoots a moose and loses his loose tooth.
3. Ruth can't say boo to a goose.
[ʋ] — [u:] (с) 1. Could I have some fruit juice?
2. This foolish, bookish Duke is too full of good food to move a foot.
3. Look at Luke pulling a poor fool out of the pool in the wood.
4. Look at this blue woolen suit. It's good, isn't it? Yes, it looks good.
Exercise IV.Read the tongue-twister and learn it.
How much wood would a wood-chuck chuck
If a wood-chuck could chuck wood?
Exercise V.Complete the following sentences working in pairs.
1. — Could you cook a gooseberry pudding without putting sugar in? — No, I couldn't cook a gooseberry pudding without putting sugar in.
2. — Could you pull a camel who was miserable, looked awful and said he didn't want to travel, all the way from Fulham to Naples? — No, I couldn't pull ...
3. — Could you walk through a wood, knowing it was full of horrible wolves, and not pull your hood up and wish you didn't look edible? — No, I couldn't walk ...
Exercise VI. Read the dialogues, mark the stresses and tunes. Learn them. Act on the dialogues.
1.A Lost Book
Mr Cook: Woman! Could you tell me where you've put my book?
Mrs Cook: Isn't it on the bookshelf?
Mr Cook: No. The bookshelf is full of your cookery books.
Mrs Cook: Then you should look in the bedroom, shouldn't you?
Mr Cook: I've looked. You took that book and put it somewhere, didn't you?
Mrs Cook: The living-room?
Mr Cook: No. I've looked. I'm going to put all my books in a box and lock it!
Mrs Cook: Look, Mr Cook! It's on the floor next to your foot.
Mr Cook: Ah! Good!
In a Good School
Miss Luke: Good afternoon, girls.
Girls: Good afternoon, Miss Luke.
Miss Luke: This afternoon we're going to learn how to cook soup. Open your books at unit ţwenty-two.
P r u e: Excuse me, Miss Luke.
Miss Luke: Yes, Prue?
P r u e: There's some chewing gum on your shoe.
Miss Luke: Who threw their chewing gum on the floor? Was it you, Prue?
Prue: No, Miss Luke. It was June.
Miss Luke: Who?
Prue: June Cook.
June: It wasn't me, stupid. It was Sue.
Sue: It was you!
June: It wasn't me, you stupid fool. My mouth's full of chewing gum. Look, Miss Luke!
Sue: Stop pulling my hair, June. It was you!
June: You!
Sue: You!
Miss Luke: Excuse me! You're being very rude. You two nuisances can stay in school this afternoon instead of going to the swimming pool.
3. Where Are You, Hugh?
Lucy: Hugh? Hugh! Where are you?
Hugh: I'm in the loo. Where are you?
Lucy: Removing my boots. I've got news for you.
Hugh: News? Amusing news?
Lucy: Well, I saw June in Kėw. You know how moody and rude she is as a rule? Hugh, are you still in the loo? What are you doing?
Hugh: Well, you see, Lucy, I was using the new foolproof screwdriver on the Hoover and it blew a fuse.
Lucy: You fool! I knew that if I left it to you, you'd do something stupid. You usually do.
Hugh: And then I dropped the screwdriver down the loo.
Lucy: Hugh, look at your shoes! And your new blue suit! It's ruined! And you — you're wet through!
H u g h: To tell you the truth, Lucy — I fell into the loo, too.
4. Miss Woodfulľlł Be Furious!
Rachel: "How much wood would a woodpecker peck if a woodpecker could peck wood?" Goodness, that's difficult!
Mabel: Looks a good book. Let me have a look.
Rachel: It's full of puzzles, and riddles, and —
Mabel: Let me look, Rachel!
Rachel: Mabel! You are awful! You just took it!
Mabel: I asked if I could have a look. Now push off. I'm looking at the book.
Rachel: You're a horrible bully!
Mabel: And you're just a miserable pudding!
R а с h e 1: I shoulďve kept it in my room.
Mabel: Oh shush, for goodness' sake! Anyway, I shouldn't have thought you could have understood the book, you're so backward.
Rachel: You're hateful! Give me my book! Oh careful, Mabel! It's Miss Woodfulľs book. I'll get into terrible trouble if you — oh look! you are awful! She'll be-furious!
Mabel: Well, you shouldn't have pulled, should you?
Exercise VII.Read the rhymes and learn them.
1. There was an Old Person of Loo,
Who said, "What on earth shall I do?"
When they said, "Go away!"
She continued to stay,
That foolish old person of Loo.
2. There was an old man of Peru,
Who dreamt he was eating his shoe,
He awoke in the night
In a terrible fright :
And found it was perfectly true!
3. I would if I could
If I couldn't how could I?
I couldn't without I could, could I?
Could you, without you could, could ye?
Could ye? Could ye?
Could you, without you could, could ye?
Exercise VII.Transcribe the proverbs and learn them.
1. By hook or by crook.
2. A fool and his money are soon parted.
3. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
4. A good wife makes a good husband.
5. A good name is sooner lost than won.
6. The exception proves the rule.
7. Soon learnt, soon forgotten.
8. The boot is on the wrong foot.
9. Too good to be true.
UNIT 7. [ə] - [i]
Exercise I.Read the following words paying special attention to correct pronunciation.
| 1. [ə] | 2. [ə]- [i] | ||
| obey | perhaps | sooner | affect — effect |
| allow | entertain | measure | accept — except |
| adore | amateur | Africa | armour — army |
| attend | comfortable | Persia | waiter — weighty |
| obstruct | ignorant | flatterer | sitter — city |
| achieve | understand | colour | razors — raises |
| account | terrible | picture | battered — batted |
| annoy | permanent | murderer | mitre — mighty |
| approve | characters | sailor | offers — office |
| appear | component | collar | officers — offices |
| offence | glamourous | America | better — Betty |
| fisher — fishy |
Exercise II. Read the following sense-groups, mind the rhythm and intonation.
(a) a photograph; a photograph of her mother; a photograph of her mother and father; a photograph of her mother, father and brother; a photograph of her mother, father and younger brother.
(b) America; about South America; a book about South America; a beautiful book about South America.
Exercise III.Transcribe and intone the following sentences. Practise reading them in pairs.
[ə] (a) 1. Walter is older than Thomas.
2. Amelia speaks German better than Japanese.
3. Marcia is going to visit Persia in August.
4. Peter has never been to London.
5. Perhaps we'll come to them on Saturday afternoon. .
6. London is beautiful in such weather.
[э] — [i] (b) 1. Peter was offered a job of a manager in his father's office.
2. Betty knows London better than Manchester.
Exercise IV.Read the tongue-twister and learn it.
An adventurous professor and a professional astronomer are posing in front of the camera of a fashionable photographer.
Exercise V. Read the following texts.
(a) Alderman Sir Edward Anderson is a prosperous government official at the Treasury. Sir Edward Anderson's apartment at Aldeburgh is comfortable and fashionable. A professional burglar has entered the apartment by a ladder that was at the back of the house. But an observant amateur photographer has focussed his camera on the burglar and summoned a police-constable. As the burglar leaves there is a policeman at the bottom of the ladder.
(b) Barbara spent Saturday afternoon looking at a beautiful book about South America.
"I want to go to South America," she said to herself.
The next morning, when Barbara woke up it was six o'clock, and her brothers and sisters were still asleep.
Barbara looked at them, and closed her eyes again.
Then she quietly got out of bed and started to pack her suitcase.
She took some comfortable clothes out of the cupboard.
She packed a pair of binoculars and her sister's camera. She packed a photograph of herself and one of her mother and father.
"I mustn't forget to have some breakfast," she said to herself. But then she looked at the clock. It was a quarter to seven.
"I'll just drink a glass of water," she said.
"A glass of water," she said.
"Water," she said, and opened her eyes.
She was still in her bed, and her brothers and sisters were laughing at her.
"Tell us what you were dreaming about," they said to her.
But Barbara didn't answer. She was thinking about her wonderful journey to South America.
Exercise VI.Read the dialogue, mark the stresses and tunes. Act it out.
Comfort, Culture or Adventure?
Christopher: Going anywhere different for your vacation, Theresa?
Theresa: Ah, that's a million dollar question, Chistopher. Perhaps you can provide us with the decision. Edward demands his creature comforts — proper heating, constant hot water, comfortable beds, colour television...
Christopher: What about you, Theresa? Or aren't you too particular?
Theresa: Normally, yes. And usually we combine the open air and exercise with a bit of culture. Last year, for instance, we covered the Cheltenham Festival. The year before, it was Edinburgh. Edward adores Scotland.
Christopher: You fortunate characters! Are you complaining?
Theresa: No, but I long to go further afield — something more dangerous — and where the temperature's hotter!
Christopher: I wonder if this would interest you. It arrived today. "A Specialised Tour of South America for Photographers. Canoeing up the Amazon. Alligators. And other hazardous adventures."
Theresa: Christopher, how marvellous! It sounds wonderful.
Christopher: No creature comforts for Edward!
Theresa: Separate holidays are an excellent idea — occasionally! Edward can go to Scotland alone.
Exercise VII.Read the rhymes and learn them.
1. Tinker, Rich man,
Tailor, Poor man,
Soldier, Beggar man,
Sailor, Thief.
2. Rub-a-dub dub,
Three men in a tub,
The butcher, the baker,
The candlestick maker,
They all jumped over a rotten potato!
Exercise VIII.Transcribe the proverbs and learn them.
1. Adversity is a great headmaster.
2. Beggars can't be choosers.
3. Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
4. Better be alone than in bad company.
5. Christmas comes but once a year.
6. Take us as you find us.
7. As like as two peas.
UNIT 8. [ɛə] - [iə]
Exercise I.Read the following words paying special attention to correct pronunciation.
| l. [ɛə] | 2. [iə] | 3. [ɛə] - [iə] | ||
| hare | despair | era | appear | hare — here |
| dare | compare | zero | adhere | bear — beer |
| pair | repair | here | veneer | air — ear |
| air | declare | dear | endear | fair — fear |
| mare | affair | ear | career | rare — rear |
| care | prepare | shear | sincere | pear — pier |
| hair | impair | mere | museum | dare — dear |
| fair | aware | beer | material | chair — cheer |
| Clare — clear | ||||
| stare — steer | ||||
| spare — spear | ||||
| rarely — really | ||||
| mayor — mere | ||||
| a pair — appear |
Exercise II.Read the following sense-groups, mind the rhythm and intonation.
(a) share; fair share; their fair share; it's their fair share.
(b) there; down there; Mary down there; there's Mary down there; I swear there's Mary down there; I dare swear there's Mary down there.
(c) Can you hear? Can you hear clearly? Can you hear clearly from here?
Exercise III.Transcribe and intone the following sentences. Practise reading them in pairs.
[iə] (a) 1. Here, here!
2. Here today, gone tomorrow.
3. He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
4. There's none so queer as folk.
5. All the world is queer save thee and me and even thee's a little queer.
[ɛə] (b) 1. All's fair in love and war.
2. Fair's fair.
3. Share and share alike.
4. There, there!
5. Hair of the dog that bit you.
6. To bear a grudge.
7. As mad as a March hare.
8. If the cap fits, wear it.
9. Mary, Mary, quite contrary.
[ɛə] — [iə] (c) 1. The steering wheel needs repairing.
2. And the radio aerial doesn't work.
3. The gear box is really bad.
4. And would you repair the spare wheel? The air comes out.
5. The theatre is somewhere near here.
6. I don't care whether I live upstairs or downstairs.
Exercise IV. Read the tongue-twisters and learn them.
1. Mary is scared of fairies in the dairy.
2. Fair-haired Sarah stares warily at the hairy bear, glaring from his lair.
Exercise V. Read the text.
A dreary peer sneers in the grand tier of the theatre. At the rear they hear the peer and jeer. But here, clearly the cheers for the hero are really fierce. The weary hero King Lear is nearly in tears.
Exercise VI.Read the dialogues, mark the stresses and tunes. Learn them. Act out the dialogues.
A Pair of Hairbrushes
Mary: I've lost two small hairbrushes, Claire. They're a pair.
Claire: Have you looked carefully everywhere?
Mary: Yes. They're nowhere here.
Claire: Have you looked upstairs?
Mary: Yes. I've looked everywhere upstairs and downstairs. They aren't anywhere.
Claire: Hh! Are they square, Mary?
Mary: Yes. They're square hairbrushes. Have you seen them anywhere?
Claire: Well, you're wearing one of them in your hair!
Mary: Oh! Then where's the other one?
Claire: It's over there under the chair.
A Bearded Mountaineer
(Mr and Mrs Lear are on holiday in Austria)
Mr Lear: Let's have a beer here, dear.
Mrs Lear: What a good idea! They have very good beer here. We came here last year.
Mr Lear: The atmosphere here is very clear.
Mrs Lear: And it's windier than last year.
Mr Lear: (speaking to the waiter) Two beers, please.
Mrs Lear: Look, dear! Look at that mountaineer drinking beer.
Mr Lear: His beard is in his beer.
Mrs Lear: His beard has nearly disappeared into his beer!
Mr L e a r: Sh, dear! He might hear.
Waiter: (bringing the beer) Here you are, sir. Two beers.
Mr Lear: (drinking his beer) Cheers, dear!
Mrs Lear: Cheers! Here's to the bearded moutaineer!
3. It's Eerie in Here
Aaron: Oh Piers, it's eerie in here — there's a sort of mysterious atmosphere — as if nobody's been here for years.
Piers: That's queer. Look, Aaron — over there. There's a weird light, like hundreds of pairs of eyes staring. I think we're in some animal's lair.
Aaron: Where?
Piers: There. They're coming nearer. My God, Aaron, they're giant bats.
Aaron: Oh no! I can feel them in my hair. They're tearing my beard! I can't bear it. Piers.
Piers: What if they're vampires? They're everywhere. Let's get out of here. We could try and climb higher.
Aaron: No fear! I'm not going anywhere. I'm staying here.
Piers: Aaron! There's a kind of iron staircase. Over here. Only take care. There's a sheer drop. (Sounds of panting)
Aaron: God, I'm weary. We must have been climbing these stairs for hours.
Piers: Cheer up, Aaron, I can see a square of light and smell fresh air and flowers. We're nearly there!
Exercise VII.Read the rhymes and learn them.
1. Here's a body — there's a bed,
There's a pillow — here's a head,
There's a curtain — here's a light!
There's a puff — and so good night!
2. What is this life if, Full of care,
We have no time To stand and stare.
3. There was an old man with the beard,
Who said "It is just as I feared! —
Two owls and a hen,
Four larks and a wren,
Have all built their nest in my beard."
4. The Wind and the Moon (by G. Macdonald)
Said the Wind to the Moon, "I will blow you out,
You stare in the air
Like a ghost in a chair."
He blew a great blast, and the thread was gone.
In the air
Nowhere
Was a moonbeam bare.
Exercise VIII.Transcribe the proverbs and learn them.
1. It's late to tear your hair.
2. Hares may pull dead lions by the beard.
3. Neither here nor there.
4. Experience is the mother of wisdom.
5. Who fears to suffer, suffers to fear.
UNIT 9. [аʋ] — [зʋ]
Exercise I.Read the following words paying special attention to correct pronunciation.
| 1. [аʋ] | 2. [зʋ] | 3. [аʋ] — [зʋ] | |||
| owl | mouse | show | hole | boat | now — know |
| wow | house | snow | role | both | loud — load |
| vow | south | low | bowl | coast | found — phoned |
| now | mouth | toe | cold | vote | row — row |
| loud | doubt | Joe | home | smoke | {quarrel) (line) |
| crowd | shout | foe | tone | soap | doubt — dote |
| down | rout | doe | shoulder | coat | town — tone |
| gown | pouch | go | toad | soak | |
| round | scout | so | road | throat | |
| how | stout | no | load | boast |
Exercise II. Read the following sense-groups, mind the rhythm and intonation.
(a) Rose; know Rose; you know Rose; suppose you know Rose; don't suppose you know Rose; I don't suppose you know Rose.
(b) ground; mouse on the ground; a brown mouse on the ground; found a brown mouse on the ground; this owl has found a brown mouse on the ground.
Exercise III.Transcribe and intone the following sentences. Practise reading them in pairs.
[зʋ] (а) 1. Joan is combing her golden hair.
2. Joe has a noble Roman nose.
3. Joe and Joan go for a stroll.
4. Joe shows Joan his roses.
5. Joan won't go home alone, so Joe goes home with Joan.
[аʋ] (b) 1. Just outside the town, to the south, is Louwater House.
2. Fountains Hotel is opposite the Town Hall.
3. We saw a hound with a grouse in its mouth.
4. Without doubt our scout will make photoes of mountains and fountains.
5. To be down and out.
6. Ne'er cast a clout till May is out.
7. They've eaten me out of house and home.
8. To make a mountain out of a molehill.
9. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
10. Out and about.
11. When in doubt, leave it out.
[аʋ] — [зʋ] (с) 1. Joe has a round house, an old coastal boat, a cow and a goat.
2. South Beach Hotel is close to the Lighthouse. It has a beautiful flower garden, and underground car park and children's playground. There is a telephone in every room.
Exercise IV.Read the tongue-twisters and learn them.
1. Moses supposes his toeses[1] are roses,
But Moses supposes erroneously,
For nobody's toeses are posies of roses
As Moses supposes his toeses to be.
2. Soames never boasts of what he knows but Rose never knows of what she boasts.
Exercise V.Complete the following sentences working in pars.
1. — Won't you row the old boat over the ocean from Dover to Stow-in-the-Wold if I load it with gold?
— No, no, I won't row the old boat over the ocean from Dover to Stow-in-the-Wold if you load it with gold.
2. — Won't you show Joan where you're going to grow a whole row of roses when you've sold her those potatoes and tomatoes?
— No, no, I won't...
3. — Won't you blow your noble Roman nose before you pose for your photo tomorrow? — No, no, I won't...
Exercise VI.Read the dialogues, mark the stresses and tunes. Learn them. Act out the dialogues.
A Mouse in the House
Mrs Brown: (shouting loudly) I've found a mouse!!
Mr Brown: Ow! You're shouting too loudly. Sit down and don't shout.
Mrs Brown: (sitting down) I've found a mouse in the house.
Mr В г о wn: A brown mouse?
Mrs Brown: Yes. A little round mouse. It's running around in the lounge.
Mr Brown: On the ground?
Mrs Brown: Yes. It's under the couch now.
Mr Brown: Well, get it out.
Mrs Brown: How?
Mr Brown: Turn the couch upside-down. Get it out somehow. We don't want a mouse in our house. Ours is the cleanest house in the town!
2. Snow in October
(Joe Jones is sleeping, but Joan woke up a few minutes ago.)
Joan: Joe! Joe! Joe! Hello!
Joe: (groans) Oh! What is it Joan?
Joan: Look out of the window.
Joe: No. My eyes are closed, and I'm going to go to sleep again.
J о an: Don't go to sleep, Joe. Look at the snow.
Joe: Snow? But it's only October. I know there's no snow.
Joan: Come over to the window, Joe.'
Joe: You're joking, Joan. There's no snow.
Joan: OK. I'll put my coat on and go out and make a snowball and throw it at your nose, Joe Jones!
3. Howard's Found an Owl
Howard: Brownie, if you vow not to make a sound, I'll show you an owl that I've found.
Brownie: An owl? You've found an owl?
Howard: Don't shout so loudly. We don't want a crowd to gather round the house. Tie that hound up outside the cowshed. He's so bouncy and he's bound to growl.
Brownie: There. I've wound his lead round the plough. No amount of bouncing will get him out now.
Howard: Now, not a sound. It's down by the fountain Where the cows browse.
Brownie: Wow, Howard! It's a brown mountain owl! It's worth about a thousand pounds down in the town.
Howard: No doubt. But my proud owl is homeward bound — south to the Drowned Mouse Mountains.
4. No Wonder the Boat Was Low!
Miss Jones: So the boatman put the goat and the roses and the load of coal into the boat —
Toby: I hope the goat won't eat the roses. Goats eat most things, you know. Miss Jones.
Miss Jones: They told the boatman so. But oh no, the goat and the roses both had to go in the boat.
Toby: Was it a rowing boat. Miss Jones? Was the boatman going to row?
Miss Jones: No, they told the boatman rowing would be too slow. So the postman sold him an old motor mower and he roped it to the boat. And so, you see, Toby, he had a motor boat.
Toby: Did the boat go?
Miss Jones: It was a bit low, with the goat and the coal and the roses and the boatman —
Toby: And the postman and Rover, I suppose — Miss Jones: Oh no, there was no room for the postman and Rover. They went home by road. And then it began to snow...
Exercise VII.Read the rhymes and learn them.
1. Little mouse, little mouse,
Will you come out of your house?
Thank you, pussy! says the mouse
I won't leave my little house!
2. See-saw, See-saw
Up and down,
Up and down,
This is the way
To London town.
3. Mr Brown, Mr Brown,
Are you going down town,
Could you stop and take me down,
Thank you kindly, Mr Brown.
4. There was an Old Man who supposed
That the street door was partially closed,
But some very large rats
Ate his coats and his hats.
While that futile Old Gentleman dozed.
5. There was an Old Man in a boat,
Who said. "I'm afloat! I'm afloat!"
When they said, "Not You ain't!"
He was ready to ,faint,
That unhappy Old Man in a boat.
6. There was an Old Man who said, "How
Shall I flee from this horrible cow?"
I will sit on this stile,
And continue to smile,
Which may soften the heart of that cow.
Exercise VIII.Transcribe the proverbs and learn them.
1. Great boast, small roast.
2. Little strokes fell great oaks.
3. Man proposes, God disposes.
4. To know everything is to know nothing.
5. Stones grow old.
6. To hope against hope.
7. Out of sight, out of mind.
8. Burn not your house to rid it of your mouse.
9. As you sow you shall mow.
10. These is no place like home.
11. In a roundabout way.
UNIT 10. [ai] — [ei]
Exercise I.Read the following words paying special attention to correct pronunciation.
| 1. [ai] | 2. [ei] | 3. [ai] — [ei] | ||||
| I | idea | kite | pay | pain | make | white — wait |
| my | ride | right | day | gain | take | rice — race |
| tie | oblige | sight | say | vain | rake | like — lake |
| rye | rhyme | night | lay | rain | sake | lied — laid |
| bye | time | bright | ray | again | shape | rise — raise |
| by | kind | like | bay | game | cape | file — fail |
| pie | nine | life | stay | fame | face | light — late |
| lie | wild | wife | way | famous | lace | might — mate |
| die | mild | rice | may | lain | late | isle — ale |
| shy | while | mice | weigh | sane | waste | while — whale |
| sky | child | white | eight | David | pace | bike — bake |
Exercise II. Read the following sense-groups, mind the rhythm and intonation.
(a) days; eight days; eighty-eight days; takes eighty-eight days; it takes eighty-eight days; they say it takes eighty-eight days.
(b) station; a railway station; waiting at a railway station; a train waiting at a railway station; a train waiting at a railway station on a rainy day; a train waiting at a railway station on a grey rainy day.
Exercise III.Transcribe and intone the following sentences. Practise reading them in pairs.
[ai] (a) 1. Mike's white kite is flying high in the sky.
2. Clive climbs high spires at night.
3. Diana is quite nice but frightfully shy.
4. Clive decides to invite Diana to dine. He tries to find a fine white wine.
5. Diana decides she would like to dine with Clive and arrives on time, but politely declines the white wine.
[ei] (b) 1. A sailor and a mate watch a baby whale playing on a great wave at daybreak.
2. James plays with trains and planes.
3. Jane bakes eight cakes.
4. James takes a cake from Jane's plate.
[ai] — [ei] (c) 1. The lake that I like is on the isle.
2. David baits his hook and a whiting bites it.
3. Save your pains, Mike.
4. Name the day, Myra.
Exercise IV. Read the tongue-twisters and learn them.
1. Three grey geese in a green field grazing.
Grey were the geese and green was the grazing.
2. There's no need to light a night light on a light night like tonight.
Exercise V.Read the dialogues, mark the stresses and tunes. Learn them. Act out the dialogues.
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 G r ey: 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?
P о r t e r: It says: Baker Street train — 8.08.
Mr Grey: Hh! So the train isn't late. I'm late.
Mike, Myra and Violet
(Myra and Violet are typists in the library)
Myra: (smiling) Hello, Mike!
Mike: Hello, Myra. Hello, Violet. You're looking nice, Violet.
(silence)
Mike: Would you like some ice-cream, Violet?
Violet: No thanks, Mike. I'm busy typing. Talk to me some other time. I have ninety-nine pages to type by Friday.
Mike: Never mind. Do you like riding, Violet? Violet: Sometimes.
Mike: Would you like to come riding with we tonight, Violet?
Violet: Not tonight, Mike. I'm going for a drive with Nigel.
Mike: What about Friday?
Violet: I'm going climbing with Miles.
Mike: Hm! Oh, all right. Bye!
Myra: Violet, he's put something behind your typewriter.
V i о 1 e t: Is it something nice, Myra?
Myra: No. It's a spider.
Exercise VI. Read the rhymes and learn them.
1. Rain, rain, go away, Come again another day, Little Johnny wants to play.
2. Rain, rain, go to Spain, Never show your face again.
3. This is the way the ladies ride,
Nim, nim, nim, nim.
This is the way the gentlemen ride,
Trim, trim, trim, trim.
This is the way the fanners ride,
Trot, trot, trot, trot.
This is the way the huntsmen ride,
A-gallop, a-gallop, a-gallop, a-gallop.
This is the way the ploughboys ride,
Hobble-dy-gee, hobble-dy-gee.
4. There was a young lady whose eyes
Were unique as to colour and size,
When she opened them wide,
People all turned aside.
And started away in surprise.
5. There was a fat man of Bombay
Who was smoking one sunshine day,
When a bird called a snipe
Flew away with his pipe,
Which vexed the fat man of Bombay.
6. There was a young lady of Norway.
Who casually sat on a doorway.
When the door squeezed her flat,
She exclaimed, "What of that?"
That courageous young lady of Norway.
Exercise VII.Transcribe the proverbs and learn them.
1. He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.
2. If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.
3. No pains, no gains.
4. When the cat is away, the mice will play.
5. After dinner sit awhile after supper walk a mile.
6. Haste makes waste.
7. To make hay while the sun shines.
8. The blind leading the blind.
9. A stitch in time saves nine.
10. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
11. A cat has nine lives.
12. Out of sight, out of mind.
13. To call a spade a spade.
UNIT 11. [ɔi] - [ai]
Exercise I.Read the following words paying special attention to correct pronunciation.
| 1. [ɔi] | 2. [ai] | 3. [ɔi] - [ai] | ||||
| boy- | join | roister | my | hide | height | boy — buy |
| joy | point | hoist | why | wide | tight | toy — tie |
| enjoy | joint | hoik | try | wide | white | oil — isle |
| employ | coin | coif | rye | ride | right | voice — vice |
| destroy | soil | adroit | sigh | side | sight | Roy — rye |
| toy | oil | voice | high | lied | light | point — pint |
| coy | foil | choice | fly | tried | trite | foil — file |
| Roy | spoil | moist | buy | fried | fright | poise — pies |
Exercise II.Read the following sense-groups, mind the rhythm and intonation.
(a) Mike; Mike and Myra; Mike and Myra take; Mike and Myra take enjoyment; Mike and Myra take enjoyment in spoiling; Mike and Myra take enjoyment in spoiling toys.
(b) oil; point of oil; boiling point of oil; What's the boiling point of oil?
Exercise III.Transcribe and intone the following sentences. Practise reading them in pairs.
[oi] (a) 1. Join me in the voyage, Roy.
2. Boys will be boys.
3. Mr Hoyle toils the soil.
4. The boy is adroit with his quoit.
5. Roy is a loyal royalist.
6. Joice enjoys annoying Roy.
[ai] (b) 1. The time is flying.
2. My child Mike is bright.
3. I quite like the Whites.
4. Why, the pleasure is entirely mine.
[oi] — [ai] с) 1. Roy and Mike are fine but noisy boys,
2. Ida is spoilt and coy.
Exercise IV.Read the rhymes and learn them.
1. What kind of noise annoys an oyster?
A noisy noise annoys an oyster.
2. Smile a while and while you smile,
others'll smile and then there'll be miles of smiles.
Exercise V. Read the dialogues, mark the stresses and tunes. Learn them. Act out the dialogues.
1. Joyce's Rolls Royce
{Joyce takes her Rolls Royce to the garage) .
Garage boy: What a terrible noise.
Joyce: Eh?
Garage boy: {raising his voice) What a terrible noise! This is the noisiest Rolls Royce I've ever heard.
Joyce: {pointing) It's out of oil.
Garage boy: Out of oil? And look! The water's boiling. Madam, a Rolls Royce isn't a toy. Perhaps you've spoilt the motor or even destroyed it.
Joyce: How annoying! While you're changing the oil, I'll go and visit my boyfriend, Roy.
A Painting of a Boy
J a y: Do you like painting?
Joy: Yes. I'm trying to paint a boy lying beside a lake. Do you like it?
Jay: Hm ... Why don't you buy some oil paints?
J о у: I don't enjoy painting with oils.
Jay: Your painting is quite nice, but why are you painting the boy's face grey?
Joy: {pointing) It isn't grey. It's white.
3. James Doyle and the Boilermakers' Strike
Old Gentleman: I say, boy! What's all that frightful noise? Boy: It's the boilermakers from Tyneside. They're on strike. I'm on my way to join them.
Old Gentleman: You a boilermaker?
Boy: Me? No, I slave for United Alloys. But I'll add my voice to anyone fighting for his rights.
Old Gentleman: Wait! Why are they striking this time?
В о у: A rise in wages mainly — and overtime for nights.
Old Gentleman: Why don't they use their brains? A rise in pay means rising prices and greater inflation. What's the point? Who gains?
Boy: That's blackmail, mate. There's high unemployment in Tyneside and the employers exploit the situation. They pay a highly trained boilermaker starvation wages. It's a disgrace.
Old Gentleman: What's your name?
Boy: James Doyle. I come from a line of fighters. My Aunt Jane chained herself to the railings in 1809. She was quite famous.
Old Gentleman: I'll be highly annoyed if you tie yourself to mine!
Exercise VI.Read the rhymes and learn them.
1. Taffy was born
On a moonshiny night,
His head in a pipkin,
His heels upright.
2. Cry, baby, cry,
Put your finger in your eye,
And tell your mother it wasn't I.
3. This is the grave of Mike O'Day,
Who died, maintaining his right of way.
His right was clear, his will was strong
But he's just as dead as if he'd been'wrong.
4. There was a young lady of Niger
Who smiled as she rode on a tiger,
They returned from the ride
With the lady inside,
And the smile on the face of the tiger.
5. There was an old person of Troy,
Whose drink was warm brandy and soy,
Which he took with a spoon,
By the light of the moon, In sight of the city of Troy.
Exercise VII.Transcribe the proverbs and learn them.
1. Let bygones be bygones..
2. A blind leader of the blind.
3. He gives twice who gives in a trice.
4. No joy without alloy.
5. Since Adam was a boy.
6. The voice of one man is the voice of no one.
7. Choice of the end covers the choice of means.
UNIT 12. [p] - [b]
Exercise I.Read the following words paying special attention to the sounds [p] — [b].
| 1. [p] | 2. [b] | 3. [p]- [b] | ||||
| pen | cap | pepper | bag | cab | lobby | pin — bin |
| pin | nap | copper | bug | rub | rubber | pen — Ben |
| pan | cop | paper | beg | rob | hobby | pear — bear |
| pond | top | helpful | big | rib | robin | cap — cab |
| pub | lip | apple | bit | sob | member | pup — pub |
| pony | cup | spoon | bid | Bob | submit | pit — bit |
| part | puppy | stupid | block | club | submarine | pond — bond |
| please | lap | sport | band | crib | table | pun — bun |
| pig — big | ||||||
| prim — brim | ||||||
| pack — back |
Exercise II.Read the following sense-groups, mind the rhythm and intonation.
(a) a passenger; a purposeful passenger; a prosperous purposeful passenger; a plump, prosperous, purposeful passenger; portrait of a plump, prosperous, purposeful passenger; portrait of a plump, prosperous, purposeful passenger with a pipe.
(b) beer; brown beer; best brown beer; a bottle of best brown beer; bring a bottle of best brown beer; Bob, bring a bottle of best brown beer.
Exercise III.Transcribe and intone the following sentences. Practise reading them in pairs.
[b] (a) 1. Barbara is a beautiful blonde with bright blue eyes.