Chapter 9 Supplementary Units.

9.1. Practise the English sounds

[P] – [B]
1. Read as quickly as possible.

1. The parrot, the pretty parrot, the pretty parrot's picking up, the pretty parrot's picking up a pencil. The pretty parrot's picking up a purple pencil.
2. Bazaar, the big bazaar, balloons from the big bazaar, blue balloons from the big bazaar, brought back blue balloons from the big bazaar, Bob brought back blue balloons from the big bazaar. Betty and Bob brought back blue balloons from the big bazaar.

2. Read the sentences. Pay attention to the sounds.

1. We are very experienced at packing parcels. Lots of people send our pullovers as presents. We wrap up hundreds of pullovers. I'm sure our parcel was properly packed.
2. Oh, stop being stupid, Bob. It's a baby. I put her oh the balcony on a blanket with a biscuit to bite on and I think a bit of biscuit. Oh, she can't breathe!

3. Set phrases, idioms, sayings and proverbs.
Practice makes perfect. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
To Rob Peter to pay Paul. Beauty will buy no beef.

4. Rhymes and tongue twisters.

1. Betty Botter bought some butter.
   But, she said, this butter's bitter
   If I put it in my batter butter
   It will make my batter bitter
   So she bought a bit of butter
   Better than her bitter butter.
2. A big black bug bit a big black bear, made the big black bear bleed blood.
3. A pleasant place to place a plaice is a place where a plaice is pleased to the placed.

Practise this conversation.
A: Can I help you?
B: I hope so. I have a complaint. I bought a pullover in your shop. It was a
beautiful pullover; and very expensive.
A: What happened?
B: It was a present for a friend abroad. You said you could pack it, and post
it for me. I was very pleased.
A: What's the problem?
B: The parcel was damaged in the post. The paper came off. The pullover was spoilt.
A: Oh dear. I'm sorry the pullover was spoilt. But it happened in the post. So the Post Office are responsible.
B: The Post Office said that the parcel wasn't properly picked. You are responsible.
A: We are very experienced at packing parcels. Lots of people send our pullovers as presents. We wrap up hundreds of pullovers. I'm sure our parcel was properly packed.
B: I'd like to speak to the department manager, please.

[K] - [G]
1. Read as quickly as possible.

1. Crayons, cassettes and crayons, coins, cassettes and crayons, keeps her coins, cassettes and crayons, carefully keeps her coins, cassettes and cray­ons, Kitty carefully keeps her coins, cassettes and crayons. Kitty's cousin carefully keeps his coins, cassettes and crayons, too.
2. Garry, Garry's granny, Garry's granny's got, Garry's granny's got goats, Garry's granny's got goats and geese, Garry's granny's got goats, geese and a big gorilla. Garry's granny's got goats, geese and a big gorilla in her green garden.

2. Read the sentences. Pay attention to the sounds.

1. Pack the cash in the ice-cream carton in the back of the car and make your way as quickly as you can back to the cafe.
2. Can you quickly kick a crooked Coca-Cola can? Of course 1 can quickly kick a crooked Coca-Cola can.
3. Л simple game is the Bag Game. One group has a big bag, and the other group guesses what's in the bag. It's a good game at the beginning, to get to know each other.

3. Set phrases, idioms, sayings and proverbs.
Curiosity killed the cat. Cut your coal according to your cloth. To kill the goose that lays the golden egg. Go and teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

[G]
Dialogue Guests in August
Craig: I've just got a telegram from Margaret and Greg.
Carol: Are they coming to England again?
Craig: Yes. At the beginning of August.
Carol: Good. We can all get together again.
Craig: I'm glad they're coming in August. We can take the dog
And go for walks together.
Carol: Yes. And we can give a garden party
Craig: And Margaret can play her guitar in the garden and sing
Greek songs again.
Carol: Yes. August is a good time to come to England.

[K]
Dialogue The cuckoo clock
Mrs Cook: Would you like some cream in your coffee, Mrs Clark?
Mrs Clark: No thank you. But I'd like a little milk. Mrs Cook: Would you like some chocolate cakes?
Mrs Clark: Thank you.
Mrs Cook: T ake two. Here's a cake fork, and here's a...
Mrs Clark: Excuse me, Mrs Cook. But what's that next to your
bookshelf? Is it a clock?
Mrs Cook: Yes. It's an American cuckoo clock.
MrsClark: Is it plastic?
Mrs Cook: Oh, no, Mrs Clark. It's a very expensive clock. It’s an
electric clock.
Mrs Clark: Well, it's exactly six o'clock now, and it's very quiet.
Doesn't it say 'cuckoo'?
Mrs Cook: Of course, Mrs Clark. Look!
Clock: Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo!
Cuckoo!
MrsClark: How exciting! What a clever clock!
Clock: Cuckoo!

[T] – [D]
1. Read as quickly as possible.

1. The tunnel, through the tunnel, tore through the tunnel, the train tore through the tunnel, the two-twenty-two train tore through the tunnel. Tell me when the two-twenty-two train tore through the tunnel.
2. Dishes, Dutch dishes, traditional Dutch dishes, tried traditional Dutch dishes, David's daughter tried traditional Dutch dishes, David's elder daughter tried traditional Dutch dishes. David's elder daughter tried traditional Dutch dishes yesterday.

2. Read the sentences. Pay attention to the sounds.

1. You can take two books and keep them for ten days. After that, if you are finished them, you return them. If you haven't finished, you can renew them.
2. I found David dreadfully dull, I'm afraid. You know, that dress doesn't do anything for you, my dear. Darling, it's so deadening, so dreadfully drab!

3. Set phrases, idioms, sayings and proverbs.
To fall between two stools. A storm in a cup. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Dull as ditchwater. Between the devil and the deep blue sea. Diseases of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body.
4. Rhymes and tongue twisters.

1. When a Twister a twisting, will twist him a twist;
   For the twisting of his twist, he three times doth untwist.
   But if one of the twines of the twist do untwist,
   The twine that untwisteth, untwisteth the twist.
2. Hey, diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle,
   The cow jumped over the moon
   The little dog laughed;
   To see such sport,
   And the dish ran away with the spoon.
3. A tutor who tooted the flute Tried to tutor two tooters to toot.
   Said the two to the tutor:
   "Is it harder to toot or
   To tutor two tooters to toot?"
4. Twelve twins twirled twelve.twigs,
   Tiny.Trevor takes twenty-two and two-thirds of a second
   to tie two tired tigers to two tall trees. How long does it take
   Tiny Trevor. To tie ten tired tigers to ten tall trees?
5. Trot, trot, to Boston;
   Trot, trot, to Lynn;
   Trot, trot, to Salem;
   Home, home again.
6. Tell-tale-Tit
   Your tongue shall be slit,
   and all the little puppy
   dogs Shall have a little bit.

Dialogue A damaged telephone
Donald: Hello, Daisy. This is Donald.
Daisy: D unston 238282.
Daisy: Oh, hello, darling.
Donald: What did you do yesterday, Daisy? You forgot our date,
didn't you?
Daisy: Well, it rained all day, Donald, and I have a bad cold, so 1
decided to stay at home.
Donald: Did you? I telephoned twenty times and nobody answered.
Daisy: Oh, the telephone was damaged. They repaired it today.
Donald: What did David do yesterday? Did he and Dotty go dancing?
Daisy: No. They stayed at home and played cards with the children.
Donald: And what did you do? Did you play cards too?
Daisy: No. Sidney and I listened to the radio and studied. What
did you do yesterday, Donald?
Donald: I've just told you, Daisy. I tried to phone you twenty.

[N] [ŋ] [M]
1. Read as quickly as possible.

1. Mush, much mush, munch much mush, must munch much mush, mon­-sters must munch much mush, mummies and monsters must munch much mush. Many mummies and monsters must munch much mush.
2. Songs, spring songs, singing spring songs, birds singing spring songs, listening to birds singing spring songs, like listening to birds singing spring songs, nothing like listening to birds singing spring songs. There is nothing like listening to birds singing spring songs.

2. Read the sentences. Pay attention to the sounds.

1. This King's Kingdom was far-flung, stretching along the banks of every winding river, spreading into all the angles of the world.
2. There were two monks ringing a tinkling bell, singing a sad lingering
   song in a strange tongue no longer known among the younger subjects of the far flung kingdom.
3. Britain has won the European Golden Song
   Contest, for the ninth time. The winning song is "Bells are Ringing'", sung by Kay King. Last year's winners, Sweden, came second. Their new song is called "Bing, Bang, Bong".

3. Set phrases, idioms, sayings and proverbs.
A friend in need is a friend indeed. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. A bad beginning makes a bad ending. The chain is no stronger than its weakest link. Extremes meet. Men make houses, women make homes.
4. Rhymes and tongue twisters.
Sing, sing, what shall I sing?
The cat's run away with the pudding string!
Do, do, what shall I do?
The cat's run away with the pudding, too!

[ŋ]
Dialogue Noisy neighbours
Mr Pring: (angrily). Bang! Bang! Bang! What are the Kings doing at seven o'clock on Sunday morning?
Mrs Pring: Well, Mr King is singing.
Mr Pring: Yes, but what's the banging noise?
Mrs Pring: (looking out of the window) He's standing on a
ladder and banging some nails into the wall with a hammer. Now he's hanging some strong string on the nails.
Mr Pring: And what's Airs King doing?
Mrs Pring: She's bringing something pink for Mr. King to drink.
Now she's putting it under the ladder, and.. Ohh!
Mr Pring: What's happening?
Mrs Pring: The ladder's falling.
Mr Pring: What's Mr King doing?
Mrs Pring: He's hanging from the string. He's holding the string
his fingers and he's shouting to Airs King.
Mr Pring: And is she helping him?
Mrs Pring: No. She's running to our house.
Now she's ringing our bell
Mr Pring: I'm not going to answer it. I'm sleeping.

[M] – [N] name - mine
Practice 1 Tick the words you recognize in the sentences you hear:

1. a) combs; b) cones
2. a) mine; b) nine
3. a) name; b) mane
4. a) some; b) sun
5. a) warm; b) warn
6. a) money; b) mummy

Practice 2 Listen and repeat:

noise	apartment	Northern Avenue
morning	unfurnished	central London
rent	inexpensive	ninety-nine
agency-	month	n.15
oven	station	garden
often	accommodation	kitchen
seven	television	Mr. Mason
eleven	prison	certainly

Dialogue: At an accommodation agency
Mr. Mason: Good morning. I want an apartment in central London.
Manager: Certainly, sir. How much rent did you чипа to pay?
Mr. Mason: No more than £27 a month.
Manager: £27 a month? We don't often hare apartments us inexpensive as that. We hare one apartment for £ iy a month in Northern Avenue. It's down near the station.
Mr. Mason: Is it furnished?
Manager: No. It's unfurnished. The kitchen has no oven. It's forbidden to use the garden. No friends in the apartments after eleven in the evening. No noise and no television after 11.15.
Mr. Mason: T hank you! I want an apartment, not a prison!

[∫] - [ʒ]
1. Read as quickly as possible.

1. Dishes, wash dishes, don't wash dishes, wishes don’t wash dishes. I’m sure that wishes don't wash dishes.
2. Parrot, Polynesian parrot, the usual Polynesian parrot, this is the usual name for!he usual Polynesian parrot. This is just the usual name for the usual Polynesian parrot.

2. Read the sentences. Pay attention to the sounds.

1. Shh, don't shout I'm sure I said "sheep". She's here in the shed. Isn't she sweet? She was washed up on the shore al Shale Marsh.
2. On how many occasions have you told me that television was an in trusion into privacy of the house, that it destroyed the pleasures of conversation that people no longer know how lo make use of their leisure?

3. Set phrases, idioms, sayings and proverbs. Slow but sure. Ship to shore communication. Confusion worse confounded. Thai man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
4. Rhymes and tongue twisters.

1. Silly Sail swiftly shooed seven silly sheep.
   The seven silly sheep Silly Sally shooed Shilly-shallied south.
   These sheep shouldn't sleep in a shack
   Sheep should sleep in a shed.
2. She sells sea-shells on the seashore
   The shells that she sells are seashore shells I'm sure
   For if she sells sea-shells on the seashore
   Then I'm sure she sells seashore shells.

Dialogue: A special washing machine
Mrs Marsh: Does this shop sell washing machines/
Mr Shaw: Yes. This is the newest washing machine, madam.
Mrs Marsh: Is it Swedish?
Mr Shaw: Nо, madam. It's English.
Mrs Marsh: Please show me how it washes.
Mr Shaw: Shall I give you a demonstration? Here are some
sheets and shirts. You put them in the machine. You
shut the door. And you push this button.
Mrs Marsh: The machine shouldn't shake like that, should it? Mr Shaw: W ashing machines always shake, madam. Ah! It's
finished now.
Mrs Marsh: But the sheets hare shrunk, and so have the shirts. Mr Shaw: Do you wish to buy this machine, madam?
Mrs Marsh: I'm not sure.

 

[ʧ] – [ʤ]
1. Read as quickly as possible.

1. Lunch, the children's lunch, chocolate for the children's lunch, chops, cheese and chocolate for the children's lunch, I'd choose chops, cheese and chocolate for the children's lunch. How much is all that?
2. Language, the German language, learning the German language, Jim learning the German language, Jack and Jim learning the German language. Just imagine Jack and Jim learning the German language.

2. Read the sentences. Pay attention to the sounds.

1. Life is a rich adventure and largely a question of chance. You don't choose your future as you choose a chocolate or a piece of cheese.
2. I was on the bridge at the edge of the village. I was just adjusting the engine when this soldier jumped out of the hedge.

3. Set phrases, idioms, sayings and proverbs.
Catch as catch can. Children are poor men's riches. Don't count your chick­ens before they're hatched. You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours. Char­ity begins at home.
4. Rhymes and tongue twisters.

1. Chip-chop, chip-chop, Chipper Chopper Joe.
2. Just imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an
   imaginary menagerie.
3. Jack, be nimble, 4) Jumping this way, jumping that, Jack, be quick, Jumping gently like a cat

Jack, jump over Jumping sideways, jumping tall,
The candlestick Jumping quickly all day long.

Dialogue At the butcher's shop
Butcher: Good morning, Mrs Church.
Mrs Church: Good morning, Mr Cheshire. I'd like some chops for the children's lunch.
Butcher: Chump chops or shoulder chops, Mrs Church?
Mrs Church: I’ll have jour shoulder chops, and I want a small
chicken.
Butcher: Would you like to choose a chicken, Mrs Church?
Mrs Church: Which one is cheaper?
Butcher: This one's the cheapest. It's a delicious chicken.
Mrs Church: How much is all that? I haven't got cash. Can I pay
by cheque?
Butcher: Of course, Mrs Church.

Dialogue George Churchill
Jerry: Just outside this village there's a very dangerous bridge. John: Y es Charles told me two jeeps crashed on it in January.
What happened?
Jerry: W ell George Churchill was the driver of the larger jeep, and he was driving very dangerously. He'd been drinking gin.
John: George Churchill? Do I know George Churchill?
Gerry: Yes. That ginger-haired chap. He's the manager of the travel agency in Chester.
John: Oh, yes. I remember George. He's always telling jokes. Well was anybody inured?
Jerry: Oh, yes. The other jeep went over the edge of the bridge, and
two children and another passenger were badly injured.
John: W ere both the jeeps damaged?
Jerry: Oh, yes.
John: And what happened to George?
Jerry: George? He's telling jokes in jail now, I suppose!

[L] – [R]
1. Read as quickly as possible.

1. Lily, Lily likes, Lily likes listening, Lily likes
   listening to the limericks, Lily likes listening
   to the lovely local limericks. Lily likes listening
   to the lovely local limericks alone.
2. The track, across the track, a tree-trunk across the track,
   trapped by a tree-trunk across the track, trucks are trapped
   by a tree-trunk across the track. This train and trucks
   are trapped by a tree-trunk across the track.

2. Read the sentences. Pay attention to the sounds.

1. Ladies and gentlemen, on your left you will see
   Lumley Castle. This belongs to Lord and Lady Lumley,
   who live here with their family. All the land on the left
   belongs to the Lumleys.
2. Do you really like living in a lighthouse all alone?
   I absolutely love living in a lighthouse all alone.
3. My rabbit's an Arabian rabbit. They're very rare.

When he's angry he races round and round his rabbit run.
And if he's in a real rage he rushes on to the roof and roars.

1. Strawberries, raspberries and red-currants with real cream are really very refreshing

3. Set phrases, idioms, sayings and proverbs.
Every cloud has a silver lining. Let sleeping dogs lie.
Live and let live. Like father, like son. Little things please
little minds. Truth is stranger than fiction. When angry, count to a hundred.

4. Rhymes and tongue twisters.

1. Robert Rowley rolled a round roll round
   A round roll Robert Rowley rolled round
   Where rolled the round roll
   Rober Rowley rolled round?
2. Ruby Rugby's brother bought and
   bought her back some rubber baby-buggy bumpers.

[L]
Dialogue: Early for lunch
Mr Allen: Hello Lily. You're looking lovely today.
Waitress: Hello, Mr Allen. You're duly for lunch. It's only eleven о 'clock.
Mr Allen: When I come later there's usually nothing left.
Waitress: What would you like?
Mr Allen: Leg of lamb, please.
Waitress: And would you like a plate of salad?
It's lettuce with black olives.
Mr Alien -.Marvelous! I love olives.
Waitress: And would you like a glass of lemonade?
Mr Allen: Yes, please, Lily. And a slice of melon and some yellow jelly.
Dialogue A proud parent

[R]
Dialogue
Mrs Randal Are all the children grown up now, Ruth?
Mrs Reed: Oh, yes. Laura is the cleverest one. She's a librarian in the public library.
Mrs Randal: Very interesting. And what about Rita?
Mrs Reed: She's a secretary at the railway station
Mrs Randal: And what about Rosemary? She was always a very pretty child.
Mrs Reed: Rosemary is a waitress in a restaurant in Paris. She's married to an electrician.
Mrs Randal: And what about Jerry and Roland?
Mrs Reed: Jerry drives a lorry. He drives everywhere in Europe
Mrs RandaI: Really? Which countries does he drive to?
Mrs Reed: France and Austria and Greece and Russia
Mrs Randal: And does Roland drive a lorry too?
Mrs Reed: Oh, no. Roland is a pilot.
Mrs Randal: Really? Which countries does he fly to?
Mrs Reed: Italia and America.

 

[F] - [V] - [W]
1. Read as quickly as possible.

1. Frogs, funny frogs, fat funny frogs, is fond of fat funny frogs, Frank is fond of fat funny frogs, Frank Forman is fond of fat funny frogs. In fact, Frank Forman is fond of fat funny frogs and foxes.
2. In winter, vests in winter, woollen, vests in winter, very warm woollen vests in winter, wears very warm woollen vests in winter, always wears very warm woollen vests in winter, Victor always wears very warm woollen vests in winter. Victor White always wears very warm woolen vests in winter.

2. Read the sentences. Pay attention to the sounds.

1. I found this funny fox cub in the forest on Friday afternoon! It's fantastic!
2. I’ve had an invitation from the University of Vladivostok to give a sur­vey of my own creative verse. How marvelous! I have never visited Vladivostok.
3. We weave well at "The Weavewell". A well-woven "weavewell" weave wears well.
4. I work in an office in the capital, but live in the village. Well, just outside the village, in fact, in an old farmhouse. I grow flowers and vegetables. I like fresh air and the people are friendly.

3 Set phrases, idioms, sayings and proverbs.
Birds of a feather flock together. Vanity of vanities, all is vanity. Virtue is own reward. All's fair in love and war. Where there's a will, there's away. Fit as a fiddle.
4 Rhymes and tongue twisters.

1. Four fat friars fanning fainting flies;
   Five frippy Frenchmen foolishly fishing for flies.
2. Which witch wished which wicked wish?
3. How much wood would a wood-chuck chuck
   If a wood-chuck could chuck wood?
4. We wonder whether the weather will weather the weather
   Or whether the weather the weather will kill.
5. While we were walking, we were watching window washers wash Washington's windows with warm washing water.
6. Whether the weather be fine Whether the weather be not
   Whether the weather be cold
   Whether the weather be hot
   We'll weather the weather
   Whatever the weather
   Whether we like it or not.
   Fried fresh fish, Fish
   fried fresh, Fresh fried
   fish, Fresh fish fried.
   Oh, fish, fresh fried.

Dialogue In this dialogue every letter V is silent.
In the airport
Announcer: The 2.30 plane to New York will depart later this
afternoon at Jour forty-four. Passengers on this flight
are forbidden to leave the airport. Dr Darling: Wonderful! I'm going to the bar to order some more German beer.
Mr Martin: Where's the bar?
Dr Darling: It's upstairs. There's a bookshop too. And a
supermarket. This is a marvelous airport!
Mr Martin: Oil dear! I wanted to get to New York earlier.
Ah! Here's an air hostess.
Excuse me. I don't understand. Has there been an emergency?
Air hostess: Oh, no, sir. There's just a storm, and the weather
forecast says it will get worse. So the plane will leave
a little later this afternoon.
Mr Martin: Are you sure?
Air hostess: Oh, yes, sir. Our departure time is at join joity-jour.

Dialogue A walk in the woods
Gwen: Did you see Victor on Wednesday, Wendy?
Wendy: Yes. We went for a walk in the woods near the railway.
Gwen: Wasn't it cold on Wednesday?
Wendy: Yes. It was very cold and wet. We wore warm clothes and
walked quickly to keep warm.
Gwen: It's lovely and quiet in the woods.
Wendy: Yes. Further away from the railway it was very quiet, and there were wild squirrels everywhere. We counted twenty squirrels.
Gwen: How wonderful! Twenty squirrels! And did you take
lunch with you?
Wendy: Yes. About twelve we had veal sandwiches and sweet white wine, and we watched the squirrels. It was a very nice walk.

[H]
1 Read as quickly as possible.
A hammer, a heavy hammer, herself with a heavy hammer, hit herself with a heavy hammer. Hilda hit herself with a heavy hammer. How horrible!
2. Read the sentences. Pay attention to the sounds.

1. He was hit by an express train. It was on the crossing just behind the horse.
2. Hello, Hanna. Have you heard about Hilda and Harry? They're on their honeymoon in Hawaii.
3. My husband left his umbrella in the hall. The handle got hooked round my ankle, and I fell over. My ankle hurt so much, I could hardly get up.

3. Set phrases, idioms, sayings and proverbs.
Cold hand, warm heart. Head over heels in love. Heaven helps him who helps himself. He that has ears to hear, let him hear. He laughs best who laughs last. Come hell or high water.
4. Rhymes and tongue-twisters.

1. My heart in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
   My heart in the Highlands a-chasing the deer,
   A-chasing the wild deer, and following the roe
   My heart in the Highlands, wherever I go.
2. Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater,
   Had a wife and couldn't keep her.
   He put her in a pumpkin shell,
   And there he kept her very well.

Dialogue A horrible accident
Helen: Hello, Ellen.
Ellen: Hello, Helen. Have you heard? There's been a horrible
accident.
Helen: Oh, dear! What's happened?
Ellen: Hilda Higgins' husband has had an accident on his horse.
Helen: How awful! Is he injured?
Ellen: Y es. An ambulance has taken him to hospital.
Helen: How did it happen?
Ellen: He was hit by an express train. It was on the crossing just
behind his house.
Helen: H ow horrible!
Ellen: He's having an important operation in hospital now.
Poor Hilda! She's so unhappy.
Helen: Perhaps he'll be all по/и.
Ellen: / hope so.

[S] – [Z]
1. Read as quickly as possible.

1. Seaward, slowly seaward, slid slowly seaward, snails slid slowly sea ward, six snails slid slowly seaward. Six slippery snails slid slowly sea ward.
2. Basil, Basil is revising, Basil is revising horses, Basil is-revising horses and zebras, Basil is revising horses and zebras for his exam, Basil is revising horses and zebras for his zoology exam. Basil is revising horses and zebras for his zoology exam. He's exhausted!

2. Read the sentences. Pay attention to the sounds.
Temperatures are expected to fall to minus six degrees in the south.
Northern areas will have severe frost, with snow on the hills.
It may also snow near the south coast. Roads will be icy –
drive slowly, and don't get too close to other cars.
I'm going crazy. One of those miserable Zeno boys,
two houses down, plays his transistor as if he was as far away as Mars.
3. Set phrases, idioms, sayings and proverbs.
Sickness in the body brings sadness to the mind. The end justifies the means.
One swallow doesn't make a summer. It's a silly goose that comes to a fox's sermon.
Rats desert a sinking ship. If wishes were horses,
Then beg­gars would ride. Boys will be boys
4. Rhymes and tongue twisters.

1. Six sportsmen shooting snips;
   Seven Severn salmon swallowing shrimps.
2. A wise old owl sat in an oak,
   The more he heard, the less he spoke;
   The less he spoke, the more he heard;
   Why aren't we all like that wise old bird?
3. The funniest man that I've met
   Keeps a very large rock as a pet.
   It's as quiet as a mouse. Makes no mess in the house
   And he never pays bills to the vet.
4. Swan swam over the sea,
   Swim, swan, swim!
   Swan swam back again,
   Well swum, swan!
   She sells seashells on the seashore.
   The shells she sells are seashells, I'm sure

Practise reading aloud:

The smile of a snake
She speaks slowly, and smokes special, expensive cigarettes. As she steps upstairs, her long skirt sweeps over her silver slippers. She is small and smart and sweet-smelling. Her skin is like snow.
'You have stolen my heart!' I once said stupidly, and she smiled. But when she smiled, she smiled the smile of a snake.

[ð] – [θ]