Reading Matter. Listen how the speaker on the tape reads the phrases below.

· Practise reading them.

: Charles is a cheerful chicken-farmer. A poacher is watching Charles' chickens, choosing which to snatch. He chuckles at the chance of a choice-chicken to chew for his lunch. But the chuckle reaches Charles who chases the poacher and catches him. For lunch, Charles chose a cheap chop and some chips, with cheese and cherries afterwards. They cheered the cheerful chap who chose to venture to match his skill with the champi­on's.

: The aged judge urges the jury to be just but generous. In June and July we usually enjoy a few jaunts to that region. He injured his thumb on the jagged edge of a broken jar.

LABORATORY WORK №4

Sonorants

Nasal Sonorants

1. Listen how the speaker on the tape pronounces the sonorant
in word initial, medial and final positions.

· Imitate the reading.

man, salmon, seem, made, family, warm

Practise reading the families of words above at normal conversational speed.

· Be sure to observe the positional length of .

Read the following words.

· Concentrate on the positional length of the sonorant .

· Be sure to make shorter before a voiceless consonant.

simple, symbol, rampling, rambling, limp, limber

Read the following word combinations with [m] in different
positions.

· Concentrate on the correct pronunciation of the sonorant.

many mushrooms; much marmalade; to make machines; a magic mask

Reading Matter. Listen how the speaker on the tape reads the phrases below.

The murmur of the bees in the elms brings back memories of many memorable summers. Some men may make many mistakes in mathematics. Since time immemorial the moon has moved men to make poems.

Transcribe and intone them.

· Practise reading them yourself at normal conversational speed.

7. Listen how the speaker on the tape pronounces the sonorant
in word initial, medial and final positions.

· Keep the tip of the tongue on the teeth ridge for .

· Imitate the reading.

nut, banana, inn

not, dinner, noon

8.Practise reading the words above at normal conversational
speed. Mind the positional length of .

9.Read the following words. Be sure to observe the positional length of .

· Remember that is shorter before voiceless consonants.

ant — and; lent — lend; bent — bend; dense — dens

10.Read the following word combinations with in different
positions.

· Concentrate on the correct pronunciation of the sonorant.

knitting needles; a nice necklace; neat napkins; a tin can; a fine line

Reading Matter. Listen how the speaker on the tape reads the phrases below.

· Practise reading them at normal speed.

That fine bunch of bananas will make a nice snack for noon. The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains. There's no news of Annie.

12.Listen how the speaker on the tape pronounces the sonorant in word medial (a) and final (b) positions.

· Be sure that the back part of the tongue touches the soft palate for .

· Imi­tate the reading.

(a)longing, anger, monkey, singer, finger, anchor

(b)sing, bring

13.Practise reading the words above at normal conversational
speed. Observe the positional length of .

Read the following words.

· Concentrate on the positional length of the sonorant . Be sure to make shorter before a voiceless consonant.

ankle — angle, bank — bangle

Transcribe and read the following word-contrasts.

· Be sure to pronounce the final -- correctly.

· Explain what changes in the place or the man­ner of articulation substitute one consonant for the other and affect the meaning of words.

fan — fang win — wing gone — gong

ton — tongue sin — sing son — sung

16.Reading Matter. Listen how the speaker on the tape reads
the phrases below.

· Practise reading them.

They ran and rang the bell. I think the thing is impossible. The spring brings many charming things,

Oral Sonorants

1. Listen how the speaker on the tape pronounces the oral sono­rant in word initial, medial and final positions. Imitate the reading.

live, along, all let, allow, beautiful

2. Practise reading the words above at normal conversational
speed.

3. Read the following word combinations with .

· Concentrate on the correct pronunciation of the sonorant in different positions.

a lovely lake; a large loaf; a lean lady; a long letter; low hills