Transcribe and intone the phrases above.

· Practise reading hem at normal conversational speed.

 

1. Listen how the speaker on the tape pronounces the following
words. Read the words yourself.

boy, toy, boil, coin, choice, voice, oil, oiler

2. Listen carefully to your fellow-student reading the words
above. Tell him what his errors in the articulation of are.

3. Now transcribe and read the following word contrasts. Con­centrate on the length of the nucleus of the diphthong.

boy — boys — boyhood; toy — toys — toyshop

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

The boy joined us with joy. Does this noise annoy those boys? Joyce enjoys annoying Roy.

5. Transcribe and intone the phrases above, practise reading
them at normal conversational speed.

1. Listen how the speaker on the tape pronounces the following words:

so, go, tone, home, note, hope, old, only

 

2. Read the words yourself. Pay attention to the vowel initial. No
glottal stop should be heard before it.

3. Listen carefully to your fellow-student reading the words of
Ex. 1. Tell him what his errors in the articulation of are.

4. Now transcribe and read the following word contrasts. Con­centrate on the length of the nucleus of the diphthong.

go — goal — goat foe — phone — photo row — road — wrote

5. Reading Matter. Listen how the speaker on the tape reads the
phrases, and the limerick below.

A minute ago he spoke to Mr. Snow over the phone.

Don't poke your nose into things you don't know.

There was an Old Man with a nose

Who said, "If you choose to suppose

That my nose is too long,

You are certainly wrong!"

That remarkable man with a nose.

6. Practise reading the exercise above at normal conversational
speed. Concentrate your attention on the sound .

 

1. Listen how the speaker on the tape reads the following words:

now, how, loud, proud, house, mouse, out, owl

Read the words yourself.

3.Listen carefully to your fellow-student reading the words of
Ex. 1. Tell him what his errors in the articulation of the diph­thong are.

4.Now transcribe and read the following word contrasts. Con­centrate on the length of the nucleus of the diphthong.

bow, how, bowed, howl, about, house

5. Read the following sets of words. Tell the differences between
the opposed sounds.

каучук — couch фауна — found

скаут — scout нокаут — knockout

6. Reading Matter. Listen how the speaker on the tape reads a
piece of poetry.

Snow came in the night Without a sound Like a white cloud Trembling down to the ground.

(E. Merriam)

7. Transcribe and intone the verse above. Practise reading it at
normal conversational speed.

8. Go through each line of the verse several times until you pro­duce it rapidly and smoothly. Learn it by heart.

 

1. Listen how the speaker on the tape pronounces the following
words:

ear, earring, near, dear, nearer, period, serious

Read the words yourself. Articulate them carefully.

3.Listen to your fellow-student reading the words of Ex. 1. Tell
him what his errors in the articulation of the diphthong
are.

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

We are near the end of the year. Oh, dear! I hear the sky will be sunny and clear. The museum is near the theatre.

Transcribe and intone the phrases above.

· Practise reading them yourself at normal conversational speed.

1. Listen how the speaker on the tape pronounces the following
words:

air, chair, care, chairs, dared, careful

Read the words yourself.

3. Listen carefully to your fellow-student reading the words of
Ex. 1. Tell him what his errors in the articulation of are.

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

Sarah has fair hair. The boy went up one pair of stairs and there he found a teddy-bear.

Transcribe and intone the phrases above.

· Practise reading them yourself at normal conversational speed.

1. Listen how the speaker on the tape reads the following words:

poor, tour, poorer, tourist, curious, furious

Transcribe and read the words yourself.

3.Listen to your fellow-student reading the words of Ex. 1. Tell
him what his errors in the articulation of the diphthong
are.