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round, .... 19. If your wife is going to be with you, ... . 20. If the weather is
fine, ... . 21. If it rains, ... .
22. If you go to the country................23. If you are busy today, ... .
24. If you don't know the way, ... . 25. If you have to do some
shopping......26. When we were out in the street........................27. When
summer comes, ... . 28. When we were children, ... 29. When you
are tired of London..........30. As I was walking, ... . 31. When it is
as cold as that, ... . 32. When Robert Shannon invited Jean, ... .
33. When at last the curtain fell,.... 34. While we were watching the last
scene, ... . 35. When we were out in the street, . . . .
36.
When I met her at the entrance to the theatre, ... .
37.
When Tom died, ... . 38. When I came to see him the next day, ....
39. And before their tour came to an end,.... 40. When you come home, ... . 41.
When you enter the theatre, ... . 42. When the actor appeared on the stage,.... 43.
When you call for me, ... . 44, When he saw the old man for the first time, ... .
45. When he went to sea, ... . 46. When he learnt the news,.... 47. When she
married Tom,.... 48. When he arrived in Moscow,....
5. Translate the following sentences. Use the necessary sequence of tones. Do not let
your Russian pronunciation habits interfere:
1. Если вы хотите покупаться летом, вам лучше поехать на юг. 2. Если
он опоздает, учитель его не впустит. 3. Если этот спектакль идет сегодня, ты
не достанешь билетов. 4. Если он будет сегодня в театре, я познакомлю его
с моей сестрой. 5. Если он опоздает на полчаса, не жди его. 6. Если ты
посмотришь этот спектакль, он тебе наверняка понравится. 7. Если ты
будешь работать упорно, ты добьешься больших успехов. 8. Если ты не
будешь работать много, ты провалишься на экзамене. 9. Если ты его
пригласишь, ему наверняка понравится наш вечер. 10. Если у тебя есть
возможность поехать за город, я думаю, ты должен поехать как можно
скорее. 11. Если ты хочешь купить новые туфли, тебе лучше сходить в
ГУМ. 12. Если ты хочешь узнать какие-либо новости о нем, ты должна сама
сходить к нему. 13. Если ты поедешь на такси, ты успеешь к началу вечера.
14. Если ты познакомишь меня со своими родителями, я смогу помогать им.
15. Если отец придет домой вовремя, мы будем обедать в пять. 16. Когда
будет тепло, мы поедем за город. 17. Когда стемнеет, приходите домой,
дети. 18. Когда вам будет нужна помощь, обращайтесь ко мне. 19. Когда я
окончу университет, я буду работать учителем. 20. Когда приедет мать, мы
подарим ей цветы. 21. Когда солнце сядет, будет холодно. 22. Когда я
окончу работу, я позвоню тебе. 23. Когда я напишу письмо, я дам его тебе
прочитать. 24. Когда приедет брат, у нас будет весело. 25. Когда их дочь
уедет в Санкт-Петербург, им будет очень скучно 26. Когда наступит ночь,
мы не найдем дороги. 27. Когда наступит утро, мы снова двинемся в путь.
28. Когда я останусь одна, у меня будет много времени. 29. Когда наступит
осень, мы
поедем в город. 30. Когда отец приедет, мы поедем на вокзал. 31 Когда она
пришла, она никого не застала дома. 32. Когда я зашел к ним, они обедали. 33. Когда я
позвонил ему, его не было дома. 34. Когда мы спросили его об этом, он отказался
отвечать. 35. Когда мы вошли в комнату, Наташа пела.
6. Listen to the dialogue. Memorize it. Make up your own dialogue of the same type.
II. Logical Stress
M o d e l : I can xdo it.
XI can do it.
If the nucleus is shifted from the last notional word to some other word of the
intonation-group the sentence stress is called logical.
EXERCISES
7. The words in bold type are the nucleus of the sentences below. While reading
concentrate on the change in meaning in sentences with logical stress. Intone the sentences:
1. Jack lived there alone. Jack lived there alone. 2. We met Mark in our
English club. We met Mark in our English club. We met Mark in our English
club. 3. He's lost his father's book. He's lost his father's book. He's lost his
father's book. He's lost his father's book, 4. John's sister speaks French perfectly.
Johnrs sister speaks French perfectly. John's sister speaks French perfectly.
John's sister speaks French perfectly. 5. He told them not to go there. He told
them not to go there. He told them not to go there. He told them not to go there.
He told them not to go there. He told them not to go there. 6. My brother knows
you well. My brother knows you well. My brother knows you well. My brother
knows you well. My brother knows you well. 7. Her father likes them very
much. Her father likes them very much. Her father likes them very much. Her
father likes them very much. 8. His last story was long. His last story was long.
His last
story was long. His last story was long. 9, My cousin helps the boy a lot. My
cousin helps the boy a lot. My cousin helps the boy a lot. My cousin helps the
boy a lot. 10. Group 102 will take their exam next week. Group 102 will take
their exam next week. Group 102 will take their exam next week.
8. Read the sentences according to the situation suggested in brackets. Use the logical
stress to single out the elements of contrast. Make your reading expressive:
1. The students were listening to the text at the laboratory (not in Room 15).
2. The students were listening to the text at the laboratory (not to the poem). 3.
The students were listening to the text at the laboratory (not recording it). Л The
students were listening to the text at the laboratory (not the teachers). 5. The
first-year students sang a Russian folk song (not an American song). 6. The first-
year students sang a Russian folk song (not a modern song). 7. The first-year
students sang a Russian folk song (not the third-year students). 8. It rained hard
on Sunday in Pushkino (not yesterday). 9. It rained hard on Sunday in Pushkino
(not in Moscow). 10. It rained hard on Sunday in Pushkino (not just a little as
you say). 11. He was taking his exam in Literature on Monday (not on Friday).
12. He was taking his exam in Literature on Monday (not in Linguistics). 13. He
was taking his exam in Literature on Monday (not having a consultation).
9. Vour teacher or fellow-student will read the questions below. While answering them
concentrate your attention on the distribution of sentence stress:
1. Are you in the first or in the second course? 2. Is the girl in Group 213 or
in Group 313? 3. Does your father work at a Medical Institute or at a Teachers'
Training Institute? 4 Which season do you like best of all? 5. Do you like early
autumn or late autumn? 6. Are they reciting a poem or reading it? 7. Have they
spoken to their new neighbour or have they just seen him? 8. Will you go boating
or cycling on Saturday? 9. Will you go skiing to the forest next week or will you
stay at home? 10. Is it my fountain-pen or yours? 11. Is it your coffee or mine?
12. Would you like coffee or cocoa for breakfast? 13. Have you had dinner or are
you going to have it? 14. What street do you live in? 15. What exam are you
taking on Friday?
10.
The tines below are taken from books by different authors. How do you think the
authors intended them to be stressed and why?
1. "Do you prefer the inside or the outside, John?" I said I generally preferred
to sleep inside a bed. 2. She said slowly: "If you don't know, nobody does." 3.
"It's all very well for you, fellows," he says, "you like it but I don't." 4. "I had
their promise, their written promise..." 5. M i s s B e e c h . But your mother
likes him? – J o y . (Sullenly). I don't want her to like him. 6. "I say our
chairman. Why do I say our chairman? Because he is not my chairman, you
know." 7. "Speak out," said Martin, "and speak the truth." "I fear this is the
truth." 8. "She'll be pretty," he muttered. "1 shouldn't wonder." "She is pretty,"
said Emily; "she ought to make a good match." 9. George said that if anything
was broken, it was broken, which reflection seemed to comfort him. 10. "Oh!"
exclaimed George, grasping the idea; "but we can't drink the river, you know!"
– "No, but you can drink some of it," replied the old fellow. "It's what I've
drunk for the last fifteen years."
11.Look for similar situations in your books for home reading.
11.This exercise is meant to develop your ability to hear and reproduce intonation in
proper speech situations, a) Listen to the dialogue sentence by sentence. Mark the stresses
and tunes. Practise reading it. (See p. 219) b) Record it. Play the recording back immediately
for your teacher and fellow-students to detect the possible errors, c) Give a conversational
context with the following phrases:
1. Do you think it's ... . 2. Don't speak too soon. 3. Don't worry, (Robert) .... 4.
Never mind. 5. Oh, dear, ....
13.
Make up a conversation with the same phrases.
13. *" This exercise is meant to develop your ability to hear the intonation and to
reproduce it in the text, a) Listen to the text "Seasons and Weather" sentence by sentence.
Mark the stresses and tunes. Practise the text, b) Record your reading. Play the recording
back immediately for your teacher and fellow-students to detect the errors in your
pronunciation, c) Practise the text for test reading:
Seasons and Weather
The year is divided into four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In
spring nature awakens from her long winter sleep. The trees are filled with new
life, the earth is
warmed by the rays of the sun, and the weather gets gradually milder. The
fields and the medows are covered with fresh green grass. The woods and forests
are filled with the songs of the birds. The sky is blue and cloudless. At night,
millions of stars shine in the darkness.
When summer comes the weather gets warmer still and sometimes it's very
hot. It's the farmer's busy season – he works in his fields from morning till
night. The grass must be cut and the hay must be made, while the dry weather
lasts. Sometimes the skies are overcast with heavy clouds. There are storms with
thunder, lightning and hail.
Autumn brings with it the harvest-time, when the crops are gathered in and
the fruit is picked in the orchards. The days get shorter and the nights longer. The
woods turn yellow and brown, leaves begin to fall from the trees, and the ground
is covered with them. The skies are grey, and very often it rains.
When winter comes, we're obliged to spend more time indoors because out-
of-doors it's cold. We may get fog, sleet and frost. Ponds, lakes, rivers and
streams are frozen, and the roads are sometimes covered with slippery ice or
deep snow. The trees are bare. Bitter north winds have stripped them of all their
leaves.
15. This exercise is meant to develop your ability to read and narrate a story with proper
intonation, a) Listen to the joke. Write it down. Mark the stresses and tunes. Practise reading
the joke, b) Listen carefully to the narration of the joke. Observe the peculiarities in
intonation-group division, pitch, stress and tempo. Note the use of temporizers. Retell the
joke according to the model you have listened to.
16. Read the joke silently to make sure you understand each sentence. Find the main
sentence in the text. Underline the main word in every sentence. Split up each sentence into
intonation-groups if necessary. Mark the stresses and tunes. Practise reading the joke several
times. Retell the joke following the model above:
Rather Late
It was a dark night. A man was riding a bicycle without a lamp. He came to a
crossroad and did not know which way to turn. He noticed a pole with sofnething
white which looked like a sign. Climbing to the top of the pole he lit a match and
read: "Wet Paint".
Section Nine
Intonation of Parentheses
Model:Well, 1don't know.What do you think of Nick?> Wel ,| I -> don't know./Wel , |I -*
x
x
don't know. Well, |I don't know.He is a nice chap, I .think.
x
x
x
v
Parentheses express the speaker's attitude towards the utterance.
Parentheses at the Beginning of the Sentence
When the speaker doesn't attach any importance to the parenthetical words at
all they do not form a sepaiate intonation-group and are often unstressed and are
pronounced very quickly.
e. g. -» Well, I xdo. Well, I xdo.
If the speaker attaches more importance to parentheses, they form an
intonation-group. In this case they are stressed and are pronounced with any
nuclear tone: Low Fall, Low Rise, Mid-Level or Fall-Rise.
e. g. xWell, | I vdo.
To -* tell you the , truth, | I Vdon't 'want to go there.
v
> Well, I I vdo.
For my xown ,part, | I should xlove it.
1. a) Listen carefully to the following conversational situations. Concentrate your
EXERCISES
M o d e l 1 : Well yes.'Well yes.
x
x
attention on the intonation of the replies:
By the way, do you play billiards?
I say, what are you and your
sister going to do for your
holiday this year? Oh, Peter's not old enough to
make up his mind about such
things.
I can see the English coast already, can you?
I wish I had your gift for
languages. Yesr what is it now, Harry? The Rovers won, Mum!
And how is your nephew Richard getting on?
And what do you think of London, Mrs. Thompson?
It's my book.
Well, I do, but of course, I'm not a professional or a champion.
Well, I don't know.
Well, you haven't answered my question yet Robert.
Yes, just. Well, I suppose
we'd better get ready for
landing. Well, I don't think I should
call it a gift. Oh, there you are. The Rovers, Robert? Why,
where have you been? Oh, he's getting on quite
well, thank you. Oh, I think it's a wonderful
place. Well take it, then.
b) Listen carefully to the replies and repeat them in the intervals. Have no pause after the
parentheses. Make them stressed or unstressed but pronounce them a bit faster than the main
utterance, c) Listen to the verbal context and reply in the interval, d) In order to fix intonation
in your mind, ear and speech habits repeat the responses yourself until they sound perfectly
natural to you. e) Listen to your fellow-student reading the replies. Tell him what his errors in
intonation are.
M o d e l 2 : Well, | I do.As a matter of /fact,| I'mnearly fortyOf > course, | I
x
x
x
do Persona l y | I'm Vnot'fondof hiking
x
x
/
x
2. a ) Listen carefully to the fol owing conversational situations. Concentrate your
attention on the intonation of the replies:
Verbal Context (Starting conversation)
I hope you'll have a comfortable journey.
What about indoor games?
There are plenty of good hotels in London.
Where do you go?
Where do you go as a rule? And how are things with you?
What day was before yesterday?
And how do you like our weather?
What sort of gloves do you require? Kid, suede, chamois?
Drill
Well, what's the news. Mr. White?
Well, what did you think of the play?
Well, what's the matter with you, Mr. Walker? Now, let's see what else did I
want.
Well, I've still got a few minutes to spare, so I'll go and get myself a novel...
Well, there's chess, billiards, cards.
Still, if you don't want to be disappointed, especially during the holiday
season, it's better to engage a room beforehand.
I think we prefer the south. However, it really doesn't seem to matter very
much, as long as the youngsters get a good sandy beach. We've tried many
seaside places on the east and south coasts; on the whole, I think we prefer the
south. Well, not too good, I ' m afraid, and going from bad to worse. In fact, it's
the worst year we've had for a long time.
Monday. As it happens last Monday was my birthday. Well, it's rather
changeable, isn't it?
Well, let me see some of each.
I should think it's dry enough after yesterday's sunshine. And how are things
with you?
How long have you been in London?
Can you tell me the right time, please?
There's a nasty-looking cloud just coming up behind you. You know, Nora, I
do feel a bit ill; perhaps I had better get back to bed.
We can't really tell until he takes his scholarship examination.
What about that pub we came past?
I've noticed quite a lot of interferences on my set. I suppose it's the weather.
I'm sorry to hear that.
I can see the English coast already, can you?
I don't think I'm quite as foolish as that.
What kind of shoe did you want, Madam?
What about indoor games?
Is it possible to see anything of London in one or two days? What kind of
biscuits would you like?
Well, is it warm enough for
you?
Well, not too good, I'm afraid,
Oh, only a few days.
Well, my watch says five past two.
Oh, that cloud isn't big enough to do any harm. Oh, what a pity!
Oh, but I'm sure he'll win a scholarship.
It's much too far away. Look, there is a barn over there. Of course yours is
rather an old-fashioned model.
Anyhow, I hope things aren't as bad as you imagine. Yes, just. Well, I suppose
we'd better get ready for landing.
As a matter of fact, I don't think I have anything to declare.
I want a strong walking shoe with a low heel... As you see, I have rather
small feet. Well, there's chess, billiards, cards, table tennis. By the way, do you
play billiards? Well, yes, but, of course, not half enough.
Well, I think I should like to try some of each.
What would you say are the most popular games in England today? What can
I do for you ?
Will he go to the University?
I bought myself a lovely pair of shoes.
Well, I suppose football.
Well, I have a proposition to
put before you.
Well, he may, or he may
not.
Did you? Well, that was exciting.
b) Listen carefully to the replies and repeat them in the intervals. Have a short pause
after each parentheses. Observe the slight difference in : tempo, pronounce the parenthetical
words or phrases a bit quicker. Make ' them sound more weighty and important than in
Model 1. c) Listen to the ■ verbal context and reply in the interval, d) In order to fix
intonation in your mind, ear and speech habits repeat the responses yourself until they sound
perfectly natural to you. e) Listen to your fellow-student reading the responses. Tell him what
his errors in intonation are.
3. Listen to the verbal context suggested by your teacher. Respond by using the replies.
Say what attitude you express:
Verbal Context
Where's Mum? I want to ask her something.
How do you make a cake, Mum?
There's a cold wind out there this morning.
She'll catch up with us in no time. I was left to keep house.
But I thought you mended it last year.
How far did you get?
Is there anything to your taste on the menu?
Now it's your turn to go to the greengrocer's and to the baker's.
Drill
Well, you'll have to wait till she comes in.
Fancy you being interested! Well, listen, and I'll tell you. Well, come inside
now and get warm.
Well, let's hope for the best. Well, I should think you had a hard time.
Well, yes, I've mended it several times.
Well, I went along the main road first.
Oh, yes, all kinds of things. Oh, bother!
Let Nelly do it today as well.
It's the first night.
I hope the seats are not in the balcony or in the gallery? How could I possibly
recognize her?
You were badly ill then. I've never spent a holiday in the country, so I don't
know what it's like.
Who were they all? They had no news of him. And was that the only place
you had been to?
I can buy another pair for you.
Oh, you've been a lazy-bones ever since you were born! Oh, it's at the Maly
Theatre, isn't it? Oh, dear, no.
Oh, it's quite easy.
Oh, that was ages ago. Haven't you really? Oh, you ought to.
Oh, nobody special. Oh, he'll be all right. Oh, no, it wasn't.
Oh, but it's all right, Harry, I've got them.
4. Read the following sentences according to Models 1, 2. Use them in conversational
situations:
1. So, if you come with me, Til show you. 2. Yet, if you talk to her, you'll see
that she is right. 3. Then, don't trouble to answer it. 4. Then, I don't know how to
help her. 5. So, he is very lucky then, I think. 6. Now, why are there so many
people here? 7. Still, there are five more days. 8. Of course, their furniture is
more modern than ours. 9. Perhaps, I'll go there immediately. 10. Of course, I
didn't know it. 11. Of course, I have been rather silly. 12. Perhaps, she is coming
with us too. 13. Perhaps, that gentleman over there will be able to help you. 14.
Come, don't worry about that. 15. Here, what's the trouble? 16. Here, somebody
is knocking at the door. 17. Why, I didn't know he was there. 18. As a matter of
fact, I like the idea. 19. As a matter of fact, I wanted to know what was worrying
you. 20. As for me, I never take mustard or pepper. 21. As you know, I finished
school in June. 22. As for me, I am a member of our English club. 23. As far as I
know, you passed all your entrance exams with excellent marks. 24. Fortunately
for me, it was a translated version. 25. As a rule, the plays are magnificently
staged. 26. In fact, I would say, the further away the better. 27.1 say, how black
;hose clouds are getting. 28. For instance, when driving, they ieep to the left-
hand side of the road in England. 29. On the whole, I prefer a black hat. 30. You
see, you haven't been married as long as we have. 31. First of all, let's see the
house. 32. By the way, may I open the window? 33. In any case, before crossing
the road, take care to look to your right. 34.1 say, who's the boy, with whom I've
been dancing?
5. Read the following sentences, according to Model 2. Use them in conversational
situations:
1. Besides, I'm afraid I have a bad pain in my side. 2. Generally, I drink
coffee in the morning. 3. Normally, we go for a walk in the evening. 4.
Occasionally, we go to the South. 5.. Besides, it's a pity to stay at home on such a
fine day. 6. Personally, I've always wanted to be a teacher. 7. Personally, I'm not
very keen on opera. 8. Besides, we do live nearer now. 9. Anyhow, who says I'm
bad-tempered? 10. Anyhow, he'll be well looked after at the hospital. 11.
However, he is always ten minutes late.
6. Complete the following sentences. Use them in conversational situations:
1. Well, you see...............2. You know.............3. Oh, ... . 4. Look here,
... . 5. Come.............6. Why.................7. I say..................8. Still.................
9. Now, ... . 10. Then................. 11. Of course............ 12. Perhaps,
13. Luckily, 14. Fortunately............15. Unfortunately, ... . 16. How-
ever, ... . 17. Anyhow, ... . 18. Besides, ... . 19. Normally.....................................
20. Finally, ... . 21. Personally, ... . 22. Generally.................23. Probably,
... . 24. Possibly, ... . 25. Perhaps...............................26. Maybe....................
27. Surely.....28. No doubt...............29. Upon my word................30. Not
at all, ... . 31. As far as I can see, ... . 32. To my regret..........................33. I
am sorry to say, ... . 34. At any rate...........................35. In short, ... .
36. After all, ... . 37. In any case, ... . 38. At least, ... . 39. On the
contrary, ... . 40. Above all, ... . 41. Strictly speaking........................42. To
tell you the truth, ... . 43. As far as ... is concerned.........................44. You
see, ... . 45. As for me, ... . 46. In my opinion.................47. By the by, ...
. 48. To begin with, ... . 49. First of all, ... .
7. Translate from Russian into English. See that your Russian pronunciation habits do not
interfere:
1. Послушай, где ты была? 2. Знаешь ли, я не люблю этот напиток 3. Что
касается меня, то я люблю ходить в кино. 4. Короче
говоря, я позвонила туда. 5. Откровенно говоря, я не приготовила задание на
сегодня, б. Ну что я могу тебе сказать? 7. Итак, начнем сначала. 8. И все-таки, я люблю
эту песню. 9. А теперь давайте спросим Аню об этом. 10. Конечно, я очень хотела
поехать на юг. 11. Возможно, он прав. 12. Наверно, ему лет сорок. 13. Однако стало уже
холодно. 14. Тем не менее, я ее пригласила. 15. К счастью, у меня были с собой часы.
16. Что касается меня, я встаю очень рано. 17. Несомненно, этот человек —
знаменитый художник. 18. Действительно, почему он так плохо учится? 19. К счастью,
я увидела Лену. 20. Несомненно, он очень талантлив. 21. Честное слово, я была там. 22.
Во всяком случае, она оказалась права. 23. Насколько мне известно, она хорошо
танцует. 21. Во всяком случае, его надо спросить об этом. 25. По-моему, это был
Виктор. 26. Между прочим, почему ты не позвонил?
Parentheses at the End or in the Middle of the Sentence.
M o d e l : I'm Vnot 'good at v languages, you know.
You 7know, of course, | he's my ^brother.
In the middle or at the end of the sentence parenthetical words and phrases
are generally pronounced as the unstressed of half stressed tail of the preceding
intonation-group.
EXERCISES
8. a ) Listen carefully to the following conversational situations. Concentrate your
attention on the intonation of the parentheses at the end of an intonation-group;
Verbal Context
Drill
I wish I had your gift for languages.
Well, I don't think I should call it a gift. Where there's a will there's a way,
you know.
How are you two getting on?
Not very well. I think I'm going to leave it to Robert, after
all.
By the way, did you hear "Carmen" the other night?
We shall go to the sea, I expect. What about horse-racing?
What are you doing?
Yes, I did, fortunately for me, it was a translated version. I'm not good at
languages, you know.
Leaving the rest of the family behind, I suppose? I should say that is one of
the most popular sports in Great Britain. Then there are, of course, walking
races, running, swimming and boxing.
We shall go to the sea, I expect.
b) Listen to the replies and repeat them in the intervals. Have no pause before the
parentheses. Pronounce them as unstressed or partially stressed tails of the preceding
intonation-groups, c) Listen to the verbal context and reply in the interval, d) In order
to fix the intonation of the parentheses at the end of an intonation-group in your mind,
ear and speech habits repeat the replies yourself until they sound perfectly natural to
you. e) Listen to your fellow-student reading the replies. Tell him what his errors in
intonation are.
9. Read the following sentences according to the model given above. Use
them in conversational situations:
1. A walking holiday depends upon the weather, of course. 2. You were badly
ill then, as far as I remember. 3. A cowardly thing to do, I call it. 4. Tastes differ,
you know. 5. They are geologists, as you know. 6. So you didn't have any rest, in
fact. 7. Had a nice rest in the South, too, I guess? 8. Our time is up, I'm afraid. 9.
Jane doesn't make up, I am sure. 10. Just the same, so far. 11,1 feel bad, indeed.
10.
Make up sentences using the following parenthetical words and phrases at the
end of them. Use them in conversational situations:
1...., of course. 2..................anyhow. 3...., at least. 4....................I'm sure.
5...., I hope. 6. ..., I believe. 7.as far as I know. 8............................I think.
9. ... , I presume. 10.................. you know. 11. ... , I suppose.
12.I'm afraid. 13....(I guess. 14.so far. 15............................in fact.
11. Give your own examples with parentheses at the end of the sentences.
12. *** This exercise is meant to develop your ability to hear intonation
and reproduce it in proper conversational situations, a) Listen to the
dialogue "Planning a Holiday" sentence by sentence. Write it down. Mark
the stresses and tunes. Practise the dialogue, b) Record your reading. Play
the recording back immediately for your teacher and fellow-students to
detect the possible errors. Practise the dialogue for test reading. Memorize
the dialogue, c) Pick out sentences and intonation-groups containing
parentheses, d) Give conversational situations with the phrases below:
1. I say, ... . 2. Well, I don't know. 3............... I expect. 4. Oh( yes.
5. anyhow. 6. .... I suppose. 7............. as a rule. 8. On the whole,
... . 9. However, ... . 10. For my own part, .... 11. Right, I will.
e) Make up a conversation with the phrases from the dialogue "Planning a Holiday".
13. Translate the following sentences into English; read them following the intonation
patterns of the dialogue:
1. Что ты собираешься делать в каникулы в этом году? – Мы поедем на юг, я
думаю. 2. Что ты читаешь, как правило? 3. Что касается меня, то мне это нравится. 4. В
це ом, я согласен с вами 5. Я люблю шить, однако на это уходит много времени. 6.
Послушай, что ты делаешь сегодня вечером? 7. Во всяком случае, я предпочитаю
остаться дома.
14. "* This exercise is meant to develop your ability to hear and reproduce intonation in
reading, a) Listen to the text "At the Seaside" sentence by sentence. Mark the stresses and
tunes. Practise the text, b) Record your reading. Play the recording back immediately for your
teacher and fellow-students to detect the possible errors. Practise the text for test reading, c)
Pick out sentences with subordinate clauses at the beginning. Observe the intonation they are
pronounced with:
At the Seaside
If you're going to stay in England for some time, you ought to spend at least a
week at the seaside. If you can stay longer, so much the better. You ought to have
no difficulty in finding a suitable hotel or boarding-house.
When we were children, we used to enjoy playing on the beach, making
castles and forts and channels in the sands. I expect you did the same when you
were young, because it's really one of the most delightful holidays for children.
We used to love
playing about on the sand and paddling in the water and getting splashed by
the waves. Sometimes we'd get our clothes wet, and Nurse would get very cross
and tell us we oughtn't to have gone so far into the water.
When you're tired of London, go down to the sea for a week or a fortnight.
You can walk up and down the front, listen to the band on the pier and do more
or less anything you please. If you wish to bathe, you can hire a hut or a tent. A
swim now and then, or better still, everyday, will do you a lot of good. Take your
car with you, if you've got one, choose a good hotel, and you're sure to spend a
thoroughly enjoyable time.
15.*" Read the text silently to make sure you understand each sentence. Split up each
sentence into intonation-groups if necessary. Mark the stresses and tunes. Find the
