Unit 1. Mass Media
Pronunciation
mistakes. British pronunciation. Types of nuclear tones. Articulation
basis of English. Phoneme, allophone. Intonation group and its
parts. The rules of syntagmatic division. The Low Fall, the Low
Rise.
Learn and practice:
Revise:
1. Listen to the dialogue. Pay attention to the pronunciation of ‘th’. Practice reading and reciting the dialogue. (Headway, p.30)
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Kathy! Have you got anything planned for Thursday? This Thursday? Yes, Thursday the thirteenth, it’s my birthday. Your birthday! I thought it was the thirteenth of next month! No, it’s this Thursday. I’m thirty this year, so… Thirty… never! I thought you were only about twenty-five! Thanks! Anyway, I thought we could go out for a meal, or do something to celebrate! Do you think you’ll be able to? Thursday the thirteenth… let me think… no, that should be fine, I can’t think of anything else that’s happening. Well, let’s say about six then. I’ll tell the others… and have a think about where to go. Great. Thanks for inviting me – I’ll see you then, then. |
2. Listen to the conversation. In the underlined words find the phonemes that can be mispronounced by Ukrainian learners of English. Learn the dialogue by heart and practice reciting it.
(opportunities Interm. P. 65)Celebrities and the Media
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`Hay,| `Jamie,| have you ˈheard about ˎthis?|| ˎWhat?|| You ˡknow ˡJanice ˎJones,| the ˎfilm ˏstar?|| →Well,| phoˡtographers are ˈfollowing her ↑all the ˎtime.|| ˈIsn’t it ˎterrible?|| ˎPersonally,| I ˡthink that’s ˎher ˌproblem.|| I →mean,| it ˡseems to ˎme| that if you ˡwant to be ˎfamous,| you have to aˡccept all the ˎpress| and the ˎmedia.|| ˉI comˡpletely disaˎgree.|| ˡEveryone’s got a ˡright to some ˎprivacy,| don’t you ˋthink?|| That’s ˎtrue,| but if you ˡsell your ˡstories to the ˎpress,| you ˡcan’t comˡplain ˎmuch.|| I’m aˡfraid you’re ˎwrong.|| ˡNobody’s got the ˡright to ˎfollow ˌpeople| ˎeveryˏwhere.|| I →mean,| there are phoˡtographers ˎeverywhere,| ˡoutside her ˏhouse.|| It’s ˋawful.|| ˡJust beˡcause she’s got ˋmarried| for the ˡthird ˎtime.|| You ˡmay be ˎright,| but ˡI think she ˡlikes all the aˋttention| – all the ˎnewspaper ˏarticles| and TˡV ˏprogrammes.|| ˏWell,| in ˡmy oˎpinion,| ˡthis ˡshows the ˡmedia is ˙getting ˏworse| and ˎworse.|| I →mean,| ˡlook at all these ˡawful Aˡmerican ˎchat shows on ˌTˌV.|| They’re ˡso ˎbad.|| I aˎgree.|| You’re ˎright,| there’s a ˡlot of ˎrubbish ˌon ˌnowadays.|| ˡI think they should conˎtrol what ˌgoes on ˌTˌV.|| There’s ˡtoo much ˎviolence and ˎsex,| ˡall those ˡterrible ‘ˎaction’ ˌfilms,| and ˈeven ˋadverts.|| I ˡtotally aˎgree.|| It’s ˡnot very ˎnice.|| ˏBut| ˌpeople ˡseem to ˋwant that ˌkind of ˌthing.|| ˎPersonaˏlly,| I’m aˋgainst| too ˋmuch conˌtrol.|| I’m aˎfraid I ˡcan’t aˎgree with ˌyou.|| ˡI’m in ˡfavour of ↑some ˡkind of conˎtrol.|| I ˡthink it’s ˎnecessary| ˉto proˡtect ˋchildren.|| ˌMm,| ˡI don’t aˎgree.|| ˉHow can you ˎstop…|| |
3. Listen to the following short passages. Lay stress-tone marks in the last two passages. Comment on the parts of the syntagm in the underlined sentences. Transcribe the words in italics and make up 5 sentences with them; lay stress-tone marks in your sentences according to the rules of syntagmatic division. Practice reading the text. Choose 2 passages and learn them by heart.
(New Headway adv. P.137-138)