- •Unit 1. Mass Media
- •Learn and practice:
- •Revise:
- •Press Preferences
- •Starspotting
- •Unit 2. Theatre
- •Learn and practice:
- •Revise:
- •A Date for the Theatre
- •After the Cinema
- •Theatres, Music-Halls and Cinema
- •6. Read the following dialogues, put stress-tone marks on them using different types of scales and practice reading them.
- •Antony’s Address to Romans “Julius Caesar”
- •Unit 3. Medicine
- •Nursing a Sick Husband
- •Sleep (V. Evans, p. 30)
- •A Visit to the Doctor
- •A Anyway, I suppose ___ heard about Mark and Sonia?
- •Unit 1. Travelling
- •Sea or Air (p. 26)
- •Detailed Directions
- •Travelling
- •The News
- •From a Railway Carriage
- •Booking Airline Tickets (p.28)
- •Unit 2. London.
- •Learn and practice:
- •Revise:
- •Unit 3. Great Britain.
- •Learn and practice:
- •Revise:
- •Informational, declamatory and scientific phonostyles.
Unit 1. Travelling
Learn
and practice: Intonation.
Stylistic use of intonation. Informational and declamatory
phonostyles. Revise: Intonation
of all types of questions, enumeration, adverbials, parentheses,
direct address.
1. Listen to the dialogue between Matthew and Laura. Practice it with a partner. Pay special attention to the linking r sounds. Comment on the intonation of parentheses in the dialogue (Headw. P. 14)
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Laura Matthew
Laura Matthew
Laura Matthew Laura
Matthew Laura |
Matthew! Are you going anywhere over Easter this year? Well, yes, as a matter of fact, we are. We’re off on a tour of Italy for a weak or two. Mmm. That sounds great! Where exactly will you be going? Oh, here and there. Rome’s more or less definite, but we’re open to suggestions. Are you travelling by coach? No, by car, actually. When you’re in Rome, you must throw a coin over your shoulder into the Trevi fountain. Really? What for? It means, sooner or later, you’re sure to return. |
2. Listen to the following dialogue. What types of questions are used here? What is their typical intonation? Comment on the intonation of direct address. Learn the dialogue and practice it with a partner. Transcribe the sentences in italics and draw tonograms to them. Name the means of intonation used on this dialogue.
Sea or Air (p. 26)
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Susan
Julie
Susan
Julie Susan Julie
Susan
Julie
Susan
Julie |
Are you ˈlooking ˈforward to your ˈtrip to ˎCanada, ˏJulie?|| ˈI can’t ˈˈwait to see ˎCanada, ˌSusan,| but I’m ˈscared ˈstiff of the ˋjourney.|| ̅My ˈhusband in↑sists on ˎflying,| but ˈI want to ˎsail.|| ˎPlanes| ↷make ↷me ˎnervous.|| There’s ˈnothing to be ˎfrightened ˏof.|| ˈHow many ˎplanes| ˈfly aˈcross the Aˈtlantic ↑every ˎday?|| ̅I’ve ˌno iˋdea.|| ˋHundreds,| I su ̬ppose.|| And how ˌoften do you ˌhear of a ˏcrash?|| ˈOnce or ˈtwice a ˏyear?|| ˋYes,| but the ˈaeroplanes ˎfly| ˈso ˈhigh and ˎfast| that ˎonce| is eˋnough.|| ˎLook,| there are ˈmore ˎroad ˌcasualties| per ˎday| than ˈair ˈdeaths per ˎyear.|| ˎAir ˌtransport| is ˈreally ˎsafe| comˈpared with ˎroad ˌtransport.|| I’d ˈstill preˎfer| to ˈgo by ˎsea.|| ˎShips| ˈmay not ˎtravel ˏfast,| but at ˈleast you can reˎlax.|| I’dˈˈ love aˈ trip on a ˎluxuryˏ liner| like the ˈQueen Eˈlizabeth ˏII.|| It’s ˎfine| if you’re a ˈgood ˎsailor,| but have you ˈever ˈtraveled ˎfar| in a ˈrough ˎsea?|| ˎNo,| I’ve ˏonly ˋbeen in a ˌboat ˎonce.|| I ˈsailed ˈdown the River ˎThames| on a ˎsightseeing ˌtour…|| But in ˈany ˏcase| I’d ˈrather be ˋseasick| than ˎdead.|| |
3. Listen to the dialogue. Find sentences with enumeration and adverbials. What is the typical intonation in them? What tempo and scales are used in the dialogue? What phonostyle is it in? Lay stress-tone marks on the second part of the text, learn the dialogue and practice it with a partner. Transcribe the sentences in italics and draw tonograms to them. Name the means of intonation used on this dialogue.