Unit two

Exercise 1. Read, translate and transcribe the following text. Write down all unknown words into your dictionary. Use them in sentences of your own:

I feel terrible

I've got a headache,

I've got a headache,

I don't want to go to bed.

I've got a fever,

I don't want to do my homework.

I've got a stomachache,

I don't want to take my lunch.

I've got a blister,

I don't want to see my sister.

Every time I have a headache

Mamma takes me to the doctor,

Every time I get a fever

Mamma takes me to the nurse.

Every time I get a toothache

Mamma takes me to the dentist

Every time I see the dentist

I come home feeling worse.

Exercise 2. Repeat for clarity of articulation. Work for precision with a minimum of tension. After you have accurately mastered the phrases for clarity, work for speed in repetition:

Where is Jack?

Where is Jack?

He's not here.

Where did he go?

I don't know.

Where is Mary?

She's not here.

Where did she go?

I don't know.

Where are Sue and Bobby?

They are not there.

Where did they go?

I don't know.

Where's mister Brown?

He is over there.

Where?

Over there and sleeps in the chair.

Exercise 3. Repeat the following poem over and over. Accuracy first, then speed!

My week

Monday

I feel angry today

Please, take out of my way

I’m so mad at the whole world

I feel angry today.

Tuesday

I feel terribly blue

I don’t know what to do

Cause it’s cold and it’s raining

I feel terribly blue.

Thursday

I feel nervous and tense

It just doesn’t make sense

I can’t take off this pressure

I feel nervous and tense.

Friday

I feel happy today

It’s been sunny all day

And I don’t work tomorrow

I feel happy today.

Exercise 4. Make a recording of the way you sound as you begin your studies, and then make a comparison, recording every six to twelve months. Remember that you are not in competition with anyone, and that you will progress at your own rate:

Betty Botta

Betty Botta bought some butter,

"But" she said, 'this butter's bitter,

But a bit of better butter

Will make my butter better'.

So she bought a bit of butter

Better than the bitter butter

And it made the butter better

So it was better.

Betty Botta bought a bit of better butter.

and so on

Exercise 5. Read and sing the following English folk song, translate and transcribe the text. Write down the unknown words and archaisms into your dictionary. Use them in sentences of your own:

Goosier, goosier, gender

Goosier, goosier, gender

Whither shall I wonder?

Upstairs and downstairs

And in my lady's chamber.

Exercise 6. Read, translate and sing the following English folk song, transcribe the text. Give three forms of irregular verbs. Use them in sentences of your own:

Hickory, dickory, dock

Hickory, dickory, dock

The mouth ran up the clock.

The clock struck one

The mouse ran down

Hickory, dickory dock.

Exercise 7. Read the following dialogue. Work for precision with a minimum of tension. After you have accurately mastered the phrases for clarity, work for speed in repetition. Change the proper names and make a dialogue of your own:

Hello, my name's Sue Crisco

Hello, my name's Sue Crisco.

Who are you?