Starspotting

ˈAll the ˈA-list ˎstars were ˏthere.|| ˈThat ˎmodel,| ̀Angeline,| I ˈthink it was ˎAngeline,| ̅was ˈthere with her new ˋboyfriend.|| They’ve been ↘secretly going ↘out for ˋmonths.|| ˎOh,| it was a ↘glittering oˎccasion.|| ↘Stars ˎeveryˏwhere| and the ↘crowds outˎside| simply ↘begging for ˎautographs.|| ̅I ˈcouldn’t believe my ˋeyes.|| And the ˋdresses!|| I don’t know ˈhow much they would have ˎcost| – a ˋfortune,| I iˋmagine.|| ˎAll deˌsigner ˌlabels.|| The pho↘tographers were having a ˋfield day,| and there were re↘porters ˎeverywhere,| ˈfalling ˋover each other| to ↘interview the ↘biggest ˎnames.|| We ˈdidn’t have the ˈbest ˎseats,| we were in the ˈback ˎrow.|| We could ˈstill ˎsee ˌeverything.|| ↘I was ˈso busy ˎstarspotting| that I ˈdidn’t ˈtake ˈin the ˋplot.|| ˈYou’d have ˈbeen the ˋsame.|| I’m ˈnot too ↘keen on ˎthrillers| but it ↘must have been ˎgood| beˈcause at the ˋend| the ↘whole ˎaudience| ˈrose to its ˎfeet and ˋclapped.|| I’m ˈnot ˎterribly ˏsure| what the ˈstory was aˏbout,| but you ˈreally ˋmust go to ˌsee it| when it’s on ↘general reˎlease.|| It was an a↘mazing ˎevening| and to ˎtop it ˏoff| we went to Quaˋglino’s| for ↘supper ˎafterwards| and ˌSara ˈJane ˋFox| ˌand ˈBrad ˋBrat| ̅were at the next ˋtable.|| ̅How ˈcool is ˋthat?|| ↘Sara ↘Jane ˎFox| has ↘awful ˎskin ˌproblems.|| ˈWho ˈcares aˈbout ˎthat| when you’ve got ˎthat much ˏmoney?||

7. Listen to the poem by R. Kipling. Make a poetic translation of the poem into Ukrainian or Russian. Learn it by heart. Recite the poem before your group-mates.

If

If you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you

But make allowance for their doubting, too.

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies.

Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,

And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise.

If you can dream and not make dreams your master,

If you can think and not make thoughts your aim,

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

And treat those two impostors just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools;

Or watch the things you gave your life to broken

And stoop and build them up with warn out tools.

If you can make one heap of all your winnings

And risk it at one turn of pitch and toss,

And lose and start again at your beginnings

And never breathe a word about your loss.

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

To serve your turn long after they are gone;

And so hold on when there is nothing in you

Except the will, which says to them: “Hold on!”

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with kings nor lose the common touch,

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,

If all men count with you, but none too much.

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds worth of distance run,

Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,

And – which is more – you’ll be a man, my son.

Unit 2. Theatre

Learn and practice:

The Sliding, Scandent and Level Scales.

Revise:

The system of scales. Descending Stepping Scale. Vowel reduction. Assimilation.

1. Listen to the dialogue. Put stress-tone marks on the second part of the dialogue. Learn this dialogue by heart.

Transcribe the sentences in bold. Find and analyze vowel reduction in them.

A Date for the Theatre

Mike Jack Mike Jack Mike Jack Mike Jack Mike Jack Mike

Hallo, Jack. Why the rush? Where are you going? Hallo, Mike. I’m on my way to meet Joyce at the station. We’re having dinner at a Chinese restaurant and then we’re off to the theatre. Do you often go to the theatre? Yes, Joyce and I usually go at least once a fortnight; sometimes more. Do you ever go? Yes, but I don’t often find time these days. There are so many other things to do. True, true. Listen, perhaps Janet and I can arrange to meet you and Joyce one Saturday evening. We can have dinner together and go on to a theatre. That’s a good idea. Look, I forget the name of the play, but there’s a good comedy on at the Theatre Royal next week. If you like, I can book four seats for next Saturday. All right. I’m meeting Janet later this evening, so I can make sure that she’s free next Saturday. I’ll ring you tomorrow to confirm if we are coming. Fine. I must fly now. It’s six o’clock already and Joyce’s bus arrives at ten past. She hates waiting around and I don’t want to spoil everything by upsetting her before we start our evening. I’ll phone you tomorrow then. Give my regards to Joyce. Have a good evening.

2. Listen to the dialogue. Practice reading it imitating its intonation. Pay attention to the sentences with the Sliding and Scandent Scales. How do they sound? Write them down; practice saying them, transcribe them and draw tonograms to them.