Владимир Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 1 курс

|>hall we meet next Sunday?

think if's going to rain. He is certain to win the game. Be careful. It's loo dark

here. I'll like to ask some friends to dinner.

It's time to go. So long!

If I were you, I'd wait and see

what happens.

But not impossible.

But with a shocking Russian

accent, doesn't she?

I'm not exactly cold.

She failed again.

I'm not quite sure.

I'm afraid I can't make it next Sunday.

Oh, don't say that. Don't be too sure. Don't be nervous. But not too many,

please.

So long! Be careful to cross the road.

5. Read the same replies with Intonation Patterns II or IV. Observe the difference in

attitude.

6. Give a conversational context with the following sentences pronounced with

Intonation Patterns VI and VII. Your fellow-student will suggest a verbal context. You

respond to it using one of the sentences below. Keep the exercises moving on rapidly until

every student has participated:

1. On Saturday. 2. It's mine. 3. The style is good. 4. He's coming m a week. 5.

I saw him today. 6. It's not bad. 7. You needn't do it now. 8. You'll fall. 9. Your

chair's slipping. 10. You'll miss your train. 11. Try to be there by six. 12. Careful

with that glass. You'll drop it. 13. Mind. There's a step here. 14. Be quick. We are

going to be late. 15. You must call at Helen's.

7. Your teacher will suggest a verbal context. You in turn reply by using statements,

expressing contradiction, correction, contrast, concern, reproach, sometimes soothing.

8. Read the following sentences, containing the opposition. Use Intonation Patterns VI or

VII to express the opposition:

1. There was a beautiful vase on the piano and above it there lung a picture.

2. On the dressing table in front of the looking

glass you 'll see a hair-brush and comb,a hand-mirror, a bottle of

scent and a powder-box. In the wardrobeI keep my suits and other clothes,

which I hang on coat-hangers. 3. Then there 'sthe motor cycle, with which you

can travel quickly and cheaply, but for long journeys it's rather tiring. With a

motor-carone can travel comfortably foi long distances without getting too

tired. 4.1 saw members of the crew carrying out their duties in various parts of

the ship, while the captainwatched the operations and gave his orders from

the bridge. 5. You'll probably want to sit as near to the stage as possible. But if

you're at a cinema,you may prefer to sit some distance from the screen. 6. She

kept the books in the bookcase and the dictionariesstood on the shelf

above her writing table. 7. The sun was shining brightly butthe airwas still

cold. 8. It takes 45 minutes to get there by bus. But if you go there by

metroit won't take you half an hour. 9. The lawns were already green, but

the apple-treesstood still bare. 10. The Smiths enjoyed the view of the

whole city from the Vorobyev Hills while the Wilsonsliked the historical

monuments of Moscow. 11. We'd better put the table to the wall and the

armchairsin the corner of the room. 12. The elder children were tobogganing,

skiing, making snowmen while the smallestwere just watching them. 13.

You may have a good time in town, going to the museums, theatres and cinemas.

But if you want to have a really quiet holidayyou'd better go to the

country at the week-end. 14. It was already summer. The days were hot and

stuffy. But the morningswere still fresh.

9. Read the following sentences. Observe the position of the communicative centre.

Use Intonation Patterns VII in the clauses of condition and time to make the

communicative centre more prominent:

1. If you are going to stay in England for some time, you ought to spend at

least a week at the seaside. 2. But if you're at a cinema, you may prefer to sit

some distance from the screen. 3. If you can stay only a few days in London, you

won't have much time for your sightseeing. 4. If you want to send a telegram,

you can either take it to the nearest post-office or dictate it over the telephone. 5.

If you want to send a parcel, you hand it to the assistant. 6. If you want a guide to

show you round, they'll get you one. 7. If the price of a reel of cotton is

fourpence, you hand over four pennies for it. 8. If you feel too ill to go to the

doctor, you'll have to send for him. 9. While we were watching

the last scene, her hand small and hot touched mine. 10. When I met her at

the entrance to the theatre, she looked excited and her eyes sparkled. 11. And

before their tour came to an end, they had seen and learned a lot of interesting

things about our country. 12. When we were children, we used to enjoy playing

on the beach, making castles and forts and channels in the sand. 13. When you

are tired of London, go down to the sea for a week or a fortnight. 14. When

summer comes, the weather gets warmer still.

10. Read the sentences according to the situation suggested in brackets. Observe the

position of the communicative centre:

1. It was my first visit to London (not the second one). 2. I hope Mary will

come soon (not John). 3. She's coming on Sunday at four (not on Tuesday). 4. I'd

like to have a few English books (not Russian ones). 5. May I go and see Tom?

(not only ring him up) 6. This house is situated on the left side of the street (not

on the right one). 7. You'll find the magazine in the desk (not on the desk). 8. I

must see him (not his sister). 9. I did it (not anyone else). 10. Will you lead the

way? (I can't do it myself).

X X . This exercise is meant to develop your ability to hear the intonation and reproduce

it in proper speech situations, a) Listen to the Conversation "Asking the Way" (See p. 253)

sentence by sentence. 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 errors in your pronunciation. Practise the dialogue for test reading. Memorize and

dramatize it. c) Give conversational situations for the phrases of the following type: