Владимир Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 1 курс

a fellow-student decide what attitude you are trying to render;

Hullo, Mary!

How long have you been here? I can't find my gloves anywhere. Shall I do it

now? When will he return? Can I take the cassette-recorder now?

We shall have to tell him the truth.

He said he was miserable.

I didn't think much of the party.

You shouldn't have been rude to her.

['ve broken the vase.

Oh, I'm miserable!

I'm really sorry, John.

We must be getting home now.

Here is a cake for you.

You can have all of them if you

like.

I shall never see him again. Look! A hedgehog! Good morning, Jane. Let's go

through the forest.

You're looking very tired. Not very long. That's strange. It's up to you.

He'll return as soon as he can. I don't think you can.

We can't do that.

He said no such thing. Why didn't you leave sooner?

And what's it got to do with you?

How did you manage to do that?

What's the matter with you? Are you sure you are sorry? Wouldn't it be better

to wait

till ten o'clock? Can't you give me more

than one? Thanks very much.

Don't be so silly. Don't touch it. Good morning. If you like.

3. Translate the replies above into Russian. Pronounce them trying to express the

corresponding attitude in your mother tongue. Is the attitude expressed by means of

intonation only, as in English, or do we use any additional words to render it?

4. Read the verbal context below silently and translate the replies into English.

Pronounce the replies trying to render the attitude suggested in brackets. Concentrate

your attention on the intonation line. Decide what Intonation Pattern you are using in

each reply:

Will you be calling again? What a charming person she is!

I shall give them all to Mary.

You were rather rude to him. Oh dear, oh dear!

You must return it.

He is going to pay next month.

Let me have ten of them.

. Are you certain he knows them?

Вполне возможно, (reassuring)

Она довольно красива. (guarded, reserving judgement)

Но это очень несправедливо, (critical)

Ну и что же? (calm)

Что такое с тобой случилось? (sympathetic)

И ты серьезно так думаешь? (sceptical)

И ты не очень-то верь этому, (reprovingly critical)

Очень хорошо, (expressing casual acknowledgement)

Ну, не совсем, пожалуй. (reserving judgement)

5. Your teacher will ask you the following questions. You in turn respond to them using

Intonation Patterns 111, IV, VIII. Decide what attitude you are trying to express in each

response:

1. Shall we postpone the meeting then? 2. How did you come to lose it? 3.

When did you see him? 4. Does John always forget? 5. Were there many people

there? 6. What made you do such a stupid thing? 7. How many pencils do you

want? 8. Where does he come from? 9. Can I see him if I come back later? 10.

Can't we do something about it? 11. Shall I phone you? 12. What's your opinion

of his work? 13. Can I come again tomorrow? 14. Could you send me another

copy? 15. Do you mind waiting a little longer?

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

dialogue, a) Listen to the dialogue carefully sentence by sentence. Write it down. Mark the

stresses and tunes. Practise reading each sentence after the cassette-recorder, b) Record your

reading. Play the recording back immediately for your teacher and fellow-students to detect

your errors. Practise the dialogue for test reading. Memorize and play it with a fellow-

student:

H а г г у: Do you want me to do anything this evening, Nora? N о r a: I don't

think so.

H a r r y : You're sure there's nobody coming to see us? N o r a : No, I don't

think there is.

H a r r y : And there's nothing you want me to listen to on the wireless?

N o r a : I'm sure there isn't!

H a r r y : Then will it be all right for me to go round to the club?

N o r a : Oh yes, I should think so. H a r r y : It's

a long time since I went. N o r a : I suppose it is.

H a r r y : The chaps are wondering what's happened to me.

N о r a: I suppose they must be.

H a г г у: I'd like a game of billiards with the chaps.

N о r a: I expect you would.

H a r r y : I'm fond of billiards.

N o r a : Yes, I know you are.

H a г г у: I get out of practice if I stay away too long. N о r a: I dare say you

do.

H a r r y : Besides, didn't Bonnet telephone last week and ask me to have a

game?

N o r a : Now you mention it, I believe he did.

H a r r y : So you won't mind if I go off just for this evening, will you?

N о r a: Of course I won't.

H a r r y : I'll go up and change.

N o r a : Yes, do. Only —

H a r r y : Only what?

N o r a : Well, Harry, don't you remember that today's the anniversary of our

wedding day? H a r r y : Good heavens, so it is! N o r a : And you promised we

should always keep it. H a r r y : So I did!

N o r a : You know, Harry, there's a dance this evening at the Town Hall.

H a r r y : So there is?

N о r a: So do you still think you'll go round to the club? H a r r y : No —

somehow I don't think I will.

("Meet the Parkers", a Lmgaphone Course)

с) Listen to a fellow-student reading the dialogue above. Try to detect any failure to

reproduce the pattern. The errors must be pointed out and eliminated, d) Give a

conversational context with the following phrases:

1. I don't think so. 2. No, I don't think you will. 3. I'm sure there isn't. 4. So I

did. 5. So there is. 6. Oh yes, I should think so. 7. I suppose it is. 8. I expect you

would. 9. I think you are. 10. No — somehow I think I don't.

e) Make up a conversation with phrases from the dialogue.