Find sentences with the High Fall and the Fall-Rise. How are they different from the others?
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Listen to the dialogue, put stress-tone marks. Practice reading and reciting the dialogue. (Headway, p.39)
A How are Judith and Timothy Thorpe's triplets?
BThose three? Well… both Heather and Cathy are very healthy, but I think they're having rather a lot of trouble with Matthew.
AWith Matthew? What's the matter with Matthew?
B Teething troubles, I think, and then he won't eat anything.
A Teething troubles? But how old are the triplets now?
BI think they're about thirteen months.
A Thirteen months? Oh, I thought they were a lot younger than that.
BNo, they must be thirteen months because it was their first birthday at the end of last month – on the thirtieth… or was it the thirty-first?
AOh, dear, and I didn't send them anything, not even a birthday card… I wonder what Judith and Timothy thought?
B Don't distress yourself, dear, they didn't say anything to me…
2. Listen to the dialogue; find sentences with the Sliding and Scandent scales and define their type.
Pay attention to the sentences with the Fall-Riseand the Rise-Fall. How do they sound? Transcribe the sentences in bold and draw tonograms to them. Learn the dialogue by heart.
Nursing a Sick Husband
| Harry Nora Harry Nora Harry Nora Harry Nora Harry Nora Harry Nora Harry Nora Harry Nora Harry Nora Harry Nora Harry Nora Harry | ̎Noˌra!|| ˌˌNoˡra!|| ͵Yes,| ‛what is it ˎnow, ˏHarry?|| 'Oh, t̖here you ˏare.|| ˋLook here, ˏNora.|| I'm &tired of &lying &here on my &back with 'nothing to ˎdo.|| &I &hate &doing ˋnothing.|| Don't be ͵silly, ֹHarry.|| ‾You've ‚got a ̀temperature.|| And 'staying in ˎbed| is the ↗only ↗sensible ↗thing to ˎdo.|| Now 'just be ͵quiet| and 'stop pre'venting me from ↗doing ↗my ˋhousework.|| ̷No,| ˎseriously, ˏNora,| I "can't ˎbear it,| 'lying 'flat on my ˎback!|| ̷Well, ˎthen| ↗try ͵lying on your ˋstomach| for a ˋchange.|| ˌStop being ˎfunny.|| I'm 'going to ·get ˎup.|| ˎThere,| ˋlook,| I'm 'standing ˎup.|| I'm 'quite all ˎright.|| 'What's the 'use of ʹstaying in ˎbed?|| I 'think ‚you are ‚being ↑very ˎsilly.|| You'll ˆonly ‚make your ‚temperature go ‚up a̗gain. It's 'no ‚use ˎtalking, ˏNora,| ↗being ↗ill 'doesn't ˋsuite me.|| ˋNo,| ˉand 'trying to ˋnurse you| ↗doesn't ↗suite ˎme.|| Now, ↷don't be ↷bitter a̗bout it.|| You ˈknow I'm ˈgrateful ˏto you| for ˈlooking ˏafter me.|| But you ↗mustn't ↗try to ↗keep me in ,bed 'like a "naughty ˎboy.|| ˎWell,| 'you beˋgan it| by beˋhaving 'like a 'naughty ˎboy.|| I'm 'all aˎgainst this| 'staying in ˎbed| for 'no ˎreason.|| ˎHarry,| 'being ˏill| ˎis a ˎreason…|| Now 'don't ˎstand by that ˏwindow| and ˈcatch aˎnother ˏcold.|| ˈLet me ˎsee…| ˈhalf ˈpast eˎleven…|| ˈWhy do you ˑkeep ˈlooking at the ˎclock?|| I'm exˈpecting ˋmother.|| She is coming ˋover| for the ˋday.|| ˈGood ˎheavens!|| I ‚didn't ‚know ̬that.|| `Yes,| I ˈthink she has ˈsomething she wants to ˋtalk to you a,bout.|| 'Oh, ˎheavens,| ˏhas she?|| ˎOh…|| You ˎknow, ‚Nora,| I ˎdo ,feel a bit ˏill.|| Perˈhaps I ̬had ˙better get ˙back to ˙bed.|| ˈOh,| ˈwhat a ˎpity!|| I ↷thought per↷haps you ↷might stay ↷up to ˋsee her.|| ,That's the ,very ̬reason| I'm ˌgetting ˙back into ˎbed.|| ͵What did you ˙say?|| ̀Oh… ˏer…| ˋno͵thing.|| |
3. Read the following passage, translate it and lay stress-tone marks according to the rules. Use the High Fall, the Fall-Rise and the High Rise where possible. Practice reading it about 10 times as fast as you can.
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