The vowel sound /3:/ as in “girl”.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 901.

· Read the instruction to learn how to make the long sound /3:/.

The tongue is in the middle part of the mouth cavity. It is almost flat and slightly raised. The tip of the tongue is near the lower teeth, the jaw is slightly lowered. The lips are neutral.

· Listen to the target sound and the words and repeat. Look at the mouth diagrams to help you position your lips, tongue and jaw for the target sound. Transcribe the words.

/3: 3: 3:/

· Read these words with the sound /3:/. Transcribe them.

Shirt, word,girl, berth, earn, were, worst, affirm, journal, expert, burn, bird,fur, journey, confer, heard, birth,burn, early, excursion, hurt,her, learn, murder, further.

· Listen to the sentences and repeat. Read each sentence aloud slowly at first, then as if you were telling it to someone in a natural way.

1) The girls in purple shirts were urged not to disturb Sir Cuthbert.

2) This purple shirt is the worst in the world! I have no words!

3) We were working in the World Bank at first; then we were transferred to the Commercial Chambers in Perth.

4) My boyfriend is a perfect nerd who makes his earnings when everyone else is yawning.

5) The girl heard that she came third in the World Championships as a hurdler.

6) Ursula observed that the boy wore dirty purple jersey.

· Listen and copy the intonation and voice modulation on the CD.

When I was a lad I served a term

As office boy to an Attorney's firm.

The rich attorney was good as his word;

And every day my voice was heard

At the Sessions or Ancient Bailey.

· Read the following sentences. Mind the right articulation of the sound / 3: /.

1) The girl heard the nurse work.

2) It's the worst journal in the world.

3) I affirm if you learn all words, you become an interpreting expert and earn a lot.

4) Can you confirm early morning's murder?

5) We were heard talking about journeys and excursions.

· Practice reading the tongue twister as quickly as you can. Be careful not to mispronounce the target sound / 3: /.

A bottle of bottled water held 30 little turtles. It didn't matter that each turtle had to rattle a metal ladle in order to get a little bit of noodles, a total turtle delicacy. The problem was that there were many turtle battles for the less than oodles of noodles. The littlest turtles always lost, because every time they thought about grappling with the haggler turtles, their little turtle minds boggled and they only caught a little bit of noodles.

· Listen to the dialogues. Intone them. Learn and reproduce, paying attention to the pronunciation of the sound / 3: /, intonation and tempo.

Dialogue 1

- What does Irvine do?

- I'm not certain. But he earns a lot. He has money to burn.

- And Bernard?

- Oh, I prefer Bernard, of course, but…

- What a superb fur coat, by the way?

- As I say, I prefer Bernard, of course, but…

- And what beautiful pearls!

Dialogue 2

- Sh! There's a burglar behind the curtain!

- Are you certain, Bertha?

- Don't disturb him! He might hurt us – or worse, he might even murder us!

- But are you perfectly certain it's a burglar?

- Perfectly. Only a burglar would hide behind a curtain in that way.

- Oh, Bertha – do you remember Percy Turner?

- Sh! Gertrude! We're not the girls we were thirty years ago, you know.

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Learn the following graphical rules:

Vowel /3:/ is represented in spelling by:

1. The letters “e, i, u, y” followed by “r” /third syllable –type/ (term, bird, fur)

2. “ear” + a consonant (earth, heard) BUT: heart, hearth /a: /

3. “wor” (work, word)

4. “our” (journal, journey)

XIV. Find Ukrainian equivalents to the proverbs and sayings. Learn them:

11) Murder will out.

12) It's an early bird that catches the first worm.

13) First come, first served.

14) Live and learn.

15) As is the workman, so is the work.

The neutral vowel sound /ә / (schwa) as in “banana”.

· Read the instruction to learn how to make the neutral sound /ә /.

In pronouncing the English / ә / the position of the tongue and lips resembles that of / 3: /, but the tongue is lower. The lips are neutral.

· Listen to the target sound and the words and repeat. Look at the mouth diagrams to help you position your lips, tongue and jaw for the target sound. Transcribe the words.

/ә ә ә /

· Read the words with the sound /ә /.Transcribe them.

Weak A: away banana woman sugaraboutaromacollar

Weak E: garden paper underbiggerworkeragentpatent

Weak O: police doctor correct today kingdom seldom ivory

Weak U: support figure Augustchorus ketchup treasure

Other: “re” litre metre theatre fibre; “ou” colour labour neighbour

· Listen to the following phrases and repeat. Pay attention to the pronunciation of letter “a” in different weak positions. Mind that schwa is the most used sound in English. Very often, unstressed syllables and words in a sentence are pronounced with a schwa.

· Listen and repeat. Pay attention to the way the vowels, written in bold, are pronounced in stressed and unstressed positions.

· Listen to the sentences and repeat. Read each sentence aloud slowly at first, then as if you were telling it to someone in a natural way.

1) What are you doing in London? We are looking for a hairdresser.

2) Is it made of glass? No, it's made of plastic.

3) What can I do? What has she done? What have you done?

4) She had done it before she came here.

5) Amanda, phone call for you!

6) The conductor of the orchestra was amazed to see the viola player drink a scotch and soda.

7) Tell my sister Amanda to buy some better bananas as well as potatoes and tomatoes.

· Read the following sentences. Mind the right articulation of the sounds / ә /.

a) I ate an apple and a banana in a cinema in Canada.

b) Papa bought me a balloon at the circus.

c) Anna has another parasol.

d) She gave me some chocolate when I went away.

e) The pilot jumped from the balloon in a parachute.

f) A buffalo, a zebra and a gorilla escaped from the circus.

g) The famous attorney submitted an appeal.

h) He fell asleep on the sofa.

· Listen and copy the intonation and voice modulation on the CD.

My jealousy I can't express,

Their love they openly confess;

Her shell-like ears she does not close

To their recital of their woes.

· Listen to the story several times, repeat phrase by phrase, and then read it aloud. The spelling has been changed to show you when to make the sound / ә /.

ә Dream Vәcation

Mәriә spent Satәrday aftәnoon looking әt ә beautiful book әbout South әmericә.

“I'd love tә go tә South әmericә,” she said tә hәself.

Thә next morning, Mәriә woke up әt six ә'clock. Hә brothә and sistә wә still әsleep. Mәriә looked әt thәm, and closed hәr eyes әgain.

Then she quiәtly got out әf bed әnd began tә pack hә suitcase.

She packed sәme comfәtәble clothes, ә pair әf binoculәs әnd hә sistә's camәrә. She remembәd tә take hә hat fә thә sun. She also decided tә pack ә photәgraph әf hәself әnd ә pictә әf hә mothәr and fathә.

“I'd bettә not fәget tә have sәme breakfәst,” she said tә hәself. Bәt then she looked әt thә clock. It wәs ә quartә tә seven.

“I don't wannә be late.” she said.

“I'll jәst have ә glass әf watәnow,” “ә glass әf watә,” she said softly, “watә,” she said әnd opened hәr eyes.

She wәs still in hә bed, әnd hә brothә әnd sistә wә laughing әt hә.

“Tell әs what you wә dreaming әbout,” they said tә hә.

Bәt Mәriә didn't answә. She wәs thinking әbout hә wondәful trip tә South әmericә.

· Listen to the dialogues. Intone them. Learn and reproduce, paying attention to the pronunciation of the sound / ә /, intonation and tempo.

Dialogue 3

- I'm a Conservative, as a matter of fact.

- As a matter of fact, I'm a Conservative, too.

- There're various varieties of Conservative, Mr Taylor. And I'm afraid my sort of Conservative and your sort are different.

- Yes, Mrs Carruthers, but…

- Not another word, Mr Taylor!

Dialogue 4

- Where were you at the time of the burglary?

- I was at the cinema, Officer. And my mother and father were at the cinema, too.

- Was your brother at the cinema, too?

- At the cinema, Officer… Yes.

- And your sister?

- Er… She wasn't at the cinema. As a matter of fact I don't have a sister.

- I see.

- But of course if I had one, Officer…

- Don't tell me.

- Now which cinema was this?

Dialogue 5

- Where can I lock up my clock while I'm away?

- Why not lock it in your locker?

- I'm afraid my locker won't lock.

- Oh.

- Can I lock it in your locker?

- No, I'm afraid you can't.

- But surely you've got room for a small clock.

- Yes, plenty. But my locker won't unlock.

- I see.

- That's why I've been borrowing your clock.

· Listen to the words with sounds /ә /and /3:/ in contrast and repeat. Look at the mouth diagrams to help you position your lips.

/ә /	/3:/
slogan forward awkward standard upward backward	girl word third earn word work

· Listen to the word combinations with sounds /ә /and / ı / in contrast and repeat. Remember, that letter “e” in the article “the” is pronounced as / ı / and /ә /.

· Listen to the words with sounds /ә /, /e/ and /æ/ in contrast and repeat. Look at the mouth diagrams to help you position your lips.

/ә /	/e/	/æ/
moraine Beluga banana solution lament towards	mess bend bred set led together	mass band brand sat land gather

· Listen to the dialogues. Intone them. Learn and reproduce, paying attention to the pronunciation of the sounds / 3: / and /۸/, intonation and tempo.

Dialogue 6

- Something's burning.

- Oh, my buns!

- Curse this… oven! Curse it!

- But I prefer burnt buns.

- It's the worst… oven in the world!

- Wonderful! A perfect bun! Perfect!

- Well, there are thirty of them. Have another.

- Mm! Lovely!

Dialogue 7

- I work for your brother's company.

- Come and work for my company. How much money do you earn?

- Five hundred a month.

- You're worth another thirty.

- I'm worth another hundred. But I mustn't leave your brother.

- We'll discuss it on Thursday.

- We have discussed it.

- Six hundred?

- Six hundred and thirty.1975

III. Learn the following graphical rules:

Vowel /ә/ is represented in spelling by:

7) The letter “a” in prefixes (about)

8) In suffixes “er, or, ar, our, ous” (teacher, doctor, cellar, neighbour, famous)

9) “a, o, u” when non-accented (sofa, atom, column)