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ВВОДНО-КОРРЕКТИВНЫЙ КУРС ПО ФОНЕТИКЕ АНГЛИЙСКОГО ЯЗЫКА
Для студентов 1 курса ФМБК
Минск 2009
Unit 1 [ i: ] sheep
Open your mouth very little to make the sound [ i: ].
[ i: ] is a long sound.
Practice 1. Listen and repeat:
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bean heel meal peel |
sheep cheap seat |
eat leek cheeks |
Practice 2. Listen and repeat:
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Edith evening easy Jean |
cheese see tea pea |
three eating Peter Meat |
Dialogue In a restaurant
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Peter: Edith: Peter: Jean: Waiter: Peter: Edith: Waiter: |
What would you like to eat, Edith? A meat sandwich. Jean? Would you like a meat sandwich or a cheese sandwich? A cheese sandwich, please, Peter. Good evening. Good evening. We’ll have one meat sandwich and two cheese sandwiches. And three teas, please! (writing down the order) One meat sandwich … two cheese sandwiches … and … three teas. |
Intonation Questions with “or”.
These have a falling tune at the end. The parts of words which are in blacker type are louder, or stressed.
Would you like /coffee or \tea?
Would you like /veal or \beef?
Would you like /coffee or /milk or \tea?
Now practise with somebody using this menu.
MENU
Soup:
Leek soup or pea soup
Meat:
Veal or beef
Vegetables:
Beans or peas
Sweets:
Cheesecake or ice-cream or peaches
Coffee or tea
Example:
- Would you like leek soup or pea soup?
- Leek soup, please.
Unit 2 [ ı ] ship
First practise the sound [ i: ].
Then open your mouth a little more.
[ i: ] is a long sound.
[ ı ] is a short sound.
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
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Sound 1 |
Sound 2 |
Sound 1 |
Sound 2 |
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sheep bean eat |
ship bin it |
seat leek cheeks |
sit lick chicks |
Test Tick the words you recognise in the sentences you hear:
Practice 2 Listen and repeat:
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it's isn’t ill Indians |
interesting Tim film minutes |
beginning Mrs. Smith fifty sixty |
Dialogue An interesting film
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Bill: Lyn: Mrs Smith: Bill: Tim: Lyn: Tim: Lyn: Bill: Mrs Smith: Tim: |
Is Tim in? Is he coming to the pictures? Tim’s ill. Here he is! Hello, Tim! Hello, Bill. Are you ill Tim? Is it an interesting film? It’s “Big Jim and the Indians”. And it begins in six minutes. If you are ill Tim… Quick! Or we’ll miss the beginning of the film! |
Unit 3 [ e ] pen
First practise the sound [ ı ].
Then open your mouth a little more.
[ e ] is a short sound.
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
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Sound 1 |
Sound 2 |
Sound 1 |
Sound 2 |
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pin bin tin |
pen Ben ten |
pig Bill chicks |
peg bell cheques |
Test Tick the words you recognise in the sentences you hear:
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1. a) pin; b) pen 2. a) pig; b) peg 3. a) tins; b) tens |
4. a) sit; b) set 5. a) Jinny; b) Jenny 6. a) picked; b) pecked |
Practice 2 Listen and repeat:
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any everybody everything Eddie Ellen |
spend friend left shelf ten pence |
Jenny jealous America expensive cigarettes help yourself |
Dialogue An expensive holiday
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Eddie: Ben: Eddie: Ellen: Jenny: Ben: Eddie: Everybody: Ellen: Ben: Eddie: Jenny: Eddie: |
Hello, Ellen! Hello, Ben! Hello, Jenny! Hello, Eddie. Have a cigarette. Thanks, Ben. Help yourself to whisky. It’s on the shelf. How did you spend your holiday, Eddie? I went to America with a friend. Well! We’re all jealous. Was it expensive? Yes. Very. I’ve spent everything. Haven’t you any money left? Yes, Jenny! Ten pence! |
Intonation
Statements usually have a falling tune at the end.
“Wh” questions (Who? What? Why? When? Where? How?) usually have a falling tune at the end.
Yes/No questions usually have a rising tune at the end.
Examples:
“Wh” question: how did you spend your \holiday?
Statement: I went to A\merica.
Yes/No question: Was it ex/pensive?
Statement: \Yes. \Very.
Conversation
Practise this dialogue.
Use the place names below.
Kent Venice Belgium Denmark Edinburgh
How did you spent your holiday?
I went to …
Was it expensive?
Yes. Very.
Unit 4 [ æ ]man
First practise the sound [ e ].
Then open your mouth a little more.
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
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Sound 1 |
Sound 2 |
Sound 1 |
Sound 2 |
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x pen men |
axe pan man |
said beg bread |
sad bag Brad |
Test Tick the words you recognise in the sentences you hear:
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1. a) pen; b) pan 2. a) men; b) man 3. a) said; b) sad |
4. a) gem; b)jam 5. a) pet; b) pat 6. a) bed; b) bad |
Practice 2 Listen and repeat:
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apple perhaps passenger hijacker jacket black slacks |
Anne Amsterdam Alice Miss Alien |
camera lavatory travelling handbag left hand Miss Bradley |
Dialogue A bad hijacker
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HostessBradley: Hostess Alien: HostessBradley: Hostess Alien: HostessBradley: Hostess Alien: HostessBradley: Fat lady: Handbag: |
Alice! Perhaps that passenger is a hijacker! Which passenger, Anne? That sad man with the camera? He's wearing black slacks and a jacket. No. That fat lady with the big black handbag in her left hand. Is she standing next to the lavatory? Yes. She's travelling to Amsterdam. You're mad, Anne, I don't understand. You see, when she went into the lavatory she didn't have that handbag in her hand, and now she's... (clapping her hands) EVERYBODY STAND! I'm a hijacker. And in this handbag I have a ... BANG! |
Stress In English some words are stressed at the end: perhaps
below
about
Some words are stressed in the middle: beginning
conversation
But most words are stressed at the beginning:
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camera family apple jacket |
handbag sandwich practise passenger |
pictures waiting airport woman |
cricketbat aeroplane hijacker |
Conversation
Practise this conversation about the passengers using the words below. They are in the airport waiting to get on the aeroplane.
Example:
Student A: Perhaps that passenger is a hijacker.
Student B: Do you mean the man with the black slacks?
Student A: No. The woman with the black handbag.
Black slacks, cat, red hat, cricket bat, black handbag, jacket, family, sandwich, apple, camera.
Unit 5 [ ^ ] cup
First practise the sound [ æ ]
Then put your tongue back a little.
[ ^ ] is a very short sound.
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
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Sound 1 |
Sound 2 |
Sound 1 |
Sound 2 |
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cap hat sack |
cup hut suck |
ban bag hag |
bun bug hug |
Test Tick the words you recognise in the sentences you hear:
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1. a) cap; b) cup 2. a) hat; b) hut 3. a) bag; b) bug |
4. a) mad; b) mud 5. a) hang; b) hung 6. a) ran; b) run |
Practice 2 Listen and repeat:
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ugly untrue unhappy understand shut up just once |
must much lunch Sunny Cousin Russ |
love lovely honey worry company wonderful |
DialogueI love you
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Russ: Russ: Janet: Russ: Janet: Russ: Janet: Russ: Janet: |
Honey, why are you so sad? (Janet says nothing) Honey, why are you so unhappy? I don’t understand. You don’t love me, Russ! But, honey, I love you very much. That’s untrue. You love my cousin, Sunny. You think she’s lovely and I’m ugly. Janet, just once last month I took Sunny out for lunch. You mustn’t worry. I like your company much better that Sunny’s. Oh, shut up, Russ. But, honey, I think you’re wonderful. You mustn’t … Oh, SHUT UP! |
Intonation Making a list
Listen and repeat:
He bought a /cup and some \nuts.
He bought a /cup, some /nuts and some \honey.
He bought a /cup, some /nuts, some /honey, and a \brush.
Unit 6 [ a:] heart
Put your tongue down and back.
[ a: ] is a long sound.
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
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Sound 1 |
Sound 2 |
Sound 1 |
Sound 2 |
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cap hat cat |
carp heart cart |
ban match clack |
barn march clerk |
Practice 2 Listen and repeat:
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Sound 1 |
Sound 2 |
Sound 1 |
Sound 2 |
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cup hut cut |
carp heart cart |
bun much cluck |
barn march clerk |
Test Tick the words you recognise in the sentences you hear:
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1. a) hat; b) hut; c) heart 2. a) cat; b) cut; c) cart 3. a) cap; b) cup; c) carp |
4. a) bun; b) barn 5. a) come; b) calm 6. a) Patty's; b) parties |
Practice 3 Listen and repeat:
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Ah! Arnold So they are! can’t garden |
marvellous bar far car star |
guitar Barbara Margaret Charles smart |
Martin Martha dark laugh photograph |
Dialogue At a party
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Margaret: Barbara: Martin: Margaret: Barbara: Margaret: Martin: Barbara: Margaret: Barbara: |
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