Unit 1 Family Life and Ways. Traces of Appearance

To the Student:

Dear friend!

We welcome you heartily to visit the Clarks family. They come from London. They are most intelligent and pleasant people. Their household has a peculiar touch of warmth and security.

Take our best wishes of good luck!

I. TEXT-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES LISTENING PRACTICE

Text A

Meet the Clarks

The'Clarks live in a semi-detached house with a garden in,London.

They are four in the family: the father, Mr Clark, the motner, Mrs Clark, and their¹ two children.

Mr Clark is a tutor. He works at London University. He teaches English and American sLiterature.

He is a'quiet/nan, * rather, shy, but'strict with his students, a ^rgood Jistener, not much of aaalker. He is in his' early forties, a'little 'above (medium /height, with' regular • features and ' fair'hair slightly; grey at the _Ntemples. He has 'hazel -.eyes.

'Charles Clark is'fond of₄music. He '• plays the, piano very.well. He 116

semi-detached house один из двух

особняков, имеющих общую стену tutor руководитель группы студентов quiet спокойный, тихий shy застенчивый Syn. modest скромный not much of a talker не слишком

разговорчивый

of medium height среднего роста regular features правильные черты

лица

Ant. irregular features at the temples на висках slim стройный Syn. slender, thin Ant. thick, stout to make up краситься, употреблять

косметику service industry сфера обслуживания

to be proud of smb гордиться кем-л. chestnut hair каштановые волосы to take after smb походить на кого-л. Syn. to be like smb, to look like smb, to resemble smb, to be of the same appearance primary school начальная школа broad at the shoulders широкий в

Плечах

broad-shouldered широкоплечий Ant. narrow-shouldered thin at the waist тонкий в талии natural sciences естественные науки to enter the University (an institute) поступать в университет (инсти­тут)

evening entertainment вечернее раз­влечение

music beautiful school blue

Notes

1. "Alice in Wonderland" - a popular English fairy-tale (1865) by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898).

PHONETICS

a) Vowels

early German her works service perfectly girl

forties tall daughter broad

speaks reads these three week meets people

father

Charlie

rather

dark

after

hard

gardening

Ph-3. Pronounce the following words containing the diphthongs with [i] glide.

Ph-l. Before you start working at the text practise the pronunciation of the fol­lowing words. Pronounce them with the falling tone. Mind: short stressed vowels are checked.

[i]

[a] Clarks garden

M

detached	good	live	industry
family	books	with	it
man	cooks	Mr	is
has	football	Mrs	sister
piano	footballer	children	thin
language		English	video
Alice		literature	visit
natural		listener	cinema
		little	pretty
		slim
M		[л]	И
regular	chestnut	London	not
temples	enter	mother	fond
very	chess	much	job
well	tennis	above	Bobby
French	friends	younger	strong
gets	friendly	husband	popular
gentle	television	lovely	watching
		Wonderland	hobby
		brother
		does
		among
		sometimes
Ph-2. Mind:	long vowels are tense.
[U:]	[i^]	[a]	[a:]
two	teaches	four	works
tutor	features	talker	University

[ai]

[ei]

[01]

boy

wife quite likes- kind primary

shy height slightly eyes writes

they grey hazel plays face makes

days

takes

eight

favourite

waist

entertainment

Ph-4. Pronounce the following words containing the diphthongs with [u] glide.

[аи] house brown out proud

[ou]

knows close old goes

shoulders

going

most

Ph-5. Pronounce the following words containing the diphthongs with the neutral
. vowel for their glide.

year

fair hair their Mary

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