D) Intonation

Let's practise examples of the Descending Scale with the Low Fall and Low Rise,
as reading the text we shall mostly use these tone patterns (to revise the mate­
rial about these basic tone patterns go back to the Introductory Correction
Course).

a) Descending Stepping Scale with Low Fall. Pattern 1: 'Tom has a.family.

Read the following sentences.

1. 'John is.small. 2. 'Kitty is.eight. 3. 'Mary is.gentle. 4. 'Charles is a.tutor. 5. 'Bobby is.strong.

Pattern 2: 'Jane has 'hazel.eyes.

Read the following sentences.

1. 'Jim is a 'quiet.man. 2. 'Charles is a 'good.listener. 3. 'Kitty has 'chestnut.hair. 4. 'Bobby is a 'dark-'haired.boy. 5. The 'Clarks are a 'friendly.family.

Read the following sentences.

1. 'Is he a /tutor? 2. 'Is she /pretty?

Pattern 2: 'Has 'John an 'elder /brother?

b) Descending Stepping Scale with Low Rise. Pattern 1: 'Is he a /doctor?

Read the following sentences.

1. 'Does 'Charles 'work at the University? 2. 'Is 'Bobby a /schoolboy?

Now let's practise reading sentences consisting of more than one sense-group. In such sentences we shall use both Low Rise and Low Fall. Make a pause between sense-groups.

1. He 'knows /French, /German and 'speaks these 'languages very.well. 2. He 'likes to 'play /chess, /tennis,.football.

(jive tonograms and read the following sentences.

1. Their 'most "popular /hobby is.gardening. 2. She is 'eight 'years /old and 'goes to 'primary.school in London. 3. Her 'brother /Bobby is

a 'dark-haired 'boy of.fifteen. 4. His 'wife /Mary is 'two 'years /younger than her.husband.

WORD STUDY WS-1. Read and give Russian equivalents of the following.

he is not much of a talker; he is a good listener; he is in his early forties; above medium height; she makes up very little; his hair is slightly grey at the temples; she works in a service industry; it gets her out of the house; he is proud of his wife; she is gentle; he is not like his sister; broad at the shoulders and thin at the waist; he does well at school; he is good at natural sciences; he is quiet; two years younger than her husband; he is fond of music; she quite likes her job; a lovely face; gardening

WS-2. Find in the text the English equivalents to the following.

он преподает английскую и американскую литературу; пра­вильные черты лица; карие глаза; светлые волосы; высокого рос­та; стройная; скромный; три дня в неделю; темноголубые глаза; каштановые волосы; большие серые глаза; похожа на маму; ей восемь лет; темноволосый мальчик 15 лет; он не похож на сест­ру; она учится в начальной школе; трудолюбивый; поступать в университет; играть в шахматы; неразговорчивый; лучший фут­болист среди друзей; дружная семья; вечерние развлечения; лю­бимое занятие

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