Sam: Waxing ecstatic, Stan? I must say, I strongly disapprove of senior staff taking fancies to innocent students. You're supposed to be embracing serious linguistic research, not soft-skinned students. Most unsuitable. And silly, when you're just starting to make a success of this place...
Stan: For goodness sake, Sam. Who says I'm smitten? The kid's sweet but still only 26. I shall be 60 in September!
Exercise VI. Read the rhymes and learn them.
1. Elizabeth, Lizzy, Betsy and Bess,
They all went together to seek a bird's nest,
They found a bird's nest with five eggs in,
They all took one, and left four in.
2. Sneeze on Monday, sneeze for danger,
Sneeze on Tuesday, meet a stranger,
Sneeze on Wednesday, get a letter,
Sneeze on Thursday, something better,
Sneeze on Friday, no more sorrow,
Sneeze on Saturday see your true friend tomorrow.
3. First we skip, skip, skip,
Then we hop, hop, hop,
Then we turn round as fast as we can
And now we stop, stop, stop.
4. "Quack, quack!"
Said seven ducks at dawn
While night dew
Sparkled on the grass ...
And in my bed
I settled back
And slept to tunes
Of "Quack, quack, quack!"
5. I saw a ship a-sailing,
A-sailing on the sea,
And, oh? it was all laden
With pretty things for thee.
There were comfits in the cabin,
And apples in the hold,
The sails were made of silk
And the masts were made of gold.
The four-and-twenty sailors
That stood between the decks.
Were four-and-twenty white mice
With chains about their necks.
The captain was a duck,
With a packet on his back,
And when the ship began to move,
The captain said "Quack, quack!"
Exercise VII.Transcribe the proverbs and learn them.
1. One swallow doesn't make a summer.
2. It's a silly goose that comes to a fox's sermon.
3. He who sups with a devil must use a long spoon.
4. Speech is silver, but silence is gold.
5. If its and ans were pots and pans.
6. Silence gives consent.
7. Stolen pleasures are sweetest.
UNIT 20 [s] [ʃ]
Exercise I.Read the following words paying special attention to correct pronunciation.
1. [s]
2. [ʃ]
see
gas
sister
show
splash
assurance
sit
us
necessary
ship
English
insurance
sat
miss
policy
shame
Spanish
machine
said
sense
policeman
shore
Danish
pressure
sum
mouse
ransom
share
moustache
special
stiff
bus
bisquit
shell
slush
partial
song
alas
spinster
sure
swoosh
patience
since
house
basket
sugar
squash
musician
certain
promise
masterpiece
academician
3 [s] [ʃ]
save shave sock shock puss push
mess mesh crust crushed sort short
sip ship see she person Percian
Exercise II. Read the following sense-groups, mind the rhythm and intonation.