“Afternoon Tea”. 19. This exercise is meant to develop your ability to read and narrate a story with proper intonation. a) Listen to the joke. Write it down. Mark the stresses and tunes. Practise reading the joke. b) Listen carefully to the narration of the joke. Observe the peculiarities in intonationgroup division, pitch, stress and tempo. Note the use of the temporisers. Retell the joke according to the model you have listened to. 20. Read the joke silently to make sure you understand each sentence. Find the most important sentence in the text. Underline the main word in each sentence. Split up each sentence into intonationgroups, mark the stresses and tunes. Practise reading the joke. Make your reading expres sive. Retell the joke according to the model (see Ex. 19): Two Americans were travelling in Spain. Once they came
into a little restaurant for lunch. They didn’t know Spanish and
the waiter didn’t know English. In order to make him understand
they wanted some milk and sandwiches they drew a cow. The
waiter looked at it and ran out of the restaurant. Soon he was
back and put down in front of the two men two tickets for a bull
fight.
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Section Seven Section Seven Section Seven Section Seven Section Seven Intonation Pattern VI (LOW PREHEAD +) FALL RISE (+ TAIL)
M o d e l : Do you often go to the theatre?
\ Some / times. Of \ course, I / do. Yes. Stressandtone marks in the text: FallRise:
e.g. Yes.
\ General
/ ly. Well
