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2. a)* Listen carefully to the following conversational situations. Concentrate
your attention on the intonation of the reply:
Verbal Context
Drill
S t a t e m e n t s
(
final, categoric, considered,
weighty)
Have you any news of Malcolm?
We haven’t heard from him
for ages.
Tom and I have just been to
see him in hospital.
I shall miss him terribly.
I firmly believe you’ll be bet
ter off without him.
It’s
much too late to have
any regrets now.
How did you spend the morning? I stayed in bed until nearly
lunch time.
I went to see my brother in
Kensington.
We
spent the whole morning
in Hyde Park and Green Park.
S p e c i a l q u e s t i o n s
(
serious, responsible, intense,
weighty, often suggesting
irritation or impatience)
I shan’t be able to go.
For heaven’s sake why not?
I’ve lost my handbag.
What are you going to do
about it?
Good morning, madam.
When
does the next train for
Kiev leave?
In a quarter of an hour’s time.
What’s the price of a single
firstclass ticket?
I m p e r a t i v e s
(
firm, serious, pressing,
weighty)
How many pencils do you want?
Buy me half a dozen, please.
The answer to the first sum is six.
Have a go to the next one.
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See if you can do the second
one more quickly.
What shall I do with my boots?
Take
them into the kitchen
and clean them.
Put them away tidily in the
cupboard under the stairs.
What do you want me to do?
Read the paragraph begin
ning at the bottom of the next
page but one.
Here are the magazines.
Don’t put them all on my ta
ble.
Shall I read the words?
Be careful to pronounce dis
tinctly the word “thirteen.”
My daughter asks me for per
Let your daughter come here
mission to visit you.
and stay with us on Sunday.
E x c l a m a t i o n s
(
weighty, rather emphatic)
I’ll make you a present of it.
Thank you very much!
Thank you very much in
deed!
Fine day, isn’t it?
What lovely weather we are
having today!
There’s
a letter for you, Mary!
Thank you very much in
deed, Mrs. Brown.
I’m going on a voyage round
What an extraordinary piece
Europe.
of luck!
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