10. Read the sentences according to the situation suggested in brackets. Ob
serve the position of the communicative centre:
1. It was my first visit to London (not the second one). 2. I hope
Mary will come soon (not John). 3. She’s coming on Sunday at four
(not on Tuesday). 4. I’d like to have a few English books (not Rus
sian ones). 5. May I go and see Tom? (not only ring him up) 6. This
house is situated on the left side of the street (not on the right one).
7. You’ll find the magazine in the desk (not on the desk). 8. I must
see him (not his sister). 9. I did it (not anyone else). 10. Will you lead
the way? (I can’t do it myself).
11. This exercise is meant to develop your ability to hear the intonation and
reproduce it in proper speech situations. a) Listen to the Conversation “Asking the
Way” (See p. 253) sentence by sentence. Mark the stresses and tunes. Practise the
dialogue. b) Record your reading. Play the recording back immediately for your
teacher and fellowstudents to detect the errors in your pronunciation. Practise the
dialogue for test reading. Memorize and dramatize it. c) Give conversational situa
tions for the phrases of the following type:
I. Excuse me ... . 2. Excuse me, (officer) ... . 3. Can you tell me the
way to ...? 4. Certainly. 5. Thank you very much. 6. How far is it from
here? 7. There’s sure to be. 8. Yes, (sir), any (bus) will take you. 9.
Sorry, (sir) ... .
12. Read the following dialogues:
“Take matches.”
“What’s the time?”
“Where are they?”
“Ten to eleven.”
“In the usual place, I expect.” “We shall have to be quick, then.”
“I can’t see them.”
“He tells me you’ve been very good to him.”
“Oh we do what we can for him. He is a nice boy.”
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