some distinguished person (a writer, a composer) you have lately visited. d) Describe the flat you live in or your friend lives in. ADDITIONAL PHONETIC EXERCISES 1. Read the exercises several times before the mirror. 2. Record your reading and listen to it, detect your errors. 3. Listen to your fellow student reading the exercises. Detect his errors in sounds and intonation and tell him what he must do to get rid of them:
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sŋ ə
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sɒŋ
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g υŋ p ðə
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str t
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strak ə
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gɒŋ
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lυkŋ ət ðə
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pkə
ple ə gem əv pŋ
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w :kŋ ət ðə
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prɒbləm
w : k — w k — w υ k
w :l
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— w υld
w :m — wm — w υsəm
LABORATORY WORK
I. a) Repeat the sentences after the tape. b) Make them interrogative and negative. II. a) Listen to the words, translate them, write them down, transcribe them. b) Check your spelling and transcription with the key. Correct your mistakes if you have any. Ill. Listen to the questions. Give full answers (affirmative, negative) in the intervals. IV. a) Translate the sentences into English. b) Check your sentences with the key. V. Listen to the disjunctive questions. They are not true to fact. Correct them. VI. a) Listen to the text “Our Sitting Room”. b) Write down the text, mark the stresses and tunes. Read it. c) Pick out words, phrases, sentences,
