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II. Intonation of Enumeration
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- 26.*** This exercise is meant to develop your ability to read sentences containing enumeration. Listen to the text. Mark the stresses and tunes.
| II. Intonation of Enumeration
M o d e l : I’ve visited the British Mu / seum, | the → → → → → National / Gallery | and the \ Tate. If a sentence contains enumeration, all nonfinal intonation groups are usually pronounced with the Low Rise each being a bit lower than the preceding one. The final intonationgroup is pronounced with the Low Fall if the choice of enumeration is exhausted. 26.*** This exercise is meant to develop your ability to read sentences containing enumeration. Listen to the text. Mark the stresses and tunes. Pick out of the text sentences containing enumeration. Observe the intona tion they are pronounced with. Practise the text: Theatres, MusicHalls and Cinemas Theatres are much the same in London as anywhere else; the chief theatres, musichalls and cinemas are in the West End. 435 If you’re staying in London for a few days, you’ll have no dif ficulty whatever in finding somewhere to spend an enjoyable evening. You’ll find opera, ballet, comedy, drama, review, musi cal comedy and variety. Films are shown in the cinemas during the greater part of the day. The best seats at the theatres are those in the stalls, the circle, and the upper circle. Then comes the pit, and last of all the gallery, where the seats are cheapest. Boxes, of course, are the most expensive. Most theatres and mu sichalls have good orchestras with popular conductors. You ought to make a point of going to the opera at least once during the season, if you can. There you can get the best of everything — an excellent orchestra, famous conductors, celebrated singers and a welldressed audience. But, of course, if you’re not fond of music and singing, opera won’t interest you. At the WestEnd theatres you can see most of the famous English actors and ac tresses. As a rule, the plays are magnificently staged — cos tumes, dresses, scenery, everything being done on the most lav ish scale. Choose a good play, and you’ll enjoy yourself thor oughly from the moment the curtain goes up to the end of the last act. Get your seat beforehand, either at the boxoffice of the theatre itself or at one of the agencies. When you go to a theatre, you’ll probably want to sit as near to the stage as possible. But if you’re at the cinema, you may prefer to sit some distance from the screen. In fact, I would say, the further away, the better. жүктеу/скачать 3.9 Mb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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