Now, read and translate the sentences with some of the words from Ex.3

Ex.3. Read the following two-syllable words in the box. Pay special attention to the word stress - it is different for noun and verb.

Ex.2. Read the words in the groups below. Pay attention to the word stress.

Ex.1. Practice reading the following words.

A. Reading drills

PRE-TEXT EXERCISES

LEAD-IN

1. Would you like to own your own business? Why or why not?

2. Would you prefer to buy an existing business or start one yourself?

3. What product or service would you provide?

4. Where would you want to locate the business and for what reason?

5. How would you recruit employees?

y/i [aɪ] rye, fly, sky, dry, try, ply, dye, by-product, type, byte, cycle; lifestyle, item, size, dive, sizable

[aɪ] falsify, intensify, notify, signify, specify

[ɪ] myth, symbol, system, syndicate, Sydney

[ɪ] security, property, economically, secondary, duty, baby, lady, study, noisy, lobby, pony, sorry, lorry, sym'phonic

[aiə] tyre, tire, hire, fire

y [ j ] yes, yet, you, yell, yelp, yield, youthful, yard, yawn

u [ ju: ] use, mule, tune, due, suit

u [ ʌ ] but, must, run, sun, up

u [ u: ] rule, true, fruit, blue, flu

[ ɔ ] – [ ʌ ] not – nut, boss – bus, dock – duck, lock – luck, sock - suck

Rhyme, single, rhythm, rivalry, yawn, risky, syllable, sight, historically, multiply, mind, pretty, think, nymph, yesterday, child, pyjamas, memory, kind, wish, analytic, behind, picture, category, yucca, desire, light, exactly, king, candy, miner, syndicate, typist, hymn, rice, myself, risk, pyramid, nylon, mineral, line, hydrant.

a) words with the stress on the first syllable:

access, acre, actual, balance, benefit, broker, capital, dwelling, enterprise, forecast, hectare, tangible, labour, luxury, maintenance, management, owner, ownership, parking, property, suburbs, quality, quantity, scarce, scarcity, service, urban, utilize;

b) words with the stress on the second syllable:

accumulate, accomplishment, consumer, commodity, delivery, environment, estate, inherit, inheritance, intangible, location, necessity, securities, utility;

c) polysyllabic words with the main and secondary stress:

acquisition, competition, exploitation, externalities, information,entrepreneur, entrepreneurial, entrepreneurship, privatization, profitability, relocate, substitution, telecommunication, termination, urbanization,undercapitalization, utilization.

Verb	Noun
conduct	conduct
discount	discount
object	object
permit	permit
produce	produce
reject	reject
subject	subject
transport	transport

1. Ethical conduct is a particular concern among more vulnerable service users.

2. We are conducting a survey of consumer attitudes towards organic food.

3. Employees can buy books at a discount.

4. Games were discounted to as little as $5.

5. My object was to explain the decision simply.

6. Robson strongly objected to the terms of the contract.

7. Dogs are not permitted inside the shop.

8. Hikers need a camping permit for overnight stays in the park.

9. The factory produces an incredible 100 cars per hour.

10. We sell tinned goods and fresh produce in our shop.

11. These two plates are factory rejects because they’re slightly cracked in the middle.

12. The agency sent five possible candidates for the job and we rejected two.

13. Genetic engineering is very much a subject for debate.

14. He didn’t want to subject his child to the long journey.

15. The pipeline was constructed to transport oil across Alaska to parts on the coast.

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