Cash in the Ice-Cream Carton

Eggs from the Greek Grocer

The Cuckoo Clock

Guests in August

Craig: I've just got a telegram from Margaret and Greg.

Carol: Are they coming to England again?

Craig: Yes. At the beginning of August.

Carol: Good. We can all get together again.

Craig: I'm glad they're coming in August. We can take the dog and go for walks together.

С а г о 1: Yes. And we can give a garden party.

Craig: And Margaret can play her guitar in the garden and sing Greek songs again.,

Carol: Yes. August is a good time to come to England.

Mrs Cook: Would you like some cream in your coffee, Mrs Clark?

Mrs С 1 a r k: No thank you. But I'd like a little milk.

Mrs Cook: Would you like some chocolate cakes?

Mrs Clark: Thank you.

Mrs Cook: Take two. Here's a cake fork, and here's a...

Mrs Clark: Excuse me, Mrs Cook. But what's that next to your bookshelf? Is it a clock?

Mrs Coo k:Yes. It's an American cuckoo clock.

Mrs С 1 a r k: Is it plastic?

Mrs Cook: Oh, no, Mrs Clark. It's a very expensive clock. It's an electric clock.

Mrs Clark: Well, it's exactly six o'clock now, and it's very quiet. Doesn't it say 'cuckoo'?

Mrs С о о к: Of course, Mrs Clark. Look!

Clock: Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo!

Mrs Clark: How exciting! What a clever clock!

Clock: Cuckoo!

Gladys: Gran, I'm hungry. Can we go home?

Granny: Grumbling again, Gladys! A great big girl like you. Now take my grey bag and go and get some eggs from the grocer, there's a good girl.

Gladys: But Gran...

Granny: I'm going to send a telegram to your grandfather. Oh, give me my glasses before you go. In the green and gold grosgrain case.

Gladys: But Granny...

Granny: Don't giggle, girl, I'm beginning to get angry. Go and get the eggs.

Gladys: But Gran, it's no good my going to the grocer. He's gone away. He goes back to Greece every August, He is Greek.

Granny: Gone to Greece? How disgraceful!

Colin: OK, Mike. At six o'clock you take a taxi to the bank. Max will come out with the cash in a cream-coloured case...

Mike: I'm to collect the cash?

Colin: Of course. Don't ask questions. Just concentrate.

Mike: Colin, if they catch me I'll confess.

Colin: Keep quiet, can't you? At a quarter to six Coco will be parked at the corner of the Market Square.

Mike: I'll scream. I'm a coward. The kids at school called me...

Colin: Pack the cash in the ice-cream carton in the back of the car and make your way as quickly as you can back to the cafe.

Mike: Colin, I'm scared.

Colin: Oh, crikey, Mike! You do make me sick!

Exercise VII. Read the rhymes and learn them.

1. We all work together with a wiggle and a giggle,

We all work together with a giggle and a grin,

With a wiggle and a giggle and a google and a woogle,

A jigger and a jagger and a giggle and a grin.

2. There was an old man of Columbia,

Who was thirsty, and called out for some beer,

But they brought it quite hot,

In a small copper pot,

Which disgusted that man of Columbia.

3. There was an old person of Cromer,

Who stood on one leg to read Homer,

When he found he grew stiff,

He jumped over the cliff,

Which concluded that old person of Cromer.

4. There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile,

He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile,

He bought a crooked cat which caught a crooked mouse,

And they all lived together in a little crooked house.

5. Golden Hour (by J. Keats)

Golden in the garden Golden in the tree tops

Golden in the glen Golden in the sky

Golden, golden, golden Golden, golden, golden

September's here again. September's passing by.

Exercise VIII. Transcribe the proverbs and learn them.

1. Curiosity killed the cat.

2. To cut your coat according to your cloth.

3. Cool as a cucumber.

4. The pot calling the kettle black.

5. A cat may look at a king.

6. Catch as catch can.

7. To kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

8. All that glitters is not gold.

9. As good as gold.

10. To give as good as you get.

Exercise IX. Pronounce the following sentences with aspiration.

1. Кукушка кукушонку купила капюшон.

2. Капа, купи кипу пик.

3. Коваль колокол ковал, ковал и перековывал.

4. В нашей покупке крупы и крупки.

5. Королева кавалеру каравеллу подарила.

6. Карл у Клары украл кораллы.

7. У кошки в лукошке пряники, коврижки, пироги да пышки.

UNIT 15. [n] - [m]

Exercise I. Read the following words paying special attention to - correct pronunciation.

1. [n]			2. [m]
no	button	snow	me	him	smile
now	cotton	ninth	more	ham	smoke
near	often	tenth	my	hem	memory
nor	sun	panther	meal	bum	member
new	noon	unreal	may	sum	woman
name	ten	sunrise	miss	rum	family
need	learn	sunset	mess	room	German
never	on	event	mister	tram	James
nose	in	offence	milk	warm	remember
north	man	send	money	form	remarkable
neither	down	Sunday	mind	farm	memorable

3. [n] - [m]

sun — sum new — mew

run — rum none — mum

bun — bum need — meed

4. Silent n

column solemn autumn

Exercise II. Read the following sense-groups, mind the rhythm and intonation.

(a) Memphis; museum at Memphis; mammoth in the museum at Memphis; an immense mammoth in the museum at Memphis.

(b) line; pen line; a fine pen line; again with a fine pen line; again and again with a fine pen line; his name again and again with a fine pen line; sign his name again and again with a fine pen line; Brown signs his name again and again with a fine pen line; Norman Brown signs his name again and again with a fine pen line.

Exercise III. Transcribe and intone the following sentences. Practise reading them in pairs.

[m] (a) 1. Marmaduke and Mary have mumps.

2. "They mustn't munch marmalade sandwiches at the moment", says Mummy.

3. The museum has many memorable monuments to the memory of some remarkable members of the Moslem community.

4. Martha always makes a mountain out of a molehill.

5. Just a moment, Mathew.

6. If my memory serves me...

[n] b) 1. Nick is no genius.

2. No doubt Nickolas knows Nigel.

3. Naughty, Nancy has bent the knitting needles and knotted Nanny's knitting.

4. Henry hands his nephew Nigel a brand-new pound note on Sundays.

[n] — [m] c) 1. No offence meant.

2. It's no concern of mine.

3. The name slipped my memory.

4. Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain.

5. You mustn't mind about me, Mike.

6. Nick knows no more about the murder than the man in the moon.

Exercise IV. Read the tongue-twisters and learn them.

1. Miss, miss, little Miss, miss,

When she misses, she misses like this.

2.I need not your needles

They are needless to me.

Exercise V. Read the dialogues, mark the stresses and tunes. Learn them. Act out the dialogues.

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