Exercise 19

Exercise 18.

Exercise А49.

Our honour, colour

Or actor, denominator

Er farmer, order, demister, drollery, waiter

A about, catabolic, logical, woman, dramaturgy, drama

Graphic Equivalents of the /\/ Phoneme

Tongue-Twisters

Exercise А48.

Exercise А47.

Er term, serve, hertz, herpes, coerce, Percy

Proverbs and Sayings

Exercise А46.

Exercise 17.

Прочитайте вслух и запишите на магнитофон следующие предложения. Обратите внимание на разницу в артикуляции и звучании английских гласных // и /u/.

1. Luke looks terrible. 4. It’s foolish to have a full tank.

2. This shoe should fit. 5. They serve really good food.

3. Cook it and then let it cool.

Phoneme /j/ — voiced palatal approximant (semivowel).

Yes, beyond, unit, Europe, music, few, fuel, huge, million.

/j/

jild ju

jel fju

jes ‘djuti

jet ‘bjuti

jαd kju

jon

/j/: You never know what you can do till you try.

You have made your bed, and you must lie on it.

Phoneme / з / — open-mid mixed unroundedvowel, tense.

Graphic Equivalents of the / з / Phoneme

ear h ear d, ear th, p ear l, p ear ly

ir g ir l, f ir st, P ir bright

yr m yr tle, S yr tis, M yr midon, M yr na

ur f ur, b ur n, m ur mur, m ur derous, n ur se, p ur view, w ur st, W ur ttenberg

wor wor k, wor kaholic, wor kforce, wor m, wor d, wor ld-famous, wor ld-wide

our j our nal, j our ney, c our teous, c our tesy

/з/

θзd kзs

зθ lзn

kзl ‘зli

ýзl ‘зnıst

hзd ‘pзfıkt

pзl ‘pзsn

/з/

зd — hзt fз — fзz — fзst

зd — ∫зt kз — kзd — kзt

tзnd — bзnt з — bзnz — bзnt

/з/: Bert, Bert, tore his shirt riding on a lump of dirt.

Phoneme /\/ — open-mid mixed unroundedvowel, lax/

e lett e r, cast e llated, presid e nt, D e Niro

i hol i day, procliv i ty

o c o rrect, cass o ck, Naunt o n, pr o fanity, pr o fession

u s u pport, nat u ropathy

ar doll ar, downw ar d

ure pict ure, pict ure sque, sculpt ure, sculpt ure sque

ou nerv ou s, monoton ou s

/\/

'bıt\ \'ýen

'bet\ \'kз

'let\ \'bjuz

'sıst\ \'b¿d

'mÃð\ \'f¿d

'fαð\ \'fα

'∫ý\ \'sum

'leð\ k\n'dkt

'ýæðэ k\'nekt

'bÃt\ k\n'tınju

'∫Ãd\

'bзn\

'mæn\

Прочитайте предложения, обращая внимание на разницу
в произношении гласных /з/ — /¿/:

1. /з/ 2. /¿/

1. They were unusual dresses. They wore unusual dresses.

2. What a long word! What a long ward!

3. Is that thing a worm? Is that thing warm?

4. Ernest wants to worship. Ernest wants the warship.

5. Dolly worked all night. Dolly walked all night.

6. The worst lasted three years. The wars lasted three years.

Прочитайте вслух и запишите на магнитофон следующие предложения. Обратите внимание на разницу в артикуляции и звучании английских гласных.

1. Agnes gave birth to a fine healthy boy.

2. Birds don’t have beards.

3. David can’t get through Cecile – she seems to be in a world of her own.

4. Without waiting to hear her answer, Ernest stood up and walked away.

5. Does Jean know what the word ward means?

6. Both countries wanted to avoid a nuclear war.

7. Shena spend her earnings on new earrings.

8. Edith fears being first.

9. Kitty has worked herself up into a complete state about the exam.

10. Dick told me in no uncertain terms not to park near his house.

11. Ophelia warmed up the audience by telling them a few jokes.

Чередование гласных в ударной позиции

Ударная гласная в корне слова может звучать по-разному в зависимости от формы слова, например, nature /'neit∫\/ и natural /'næt∫³r\l/. Как правило, звуки /ei, i, ai, \, u/ встречаются в корне или в основе слова (часто слово заканчивается на немую гласную е). При добавлении суффиксов типа - ic, -al, -ity и др. произносятся звуки /æ, e, ı, , Ã/.

/ei/ /æ/ /i:/ /e/

grade graduate meter metric

grateful gratitude serene serenity

nation national supreme supremacy

sane sanity equal equity

state static athlete athletic

volcano volcanic to breathe a breath

/ai/ /ı/ /\/ //

mine mineral sole solitary

divine divinity atrocious atrocity

crime criminal provoke provocative

precise precision diagnosis diagnostic

type typical microscope microscopic

Bible Biblical close closet

/u/ /Ã/

reduce reduction

produce production

consume consumption

resume resumption

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