Владимир Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 1 курс

I don't think I can dive from that height.

I won't have anything to do with him.

She's so terribly rude. I'm sorry.

I'm terribly sorry.

I can't make six o'clock.

I can't help you.

You can have it if you like.

(disapproving, sceptical) *

Couldn't you have asked? r Have you made sure? Mayn't you be mistaken?

Couldn't it be left till this evening?

He doesn't really mean it (does he?)

I m p e r a t i v e s (reprovingly critical, resentM)

Ask Mabel then.

Have a shot at it.

Don't be so silly.

Don't take any notice of her. Well, say it as if you meant it.

Don't apologise.

E x c l a m a t i o n s

(calm, reserving judgement, expressing casual acknowledgement)

All right. Very well. Thanks very much.

b) Listen to the replies above and repeat them in the intervals. Make your voice follow

the intonation line exactly, c) Listen to the verbal context and reply in the interval, d) In order

to fix Pattern VIII in your mind and ear, pronounce each reply several times until it sounds

perfectly natural to you. Don't forget to pay attention to the verbal context, e) Listen to a

fellow-student reading the replies above. Try to detect any failure to reproduce the pattern.

The errors must be pointed out and eliminated.

2. Listen to your teacher saying the context sentences below. Pronounce each of the

following replies in two ways: first with Intonation Pattern VIII, then with Intonation

Pattern IV. Be careful with the intonation line, observe the difference in attitudes. Make

a fellow-student decide what attitude you are trying to render;

Hullo, Mary!

How long have you been here? I can't find my gloves anywhere. Shall I do it

now? When will he return? Can I take the cassette-recorder now?

We shall have to tell him the truth.

He said he was miserable.

I didn't think much of the party.

You shouldn't have been rude to her.

['ve broken the vase.

Oh, I'm miserable!

I'm really sorry, John.

We must be getting home now.

Here is a cake for you.

You can have all of them if you

like.

I shall never see him again. Look! A hedgehog! Good morning, Jane. Let's go

through the forest.

You're looking very tired. Not very long. That's strange. It's up to you.

He'll return as soon as he can. I don't think you can.

We can't do that.

He said no such thing. Why didn't you leave sooner?

And what's it got to do with you?

How did you manage to do that?

What's the matter with you? Are you sure you are sorry? Wouldn't it be better

to wait

till ten o'clock? Can't you give me more

than one? Thanks very much.

Don't be so silly. Don't touch it. Good morning. If you like.

3. Translate the replies above into Russian. Pronounce them trying to express the

corresponding attitude in your mother tongue. Is the attitude expressed by means of

intonation only, as in English, or do we use any additional words to render it?

4. Read the verbal context below silently and translate the replies into English.

Pronounce the replies trying to render the attitude suggested in brackets. Concentrate

your attention on the intonation line. Decide what Intonation Pattern you are using in

each reply:

Will you be calling again? What a charming person she is!

I shall give them all to Mary.

You were rather rude to him. Oh dear, oh dear!

You must return it.

He is going to pay next month.

Let me have ten of them.

. Are you certain he knows them?

Вполне возможно, (reassuring)

Она довольно красива. (guarded, reserving judgement)

Но это очень несправедливо, (critical)

Ну и что же? (calm)

Что такое с тобой случилось? (sympathetic)

И ты серьезно так думаешь? (sceptical)

И ты не очень-то верь этому, (reprovingly critical)

Очень хорошо, (expressing casual acknowledgement)

Ну, не совсем, пожалуй. (reserving judgement)

5. Your teacher will ask you the following questions. You in turn respond to them using

Intonation Patterns 111, IV, VIII. Decide what attitude you are trying to express in each

response:

1. Shall we postpone the meeting then? 2. How did you come to lose it? 3.

When did you see him? 4. Does John always forget? 5. Were there many people

there? 6. What made you do such a stupid thing? 7. How many pencils do you

want? 8. Where does he come from? 9. Can I see him if I come back later? 10.

Can't we do something about it? 11. Shall I phone you? 12. What's your opinion

of his work? 13. Can I come again tomorrow? 14. Could you send me another

copy? 15. Do you mind waiting a little longer?

6. This exercise is meant to develop your ability to hear and reproduce intonation in the

dialogue, a) Listen to the dialogue carefully sentence by sentence. Write it down. Mark the

stresses and tunes. Practise reading each sentence after the cassette-recorder, b) Record your

reading. Play the recording back immediately for your teacher and fellow-students to detect

your errors. Practise the dialogue for test reading. Memorize and play it with a fellow-

student:

H а г г у: Do you want me to do anything this evening, Nora? N о r a: I don't

think so.

H a r r y : You're sure there's nobody coming to see us? N o r a : No, I don't

think there is.

H a r r y : And there's nothing you want me to listen to on the wireless?

N o r a : I'm sure there isn't!

H a r r y : Then will it be all right for me to go round to the club?

N o r a : Oh yes, I should think so. H a r r y : It's

a long time since I went. N o r a : I suppose it is.

H a r r y : The chaps are wondering what's happened to me.

N о r a: I suppose they must be.

H a г г у: I'd like a game of billiards with the chaps.

N о r a: I expect you would.

H a r r y : I'm fond of billiards.

N o r a : Yes, I know you are.

H a г г у: I get out of practice if I stay away too long. N о r a: I dare say you

do.

H a r r y : Besides, didn't Bonnet telephone last week and ask me to have a

game?

N o r a : Now you mention it, I believe he did.

H a r r y : So you won't mind if I go off just for this evening, will you?

N о r a: Of course I won't.

H a r r y : I'll go up and change.

N o r a : Yes, do. Only —

H a r r y : Only what?

N o r a : Well, Harry, don't you remember that today's the anniversary of our

wedding day? H a r r y : Good heavens, so it is! N o r a : And you promised we

should always keep it. H a r r y : So I did!

N o r a : You know, Harry, there's a dance this evening at the Town Hall.

H a r r y : So there is?

N о r a: So do you still think you'll go round to the club? H a r r y : No —

somehow I don't think I will.

("Meet the Parkers", a Lmgaphone Course)

с) Listen to a fellow-student reading the dialogue above. Try to detect any failure to

reproduce the pattern. The errors must be pointed out and eliminated, d) Give a

conversational context with the following phrases:

1. I don't think so. 2. No, I don't think you will. 3. I'm sure there isn't. 4. So I

did. 5. So there is. 6. Oh yes, I should think so. 7. I suppose it is. 8. I expect you

would. 9. I think you are. 10. No — somehow I think I don't.

e) Make up a conversation with phrases from the dialogue.

7. Listen to the verbal context suggested by your teacher or a fellow-student. Respond by

using Intonation Pattern IV or VIII in your reply. Decide if you are going to sound reserved or

friendly and encouraging.

8. This exercise is intended to develop your ability to use different Intonation Patterns in

reading, a) Read the dialogues "On the Road" and others silently to make sure you understand

each sentence. Underline the communicative centre in each phrase. Decide what attitude

should 'be expressed in it. Mark the stresses and tunes, keeping the attitude constantly in

mind. Practise reading the dialogues with a fellow-student. Memorize them, b) Make up a

conversation with a fellow-student using any phrases from the dialogues below. Keep the

attitude in mind:

a) J а с к: Are we on the right road? J i l l : I think

so.

J a c k : You think so. Aren't you sure?

J i l l : No, I'm not sure. I've only been along this road once before.

J a c k : Then we'd better ask someone, hadn't we? J i l l : Yes, that's the right

thing to do. We don't want to lose our way. Look, there's' a postman. He'll know.

J a c k : Does this road go to Henfield? P o s t m a n : Yes, this is the Henfield

road. J a c k : Is it very far?

P o s t m a n : No, not very far. About an hour's walk. J a c k : There are no

buses to Henfield along this road, are there?

P o s t m a n : Oh, yes, but the buses don't come very often. Only about four