two – rooms:
The hotel suite has two rooms: a bedroom and a living area.
too – cool:
That jacket is too cool for winter weather.
downtown – countdown
We went downtown to watch the New Year’s Eve countdown.
about – hour:
It’ll take about an hour to drive to the airport.
Cow goes around the mountains about an hour.
In the crowded house in downtown they pronounced the vowels, sitting on the brown couch.
Цепочки слов
Ex. 2. Прочтите цепочки слов.
mat – math – mouth
bat – tough – bath
tank – thank – path
boat – bought – both
ten – then – tenth
true – threw – woof
team – theme – myth
than – thank – knack
tense – tenth – sense
feel – leaf – fear
deal – read – dear
mole – room – more
bowl – rob – bore
tile – write – tire
while – rye – wire
stole – wrote – store
fee – fear – free
gas – grass – glass
file – lair – flare
dryer – fire – buyer
reform – the form – the farm
ashore – the storm – the start
report – the port – the part
accord – the cord – on board
comfort – escort – the sport
assort – the sort – resort [z]
apart – the part – depart
adore – the store – afore
gain – attain – bargain
main – obtain – curtain
rain – remain – captain
plain – entertain – mountain
action – satisfaction – faction
kind – rewind – wind
dear – appear – near
earn – fern – turn – burn
knows – rose – goes – pose
power – flower – hour – our
could – wood – stood – mood
enough – half – laugh – half
fiddle – little – middle – giggle
wool – wood – stood – book
move – prove – hood – look
Рутинг
Ex. 3. Прочтите цепочки однокоренных слов. Ваши знания окончаний (суффиксов), помогут Вам прочитать слова правильно.
music –> musician [ʃən]
music –> musical –> musically –> musicality
myst –> mystic –> mystical –> mystically
myth –> mythic –> mythical –> mythically
politics –> politician [ʃən] –> political –> politically
photograph –> photography –> photographic –> photographical –> photographically
geography –> geographer
geography –> geographic –> geographical –> geographically
compete –> competitive –> competition
symmetry –> symmetric –> symmetrical –> symmetrically
mechanism –> mechanic –> mechanical –> mechanically
vary –> variety –> variation
define – definite –> definitive –> definitely –> definition
economy –> economical –> economically
logic –> logical –> logically –> illogically
method –> methodist
method –> methodic –> methodical –> methodically
method –> methodology –> methodological –> methodologically
Слова с окончаниями -ar, -er, -or, -ure
Ex. 4. Прочтите слова с окончаниями -ar, -er, -or, -ure. Помните, что все они читаются [ər].
popular – amber – visitor – treasure
vinegar – driver – major – adventure
angular – sister – armor – picture
planar – teacher – actor – culture
grammar – miner – advisor – closure
modular – pitcher – inspector – texture
Редукция слога
Ex. 5. Прочтите нижеуказанные слова. Подумайте-почувствуйте, какой слог редуцируется?
every – general
aspirin – average
actually – evening
different – diamond
preference – chocolate
temperature – several
interesting – history
business – camera
favorite – interest
coverage – desperate
catholic – chocolate
evening opera
every catholic
favorite vegetable
different businesses
broccoli and chocolate
Extra Schwa
Ex. 6. Прочтите слова и фразы. В них прослеживается дополнительный звук [ə] перед L.
tool, stool, school, cool, pool, fool
feel, steel, heel, wheel, kneel, reel
heal, deal, meal, steal, reveal, real
don't deal with a fool
stool in the school
cool in the pool
not a real deal
steal the tool
feel the heal
real tool
steel tool
really cool
fool at school
steal the wheel
reveal the real
Ex. 6.1. Прочтите предложения. В них прослеживается дополнительный звук [ə] перед L.
Don’t be a fool at school.
I could feel the steel frame.
You can reveal the real story.
Don’t steal a meal from others.
The carpenter used a steel tool.
The kids jumped into the cool pool.
They made a real deal at the market.
Во время тренировки, тяните schwa перед L сколько хотите, чтобы прочувствовать. Это хорошо тренирует мышцы, характерные для "английского" звучания.
После качественной отработки, уже на реальной скорости Вы почувствуете, что звук "встал на место". Обратите внимание как он стремится быть гортанным, что характерно для английских гласных.
Слова. Блок 1
Ex. 7. Прочтите слова.
ore, or, before, adore, lore, war, square,
more, flour, yawn, joke, yarn, moor, pure,
lynx, hear, room, tour, roam, there, here,
fire, tire, fair, rise, raise, hood, rude,
rood, where, their, they're, you're, your,
hair, mayor, blue, blew, dew, do, to, two, too,
loom, cool, school, few, mule, mute, feud, lie,
unload, law, law, lower, power, fare, fur, far,
reward, award, hard, wove, stove, worry, hurry,
pause, paw, care, ware, as, was, sour, roar,
fruit, earth, earn, serve, curl, girl, dear,
sport, wore, brave, solve, love, fun, ward,
clay, may, fay, lord, loud, load, reload,
warm, true, work, false, farm
Слова. Блок 2
Ex. 8. Прочтите слова.
flannel, blanket, distance, challenge,
helmet, crystal, custom, sentence,
titan, idol, penal, navy, open,
pawky, meekly, noisy, guilty,
trailer, corner, teaser,
fighter, counter, motor,
scooter, maker, mister,
stirrup, merry, carry,
curry, blurry, hurry,
lorry, worry, sorry,
Ex. 8.1. Прочтите слова.
reserve, reform, arena,
again, surprise, affirm,
appeal, ajar, awake, against,
ashore, afraid, awake, default, repay,
redo, remake, dismiss, renew, asleep,
obtain, afford, apart, appear, aspire,
repair, require, request, demure, anew,
manifest, spiral, valley, virgin, tyrant,
turret, cooler, poorer, pour, spacer, harbor,
outer,