t5I I l0l thin -What did you think of the new theatre? - I thought it would have been better. It cost thousands to rebuild. But I thought it was nothing special. What did you tlrink? - I thought it was really something! I Target sound /0/ r)z r To make the target sound iOl, put your tongue between your teeth. Blow out air between your tongue and your top teeth. Do notuse your voice. Listen and repeat: /0/. 2 Minimal pairs A '^-' R\ Sound I Sound lsl l1l mouse mouth What a sweet little mouse! What a sweet little mouth! sum thumb ls this sum OK? ls this thumb OK? sick thick It's very sick. lt's very thick. sink think He's sinking. He's thinking. pass path There's a mountain pass. There's a mountarn Minimal pair words rr:,:- a Listen and repeat the words. Di,t' b You will hear five words from each minimal pair. For each word, write I for /si (sound 1) or 2 for l0l (sound 2). EXAMPLE Pair 1: I,2,1,2,1 Minimal pair sentences D2r,a c Listen to the minimal pair sentences. uzat d Listen to five of the sentences and write I for /s/ (sound 1) or 2 for l0l (sound 2). -,/'^ { q,fr )f- 65Ma=f/aa & FI 'Jt ffietu 152 UNlr 42 iol thin r).'6a e sentence stress Listen to the minimal pair sentences again and underline the sentence stress (on page l5l). EXAMPLE Is this sum OK? Minimal pairs B Sound I Sound 2 Iil tgt first thirst He's got a first. He's got a thirst. fin thin A fin soup, please. A thin soup, please. half hearth l'd like a half. l'd like a hearth. Minimal pair words r)-', .r a Listen and repeat the words. tu;t' b You will hear five words from each minimal pair. For each word, write l for /f/ (sound I) or 2 for /0i (sound 2). EXAMPLE Pair I: 2, l,I,1,2 Minimal pair sentences D?88 c Listen to the minimal pair sentences. neat' d Listen to three of the sentences and write I for /f/ (sound I) or 2 for l0l (sound 2). Drsa e Sentence stress Listen to the minimal pair sentences and underline the sentence stress. EXAMPLE He's got a first. Minimal pairs C Sound I Sound 2 Itl lgl tree three lf,c : hio frec r+,^ - L:- +L-^^ r( J u ur6 L|LL, lt > C LJIE tl llEC. tanks thanks The President sends The President sends his tanks. his thanks. sheet sheath The knife was hidden The knife was hidden in a sheet. in a sheath. 6 e lffi l8i:.:31 .* ,Eil\ \ UN|T 42 /e/ thin 155 Minimal pair words D2ea a Listen and repeat the words. ozsb b You will hear five words from each minimal pair. For each word, write l for /t/ (sound 1) or 2 for /0/ (sound 2). EXAMPLE Pair 1: L,2,L,I,2 Minimal pair sentences Dsoa c Listen to the minimal pair sentences. nson d Listen to three of the sentences and write I for /t/ (sound I) or 2 for l0l (sound 2). r):i0a e sentence stress Listen to the minimal pair sentences and underline the sentence stress (on page 52). EXAMPLE It's a big tree. urr f Tick the words a) or b) that you hear in the sentences. t a) sink tr b) think I 2 a) mouse I b) mouth I 3 a) tin I b)thin I 4 a) taught tr b) thought I 5 a) moss tr b) moth tr 6 a) fought tr b) thought tr 5 Dialogue ff a first practise the target sound /0/ in words from the dialogue below. Read the words aloud or visit the website to oractise. three thirsty thank you thousand Thursday author Catherine Samantha nothing something mathematician Ruth Roth worth month moth moths b In this dialogue, each numbered line has a word that is especially important because of Ruth's strong response to what Catherine says. Read the dialogue and underline the most important word in each numbered line. Number t has been done as an example. Gossips CATHERINE: Samantha Roth is only thirty. RUrH: (1) ls she? lthought she was thirrythree. CATHERINE: Samantha's birthday was last Thursday. RUTH: (2) Was it? | thought it was last month. CATHERINE: The Roths' house is worth six hundred thousand, RUTH: (3) ls it? lthought it was worth three hundred thousand. CATHERINE: Ross Roth is the author of a book about moths. RUTH: (4) ls he? I thought he was a mathematician. 154 UN|T42 /0i thin CATHERINE: l'm so thirsty. RUTH: (5) Are you? I thought you drank something at the Roths'. CATHERINE: No. Samantha gave me nothing to drink. RUTH: (6) Shall I buy you a drink? CATHERINE: Thank you. r)32 c Check your answers by listening to the dialogue. Notice that the especially important words are much LOUDeT and s I o w er, and the intonation goes up. d Practise reading the dialogue aloud. Record your voice to compare your production of the intonation and the target sound with the recording. 4 lntonation In the dialogue Ruth expresses surprise with intonation going up. Dr3 a Listen and repeat. Is she? \Af;as he? Is it? .Are you? b Match the statements below in A (l-7) with the correct responses in B (a-g). AB 1 Catherine is at the theatre \ a Are you? I thought you drank \ something. 2 Ross Roth is thirty-three. \ b Is she? I thought she was at the Roths'. 3 It's Samantha's birthday today. c Is he? I thought he was thirty. 4 I'm so thirsty. d Is she? I thought she was thirty- three. 5 The Roths' house is north of here. e Is it? I thought it was last month. 6 Mrs Roth is thirty. f Is it? I thought it was worth 300,000. 7 The Roths'house is worth g Is it? I thought it was south. 600,000. D3ir Check your answers by listening to the recording. Listen to each statement and respond. Practise with a partner. Look back over this unit at words with the target sound, and write what you noticed about how to spell the sound /0/. t 5SPelling l6l the feather t55 -Did tlrcse peopletalkabout their neighbours? * -Well, yes they talked a bit er about this and that. - | hat's what I hate about those people. I hey're there at their windows just watching everybody in rhe street, and then they gossip about it for tlre next week. - Everybody talks about other people. I mean here you are talking aboutthem! Target sound /d/ r)3sa a First practise the sound /0/ (see page 151). Listen and repeat. li:itr b Use your voice to make the target sound /d/. Listen and repeat: /d/. D3bc c Listen and repeat both sounds: /0/ is unvoiced. /d/ is voiced. Minimal pairs A e \ \ I :( votce s Vu'tr -ci. ffi ru@' lh+.n ';.rG-\ #, iffi ffir Sound I Sound 2 ldt lt\l Dan than Smith is bigger, Dan Jones. Smith is bigger than Jones. ,4t3a. day they #'B Day arrived. They arrived. "{[ jtr dare there Jim dares his friend. Jim there's his friend, core rnose ,ffi Doze after lunch. Those after lunch. \ : lda either € s| I don't know her sister, lda. I don't know her sister either. IT t f{ 156 unr 45 /d/ the feather Minimal pair rds r)36a a Listen and repeat the words. D:lor b You will hear five words from each minimal pair. For each word, write I for /d/ (sound l) or 2 for 16l (sound 2). EXAMPLE Pair l: I,1,2, I,2 Minimal pair sentences D3za c Listen to the minimal pair sentences. oszb d Listen to five of the sentences and write I for /d/ (sound 1) or 2 for 16l (sound 2). D37a e sentence stress Listen to the minimal pair sentences again and underline the sentence stress (on page 155). EXAMPLE Doze after lunch. Minimal pairs B Sound I Sound 2 lzl 16l close clothe i.ffi5m- MHW ,'Il I I tr l HEee l# @/ Minimal pair words r)3sa a Listen and repeat the words, u.inl,b You will hear five words from each minimal pair. For each word, write l for /z/ (sound l) or 2for 16l (sound 2). EXAMPLE Pair l: 2, l,1,2, I Minimal pair sentences 11.1eu c Listen to the minimal pair sentences. rr rqr, d Listen to four of the sentences and write I for /z/ (sound l) or 2 for 16l (sound 2). D3ea e Sentence stress Listen to the minimal pair sentences again and underline the sentence stress (above). EXAMPLE That's a Iarge size. The shop sign said 'Closingl breeze Breeze means air moving. boos The boos echoed loudly. size That's a large size. The shop sign said 'Clothing'. breathe Breathe means air moving. booth The booth echoed loudly. scythe That's a large scythe. UNIT 43 idl the feather 157 o+o f Tick the words a) or b) that you hear in the sentences. I a) Ida 2 a) day 3 a) dares 4 a) size 5 a) bays 6 a) boos Dialogue b) either I b) they I b) there's I b) scyhe tr b)bathe I b) booth tr tr tr tr I I T I Thehat in the window MISS BROTHERS: ASSISTANT: MISS BROTHERS: ASSISTANT: MISS BROTHERS: ASSISTANT: ff a First practise the target sound /6/ in words from the dialogue. Read the * words aloud or visit the website to practise. the this that than there other another rather together leather feathers Brothers smoother either with clothes o+r b Listen to the dialogue, paying attention to the target sound. I want to buv the hat in the window. There are three hats together in the window, madam. Do you want the one with the feathers? No. The other one. The small one for three hundred and three euros? No. Not that one either. The one over there. The leather one. Ah! The leather one. Now this is another leather hat, madam. It's better than the one in the window. lt's a smoother leather. MISS BRoTHERS: But l'd rather have the one in the window. lt goes with my clothes. ASSISTANT: Certainly, madam. But we don't take anything out of the window until three o'clock on Thursday. c Practise reading the dialogue aloud. Record your voice to compare your production of the target sound with the recording. 4 Sentence stress 6 ffi* n+z a Talk about the three hats using the words from the box below. ni4s A: \iVhich hat do yzu think is _ than the others? B: The one with the feathers. C: The Ieather hat. D: The one for three hundred and three euros. better more fashionable cheaper more stupid prettier more comfortable uglier more expensive . mountarn Minimal pair words rr:,:- a Listen and repeat the words. Di,t' b You will hear five words from each minimal pair. For each word, write I for /si (sound 1) or 2 for l0l (sound. pair words r)-', .r a Listen and repeat the words. tu;t' b You will hear five words from each minimal pair. For each word, write l for /f/ (sound I) or 2 for /0i. 155 Minimal pair words D2ea a Listen and repeat the words. ozsb b You will hear five words from each minimal pair. For each word, write l for /t/ (sound 1) or 2 for /0/ (sound 2). EXAMPLE