| Miss Brothers: | I want to buy the hat in the window. |
| Assistant: | There are three hats together in the window, madam. Do you want the one with the feathers? |
| Miss Brothers: | No. The other one. |
| Assistant: | The small one for three pounds? |
| Miss Brothers: | No. Not that one either. That one over there. The leather one. |
| Assistant: | Ah I The leather one. Now this is another leather hat, madam. It's better than the one in the window. It's smoother leather. |
| Miss Brothers: | Id rather have the one in the window. It goes with my clothes. |
| Assistant: | Certainly, madam. But we don't take anything out of the window until three o'clock on Thursday. |
Unit 42[ m ] mouth
Needless and pins, needless and pins
When a man marries
His troubles begin.
The murmur of the bees in the elms bring back memories of many memorable summers.
Since time immemorial the moon has moved men to make poems.
Practice 3 Listen and repeat:
| Mm! | tomorrow | him | Smith |
| me | summer | Tim | small |
| met | family | time | smart |
| may | crumpets | come | Mum |
| make | Cambridge | some | home-made |
| may be | remember | home | Tom |
| Mitcham |
Dialogue: Mums crumpets
| Jim: | Mum, may Tom Mitcham come home with me for tea tomorrow? |
| Mrs Smith: | Of course, Jim. Have I met Tom before? |
| Jim: | You met him in the summer. He's very small and smart. |
| Mrs Smith: | Oh, yes. I remember Tom. Does his family come from Cambridge? |
| Jim: | Yes. Oh, Mum! Will you make some home-made crumpets tomorrow? |
| Mrs Smith: | Mm... maybe. If I have time. |
| Jim: | I told Tom about your crumpets, Mum. Thats why he's coming for tea tomorrow! |
Unit 43 [ n ] nose
Needless and pins, needless and pins
When a man marries
His troubles begin.
That fine bunch of bananas will make a nice snack for noon.
Theres no news of Annie.
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
| Sound 1 | Sound 2 |
| me | knee |
| mile | Nile |
| mine | nine |
| Tim | tin |
| comb | cone |
| name | mane |
Test Tick the words you recognise in the sentences you hear:
1 a) combs; b) cones
2 a) mine; b) nine
3 a) name; b) mane
4 a) some; b) sun
5 a) warm; b) warn
6 a) money; b) mummy
Practice 2 Listen and repeat:
| noise | apartment | North end Avenue |
| morning | unfinished | central London |
| rent | inexpensive | ninety-nine |
| agency | month | 11.15 |
| oven | station | garden |
| often | accommodation | kitchen |
| seven | television | Mr Mason |
| eleven | prison | certainly |
Dialogue: At an accommodation agency
| Mason: | Good morning. I want an apartment in central London. |
| Manager: | Certainly, sir. How much rent did you want to pay? |
| Mason: | No more than £27 a month. |
| Manager: | £27 a month? We don't often have apartments as inexpensive as that. We have one apartment for £29 a month in North end Avenue. It's down near the station. |
| Mason: | Is it furnished? |
| Manager: | No. It's unfurnished. The kitchen has no oven. It's forbidden to use the garden. No friends in the apartment after eleven in the evening. No noise and no television after 11.15. No... |
| Mason: | No thank you! I want an apartment, not a prison! |
Unit 44[ ŋ ] ring
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One Italian singer as little as a finger.
Went sing a song sailing on a boat
And if the boat had been stronger
His song would have been longer.
Everything is going wrong.
Seeing is believing.
Practice 1 Listen and repeat: Practice 2 Listen and repeat:
| Sound1 | Sound 2 | Sound 1 | Sound 2 |
| win | wing | wink | wing |
| thin | thing | sink | sing |
| ban | bang | rink | ring |
| ran | rang | stink | sting |
| run | rung | bank | bang |
| Ron | wrong |
Test Tick the words you recognise in the sentences you hear:
1 a) Ron; b) wrong
2 a) ran; b) rang
3 a) sinks; b) sings
4 a) win; b)wink; c) wing
5 a) ban; b) bank; c) bang
6 a) sinners; b) sinkers; c) singers
Practice 3 Listen and repeat:
| pink | Mr King | running |
| think | Mr Pring | ringing |
| drink | morning | singing |
| finger | something | bringing |
| angrily | standing | banging |
| happening | hanging | strong string |
