(Myra and Violet are typists in the library.)
| Myra: | Hello, Mike! |
| Mike: | Hello, Myra. Hello, Violet! Youre looking nice, Violet. |
| (silence) | |
| Mike: | Would you like some ice-cream, Violet? |
| Violet: | No thanks, Mike. Im busy typing. Talk to me some other time. I have ninety-nine pages to type by Friday. |
| Mike: | Never mind. Do you like riding, Violet? |
| Violet: | Sometimes. |
| Mike: | Would you like to come riding with me tonight, Violet? |
| Violet: | Not tonight, Mike. Im going for a drive with Nigel. |
| Mike: | What about Friday? |
| Violet: | I'm going climbing with Miles. |
| Mike: | Hm! Oh, all right. Bye! |
| Myra: | Violet, he's put something behind your typewriter. |
| Violet: | Is it something nice, Myra? |
| Myra: | No. It's a spider. |
Unit 17 [ oi ] boy
That noise is very annoying
Yes, this is very annoying noise.
In a noisy voice he said that oysters were poisonous and I had spoilt his enjoyment.
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
| Sound1 | Sound2 |
| all | oil |
| ball | boil |
| corn | coin |
| tore | toy |
| jaw | joy |
Test Tick the words you recognise in the sentences you hear:
1 a) corn b) coin 4 a) aw; b) oi
2 a) bawling; b) boiling 5 a) bore; b) boy
3 a) all; b) oil 6 a) all; b) oil
Practice 2 Listen and repeat:
| toy | annoying | Joyce |
| enjoy | boiling | voice |
| noisiest | pointing | Rolls Royce |
| destroyed | spoilt | boyfriend |
Dialogue: Joyce's Rolls Royce
(Joyce takes her Rolls Royce to the garage.)
| Garage boy: | What a terrible noise! |
| Joyce: | Eh? |
| Garage boy: | (raising his voice) WHAT A TERRIBLE NOISE! This is the noisiest Rolls Royce I've ever heard. |
| Joyce: | (pointing) Its out oil. |
| Garage boy: | Out of oil? And look the water's boiling. Madam, a Rolls Royce isn't a toy Perhaps you've spoilt the motor or even destroyed it. |
| Joyce: | How annoying! W\uh you're changing the oil, I'll go and visit my boyfriend, Roy. |
Unit 18 Review
Listening: Recognise the sounds you hear.
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| ei | ai | oi |
| bay | buy | boy |
| ale | isle | oil |
| paint | pint | point |
| race | rice | Royce |
Unit 19 [ au ] house
Mr. Brown found an owl in town.
Round and round the town
Went the crowd shouting
Louder and louder Down with the crown.
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
| Sound1 | Sound 2 |
| car | cow |
| bar | bow |
| bra | brow |
| grass | grouse |
| arch | ouch |
Test Tick the words you recognise in the sentences you hear:
1 a) car; b) cow
2 a) grass; b) grouse
3 a) bra; b) brow
4 a) ha; b) how
5 a) ah; b) ow!
6 a) tarn; b) town
Practice 2 Listen and repeat:
| Ow! | ground | out | our |
| now | Brown | mouse | ours |
| town | lounge | house | our house |
| found | loudly | shouting | |
| round | upside-down | couch |
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Dialogue: A mouse in a house
| Mrs Drown: | (shouting loudly) I'VE FOUND A MOUSE! |
| Mr Brown: | Ow! You're shouting too loudly. Sit down and don't shout |
| Mrs Drown: | (sitting down) I've found a mouse in the house! |
| Mr Brown: | A brown mouse? |
| Mrs Drown: | Yes. A little round mouse. It's running around in the lounge |
| Mr Brown: | On the ground? |
| Mrs Drown: | Yes. It's under the couch now. |
| Mr Brown: | Well, get it out. |
| Mrs Drown: | How? |
| Mr Brown: | Turn the couch upside-down. Get it out somehow. We don't want a mouse in our house. Ours is the cleanest house in the town! |
Unit 20 [əu ] phone
Im going to see my old folks at home.
Oh, no. Dont go home alone
Nobody knows how lonely the road is.
Practice 1 Listen and repeat: Practice 2 Listen and repeat:
| Sound 1 | Sound 2 | Sound 1 | Sound 2 |
| burn | bone | caught | coat |
| fern | phone | nought | note |
| work | woke | bought | boat |
| flirt | float | jaw | Joe |
| ball | bow |
Test Tick the words you recognise in the sentences you hear:
1 a) cork; b) coke
2 a) fern; b) phone
3 a) or; b)Oh!
4 a) ball; b) bowl
5 a) burn; b) bone
6 a) walk; b) work c) woke
Practice 3 Listen and repeat:
Oh! know don't joking
no throw Joan woke
Joe snow groans coat
go over closed OK
ago nose Jones
window hello October
Dialogue: Snow in October
(Joe Jones is sleeping, but Joan woke up a few minutes ago.)
| Joan: | Joe!Joe! JOE! Hello! |
| Joe: | (groans) Oh! What is it, Joan? |
| Joan: | Look out of the window. |
| Joe: | No: My eyes are closed, and I'm going to go to sleep again. |
| Joan: | Don't go to sleep, Joe. Look at the snow! |
| Joe: | Snow? But it's only October. I know there's no snow. |
| Joan: | Come over to the window, Joe |
| Joe: | You're joking, Joan. There's no snow. |
| Joan: | OK. I'll put my coat on and go out and make a snowball and throw it at your nose, Joe Jones! |
Unit 21 [ iə ] beer
Come nearer here, my dear,
I cant hear you from here.
We are near the end of the year.
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
| Sound 1 | Sound 2 |
| E | ear |
| bee | beer |
| tea | tear |
| pea | pier |
| bead | beard |
Test Tick the words you recognise in the sentences you hear:
1 a) bee; b) beer
2 a) tea; b) tear
3 a) bead; b) beard
4 a) pea; b)pier
5 a) E's; b) ears
6 a) Dee; b) dear
Practice 2 Listen and repeat:
| Lear | year | Cheers! | Austria |
| here | idea | nearly | windier |
| hear | atmosphere | bearded | easier |
| dear | mountaineer | disappeared | clear |
