| Craig: | Ive just got a telegram from Margaret and Greg. |
| Carol: | Are they coming to England again? |
| Craig: | Yes. At the beginning of August. |
| Carol: | Good. We can all get together again. |
| Craig: | I'm glad they're coming in August. We can take the dog and go for walk together. |
| Carol: | Yes. And we can give a garden party. |
| Craig: | And Margaret can play her guitar in the garden and sing Greek songs again. |
| Carol: | August is a good time to come to England. |
Unit 29 [ s ] s
-I cant think of six thin things. Can you?
-Yes, I can think of six thin things and of six thick things too.
This is the third time this month that I have a sore throat.
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
| Sue | sip |
| bus | price |
| said | piece |
Practice 2 Listen and repeat:
| sit | sensible | interesting | sleep | six |
| Sam | outside | instead | spend | yes |
| sand | seaside | just | swim | Alice |
| Saturday | star | skiing | ||
| Sunday | its expensive | |||
| sailing | lets | exciting |
Dialogue: It's expensive
| Sam: | Let's go to the seaside on Saturday. |
| Alice: | Yes! Let's go sailing and water-skiing. That's exciting. |
| Sam: | It's expensive too. Let's just sit in the sun and go swimming instead |
| Alice: | Let's stay in the Six Star Hotel and spend Sunday there too". |
| Sam: | Be sensible, Alice. It's too expensive. Let's sleep outside instead. |
| Alice: | Yes. Let's sleep on the sand. That's more exciting. |
Reading. Practice reading aloud:
The smile of a snake
She speaks slowly, and smokes special, expensive cigarettes. As she steps upstairs, her long skirt sweeps over her silver slippers. She is small and smart and sweet-smelling. Her skin is like snow.
'You have stolen my heart!' I once said stupidly, and she smiled. But when she smiled, she smiled the smile of a snake.
Unit 30 [ z ] zoo
Is this this is? This is is this.
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
| Sound1 | Sound 2 |
| Sue | zoo |
| said | Z |
| sip | zip |
| buss | buzz |
| piece | peas |
| price | prize |
Test Tick the words you recognise in the sentences you hear:
1 b) bus; b) buzz 4 a) pence; b) pens
2 a) sip; b) zip 5 a) police; b) please
3 a) price; b) prize 6 a) Sackville; b) Zackville
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
| Zzz! | Mrs | hisses |
| zoo | these | smells. |
| buzzing | bees | something's |
| surprising | is | contains |
| amazing | does | Jones |
| surprises' | says | isn't |
| buzzes" | noise |
Dialogue: Surprises in the post office
| Mrs Smith: | This parcel smells Mrs Jones. |
| Mrs Jones: | Something's written on it. |
| Mrs Smith: | What does it say? |
| Mrs Jones: | It says: This parcel contains six mice |
| Mrs Smith: | Pooh! |
| Mrs Jones: | Listen! What's in this sack? |
| Mrs Smith: | It's making a strange hissing noise. |
| Sack: | (hisses) gssssssssssssss! |
| Mrs Jones: | Mrs Smith! It's a sack of snakes! |
| Mrs Smith: | So it is! And what's in this box, Mrs Jones? |
| Mrs Jones: | It's making a buzzing sound? |
| Box: | Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzl |
| Mrs Smith: | These are bees! |
| Mrs Jones: | A parcel of mice! And a sack of snakes! And a box of frees! This is very surprising. |
| Mrs Smith: | It's amazing. This isn't a post office, Mrs Jones. It's a zoo! |
Unit 31 [ ʃ ] shoe
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She sells sea- shells on the sea-shore.
The shells she sells are sea-shells, Im sure.
For if she sells sea -shells on the sea shore
Than Im sure she sells sea-shells.
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
| Sound 1 | Sound 2 |
| sea | she |
| sue | shoe |
| sip | ship |
| ass | ash |
| Ross | rush |
| puss | push |
Test Tick the words you recognise in the sentences you hear:
1 a) Sue's; b) shoes
2 a) ass; b) ash
3 a) puss; b) push
4 a) sack; b) shack
5 a) scats; b) sheets
6 a) save; b) shave
Practice 2 Listen and repeat:
| sheets | Shaw | washing | Swedish |
| shall | shake | machine | English |
| shop | show | special | shrunk |
| shut | shirts | Marsch | finished |
| shouldnt | sure | wish | demonstartion |
