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Unit one
Exercise 1. Read, translate and transcribe the following text. Write down all unknown words into your dictionary. Use them in sentences of your own:
If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world. After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he'd prefer six months of hard labour to reading six lines aloud. Try them yourself.
Dearest creature in creation,
Study English pronunciation.
I will teach you in my verse
Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse.
I will keep you, Suzy, busy,
Make your head with heat grow dizzy.
Tear in eye, your dress will tear.
So shall I! Oh hear my prayer.
Just compare heart, beard, and heard,
Dies and diet, lord and word,
Sword and sward, retain and Britain.
(Mind the latter, how it's written.)
Now I surely will not plague you
With such words as plaque and ague.
But be careful how you speak:
Say break and steak, but bleak and streak;
Cloven, oven, how and low,
Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe.
Hear me say, devoid of trickery,
Daughter, laughter, and Terpsichore,
Typhoid, measles, topsails, aisles,
Exiles, similes, and reviles;
Scholar, vicar, and cigar,
Solar, mica, war and far;
One, anemone, Balmoral,
Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel;
Gertrude, German, wind and mind,
Scene, Melpomene, mankind.
Billet does not rhyme with ballet,
Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet.
Blood and flood are not like food,
Nor is mould like should and would.
Viscous, viscount, load and broad,
Toward, to forward, to reward.
And your pronunciation's OK
When you correctly say croquet,
Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve,
Friend and fiend, alive and live.
Ivy, privy, famous; clamour
And enamour rhyme with hammer.
River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb,
Doll and roll and some and home.
Stranger does not rhyme with anger,
Neither does devour with clangour.
Souls but foul, haunt but aunt,
Font, front, wont, want, grand, and grant,
Shoes, goes, does. Now first say finger,
And then singer, ginger, linger,
Real, zeal, mauve, gauze, gouge and gauge,
Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age.
Query does not rhyme with very,
Nor does fury sound like bury.
Dost, lost, post and doth, cloth, loath.
Job, knob, bosom, transom, oath.
Though the differences seem little,
We say actual but victual.
Refer does not rhyme with deafer.
Foeffer does, and zephyr, heifer.
Mint, pint, senate and sedate;
Dull, bull, and George ate late.
Scenic, Arabic, Pacific,
Science, conscience, scientific.
Liberty, library, heave and heaven,
Rachel, ache, moustache, eleven.
We say hallowed, but allowed,
People, leopard, towed, but vowed.
Mark the differences, moreover,
Between mover, cover, clover;
Leeches, breeches, wise, precise,
Chalice, but police and lice;
Camel, constable, unstable,
Principle, disciple, label.
Petal, panel, and canal,
Wait, surprise, plait, promise, pal.
Worm and storm, chaise, chaos, chair,
Senator, spectator, mayor.
Tour, but our and succour, four.
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Gas, alas, and Arkansas.
Sea, idea, Korea, area,
Psalm, Maria, but malaria.
Youth, south, southern, cleanse and clean.
Doctrine, turpentine, marine.
Compare alien with Italian,
Dandelion and battalion.
Sally with ally, yea, ye,
Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, and key.
Say aver, but ever, fever,
Neither, leisure, skein, deceiver.
Heron, granary, canary.
Crevice and device and aerie.
Face, but preface, not efface.
Phlegm, phlegmatic, ass, glass, bass.
Large, but target, gin, give, verging,
Ought, out, joust and scour, scourging.
Ear, but earn and wear and tear
Do not rhyme with here but ere.
Seven is right, but so is even,
Hyphen, roughen, nephew Stephen,
Monkey, donkey, Turk and jerk,
Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork and work.
Pronunciation (think of Psyche!)
Is a paling stout and spiky?
Won't it make you lose your wits,
Writing grouts and saying grits?
It's a dark abyss or tunnel:
Strewn with stones, stowed, solace, gunwale,
Islington and Isle of Wight,
Housewife, verdict and indict.
Finally, which rhymes with enough,
Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough?
Hiccough has the sound of cup.
My advice is to give up!!
Exercise 2. Read, translate, and transcribe the following rhymes. Repeat for clarity of articulation. Work for precision with a minimum of tension. After you have accurately mastered the phrases for clarity, work for speed in repetition. Continue the list of berries. Speak about your summer menu:
Cherries and strawberries,
Cranberries, blueberries,
Hawthorn and bird cherries,
Raspberries, blackberries,
Cornel, Cornelian Cherries,
Currants, wild strawberries,
Ash berries, bilberries,
Cowberries, gooseberries,
Mountain cranberries,
Barberries, sea-buck thorn
Black currants, red currants
I like them all!
Exercise 3. Read and translate the following poem by Carol Levin. Underline geographic names. Repeat them over and over. Accuracy first, the speed! Make a recording of the way you sound as you begin your studies, and then make a comparison, recording every six to twelve months:
Snapshot of Some Love
Wallowing in the Adriatic's surf in the village
of Petrovac, Yugoslavia Im frozen in this photo
the summer France explodes its first hydrogen bomb.
The Doors, back home, hit the charts with my leitmotif:
Hello, I love you. The Supremes sing Love Child as I wail
This Guys in Love With You, Green Tambourine and Love Is Blue.
Im looking good in a new nineteen sixty-eight hanky style
red bikini flaunting a torso supple and serpentine unaware
the volcano Arenal erupts for the first time in centuries in Costa Rica
and African-American militants engage in a fierce
gunfight with police in Cleveland, Ohio a week
after, in Buenos Aires, a soccer stampede tramples seventy-four.
Im tilting my cheek for the sun to stroke. The aqua
sea endures under my eyelids. Im secretly
pondering the pleasure of being the air traveling
down my own lungs, the diamonds of sand that sparkle
in the sun riding my thighs. Im frozen in this place in this photo.
The Chinese believe that a person buried in the wrong place
will return to haunt the living. At the instant the photo snaps
Im recalling voluptuous bliss falling into that state
of euphoria before chance scatters fibrillations
in the stomach at the accidental sight of him
in an embrace. And her
satiny skin, soft lidded eyes, silky black hair. The ecosystem
of my brain explodes, my breath erupts into a storm six
hours after that photo was stuck in time. One of the things
he didnt mean to teach me, how promiscuous layers out of control,
trying to escape, rapacious but frozen are unable to find
an entente benign as the nonbinding nuclear
nonproliferation treaty thirty-six nations, in Moscow, are joining.
Exercise 4. Read the poem, discuss it with your neighbour. Remember that you are not in competition with anyone, and that you will progress at your own rate:
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Juncture Where Victims Of Love Say Zip
Swam all those three days in a small blue
deserted bay we found. Had a nice quiet time
and recuperated from our trauma. Drove
haphazardly exploring remote villages picking up
people on the road in the middle
of nowhere and dropping them off when
they said to, still in the middle
of nowhere. Ran across several
who spoke some English. The men,
many of them had been seamen, loved
to tell us about where theyd been. How
many sweethearts, how many ports,
how each day was dangerous.
We said zilch.
At least it was a calm sea when we boarded
the only boat off the island, rinky-dink,
jam packed awful thing overnight
leaning out over a sea that appeared endless.
Maybe well let you know our plans
when we know where we are after this,
this city honking and hollering, after
spiked snarls about straying eyes condense
our quibbles, after I fall into daydreams
of white wedding cake submerged in butter frosting
and emerge in the lull
of our reconciliation too cheerful, too airy.
Exercise 5. Read, translate, and transcribe the following song. Listen to it and sing it together with the soloist. Speak on the history of it. Who was the author of the Russian lyrics? Music? When was it written in Russia? Why is it so popular all over the world? Why is it translated into Greek, Spanish and other languages? Have you ever heard it in French or German? Write down the unknown words into your dictionary. Use them in sentences of your own:
Once upon a time there was a tavern,
Where we used to raise a glass or two.
There we used to laugh away the hours,
Thanks to all the good things we would do.
Those were the days, my friend!
We thought theyd never end.
Wed sing and dance forever and a day.
Wed live the life, wed chose,
Wed fight and never lose,
Those were the days,
Oh yes those were the days!
Exercise 6. Read, translate and sing the following English folk song,
transcribe the text. Give three forms of irregular verbs. Use them in sentences of your own:
My Boney is over the Ocean,
My Boney is over the sea.
My Boney is over the ocean,
Oh, bring back my Boney to me.
Bring back, bring back
Oh, bring back my Boney to me.
Exercise 7. Read the following poem. Work for precision with a minimum
of tension. After you have accurately mastered the phrases for clarity, work for speed in repetition. Give three forms of irregular verbs, continue the dialogue:
Silence is Sacred Too
They split and the ripe sticky seeds
spill, hidden under Adam and Eves
dark green leaves, they are sweetest then.
Abundant, ok for us to lift our hands, gather
them to our mouth, the fragrance fills afternoon
air, the tree shades our eyes and we eat
and eat, sweet as honey ancient
figs and later, again, that night the nuns
we visit at the convent after chanting
evening psalms offer on platters of fig leaves
the ripe fruit we dont tell them we ate
all day and we close our lips
on other sins I still keep
to myself forty years after.
Exercise 8. Read the poem by Ogden Nash. Discuss it with your friend, use the words whenever, whatever, wherever, whoever in sentences of your own.
Repeat the lines of a poem for clarity of articulation.
Friendship
To keep your friendship brimming,
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever youre wrong, admit it;
Whenever youre right, shut up.
Exercise 9. Read, translate and transcribe the dialogue. Add it with sentences of your own. Mind the usage of Imperative. Repeat for clarity of articulation:
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- Im afraid of the dark.
- Dont be silly!
- I am scared of the dark.
- Dont be silly! Shes scared of the dark. Scary cat!
- I am scared of the dark.
- Shes scared of the dark.
-Turn on the lights. Turn them on.
- Dont be silly!
Exercise 10. Describe the room where you study. Make a list of objects in it. Use them in sentences of your own. Make up a dialogue about your working day. Mind the usage of nouns in the Singular and Plural.
Exercise 11. Read, translate, and transcribe the poem by C. Levin. Give comparative and superlative of adjectives:
Up
Crazy monks perched
monasteries on tips
of Metoeoras black
rock peaks
hauling themselves up in baskets
in ancient days. We danced
at an ancient village bacchanal on a steep
slope the music echoed all night
until we were loony praying
for anything to keep our spirits
that high forever.
Unit two
Exercise 1. Read, translate and transcribe the following text. Write down all unknown words into your dictionary. Use them in sentences of your own:
I feel terrible
I've got a headache,
I've got a headache,
I don't want to go to bed.
I've got a fever,
I don't want to do my homework.
I've got a stomachache,
I don't want to take my lunch.
I've got a blister,
I don't want to see my sister.
Every time I have a headache
Mamma takes me to the doctor,
Every time I get a fever
Mamma takes me to the nurse.
Every time I get a toothache
Mamma takes me to the dentist
Every time I see the dentist
I come home feeling worse.
Exercise 2. Repeat for clarity of articulation. Work for precision with a minimum of tension. After you have accurately mastered the phrases for clarity, work for speed in repetition:
Where is Jack?
Where is Jack?
He's not here.
Where did he go?
I don't know.
Where is Mary?
She's not here.
Where did she go?
I don't know.
Where are Sue and Bobby?
They are not there.
Where did they go?
I don't know.
Where's mister Brown?
He is over there.
Where?
Over there and sleeps in the chair.
Exercise 3. Repeat the following poem over and over. Accuracy first, then speed!
My week
Monday
I feel angry today
Please, take out of my way
Im so mad at the whole world
I feel angry today.
Tuesday
I feel terribly blue
I dont know what to do
Cause its cold and its raining
I feel terribly blue.
Thursday
I feel nervous and tense
It just doesnt make sense
I cant take off this pressure
I feel nervous and tense.
Friday
I feel happy today
Its been sunny all day
And I dont work tomorrow
I feel happy today.
Exercise 4. Make a recording of the way you sound as you begin your studies, and then make a comparison, recording every six to twelve months. Remember that you are not in competition with anyone, and that you will progress at your own rate:
Betty Botta
Betty Botta bought some butter,
"But" she said, 'this butter's bitter,
But a bit of better butter
Will make my butter better'.
So she bought a bit of butter
Better than the bitter butter
And it made the butter better
So it was better.
Betty Botta bought a bit of better butter.
and so on
Exercise 5. Read and sing the following English folk song, translate and transcribe the text. Write down the unknown words and archaisms into your dictionary. Use them in sentences of your own:
Goosier, goosier, gender
Goosier, goosier, gender
Whither shall I wonder?
Upstairs and downstairs
And in my lady's chamber.
Exercise 6. Read, translate and sing the following English folk song, transcribe the text. Give three forms of irregular verbs. Use them in sentences of your own:
Hickory, dickory, dock
Hickory, dickory, dock
The mouth ran up the clock.
The clock struck one
The mouse ran down
Hickory, dickory dock.
Exercise 7. Read the following dialogue. Work for precision with a minimum of tension. After you have accurately mastered the phrases for clarity, work for speed in repetition. Change the proper names and make a dialogue of your own:
Hello, my name's Sue Crisco
Hello, my name's Sue Crisco.
Who are you?
I'm Joe Linn, I come from San Francisco. I'm leaving for Peking.
When are you going to go there?
Sometime in March this year.
You need a reservation? Ill make it for you here.
What are you going to do there?
I'm going to learn Chinese. I know some words already
"thank you", "hello" and "please".
Thanks for your help, miss Crisco.
My pleasure, mister Ling. I hope you like your stay there.
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I hope you like Peking.
Exercise 8. Imagine you are at the café. Answer the waiter. Repeat for clarity of articulation:
How do you like your coffee?
-How do you like your coffee?
-Black, black.
-How do you like your tea?
-With lemon, please.
-How do you like your steak?
-Medium, rare.
-How do you like your eggs?
-I don't care.
-Sunny-side up?
-I don't care.
-Poached on toast?
-I don't care.
-Scrambled, with bacon?
-I don't care.
-Over-easy?
-I don't care.
-Soft-boiled, hard-boiled?
-I don't care.
-How about an omelette?
-I don't care.
-Come on, tell me, this isn't fair.
-I told you the truth, I really don't care.
- Exercise 9. Imagine that you have lost your way. Ask the passerby to help you get to Greenwich village. Repeat for clarity of articulation:
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- Pardon me, please tell me
- how to get to Greenwich village.
- My good friend Caroline
- lives at bank street number three.
- First turn right at the light,
- walk two blocks, stop at the corner,
- then turn left at the zoo.
- Thats the Greenwich Avenue.
- Walk two blocks, straight ahead
- pass the school and pass the market.
- Then turn left at the store,
- thats the street you are looking for.
- Now I know where to go.
- Ill just follow your directions.
- Thank` so much. Now Im fine.
- Youre quiet welcome any time.
Exercise 10. Describe the house where you live. Continue the story. Underline all the prepositions; use them in sentences of your own:
In front of my house there's a tree,
My cat likes to climb it with me.
In back of my house there's a hill,
Where I go hiking with Bill.
Next to my house there's a creek,
Where I catch fish every week.
Across the road there's a lake,
Where I go swimming with Jake.
Near my house there's a park,
I don't go there after dark.
Around my house there's a lawn,
On weekend I keep it well-done.
On top of my house there's a nest,
The bird living there is the best.
Under the porch there's a mouse,
Sometimes it comes in the house.
Over the door there's a light,
It helps you to find me at night.
Inside my house there's a lot more
To see it just knock at my door.
Exercise 11. Read, translate, and transcribe the poem by C. Levin. Give comparative and superlative of adjectives:
The Fastest Men in the World Win the Two Hundred Meter Dash
(Mexico City 1968)
As the band played see U.S. Olympic gold
& say O see Olympic bronze.
as John Carlos
& Tommie Smith
revealed their full height
& bowed
their heads like prayer
lifted on the podium
saying more than pride
saying more than thank you
saying: more
to Black Power.
Not singing the blues that day
their fists in black gloves
extending suspending
clenched proud in the salute
that slashed their title
their feat suspended
and ooh say
they are hands of the banished.
Unit three
Exercise 1. Read, translate and transcribe the following poem by American poet Carol Levin from the collection Place one foot here.
Write down all unknown words into your dictionary. Use them in sentences of your own:
Hope the Future Goes Slower Than The Past
You make me struggle
to fathom time. Hard
to do, since we
left time isnt
the same as before. Figure
its cuz we're concentrating
on each single moment.
Counting backwards from your
last letter we were
four days in Dubrovnik
after the decrepit bus
from stifling Rijecka, before
that Treiste, where we
lost conception concentrating on
attempting to acquire a
car, their argument was
lost on us -- complication
concerning Hellenic taxes. Were
hustling to Athens tomorrow,
or maybe after, well
hop a ship. Time
is realitys accordion. Unexpectedly
wasted a lot and
our hearts have very
long to-do lists.
I thought this was
June, joie de vivre.
Today Im thirty two
and the day I
actually write this poem
will be in Novembers
dog days almost winter.
Exercise 2. Repeat for clarity of articulation. Work for precision with a minimum of tension. After you have accurately mastered the phrases for clarity, work for speed in repetition. Continue the list of relatives. Speak about your family:
Well, my father has a sister,
And her names Patricia Grand,
And her children are my cousins,
And their mother is my aunt.
Well, my father has a sister,
And her names Patricia Grand,
And her husband is my uncle
And his wife well thats my aunt.
Well, my father has a sister,
And her names Patricia Grand,
And her brother is my father,
And his sister well is my aunt.
And my aunt has got a brother,
And her brothers name is Chris,
And his wife well thats my mother,
Can you tell me who Chris is?
Exercise 3. Read the following poem by Carol Levin. Repeat the lines over and over, change the numerals (adjectives). Accuracy first, the speed! Make a recording of the way you sound as you begin your studies, and then make a comparison, recording every six to twelve months.
The Day I Was Hurled Into the Vortex of the Energy of Our Universe
Thirty-two, summer 1968
convinced my life
was over before anything
ever happened.
I took drama
into my own hands and alongside
my daughter, son and my - -
notorious casanova, landed
for a first ever look at New York City.
Elbow to elbow with thousands
standing silent on 5th Ave barely
breathing watching the murdered
Robert Kennedys funeral cortege.
Still subdued at four that afternoon,
we boarded tourist-class
the Cristoforo Columbo, Italian
liner. One step, a sole movement to the plank
launched us from New York America to Italy
and a maelstrom of mystifying Italian.
We flustered down a labyrinth
of levels to our cabins and lost
our elfin eight year old girl
on board somewhere as the ship
bellowed, shook and bellowed again
drowning my voice hollering her name,
as we began our glide at sunset
past Mother Liberty lifting her lamp.
Panicked I ran decks up and down searching
my missing moppet, simultaneously
taking in the scale of blazing
orange sky, a luminous