['cfeimnaest], в остальных случаях [g|: good, gray.

Слова, читающиеся не по правилу: give, girl, get.

Буква j читается (c±5): just.

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Сочетание th читается [G] в большинстве знаменательных слов: thin,

Smith. В служебных словах, местоимениях и в конце знаменательных

слов между гласными читается (д|: the, this, that, they, bathe.

Сочетание sh читается [J]: she.

Сочетание ch читается [tf|: chin.

Сочетание gh в середине и в конце слова не произносится (немое):

eight [eit], sigh [sai], но ghost [дзш1].

Буква i перед gh имеет алфавитное чтение ]ai|: high |hai|. Буква i перед

Id и перед nd читается [ai]: child, kind. Сочетание ph читается [f|: phone.

Сочетание ture читается (tfs]. Например: picture ['pikt/a], lecture

[MektjD |.

В сочетании kn в начале слова буква к не произносится: know [пзи],

knife [naif].

Диграфы II группы au( ou перед ght читаются [э:|: daughter ['data],

thought [Go:tJ.

T E X T

BETTY SMITH

I am Betty" Smith. My full name is Elizabeth Louise Smith. I am

twenty-two. I am a college graduate. I am a writer, just a

beginner, you know. I have a lot of friends. Most of them are my former

school-mates. My best companions are two girl-friends. They are

very kind, jolly and well-bred.

My brother-in-law, Henry Sandford, is married to my elder sister Helen. I

am a member of her family. My brother-in-law is a doctor. He has a mother,

but he has no father. My sister is a house-wife. They have only one child,

Benny. Benny is my nephew, he is four. Sometimes he is naughty. He is

fond of birds and animals. We have white mice, a hedgehog and a parrot in

the house. Now Benny is eager to have a rabbit. But his mother is against

it, we have no peace because of all Benny's animals and birds.

VOCABULARY NOTES

I am twenty-two. Мне 22 года. How old are you? I am nineteen (years

old).

a college graduate выпускник колледжа; I'm a college graduate

у меня высшее образование

just a beginner новичок former

бывший

school-mate соученик, школьный товарищ; сравни: a fellow-student

товарищ по институту companion товарищ

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girl-friend подруга; boy-friend товарищ, друг jolly

веселый, славный well-bred хорошо воспитанный

elder старший (о членах семьи); older старше. Например: My elder

sister is 28. She is two years older than I. I am two years younger than my

sister.

house-wife домашняя хозяйка

naughty непослушный, шаловливый

to be fond of smth; to like любить, нравиться

to be eager очень хотеть

to be against быть против

peace покой; сравни: piece кусок

TOPICAL VOCABULARY

Relations by Birth: parents, father, mother, sister, brother, son,

daughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, grandchildren,

grandparents, great-grandfather, great-grandmother, great-grandchildren,

uncle, aunt, cousin, nephew, niece

Relations by Marriage: husband, wife, father-in-law, mqther-m-law,

son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepmother,

stepfather, stepchildren, stepbrother (sister, son, daughter) v t

People's Age*

What's your age? (How old are you?)

I am seventeen. I am seventeen years old. I am under seventeen.

I am over seventeen. I am nearly eighteen.

I am under age yet. = I am not yet eighteen.

In three month's time I'll come of age.

She is still in her teens (13—19). She is a teen-ager.

She is in her (early, mid, late) teerfs.

She is in her (early, late) thirties [ i . e. between 29 and 40). She is a

middle-aged person. She is an elderly person.

Animals and birds [domestic): horse, cow, dog, cat, goat, pig, swine,

ass, rabbit, hen, cock, goose (geese), duck, turkey

Animals and birds (wild): lion, tiger, wolf (wolves), bear, fox, hare,

elephant, mouse (mice), monkey, hedgehog, eagle, swan, sparrow, swallow,

parrot, pigeon, donkey

CONVERSATIONAL PHRASES

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Agreement: Sure. Why, yes of course. By all means. That'd be lovely. I'd

be glad to. How nice of you. It (certainly) is.

Disagreement: By no means.'Far from it. I'm afraid I don't agree. I think

you're mistaken. Just the other way round. I'd like to say yes, but... I'm awfully

sorry but you see...

1. Приложение обычно выделяется в отдельную смысловую группу,

ударно и произносится тем же тоном, что и определяемое слово, но на

более низком уровне.

My -> brother-in-law, | -» Henry ,Sandford... # %%j

2. You know — вводная смысловая группа. Вводная смысловая

группа в конце предложения безударна и продолжает мелодию

предшествующей смысловой группы :

Гт a х writer, | —> just a bevginner, you know.

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3. Слово well-bred является составным прилагательным. Составные

прилагательные обычно произносятся с ударением на каждом из

составляющих слово элементов. Например: 'well-'known, 'good-'looking,

'kind-'hearted, 'absent-'minded.

В связной речи под влиянием ритма одно из ударений может

опускаться. Например: She is а -»good-looking vgirl.

STUDY THE FOLLOWING

T a b l e No 1

POSSESSIVE CASE OF NOUNS

the room of my sister — my sister's [z] room

the son of my friend — my friend's [z] son

the answer of the student — the student's [s| answer

the works of Marx — Marx's [iz] works

the books of the students — the students' books

the flat of my mother-in-law — my mother-in-law's [z] flat

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e, g. My brother's flat is large. The girl's lace is

pretty. These are Byron's poems. The students'

answers are correct. My daughter-in-law's room is

small.

T a b l e No. 2

THE VERB TO HAVE IN THE PRESENT INDEFINITE TENSE

I (we, you, they)have (got)1afather, cousin, book, flat.He (she)has (got)

I (we, you, they)have (got)someink, time, work. French books, new maps, good

pictures.He (she)has (got)

Hav

e

I (we, you, they)

a

father, cousin, book, flat?

Has

he (she)

Hav

any

ink, time, work? friends?

e

I (we, you, they)

cousins? children?

Has

he (she)

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

I (we, you, they)haven't

•

have no haven't (got)any aink, time, work, books, cousins, maps, mother-in-

law.hasn'tanyink, time, work.He (she)has nochildren.sisters-in-law.hasn't (got)ason,

book, map.

Примечание.

Неопределенное

местоимение

some

употребляется

в

утвердительных предложениях; any — в вопросительных и отрицательных

предложениях, по — только в отрицательных; not any предпочтительно в

разговорной речи

1 В разговорной речи глагол to have очень часто заменяется формой have got.

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The book is on the table. The pencil is in the box.