Don't let it get you down.

It's not as bad as all that, surely?

Oh, come on, it's actually quite interesting.

I see what you mean, but on the other hand ...

EXPRESSING OPINION

I think I'd much prefer to ... ; nothing like as good (bad) as ... ; that's what I thought... ; and that's another thing; there's much va-

riety in ... ; to be similar in ... ; there's a tremendous number of differences in ... ; to have much (little) in common ...

CHECKING UNDERSTANDING

Alright so far! Are you with me? Is that clear? Do you see what I mean? That's right. Now..., got that? Good! Now.... Fine! Now

Sorry, but I don't quite see why you have to ... . Sorry, can you say that again, please? Sorry, but I'm not quite clear on ...

C O N T E N T S

ESSENTIAL COURSE

Unit One....................................................................................................

6

Text: "Three Men in a Boat" by Jerome K. Jerome...................................

9

Conversation and Discussion:

Changing Patterns of Leisure.................................................................... 24

Unit Two.................................................................................................... 36

Text: "Encountering Directors" by Ch. Samuels....................................... 39

Conversation and Discussion:

Man and the Movies.................................................................................. 57

Unit Three.................................................................................................. 69

Text: "To Sir, with Love" by E.R. Braithwaite.......................................... 71

Conversation and Discussion:

English Schooling...................................................................................... 90

Unit Four.....................................................................................................107

Text: "The Fun They Had" by I. Azimov...................................................109

Conversation and Discussion:

Bringing Up Children.................................................................................124

Unit Five.....................................................................................................136

Text: "Art for Heart's Sake" by R. Goldberg..............................................140

Conversation and Discussion:

Painting.......................................................................................................161

Unit Six.......................................................................................................176

Text: "The Man of Destiny" by G.B. Shaw................................................179

Conversation and Discussion:

Feelings and Emotions................................................................................200

Unit Seven...................................................................................................210

Text: "The Happy Man" by S. Maugham...................................................214

Conversation and Discussion:

Talking about People..................................................................................236

Unit Eight....................................................................................................248

Text: "The Apple-tree" by J. Galsworthy....................................................251

Conversation and Discussion:

Man and Nature

268

SPEECH SOUND EXERCISES

Unit One......................................................................................................280

[e — se] — [ei — ea] — Checked Vowels — [9, 5] — Aspiration — The Prevocalic [h] — The Linking [r]

Units Two, Three........................................................................................283

[i — i:] [o: — 3:] — Palatalization — [g, n — q] — [u, u:] — [f, 3]

Units Four, Five..........................................................................................287

[A — a:] — [3u] — [ai — ais] — [au — aua] —

[tr. <fe]-------[W-----V]-----[t-------d]

Units Six, Seven, Eight................................................................................291

[d — 0: — 3u] — [01] — [1] — [d] — [z, v] — Assimilation According to the Place of Obstruction — Loss of Plosion

EXERCISES IN INTONATION

Section One. Review of Part Two...............................................................295

Section Two. Intonation Pattern XIV. Rise-Fall..........................................306

Section Three. Temporizers. Emphatic Stress.............................................313

Section Four. Wide and Narrow Range of Pitch.........................................326

Section Five. Intonation Pattern XV...........................................................334

SUPPLEMENT...........................................................................................356

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

Morphology.................................................................................................362

Syntax.................................................................................................1......405

Test Your Knowledge..................................................................................416

APPENDIX

Tactic Suggestions to Students on Writing Summary

and Essays...................................................................................................422

Conversational Formulas

425

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ПРАКТИЧЕСКИЙ

КУРС

АНГЛИЙСКОГО ЯЗЫКА

3 КУРС

Под редакцией В.Д. Аракина

4-е издание, переработанное и дополненное

Авторы

ESSENTIAL COURSE

6.There was no potato left. There was half a pork pie left.

A Walking Tour

Picnic

A Traveller's Tale

Unit Two

SPEECH PATTERNS

1. If I were asked to cite a single reason, for your pre­eminence, I would point to your creation of a special world.

Outline for Motion Picture Review

Formal Versus Informal Teaching

SPEECH PATTERNS

How marvellous!

Oh no!

Units Two, Three

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