Choosing Your English

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Choosing Your English



Stress and Intonation

What is stress and why do we use it inspoken language?

What do we mean by intonation?

How can it change the meaning of what thespeaker is saying?



Stress

• How do you pronounce the following words:

Record (v) Record (n) Desert (n) Desert (v)

Object (n) Object (v)

Minute (n) Minute (adj)

My father was an English teacher.



Now pronounce the followingwords, first as nouns and then as

verbsExport import

Decrease increase

Progress produce

Refund transport

Permit protest

insult



•Stress appears on words with more than one syllable to mark the different parts. It is to press a word or part of a word and show

extra loudness of voice.



Intonation

By intonation we refer to the tone of voice,is it

• Going up?• Going down?

• Flat?

This will dramatically change the meaning of what you are saying.



Example: The use of Question tags.

It is hot today, isn’t it?

Try saying that sentence with the threedifferent intonations.



Pronunciation Rules

The “r” rules

1. Vowel +r

2. R+ vowel3. Vowel+ r+ vowel

They can help you understand what othersare saying and to speak like a nativespeaker.



Surprise



Vocabulary

• Peculiar

• Pirate

• Caretaker• House agents/ real estate agents

• carving

• Weird• Fire place

• mixture



vocabulary

• Extraordinary

• Hang

• Murder

• Astonishing

• Couple

• Artistic

• Georgian



BARBARA: This can ’ t be thehouse !

HARRY : Good heavens ! It’s amost peculiar place!

BARBARA: Look at thatcarving over the fireplace.

HARRY : Looks Chinese .

BARBARA: Weird ! There’s amixture of everything.



HARRY: And how couldanyone live in a house like this !

BARBARA : I’ve never seenanything like it .

MAN: Good afternoon .

BARBARA: Oh…. Hello!

MAN: Who are you ? I’mthe caretaker .

HARRY: I think we’ve cometo the wrong house.



MAN: The wrong house ?

BARBARA : Yes …by mistake.

MAN: Well ! I’d have thought it was difficult tomistake this house.

HARRY : Yes ….it is an extraordinary place.

Who built it?

MAN: A pirate.

HARRY : A pirate ?

BARBARA: Really ! How astonishing !



MAN : He was most artistic.BARBARA : What ! Who’d have thought

of a pirate being artistic ?Man: He stole only works of art.Harry: Did they catch him?Man: Yes. In the end he was hanged .

Barbara: Oh, no !



Man: For murder .

Barbara: Murder !

Man: The house has been empty all these years , and now it’s being sold .

Harry: Who on earth would want to buy anextraordinary place like this ?

Man: To a couple called- let me think- Sallis, Ibelieve.



Harry:} Sallis ???

Barbara:

Harry: But… that’s us !Man: You ?Harry: you must’ve got the wrong name.

Barbara: This isn ’

t the house we ’

re buying.Harry, we’ve come to the wrong place. Harry: We’re buying a Georgian house, in

Butterfield Lane near Mamesby.



Man: This is Butterfield Lane near Mamesby.

Harry: The house agents must’ve made a

mistake , dear.Barbara: Surely not !

Harry: I wouldn’t have thought so , but theymust have.

Man: Well, I never!



Comprehension

1. Why does Barbara think she’s in thewrong house?

2. Why does she think the house is wired?3. Why does the caretaker come?

4. What was astonishing about the man

who built the house?

5. Why was he hanged?



6. How did they catch him, do you think?

7. Why has this house a caretaker?

8. Is the pirate’s house a Georgian house?

9. Why does the caretaker laugh?



TASK

Put the following adjectives in orderaccording to their degrees:

Irritated AnnoyedTense

Angry

Furious

Mad



Anger

Harry: I ’ ve got a bone to pick with you!

Clerk: Me , Sir?

Harry: Yes, you!

Clerk: I beg your pardon !

Harry: Well, if it isn’t you , it’s someone in

this firm.

Barbara: It was a man with red hair !



Clerk: Ah! You must be talking about Mr.Maddox! If you’ll be kind enough to wait

a moment, I’

ll fetch him.Barbara: Well, really ! Who does he think he is?

Harry: I ’ ll get my deposit back if it ’ s the last thing I do .

Mr. Maddox: Oh, good evening Mr. and Mrs.Sallis. I gather there’s been some little

difficulty.



Barbara: Little difficulty ! I like that!Harry: We’ve been defrauded !

Mr. Maddox: Defrauded. Are you accusing me ?Harry: Yes , Mr. Maddox, I am !Mr. Maddox: Well , of all the nerve!

Barbara: Look ! Don ’ t try any nonsense with us!



Harry: We ’ ve just about had enough!

Mr. Maddox: Enough of what ? You haven’t

even told me what’s happened! You just come here and start shouting your heads off !

Harry: Shouting our heads off ! How dare you!



Mr. Maddox: Look here ! You’ve got nothing tocomplain about. We’re offering you a lovely

house at a very good price.Barbara: Lovely? Are you being funny ?

Harry: Murderers. Pirates.

Mr. Maddox: Murderers! Pirates ! This is really going too far ! Have you gone off your head ? I’llhave you know that that is defamation .



Harry: I don ’ t care what it is …

Mr. Maddox: Ah, Mr. Roper. ( to the Sallis) This

is our general manager … Mr. Roper: What on earth ’ s going on ,

Maddox? I’ve never heard such a noise …

Barbara: This gentleman has cheated us!Mr. Roper: Cheated you ?

Harry: It’s true. We’ve been tricked .



Mr. Maddox: Now, Please … (Door opens) Oh, good

evening Mr. and Mrs. Middleton.

Mrs. Middleton: We’ve come here to make aserious complaint.

Mr. Roper: No. Not another one.

Mr. Middleton: An example of the most

extraordinary inefficiency .

Mrs. Middleton: Believe it or not , gentlemen, thehouse you sent us to see has disappeared!



Mr. Middleton: And been replaced by a large but very commonplace building.

Mrs. Middleton: We gave you a deposit forthis beautiful house full of wonderful carvings …

Harry: Oh no !Barbara: Oh, you idiot , Mr. Maddox! You’ve

mixed up the addresses!

Harry: Really ! What incompetence!



comprehension

• How did the clerk know that Barbara andHarry were looking for Mr. Maddox?

• What did Harry intend to do?• Why was Barbara furious with Mr. Maddox

when he first appeared?

• Did Barbara think Mr. Maddox had made amistake with the addresses?

• Did Mr. Maddox think that the price of their house was high or low?



• What did Mr. Maddox accuse the Sallisoff?

• Was Mr. Middleton as angry as Barbara?• Did Mr. Middleton think Mr. Maddox had

made a mistake with the addresses?

• Why were the Middleton keen to buy thePirate’s house?



Vocabulary

• Firm :: company

• Fetch:: go and get somebody/something

• deposit :: an advanced payment

• Gather :: concluded

• Defrauded:: cheated/tricked

• accuse:: direct a crime to sb

• Defamation:: say bad things about sb



• Complain:: (v) to say you aren’t satisfied.

• Complaint:: (n)

• Inefficiency :: unable to do your job well

• Incompetent :: (adj)

• Incompetence :: (n)

• Extraordinary:: unusual

• Idiot:: stupid



Structure

• If you’ll be kind enough to wait a moment, I ’ ll

fetch him.

WILL:: offer I ’ ll help you with the report if you want .

:: willingness

Will you help me with the report?

:: future intention decided at the moment of speaking .

I don ’ t know yet but I think I ’ ll go to EGYPT for a holiday.



• Adverbs of frequency::

Always usually often sometimes rarelyoccasionally never



Task

You have been working in your ministry/corporation for12 years now, waiting for your turn in the training. Herecomes your chance with a scholarship to England in your

specification. Everyone knows it is your turn, so, thetraining manager congratulated you and asked you tostart the paper procedure.

But a week later, he called you in and told you that the

General Manager nominated someone else, who hasbeen working with you for only 3 years.

You are very angry, you go to see the manager and ….



Relief

Barbara: Oh! Thank Heaven , we’re in at last.

Harry: What a relief that everything went so

smoothly .Barbara: I’m so glad that all the furniture

moving’s over . Usually something getsbroken, but this time everything seems to

be intact .Harry: I know . It’s comforting to see our

own things around us again , isn’t it. In a

new house



It gives a sense of continuity .

Barbara: Yes. Look at that book -case. It’s not very

beautiful but it’s a kind of symbol.

Harry: The other furniture has memories too . Yes,it’s good to be installed at last . After all thosecomplications, I feel a weight ’ s been lifted from

my shoulders. Barbara: The colours have come out very well.



I thought the painters were going to getthem all wrong .

Harry: You always worry too much.Barbara: Yes. But the good thing about

worrying is how good you feel wheneverything goes smoothly after all.

(Knock on the door)

Barbara: That must be the plumber. Yes? Iseverything all right ?



Plumber: Well, most of the pipes are sound .But it’s lucky you didn’t put the water on.

Harry: Oh. I meant to, but I forgot .Plumber: Well, it’s fortunate you did forget!

Harry: How do you mean ?

Plumber: The water - tank ’s like a piece of Swiss cheese , full of holes . As if the mice

had got at it .



Barbara: No ! If we’d put the water on…

Plumber: Everything would’ve been flooded !

Barbara: All the new paint !

Harry: The furniture !

Barbara: Oh, it’s a mercy you forget things ,

Harry!

Harry: It is indeed .



Plumber: You can thank your lucky stars I came.

Harry: Whew! What a narrow escape!

Barbara: I don’t know how we can thank you enough.

Plumber: There are always ways of showingappreciation you know; it being nearChristmas and all.



Harry: Oh yes, of course . It’s always nice togive presents at Christmas time.

Plumber: Thank you Mr. Sallis, thank you. Icouldn ’ t agree more , Mr. Sallis.



Expressions of relief

1. Thank Heaven/ Thank God

2. At last

3. I’m so glad

4. It’s good to be ….. At last

5. I feel a weight’s been lifted from my

shoulders.

6. Whew! What a narrow escape.!



Task

You have been suffering a lot from adisorganized, unfair , greedy and

dictator manager for the last 10 years. You’ve just arrived at theministry and the first thing you hearis that “The manager has beenreplaced” . You are so relieved andstart talking with your colleagues.



A warm welcome

Barbara: Peter ! Pamela !

Peter: Hello ! How are you ?

Barbara: At last ! We thought you were never coming.

Harry: Did you have a good journey?

Pamela: Well - anyway, it’s lovely to see you both .

Oh, the house looks beautiful !Peter: I never realized you had such a big garden ,

Dad.



Harry: Ah, let me take your coats.

Peter:

} Thanks . Thank you.

Pamela:

Harry: you both look so well .Barbara: You’ve no idea how we’ve been

looking forward to this.



Harry: Now do sit down. What can I get you to drink ?

Peter: Ah!Harry: Pamela ?

Pamela: Oh’ let’s think .

Harry: Sherry ?

Pamela: Oh, yes , yes please. I’ll have amedium sherry.



Harry: What about you , Peter?

Peter: Whisky , please Dad. With water .

Pamela: Well . Here we all are.Barbara: I can’t believe that we’re really all

together again.

Harry: Barbara’s cooked a really splendiddinner to celebrate. Your favourite, Peter.

Barbara: Now then, it’s a secret!



Harry: Here you are.

Peter: A drink!

Barbara: Oh, and we managed to get holdof some of the wine you liked so much.

Peter: Not that lovely rose you brought back from Province?

Barbara: Yes. You both said you’d nevertasted anything so delicious. Do youremember?



Pamela: Oh yes, it was lovely. Oh, it is goodto be here. Peace and quiet at last.

Peter: It’s certainly nice to get out of thatpoky old London flat for a change.

Barbara: By the way, the spare room’s right

at the top of the house. It’s got a lovelyview over the countryside and gets lots of sun in the morning.



Harry: well, here’s to you.

Pamela:

} Yes, and to you. Cheers.

Peter:

Harry: Now then, how are you both? Howare you settling down in London?

Barbara: Will you want a hot-water bottle?



Pamela: Not for me, thanks Mum.

Peter: we never have one since the last one

burst. No, it did really?Harry: Well, you can tell that Barbara’s glad

to see you. She’s determined to spoil you.

Hot-water bottles and all!Barbara: Well, of course I am. You don’t

know how happy I am to see you both.



Harry: What’s that?

Pamela: Eerh, something’s burning.

Barbara: Oh no! The dinner!Pamela: Oh dear!

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