14.1.1. Listen, look, say. Pay attention to the difference between the sounds [6] and [d] (as in «their» and as in «dare».)
I
A. May we play in the mud. Mother?
B. Don't you dare play there!
A. Father doesn't mind if we play in the mud,
Mother. B. Father doesn't wash the dirty clothes, dear.
II
A. I'm the daughter. Then there's Father and
Mother and my two brothers. B. I'll write that down. A. And then there's Dennis, Doctor. B. Dennis?
A. Dennis is the dog. B. Oh, the dog.
A. That's D-E-N-N-I-S! Dennis, Doctor.
B. Dennis — yes, I've got that down. Er ... now ... emm.
14.1.2. Listen, look, say. Pay attention to the intonation.
14.1.3. Read the dialogues in pairs.
14.1.4. Listen, look, say. Pay attention to the difference between the sounds. ([Z] as in measure, [D] as in rather, [z] as in does)
I
A. But how can you measure pleasure?
B. You can measure anything.
A. But pleasure's ... immeasurable.
B. It's not immeasurable.
A. And if it were measurable than it wouldn't be half so pleasurable.
II
A. Who's that, over there?
B. Oh, that's Sir Basil. He's the Club Treasurer.
A. I see.
B. He's come to watch television.
A. And does Sir Basil always sleep when television's on?
B. Usually he does.
A. Ah.
B. And occasionally he snores. Rather noisily.
A. Yes.
B. As you must have noticed.
14.1.5. Listen, look, say. Pay attention to the intonation.
14.1.6. Read the dialogues in pairs.
Word-building
(Compound adjectives)
14.2.1. Translate the following compound adjectives:
tobacco-stained fingers, a linoleum-covered floor, university-trained engineers, a hand-written note, a tailor-made suit, lamp-lit pavements, windblown leaves, carpet-covered floor, a dog-bitten boy.
14.2.2. Make compound adjectives according to the following word combinations. Translate them.
covered with clouds, painted by hand, fed with milk, shaded with trees, made by machine, filled with water, driven by wind, educated at Harvard.
14.2.3. Translate into Russian:
1. Her hands were work-reddened. 2. A dust-and-mud-stained car was parked beside a store. 3. The two women didn't seem troubled by her tear-stained face. 4. He looked up at the glass-enclosed balcony. 5. The convoy was composed of five American-made army trucks.