Lesson 46. Really? That's Amazing!
Being a Good Listener
Lesson 46; Part A
Listen and repeat these phrases - be careful with the intonation you-see↑ Well↓ suddenly↑ you know↑ Аnywау↓ then↑ as usual↑ of course↑ | |
Listen and notice the intonation where it is marked in the text. Important new parts of the story often have this intonation: ↓ Less important parts, or things we know about already, often have this intonation: ↑. I was walking along the street↑ one day, on Tuesday↑, I think, and I sawa wallet↓ on the pavement↓. Well↓, I picked it up↑ and I thought: I'lltake it to the police↓, and I was in a hurry↓, you see↑, so I put it in mybag↑ and forgot↓ about it. And I went to work↑, as usual↑, and did theshopping↑, you know↑, and went home↑ and then↑ I remembered the wallet↓.Anyway↓, I took it out of my bag↑ and had a look inside↑, and there wassome money↑, and some cards↑, and tickets↑ and so↑ on, and a photo↓, and Ilooked↓ at the photo↑ and suddenly↑ I thought: I know↓ him↑ It was anold friend↓ from school↓, you see↑ and the last time I saw↑ him was years↓ago. Well↓, I looked in the wallet↑ and found his phone↑ number and phoned↓him, and he was pretty surprised↑, of соursе↑, but he remembered↓ me,and we're going to meet↓ tomorrow↓. Listen again and repeat. |
Lesson 46; Part B
Listen and repeat these phrases - be careful with the intonation. Oh?↑ Sorry?↑ What did you do?↓ That's great!↓ Really?↑ Whatt did you say?↑ What happened?↓ That's amazing!↓ Was it?↑ Yes.↑ That's terrible!↓ Did you?↑ | |
This time A is telling the story and В is listening. Listen and notice the intonation in B's sentences. Listen again and say B's part, together with the recording. |
Exercises
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