Lesson 48. Finished? I've Just Started!

Lesson 48; Part A

If we want to give special emphasis to words, for example if we arevery surprised, we sometimes use a lot of stress, and our voices goespecially high. Listen to these two dialogues. A: When will that report be finished?    B: I\'ve just started↓ it, so it\'ll be finished this afternoon. A: Have vou finished that report? B: Finisned↑?! I\'ve just started↓ it!! In both dialogues, the word started is stressed, but in the seconddialogue it is specially emphasised. Listen and repeat the sentenceI\'ve just started it from both dialogues. I\'ve just started↓ it. I\'ve just started↓ it!!
In the second dialogue, the word finished is also specially emphasised. Listen and repeat. Finished?!↑
Listen to the different intonation on finished and started, and repeat. Finished↑?!  started↓!!
Now repeat the whole answer from the second dialogue. Finished↑?! I\'ve just started↓ it!!

Lesson 48; Part B

Listen to two people arguing. Notice the intonation they use, especially on the words in bold. A: You\'re late! We said two o\'clock! B: We didn\'t↓ - we said half↓ pasttwo! A: We said two↓! You\'re always↓ late! B: Last time you↓ were late!Remember? A: Was I?  Listen again and repeat the dialogue.

Listen and underline the specially emphasised words in B\'s replies. Key1    A: Do you like westerns? B: Me↑? I can\'t stand↓ westerns! 2    A: It\'s stopped raining. B: Really↑? I don\'t believe↓ it! 3    A: Is it the first time you\'ve been here? B: The first↑ - and probably the last↓! 4    A: You know the city pretty well, don\'t you? B: Me↑? I\'ve never been↓ here before! 5    A: What are twelve elevens? B: Don\'t ask me↑! I\'m hopeless↓ with numbers! 6    A: It\'s two pounds fifty for a cup of coffee. B: Two fifty↑? That\'s ridiculous↓! 7    A: Were the shops busy today? B: Busy↑? They were almost empty↓! 8    A: Do you like rap music? B: Like↑ it? I think it\'s awful↓! Then listen again and mark the intonation on the stressed words. Example:  A: Is that your car?                В: Тhat↑? You must be joking↓! A: Do you like westerns? B: Me? I can\'t stand westerns! A: It\'s stopped raining. B: Really? I don\'t believe it! A: Is it the first time you\'ve been here? B: The first - and probably the last! A: You know the city pretty well, don\'t you? B: Me? I\'ve never been here before! A: What are twelve elevens? B: Don\'t ask me! I\'m hopeless with numbers! A: It\'s two pounds fifty for a cup of coffee. B: Two fifty? That\'s ridiculous! A: Were the shops busy today? B: Busy? They were almost empty! A: Do you like rap music? B: Like it? I think it\'s awful! Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.

Listen to the telephone conversation between John Watt and Will Knott. Watt is pronounced like what. Knott is pronounced like not. Will is a short form of William and is pronounced like the verb will. John Watt:  Hello↓. Are you there↓? Will Knott:  Yes↓. Who\'s that↓? John Watt:  Watt↓. Will Knott:  What\'s your name↓? John Watt:  Watt\'s↓ my name. Will Knott:  What↑? John Watt: My name\'s John Watt↓. Will Knott:  John what↑? John Watt: Yes↓, that\'s right↓. Are you Jones↓? Will Knott:  No, I\'m Knott↓. John Watt:  Well, tell me your name↓, then. Will Knott:  Will Knott↓. John Watt:  Why↓ not? Will Knott:  My name\'s Knott↓. John Watt:  Not what↓? Will Knott:  Not Watt↑, Knott↓. John Watt:  Whatt↑?! Listen again and repeat the dialogue, using the same stress and intonation, especially on the words in bold.

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