Warmingup Tongue Twister 1 Three bees see three
Warming-up: Tongue Twister • • 1. Three bees see three beans. 2. Little fish swim in the river. 3. Victor loves vegetables. 4. Susan sings songs in her seat. 5. Nine white tigers like flying kites and riding bikes. 6. A goat is going home by boat with Joe. 7. A brown cow is running around the town now. /i: / /i/ /v/ /s/ /aɪ / /əʊ / /aʊ /
Phonetic Revision
• • • Part One Feedback of the Oral Quiz Task 1: Read and write the words [bɑ: θ] ['aɪðə(r)] [ ɪnˈdʒɔɪ ] [ ba: n ] [ braitli ] [ rait ] ['jeləʊ] [ˈɔ: lweɪz] [ t i: tʃ ]
Task 2: Identify and compare /ɑ: / /æ/ /aɪ/ /eɪ/ [bɑːn] [bæn] [raɪt] [reɪt] [hɑːt] [hæt] [braɪt] [breɪt] [kɑːt] [kæt] [weɪ] [waɪ]
Intonation (rising/falling tone) • • • 1. Is there any water in the glass? 2. Whose blue shoes are those? 3. The Earth provides us with air, water and food. 4. In the morning, we usually study Chinese, Maths and English. yes/ no question, unfinished sentence wh- question, finished sentence
travel into space. 3. If you enjoy history and natural beauty, you will / / love this garden. 4. I live with my family in a house close to some / mountains. / • • Meaning group 1. Mary will get married on Monday morning. / 2. Tomorrow I’ll be one of the first students to / / Pause between meaning groups, that is, nominal, verbal, adverbial, prepositional _____________ 名 动 副 介 phrases
• • Liaison (linking sounds) 1. I have an elder sister and an elder brother. 2. Sam loves books about seasons and flowers. 4. Susan sings songs in her seat. 5. Tomorrow I’ll be one of the first students to travel into space. 6. It is important for us to protect the Earth for our future. 连读:辅音+元音,元音+元音,相同辅音
Practice • A boy said, “My father said if I give up / / all my bad habits he’d present me with / $100. ” The other said: “didn’t you do / / / it? ” He replied: “Of course not. With no / / bad habits, what would I do with the / money? ”
Part Two Syllable and Word Stress protect relative Q: Why is word stress so important? • It makes a difference between being understood and not being understood.
Syllable 音节 How do you divide syllables? • short, taxi, London, reporter __ __ __ • steamboat , magazine __ __ vowel sounds • Clue: count the number of _______. • sometimes a vowel is silent.
Task 3: counting syllables Count the number of syllables in each word. 2 • travel watch subway 2 1 • friendly school Saturday 2 1 3 • suitcase trousers home 2 2 1 • map Canada doctor 1 2 3 4 4 • geography pronunciation television 5
Word Stress attention Word stress: we give special ____ to part of a word. We should make the louder longer (stronger) stressed part _____, _______, at a higher _____ pitch (音调). • 1 -syllable word: all stressed • card, grass, flat, group, smart
Word Stress & Rhythm • 2 -syllable word: • stressed on 1 st syllable: strong-light • ’ matter ’winter ’summer • stressed on 2 nd syllable: light-strong • ago away Japan • 3 -syllable word: stressed on 1 st syllable: strong-light FAmily BEAUtiful SCEnery stressed on 2 nd syllable: light-strong-light unusual December beginning Stressed on 3 rd syllable: light-strong maga’zine guaran’tee chimpan’zee
Task 4 : Maze(迷宫)– find the same stress pattern today father grade cinema away July change picture turn doctor rubber camera skirt decide farmer ruler honest enough collect monitor parent letter hit hope older pupil behind machine support her
Task 5: Group competition
Delaware Connecticut Michigan Mississippi Missouri Louisiana Florida Minnesota Maryland Kansas Idaho Kentucky Georgia Indiana Iowa Nebraska Montana California Hawaii Alaska ['deləwɛə] [ə'læskə [kə'netikət] ['miʃ igən] [, misi’sipi] [mi'zuəri] [lu: , i: zi'ænə] ['flɔridə] [, mini'səutə] ['mεərilænd] ['kænzəs] ['aidəhəu] [ken'tʌki] ['dʒɔ: dʒjə] [, indi'ænə] ['aiəwə] [ni'bræskə] [mɔn'tænə] [, kæli'fɔ: njə] ] [hə'waii: ]
Discussion • What do you know about any one of the states? • Which state would you most like to visit? Why? • Which states do you think have interesting names? names weather Which state culture scenery cities ……
Learning tip How to know and remember the correct stress? • Look in a dictionary or the vocabulary list of the textbook , and they will show you which syllable is stressed. • By listening how the people say and use the word.
Homework 1) Complete the working sheet P. 2 2) Read the handout “names of the states” aloud.
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