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Vocabulary Notes
1. ... why I should have to put up with her at family occasions. — ... с какой стати я должна мириться с
е¸ присутствием на семейных праздниках.
2. ... giving an accompaniment of nods and headshaking at the appropriate parts. — ... в такт словам то
кивала, то качала головой.
3. Jean felt her patience beginning to itch. — Джин чувствовала, что е¸ терпение заканчивается.
4. ... the quick till ... — ... касса-экспресс ...
5. ... a see-through tray of tomatoes which fell casualty to the rest. — ... прозрачный лоток с
помидорами, придавленный другими покупками.
6. ... when I turned up? ... когда я бы вдруг пришла?
7. You can always tell a person by their shopping. — Всегда можно определить, что за человек перед
тобой, по его покупкам.
8. ... a gross of fish fingers ... — ... оптовая закупка рыбных палочек ...
9. ... her individual yoghurt seemed to say it all. — ... казалось, что е¸ единственная упаковка йогурта
говорит сама за себя.
10. Think of all the oriental foods you can get into ... — Как подумаешь, каких только ни бывает
восточных продуктов ...
11. Jean put the ruler down on the conveyor belt. — Джин положила линейку на конвейер. (Прим.: В
западных супермаркетах для экономии времени несколько покупателей выгружают продукты на
конвейер одновременно. Для того, чтобы кассир видела, где граница, покупатели кладут
пластиковую линейку яркого цвета между своими и чужими покупками.)
12. ... processed kind. — ... консервированный.
13. Of course, we've had our ups and downs ... — Конечно, у нас бывало то лучше, то хуже ...
14. ... for starters orders. — ... сигналов стартеров.
15. She felt out of place. — Ей было не по себе.
Phonetic Text Drills
0 Exercise 1
Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the text.
Queue, extraordinary, accompaniment, appropriate, couple, to itch, wire, elephantine, giant, carton,
casualty, stuff, rearrange, triumphant, trolley, maxim, yoghurt, quarter, cashier, to poise, cheque, gross,
oriental, conveyor, dejectedly, salmon, processed, purse, leather, to total.
0 Exercise 2
Pronounce the words and phrases where the following clusters occur.
1. Plosive + 1
Couple, simply, plastic, immediately, what looked, glossy, blank, hard look, dejectedly, expectantly,
possibly.
2. Plosive + w
Blonde woman, that woman, put up with her, quick, twenty, dark woman, ended with a quick nod,
between, agreement with her thoughts, questions, and waiting.
0 Exercise 3
Pronounce after the announcer. Say what kind of false assimilation one should avoid in the following
cases.
1. Of her, of steps, of tomatoes, of throwing, of stuff, of course, we've had, of people, out of place.
2. Was there, size salad, was sick, was something, as though, was so, with salad.
3. Noticed the-other, at the bottom, put the ruler, about their shopping, liked the processed kind, felt the
frustration, that the people, noticed their stack, bought the book.
0 Exercise 4
Consult the dictionary and put stresses in the following compound nouns.
Half-used, cardboard, twenty-pound, family-size, cornflakes, washing-powder, hardback, pinpoint,
eighty-seven, beefburgers.
0 Exercise 5
I. Intone the following general questions.
'Should she have 'got such a
^small 'size 'salad /cream? ||
'Should she 'go and 'change it for a 'larger /size? ||
II. Explain why the following special question is pronounced with a rising intonation.