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Lesson 4
Lesson 4
Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises
A． Phonetics: Sound Recognition
Training Focus:
Differentiating confusing sounds: 1．vowels 2．consonants
Native speakers have little difficulty in recognizing phonic patterns as clues to meaning. As for learners of English as a foreign language, however, acquiring this ability, particularly the ability to distinguish between confusing sounds requires constant practice. Realizing this, we lay great emphasis on sound recognition through listening, which is obviously different from sound recognition practice in a normal phonetics course. Our aim is to keep students alert to sound distinctions which affect meaning and to improve their ability to discriminate sounds from context.
Drill 1
Directions: You will hear one word read from each group. Which is the word you hear? Circle the letter beside the word you hear.
Key:
1．c 2．a 3．b 4．a 5．b 6．c 7．b 8．c 9．b 10．a
Drill 2
Directions: The words and phrases in the brackets are difficult to distinguish. Listen carefully. Put a check mark (√) beside the words or phrases you hear on the tape.
Key:
1．Herbert 2．James 3．married 4．club
5．Ireland 6．Pond 7．No.24 8．parcel
9．First names, surnames 10．Ed
B．Difficult Sentences
Directions: You are going to hear some sentences chosen from the comprehension material in this lesson. Listen carefully and repeat.
(see tapescript)
Part Ⅱ Here Comes Tony (Ⅰ)
Lesson 4
Ex．
Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words you hear on the tape.
Key: (see tapescript)
Tapescript:
Here Comes Tony (Ⅰ) (33″)
Ann: Look, here comes Tony.
David: I wonder if he's coming in this direction?
Allen: Ask him!
Ann: Good afternoon, Tony.
Tony: Hi, Ann, David, Allen. Did you just get out of school?
Allen: Yeh?
Tony: Why so early?
David: Early? It's three o'clock now.
Ann: Yeh, school starts at 8:45 in the morning and ends at 3 in the afternoon.
Tony: You people are lucky!
David: It's nothing special. It's the usual time.
Part Ⅲ Here Comes Tony (Ⅱ)
Lesson 4
Ex．Ⅰ
Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words you hear on the tape.
Key: (see tapescript)
Ex．Ⅱ
Directions: Choose the correct answer to each question you hear on the tape.
Key: 1．What is Tony doing? (c)
2．When is Tony s mother going to register him?(b)
Tapescript:
Here Comes Tony (Ⅱ) (34″)
Tony: In my country, we go to school from eight o'clock in the morning until five in the afternoon.
Ann: Five days a week, too?
Tony: Actually, five and a half. On Saturday, there is only a half day.
Allen: Gosh!
Ann: That's too much.
David: Where are you heading now?
Tony: I beg your pardon?
Ann: Oh, he meant to ask you where are you going now?
Tony: Oh, well, I'm going to try to find out where the school is located.
David: When do you begin to go to school?
Tony: My mother said, she is going to register me tomorrow.
Ann: That's good!
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