Listen to the recording, transcribe the poem, indicate intonation, read, learn the poem by heart and recite it in class.

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She Walks in Beauty

by George Gordon Byron

She walks in beauty, like the night

Of cloudless climes and starry skies,

And all that’s best of dark and bright

Meet in her aspect and her eyes;

Thus mellowed to that tender light

Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less,

Had half impaird the nameless grace

Which waves in every raven tress

Or softly lightness o’er her face,

Where thoughts serenely sweet express

How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

And on that cheek and o’er that brow

So soft, so calm, yet eloquent.

The smiles that win, the tints that glow

But tell of days in goodness spent, -

A mind at peace with all below,

A heart whose love is innocent.

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Shadow reading

Introducing the speaker

Gussie Fink-Nottle has been asked to give a speech at a school prize-giving ceremony. The headmaster introduces him to the audience.

'Today' said the bearded bloke, 'we are all happy to welcome as the guest of the afternoon Mr Fitz-Wattle...'

Gussie sat up with a jerk.

'Fink-Nottle', he said opening his eyes.

'Fitz-Nottle.'

'Fink-Nottle.'

I should say Fink-Nottle.'

'Of course you should, you silly ass,' said Gussie genially. 'All right, get on with it.'

'We are all happy, I say, to welcome as the guest of the afternoon Mr Fink-Nottle, who has kindly consented to award the prizes. This task, as you know, is one that should have devolved upon that well-beloved and vigorous member of our board of governors, the Rev. William Plomer, and we are all, I am sure, very sorry that illness at the last moment should have prevented him from being here today. But, if I may borrow a familiar metaphor from the - if I may employ a homely metaphor familiar to you all - what we lost on the swings we gain on the roundabouts.' He paused and beamed rather freely, to show that this was comedy. I could have told the man it was no use. Not a ripple.

It's always a nasty jar to wait for the laugh and find that the gag hasn't got across. The bearded bloke was visibly discomposed. At that, however, I think he would have got by, had he not, at this juncture, unfortunately stirred Gussie up again.

'In other words, though deprived of Mr Plomer, we have with us this afternoon Mr Fink-Nottle. I am sure that Mr Fink-Nottle's name is one that needs no introduction to you. It is, I venture to assert, a name that is familiar to us all.' 'Not to you,' said Gussie.

And the next moment I saw what Jeeves had meant when he had described Gussie as laughing heartily. 'Heartily' was absolutely the 'mot juste'. It sounded like a gas explosion.

'You didn't seem to know it so dashed well, what?' said Gussie. And, reminded apparently by the word 'what' of the word 'Wattle', he repeated the latter some sixteen times with a rising inflection. 'Wattle, Wattle, Wattle,' he concluded. 'Right-ho. Push on.'

Publicistic style

Phonostylistic characteristics

Timbre of the voice	Dignified, self-assured, concerned and personally involved
Loudness	Enormously increased
Levels and range	Greatly varied; wide ranges within the phonopassages; a very high level of the start of the initial intonation groups
Pauses	Definitely long between the passages; a great number of breath-taking pauses; a rather frequent stop of phonation before the emphatic semantic centre
Speed, tempo	Moderately slow
Rhythm	Properly organized
Types of Heads	Falling and Stepping Heads, frequently broken by Accidental Rises to increase the emphasis
Terminal tones	Mostly emphatic; falling-rising tones in non-final intonation groups

Exercises

• Prepare to deliver a speech for the situations below. These situations are only described in outline. Use your imagination to supply any details you need.

Situation 1

You are just coming to the end of a most enjoyable one-week residential holiday course in photography, held in Knighton, a small town in a beautiful part of Wales. You have been asked by the other students to give a speech on their behalf at the farewell dinner to thank all the staff (tutors and technicians, domestic staff, administrative staff).

Think about:

• why you enjoyed the course;

• what you learned and why you value it;

• any memorable moments during the course.

Situation 2

A visiting lecturer has just finished his talk (on the subject related to your professional interest). You are delegated by your fellow students to pronounce a word of thanks to the lecturer and express your wish to see him again at your college.

Think about why it has been an informative/ useful/ remarkable/ enjoyable talk.

Situation 3

You have been asked to introduce Mr. Paul Sanderson, who is coming to your college to give a lecture on Language and Society.

Think about:

• what the speaker’s qualifications are for dealing with the topic;

• why it is of interest to the audience.

• Listen to the presentation, indicate intonation, read the text. Prepare to deliver a presentation of your own.

We have a great opportunity at the moment to encourage awareness of science among the public. A recent opinion poll which was conducted earlier this year revealed that 80% of the population is interested in science. In addition, it shows a growing trust in scientists who make an important contribution to society. However, the poll also showed that few people felt they know enough about science. To develop understanding of science we need more public debate and we should be making science more interesting in school.

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