A) was – squash         watt – wand



watch – wash         want – squat

b) 'warmer – wormy              work – worker

warder – worker              wored – woredly

wardress – worthy                   worse – worser

warship – worship            worst – worsen

re'ward – reword              worth – worthy [ 'ω¶:ði ]

a'ward – a word               word – wordy

c) 'farmer – warder       'former – warder

varnish – warship     Cornish – warty

barman – wardress corner – warmer

farther – warmer      corny – warship

tapper – taper – Tarter

chatter – chaser – charter

ladder – lazy – larder

manner – maker – market

panty – paper – partner

 

Test yourself:mare, charm, wormy, award, want, worst, forty, ex'plore, worse, store, share, watch, work, born, card, cord, world, more, far, hard, fair, forty, store, yore, York, porch, phone, are, sore, morning, code, core, harm, their, torn, forge, spore, scorch, far, barn, shake, fare, trade, tale, bag, Sam, dare, care, car, mate, smart, card, rare, fate, square, stare, shame, bart, yard, bare, ware, re'ward.

 

 

UNIT 11

56. ou         - [ aυ ]                          ow        - [ aυ, oυ ]                 [ au ] out, a'bout, round, town, ground, brown, pound, a'mount, gown, loud, down [ ou ] row, know, show, blow, throw, snow, grow
57.  our           - [ aυ¶ ]   ower          our, flour, sour, flower
58. wr- [ r ] wrist, wrench, wry, write, wrap, wrong
59. wh-    [ ω ] wh + o       [ h ]  whine, why, wheel, whale, while, whim, wheat whose [ hυz ], who [ hυ ], whom [ hυm ], whole, whose [ hυz ]

 

56               [ aυ ]                                                   [ oυ ]

bow     allow    browse                bow     slow         

row      account crown                  row      tow          

cow     dis'count ground                 show   mow

now     output  noun                    glow    flow

'powerful found   mouse                 known  borrow

b) lone – glow      stone – mown

so – slow         rose – row

no – mow        snow – smoke

c) faun – found             sauce – house             d) hawk – how

haunt – hound          fault – foul                    dawn – down

laud – loud               staunch – stout            claw – clown

Maude – mound                                               pawn – pound

pause – rouse                                                  pawl – foul

57 a) our – sour – dour – flour – scour – hour

b) our – out          sour – stout         hourly

hour – oust      flour – flounce      sourly

scour – scout  dour – doubt        flouring

our – noun      sour – south         dourer

hour – mouth   hour – house        scouring

58write – wrote           write – wrung

writ – wrist               wrong – wring

wrest – wreck           wren – wrench

wrack – wrap           wry – wren

wrest – rest              write – rite            wrest – west

wrack – rack            wrench – trench           wring – wing

wring – ring              wry – try              wrote – wove

59a)when – which – why – what  b) while – wine     which – witch

whole – hole – whole – hole  what – watt  whale – wake

who [ υ: ] – whose [ υ: ]        who – rule    why – wide

   when – wet

[ v - f ]                                                     [ w ]

a) vat – fat                   veld – felt             b) wet – went – well

van – fan         vin – fin                west – wept – swept

vet – vent                                        will – win – wit

                                                       swim – swift – swell

                                                           twin – twist – dwell

Reading:

a) bid – bed – bond – bump – bard                b) timber – timer – thirty

pit – pet – pot – but – bat                              sister – spider – skirmish

rib – red – rob – run – tram                                   finish – final – firmer

trip – trek – trod – truss – flax                       differ – diver – dirty

strip – stress – prod – bust – tramp

miss – mess – moss – muss – mass

him – hem – loss – hum – ham

list – lest – lost – last – lass

big – bed – bog – bug – bag

pin – pen – pond – pun – pan

print – press – prop – plump – pram

grip – reft – grog – grunt – grand

still – stem – stop – stump – stamp

spill – spell – spot – pump – stand

 

Test yourself:bow, wiry, follow, expire, show, shouts, selves, bards, weeps, buses, chopped, aired, yellow, voted, avoided, secure, moor, snow, berths, mountain.

UNIT 12

60.                    после глух.согл. - [ s ] окончание (e)s -                         после звонк. согл., гласн.                                                           [ z ]                              после t, d-         [ iz ] ports, months, slopes, cases, forces, pages, chairs, rooms, cameras, borders
61. ea-[ e ] перед sure [ ζ¶ ] 'leisure, 'pleasure, 'measure, 'treasure
62.  ture- [ tò¶ ]           'picture, 'lecture, 'future, 'literature, 'culture, 'nature, 'structure, 'sculpture
63.  tion             cian           -[ òn ]       ssion       sion       - [ ζn ] 'nation, 'Russian, 'dictation, 'station, de'cision, 'action, di'vision, trans'lation

60a) cut – cuts    beg – begs           refuses

clock – clocks       pig – pigs             finishes

weep – weeps      will – wills             changes

shout – shouts     bard – bards        buses

b) beef – beeves          life – lives

calf – calves              wolf [ υ ] – wolves [ υ ]

half – halves             loaf – loaves

leaf – leaves             scarf – scarves

wife – wives              sell – selves

shelf – shelves          thief – thieves [ i: ]

 

 

[ s ]                                       [ z ]                     [ iz ]

c)cut – cuts                    band – hands    bus – buses

clock – clocks                  beg – begs           gas – gases

paint – paints                   cave – caves        plus – pluses

drink – drinks                   pig – pigs             match – matches

stop – stops                    grave – graves     fetch – fetches

fork – forks                      hill – hills              rich – riches

mark – marks                  wave – waves      age – ages

flirt – flirts                        club – clubs          dress – dresses

hope – hopes                  ale – ales             rose – roses

vote – votes                    stab – stabs         race – races

take – takes                    pole – poles         breeze – breezes

grape – grapes                hand – hands       hinge – hinges

shape – shapes               hole – holes         brush – brushes

flake – flakes                   band – hands       tax – taxes

[ s ]                                     [ z ]                     [ iz ]

point – points                   eve – eves           fox – foxes

wait – waits                     ten – tens            fix – fixes

suit – suits                       drive – drives       rise – rises

fruit – fruits                      fan – fans            horse – horses

boot – boots                    lime – limes          fuss – fusses

root – roots                     run – runs            dish – dishes

hawk – hawks                  style – styles        boss – bosses

fault – faults                    ring – rings           dash – dashes

haunt – haunts                crime – crimes     flash – flashes

boat – boats                    tire – tires            kiss – kisses

toast – toasts                  fire – fires            force – forces

weep – weeps                 wire – wires          lodge – lodges

cheek – cheeks               side – sides          fuzz – fuzzes

creep – creeps                song – songs           

cheat – cheats                 long – longs             

street – streets                tribe – tribes             

hook – hooks                   tube – tubes             

book – books                   lung – lungs             

mount – mounts              carve – carves         

count – counts                 mule – mules           

coast – coasts                 starve – starves               

'object – objects              spoil – spoils            

'traffic – traffics                hire – hires               

'subject – subjects                   try – tries                 

rocket – rockets               serve – serves

stripe – stripes                 join – joins       

bite – bites                      fly – flies

white – whites                  sire – sires

wake – wakes                  dry – dries

                              [ z ]

nerve – nerves                rain – rains               

bard – bards                    train – trains             

lord – lords                      maid – maids           

firm – firms                      need – needs           

term – terms                           read – reads            

curl – curls                      cry – cries

form – forms                           leave – leaves          

ward – wards                   sleeve – sleeves       

bird – birds                      town – towns            

car – cars                        fry – fries

star – stars                      toy – toys

care – cares                    grey – greys

stare – stares                  fee – fees

fur – furs                         day – days

fir – firs                                   sea – seas       

pair – pairs                      trey – treys

stair – stairs                    boy – boys

hear – hears                        

steer – steers                      

61-62

a)measure – measuring       'picture        'culture        'sculpture

pleasure – pleasurer        nature          future          feature

treasure – treasurer         fixture          mixture        texture

lecture – lecturer             capture        torture         gesture

structure – structural        furniture       signature [ 'sign∂tò∂ ]

b) Eat at pleasure,

Drink with measure

What do you usually do at leisure?

63'section   re'ception     attraction     deduction     motion

action      at'tention      refraction     reduction     notion

sanction  cor'rection    distraction    production        

pro'motion commotion   translation    e'quation [ i'kweiò∂n ]

Test yourself: dairy, flour, measure, matches, production, structure, leisure, stair, ear, lecturer, veer, sour, decision, treasure, illusion, sculpture, queer, year, emotion, furniture, action, fair, cheer, our, confusion, television, oppression, mathematician, dresses, cares, leaves.

 

 

UNIT 13

64. после звонк. согл., гласн. - [ d ] ed - после глух.согл.            - [t ]       после t, d                     - [ id ]  'mated, 'fainted, re'ferred, 'married, opp'ressed, 'sweeped, 'dropped, re'laxed, 'aired, 'entered, 'learned, di'vided, a'voided
65. o + ld = [ould]   old, cold, fold, gold
66. ing – [iη]   ring, sing, planning

           [ t ]                      [ d ]                             [ id ]

64chop – chopped       bar – barred                 vote – voted

shop – shopped       star – starred               de'bate – de'bated

stop – stopped         pre'fer – pre'ferred       note – noted

chip – chipped          offer – offered              hate – hated

shock – shocked      dare – dared                found – founded

chuck – chucked      air – aired                            date – dated

tax – taxed               play – played                wait – waited

mix – mixed             de'stroy – de'stroyed    seat – seated

match – matched     lodge – lodged             heat – heated

b) top – 'stopped          blame – blamed           greet – greeted

flop – 'flopped          try – 'tried                    boot – booted

shop – 'shopped      flame – flamed             wait – waited

ship – 'shipped        fry – 'fried                    faint – fainted

[ t ]                      [ d ]                             [ d ]

chip – 'chipped        rage – raged                sleeve – sleeved

force – forced          cry – 'cried                           ease – eased

shock – 'shocked     dare – 'dared               cool – cooled

back – 'backed        cone – coned               dream – dreamed

pack – 'packed        care – 'cared                clean – cleaned

crack – 'cracked      stone – stoned             peal – pealed

check – 'checked     share – 'shared            sneeze – sneezed

peck – 'pecked        close – closed

link – 'linked             stare – 'stared

wink – 'winked         tune – tuned

thank – 'thanked      fear – 'feared

flank – 'flanked        fuse – fused

smash – 'smashed   near – 'neared

crash – 'crashed      use – used

fish – 'fished            fire – 'fired

cash – 'cashed        charm – charmed

wash – 'washed       hire – 'hired

wish – 'wished         scorn – scorned

tax – 'taxed             tire – 'tired

fix – 'fixed                charge – charged

box – 'boxed            play – 'played

mix – 'mixed            stave – starved

press – 'pressed      fail – failed

dress – 'dressed      web – 'webbed

kiss – 'kissed           trim – 'trimmed

ask – asked             name – named                 

fetch – fetched        carve – carved

mark – marked        call – called

cheek – cheeked     show – 'showed        

step – 'stepped        slow – 'slowed          

watch – watched      row – 'rowed            

fork – forked            bag – 'bagged          

cork – corked          plug – 'plugged                 

pace – paced          leg – 'legged            

trace – traced          fog – 'fogged            

match – matched     rail – railed

sweep – sweeped     skin – 'skinned

leash – leashed        poise – poised

creep – creeped       pin – 'pinned

book – booked         rub – 'rubbed

roof – roofed            fool – fooled

65a)old – cold – fold – hold – bold – gold

b) curl – old                  c) boat – bold               d) oil – old

bird – bold                soap – sold                  boil – bold

hurl – hold                goat – gold                   coil – cold

firm – fold                coat – cold                   soil – sold

turn – told                foam – fold                  toil – told

murk – mold             wove – wold                 foil – fold

66a) planning      rubbing        boxing         potting

sitting         robbing        nesting        sensing

stopping     digging         fishing          fencing

hitting         bidding         singing         solving

humming    milling          sticking        flashing

 

Test yourself:old, cold, fold, gold, 'mated, 'fainted, re'ferred, 'married, opp'ressed, 'sweeped, 'dropped, re'laxed, 'aired, 'entered, 'learned, di'vided, a'voided, ring, sing, planning, walk – walked, price – priced, like – liked, scrape – scraped, hope – hoped, slope – sloped, talk – talked.

 

Additional Exercises

Exercise 1

a) Cod, code, cork, core, stock, stoke, storm, store, shot, shone, short, shore, net, neat, nerve, near, hen, heat, her, here, quench, queen, perm, queer;

b) fin, fine, fir, fire            mat, mate, mar, mare

spit, spite, spirt, spire           plum, plume, blur, lure

sit, site, sir, sire                    punch, pule, purr, pure

cut, cute, curt, cure              Nack, shake, shark, share

stack, stake, star, stare.

 

Exercise 2

'Safe, 'even, 'mine, tube, 'nylon, due, life, style, dry, same, smoke, fame, mile, pole, drive, 'duty, 'eve, those, 'battle, club, jump, much, 'subject, myth, lorry, re'sult, 'butter, cute, pigs, 'budget, 'tiny.

Exercise 3

Bare, pure, care, core, rare, pre'pare, square, fire, 'tired, cure, 'merely, 'circus, star, chart, 'Turkey, term, 'surface, serve, 'hardly, 'organize, trans'form, force, firm, 'murder, 'turnip, con'serve, shore, sphere.

Exercise 4

Pet, peep, been, bee, sleeve, end, mess, bee, smell, seed, life, lift, pine, pin, tie, lie, side, snip, snipe, by, bind, fight, mild, find, site, sight, bay, maid, fleece, pale, cliff, cite, 'tailor, pain, mat, cede, cave, fat.

Exercise 5

Star, wrack, sharp, spends, bone, charm, weave, wrap, bold, doom, coke, fees, witch, arch, cool, whale, cock, wreck, cash, seems, wrist, wheat, boar, wheeze, took, pool, sold, told, shells, whence, while.

Exercise 6

'Tower, wing, pink, quite, worm, knelt, 'diagram, hire, 'power, single, flank, quaint, worst, knave, 'diary, spire, 'flower, sprinkle, quake, worth, knob, 'via, 'wiry, sung, quack, words, knees, 'diamond, shire, 'shower, quest, 'worthy, tire, knives, 'pioneer, de'sire, vio'lin, wires, tire, 'angry.

Exercise 7

Crew, suc'cess, arti'ficial, bathe, laugh, whole, de'cay, 'storage, knuckle, 'moisture, be'hind, sidle, me'chanic, 'pressure, caught, 'virgin, 'naughty, 'fountain, 'sympathy, o'bey, 'feather, sledge, pew, true, exact, cow, 'casque, aunt, a'ware.

Exercise 8

Sport, wove, slave, solve, hunt, ward, hard, stove, worry, hurry, pause, care, ware, as, was, soar, sour, sore, war, pore, square, spoor, flour, more, moor, pure, urge, lynx, hear, room, raze, roam, here, prey, tire, fair, raise, rise, rood, rude, four, or, there, hair, their, they, fare, fur, far, fire, cool, coal, curl, girl, dire, dear, true, warm, work, farm, where, your, tyre, fear, deal, air, quire, world, noun.

Exercise 9

Deep snow, clean seat, raw meat, new grain, each toy, low voice, flew low, smooth Brown, shrewd boy, grey soil, new glue, good wood, frail mail, green paint, main jail, took aim, wool goat, staunch crowd, gay queen, plain boot, low lawn, round cloud, foul hawk, sharp teeth, new tooth, dark hood, proud joy, loud noise, good choice, cheep clay, sea coast.

Exercise 10

Calf – carve, loose – lose, lip – fib, heat – heed, duck – dug, fetch – edge, lent – lend, sink – sing, cliff – live – leaf – leave, bit – bid – beat – bead. Give me five minutes. I believe in a good laugh. Please, use a pencil. His ties look nice. I need a good guide. He died at night. He used to buy used cars. He meets us in Leeds. He left his 'luggage in a 'village pub. Put out your tongue. I think things are changing.

 

Exercise 11    [ æ – e ]

Man, hand, bad, cap, hat, back, stand back. The man had his hat in his hand. Man – men, land – lend, gas – guess. Fin – fen – fan, miss – mess – mass, bit – bet – bat, bid – bed – bad. Bit – bid, bet – bed, bat – bad. Can I get a black hat? Mack’s neck is fat. The cat has 'blackspecks on her back. He let the cat out of the bag. Lend us a hand. My bed isn’t bad. She has a bad leg. I never said that. The man had ten tinned cans in his bag.

Exercise12    [ o – o: ], [ æ – υ ]

Got, lock, Tom. The pot is hot. He stopped the clock. Got – gut, lock – luck, gone – gun. The gun has gone off. She’s sung a song. Tom got a shock in the hot hut. Mop – mob, got – god, dock – dog. Tom is fond of hock. You’ve got a nice job. Short, talk, horn, law, more. They talked about Maude’s naughty daughter. No, home, moment. I don’t smoke. Law – low, court – coat, hall – hole. I bought a boat. The porter had mown the lawn. Court – cord, coat – code. He’s short of cord. Maude bought a long board. They found the code in his coat. Shot – short, lot – lord, fog – fork. Bob knocked at the door. We’ve got four bottles of Scotch. Cut – cot – caught – coat, cud – cod – cord – code.

Exercise 13  [ ei ]

Day, game, make, face, nation. Let’s play a game. Haste makes waste. Play – plays – place, may – made – mate, pain – pained – paint. He waits – he wades. His pains were in vain. He stayed in that state till May.

Exercise 14 [ i, υ, e¶, jυ: ]

Fear, idea, fierce. He feared her tears. The fierce storm filled us with fears. Fee – fear, peace – pierce, bead – beard. She hears him sneeze. Poor, sure, tour. What can’t be cured must be endured. Are you sure the doors are secured? Shoe – sure, two – tour, queue – cure. I am sure this is a tour for you too. Hair, share, affair, scarce. They glared and stared at the bear. Take care of your fair hair. May – mare, ways – wears. Can you pay my fare? Dear – dare, fear – fare, really – rarely. I fear it’s not fair. Can you spare a bottle of beer? 'Zero, 'period, ma'terial. The in'terior of the 'theatre was 'seriously 'damaged.

Exercise 15 [ ¶: ]

Fur, firm, nurse, 'service, oc'curring. My turn comes first. Don’t 'dirty your new shirt. The nurse pulled back the 'curtains. Word, work, worse. His first 'verses are even worse. The early bird catches the worm. Fur – firs – first, learn – learns – learnt. Hurt – herd, burnt – turned. I heard the girl was hurt. First come, first served. The third word is a verb. Fir – fare, stir – stare, early – fairly. Where do you work? It was 'dirty in there.

Exercise 16   [ z – s ]

Zinc – sync, zip – sip, z – said. See, set, sick, seat, 'supper. He seems to be sea-sick. I’ve never seen such sunsets. I like soup for supper. Sing a song of 'sixpence. He sug'gested a 'system of 'simple 'symbols.

Exercise 17 [ ω, tω, ω – v ]

Win, weak, white. In winter the 'weather was wet and windy. What a wonderful week-end! We 'wondered where 'William went. West – vest, wine – vine, 'William – 'village. He went on a 'visit to the West Indies. What a 'wonderful voice! We waited in vain for William and his wife. This word is a verb. We 'never know the 'value of water till the well is dry.

Exercise 18 [ t, d, id ]

Cramped, boxed, listed, plotted, hoped, worked, walked, fasted, hooked, passed, lasted, standed, roofed, sanded, called, curved, minded, knifed, dried, talked, charged, lighted, clipped, pressed, sealed, cited, backed, locked, rushed, nodded, aimed, waved.

Exercise 19

'Binary, 'parallel, math, mathe'matics, mathema'tician, mathe΄matical a'nalysis, 'algorithm, ana'lytical ge'ometry, ex'periment, 'quadrate, circle, 'finite, 'digit, 'value, a'rithmetic, 'quantity, 'quality, e'quality, ad'dition, sub'traction, multipli'cation, di'vision, sign, 'minus, root, 'sequence, di'agonally, square, 'segment, 'calculus, axio'matic, figure, 'property, sim'plicity, true, u'niquely, so'lution, 'length, 'frequent, 'vector, 'vertically, 'horizontally.

Exercise 20

'Data, 'area, com'puting, de'vice, 'cable, 'laser, 'portable, 'mobile, 'programmer, 'expert, 'software, 'modem, 'palmtop, 'package, ca'pacity, 'channel, 'circuit, 'cursor, de'bug, configu'ration, ֽauto'mation, 'virus, se'curity, multi'media, 'graphics, ro'botics, 'satellite, 'mainframe, 'hardware, 'microchip, 'error, a'dapter, 'liquid, 'crystal, com'patible.

Exercise 21

Con'verter, 'register, 'chipboard, pixel, de'lete, 'digital, 'multiple, 'query, syn'chronous, 'bulletin board, 'object-oriented, 'fibre-optic, peri'pheral, 'pirate, en'vironment, 'signature, 'access, to ac'cess, 'database, ex'ternal, 'analog, source, 'schema, 'schedule, 'data 'storage, 'programming 'languages, ma'chine trans'lation, on'line 'service, 'technical sup'port.

 

Exercise 22

Computer, 'microcomputer, 'notebook, 'archives, appli'cation, 'wire, 'wireless, de'bugging, 'server, 'character, 'symbol, tech'nology, 'motherboard, 'kernel, in'ternal, 'malfunction, display, 'screen, e'quipment, con'ductive, ac'cumulator, 'central pro'cessing 'unit, 'computer 'science, 'analyst 'programmer, arti'ficial in'telligence.

Exercise 23

'Physics, 'physicist, e'lectron, elec'tronics, me'chanics, 'hydro'dynamics, thermody'namics, la'boratory, 'molecule, mo'lecular, pulse, 'ion, i'onosphere, 'microphone, 'atmosphere, 'amplitude, ab'sorption, 'temperature, 'polarization, quartz, vib'ration, modu'lation, electro'lyte, 'diode, inter'ference, 'energy, 'energize, po'tential, ultra'sonic, multi'track, 'multi'phase 'systems, 'thermal 'physicist, ultra'violet rays, 'audio 'signal, 'digital 'circuit.

Exercise 24

'Wavelength, obser'vation, ob'servable, i'nitial, inte'grated, 'surface, 'pressure, 'voltage, 'magnitude, re'versible, re'versibility, e'vaporate, conduc'tivity, strength, 'rectify, rectifi'cation, 'amplify, amplifi'cation, 'amplifier, 'frequency, o'scilloscope, wire, col'lision, oc'currence, at'tenuate, 'bandwidth, multi'plexing, superflu'idity, 'stabilizing 'circuit, co'axial 'cable, tra'verse, 'measurement.

Exercise 25

'Calcium, 'copper, 'fluopium, 'ferrum, 'chlorine, 'iron, ger'manium, 'helium, i'ridium, 'iodine, mag'nesium, 'manganese, 'nickel, 'phosphorus, 'plumbum, lead, 'radium, 'sulphur, 'rhodium, 'silicon, 'stannum, 'strontium, 'thorium, 'hydrogen, 'nitrogen, 'oxygen, 'Chemistry, 'chemicals, 'carbon di'oxide.

Exercise 26

'Surface, earth, cause, air, de'posit, 'valley, flood, 'glacier, ice, 'weather, 'nature, en'vironment, vol'cano, ge'ology, e'rosion, 'quality, e'cology, 'industry, pol'lution, environ'mental 'safety, drought, plant, 'shower, hu'midity, 'lightning, water, wind, pour, south, north, west, east, 'climate, 'damage, o'zone, 'acid, 'dangerous, 'human, 'flora, 'fauna, 'animal, re'cycle, 'temperature, conser'vation, pro'tection, 'atmo'sphere, ex'tinction, 'scientist, area, sea, 'pressure, 'habitant, 'wildlife, re'sources, 'species, 'ocean, 'island, e'quator.

Exercise 27

To'pography, meteo'rology, hyd'rology, 'mountain, high, mig'ration, 'season, type, vege'tation, 'forecast, 'minus, mass, clima'tology, swamp, 'purify, 'desert, 'autumn, de'bris, 'forest, grass, 'mammal, 'origin, 'eco'friendly, waste, re'serve, recre'ation, hydrogen, oxygen, carbon di'oxide.

Exercise 28 [ t, d, id ]

cook – cooked, dry – 'dried, dance – danced, spray – 'sprayed, mask – masked, flay – 'flayed, pass – passed, free – 'freed, weep – weeped, fee – 'feed, map – 'mapped, stall – stalled, help – 'helped, wall – walled, face – faced, shape – shaped, pat – patted, pad – padded, end – ended, bed – bedded, test – tested, land – landed, list – listed, skid – skidded, tend – tended, hand – handed, state – stated, date – dated, cite – cited, pride – prided, white – whited, hate – hated, trade – traded, vote – voted, code – coded, start – started, sort – sorted, port – ported, lord – lorded, cord – corded, root – rooted, paint – painted, need – needed, speed – speeded, point – pointed, hoist – hoisted, found – founded, sound – sounded, ground – grounded, pound – pounded.

TEXT A                          

TEA-LEAVES

Many years ago tea was unknown in European countries. Many people didn’t even know the word “tea”, though drinking tea was very popular in the East.

Once a young sailor came back from India. He was the only son of an old woman and every time he returned to Great Britain from a far-away country he brought his mother a gift. Of course, he tried to bring her something unusual, that she could show to her friends.

   This time he brought her a box of tea. The old woman didn’t know anything about tea, but she liked the smell, and invited all her friends to come and try it.

   When her guests arrived, she invited them to the dining table. The old woman treated them to cakes, fruit and tea-leaves.

   When the sailor entered the room and saw a big plate filled with the tea-leaves, he understood everything. He smiled when he saw his mother’s friends eating tea-leaves with butter and salt. They pretended they liked it, but it was clear they didn’t enjoy eating the leaves.

   “Where is the tea, Mother?” the sailor asked. His mother pointed to the plate in the middle of the table. “No, this is only the leaves of the tea”, the sailor said. “Where is the water?”

   “The water!?” his mother said. “I threw the water away, of course”.

 


leaf – лист                to treat – угощать                      smell – запах

gift – подарок           to point – указывать

 

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