Word Combinations and Phrases
to set the alarm 
(-clock) for поставить будильник на; to work magic творить чудеса
to bring out something выявить ; to take (it) out on smth. (coll) отыграться, вымесить злобу на…;
to enlarge (widen) one's scope расширить чей-л. кругозор; to doom one (or: be doomed) to failure
обречь на провал;
easier said than done легче сказать, чем сделать; to pay somebody a compliment as it were
сделать кому-л. комплимент так сказать;
to fight (teach, etc.) against бороться (учить) против; to figure (smb., smth.) out (coll.)
постигнуть;
great (fearful, insuperable 
, etc) odds to get (find, take) one's bearings осмотреться,
исключительно неблагоприятные условия; ориентироваться (в обстановке),
определить своё место, положение
EXERCISES
A) Listen to the recording of Text Five and mark the stresses and tunes, b) Repeat the text in the intervals after the model.
Consult a dictionary, transcribe the following words and practise their pro nunciation:
Blouse 
, syllabus 
, individual 
, mature 
, background 
, frequently, oversupply слишком большое количество, reality, capacity 
, failure, progress 
, frustration 
крушение, cliché 
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sparrow, phonograph 
, record player 
граммофон; патефон, regalia 
, epaulette 
, emergency 
, chaos 
, romanticize 
идеализировать, insuperable 
непреодолимый, endowed 
одарённый, refuge 
убежище, dour 
суровый, senior 
, experienced 
опытный, ghost 
, soured 
скисший, administrative 
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Read the following words;
A) observing the principal and secondary stresses:
congratulation, ne,goti'ation, .fede'ration, ,individualization, .aspi'ration, .insti'tution, .requisition, ,indig'nation, e,vacu'ation
B) observing the principal stress:
'motivate 
стимулировать, dis'tribute, 'agitate, materialize, 'indicate, 'crystallize 
вылиться в форму, 'desiccate
Read out the following words and word combinations paying attention to the phonetic phenomena of connected speech.
1) Assimilation: a) The alveolar consonants [t, d, n, 1] become dental before [ð, ε]:
set the alarm ; congratulations on the baby's new tooth; not the subject but the whole child; to bring out the best in him; beyond the prescribed work; all this is easier said than done; and thrillers 
; except the fact that they have always been taught; to excite the class; on the blackboard; when the dismissal 
выпускной bell rang; find the Requisition Forms бланки заявки; I got them to be quiet; in the classroom; in the school system
b) The alveolar consonants [t, d] become post-alveolar under the influence of [r]:
her troubles; the recent strike threats 
угрозы забастовки; I've been trying; that's frustration крушение; to have a dream; I had strewn 
рассыпала; strange as it may seem; drill строевая подготовка; strident 
скрипучий; attractive 
; truly; trivia-in-triplicate; administrative
c) The backlingual consonants [k, g] become labialized before [w]:
require, quit, frequently, quiet, quivering 
колышутся, bilingual, language
2) The linking "r"
there is bound непременно to be; there is an oversupply переизбыток of them; or other; (in) their own words; enter Admiral Ass; are in love; there are a few good; or a refuge убежище
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5. Read the following extracts out loud: from "Is it wise. I asked..." up to "...cli ches seem freshly minted" and from "There are a few good, hard-working, patient people..." up to "...an excuse or a refuge". Beat the time. Remember that parenthe ses as a rule should be unstressed and constitute the tail of the intonation group they belong to. Use proper intonation patterns to convey appropriate attitudes.
6. Study the following proverbs, a) Translate them into Russian or supply their Russian equivalents, b) Practise their reading paying attention to the vowels [з:, v, и:], the phonetic phenomena of connected speech and the intonation:
1. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Лучше синица в руках, чем журавль в небе. 2. Between two stools one goes to the ground. Хотел сесть на два стула, да и очутился на полу. 3. Choose an author as you choose a friend. Выбирай книгу так, как выбираешь друга. 4. Don't halloo until you are out of the wood. Не говори "гоп", пока не перескочишь. 5. He who would search for pearls must dive below. Без труда нет плода. 6. Many words hurt more than swords. Cлово пуще стрелы разит 7. No news is good news. Отсутствие вестей - (само по себе) неплохая весть. 8. Of two evils choose the least. Из двух зол выбирай меньшее. 9. The early bird catches the worm. Кто рано встаёт, того удача ждёт. 10. The work shows the workman. Мастера видно по работе; ≈ дело мастера боится.
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