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today?

Well, I'm rather thirsty.

Well, I don't care for beer.

Oh, I don't know.

Drill

Well, yes, but, of course, not half enough.

Well, you might, but if I were you, I should leave that for some

Er — I beg your pardon, I didn't quite catch what yoü said.

other day.

Now, let's see, what else did I want.

Well, you see, the English winter isn't very severe as a rule,

Er — not too short.

Well, I suppose football.

and we don't often have the chance of skiing, skating or

tobogganing.

2. Listen to the replies and repeat them in the intervals. Have a pause after the temporizers. Pronounce them on the low level and with the Low

Rise.

3. Listen to the Verbal Context and reply in the intervals.

4. In order to fix the intonation of the temporizers in your mind, ear and speech habits repeat the replies yourself until they sound perfectly

natural to you.

5. Listen to a fellow-student reading the replies. Tell him what his errors in intonation are.

6. Read the drill sentences according to the model. Observe the intonation of the temporizers.

Don't waste potatoes. Just scrape them doing.

Hurry up, or we might be late.

I — er — well, that's what I'm doing

She always wants to be on the safe side.

N-no, we have plenty of time.

Shall we put up at this hotel?

Y-yes, but who doesn't.

I like my native town like nothing else on earth. Don't you

Er — we may, but we'd better find another one.

find it fascinating?

Wel — er — yes, it's rather nice.

I heard James got settled at last. Do you know his new

Let me see. Yes, I've got it.

address?

Well, you know, not quite.

Do you feel well enough to do the job?

Er — to tell you quite frankly, yes, I am.

Are you going to report me?

Oh, er — n-no, I think she is rather intrusive.

Don't you think she is charming?

Y-yes, I think I have.

Have you by any chance caught a glimpse of this stranger?

Well, rather, but a shade uneasy.

Did he look in good health and spirits?

7. Make up short dialogues using the temporizers to gain the time to think over what to say next.

8.This exercise is meant to develop your ability to read and narrate a text with proper intonation.

1. Listen to the following texts. Write them down. Mark the stresses and tunes. Practise reading them.

2. Listen carefully to the narration of the texts. Observe the peculiarities in intonation-group division, pitch, stress and tempo. Note the use of

temporizers. Retell the texts according to the models you have listened to.

Thumbing a Lift

To hitchhike successfully in any country you must be able to do two things: attract attention and at the same time convince the driver at

a glance that you do not intend to rob or murder him. To fulfil the first requirement you must have some mark to distinguish you at once

from all other hitchhikers. A serviceman, for instance, should wear his uniform, a student his scarf. In a foreign country an unmistakable

indication of your own nationality will also arrest the driver's attention.

When I hitchhiked 9,500 miles across the United States and back recently I wore a well-tailored suit, a bowler hat and a trench-