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N o r a : Oh dear, what did I tell you! It's coming on to pour.

R o b e r t : We'd better run for it.

N o r a : Where to? There's no shelter in sight.

R o b e r t : What about that pub we came past?

N o r a : It's much too far away! ("Meet the Parkers")

2. Listen to the situations again and repeat the sentences pronounced with the widening of the pitch range in the intervals, trying to concentrate

on the emotional attitude of the speaker. Widen the range of your voice, say the stressed and unstressed syllables on a higher pitch level than you

would normally do it, make the stresses stronger, pronounce the nuclear tone with a wider range.

3. Listen to a fellow-student reading the sentences with the widened range of pitch. Follow his performance concentrating your attention on his

emotional attitude. Tell him what his errors are.

4. Read the conversational situations above with a fellow-student, observing the widening of the range and the proper emotional attitude.

5. One of the students will suggest a verbal context. Your reaction must be negative and rather violent: it can render such emotions as anger,

irritation, vexation, impatience, horror, etc. Imagine yourself in an appropriate situation and respond, widening the range of your voice. Continue

the exercise until every student has participated.

6. Listen carefully to the following conversational situations. Concentrate your attention on the sentences in which the narrowing of the pitch

range is heard. Why does the speaker narrow the range of his voice? Try to define attitudes and emotions associated with it.

G w e n d o l e n : Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they mean something else. And

that makes me so nervous. (O.Wilde)

J a c k : Miss Fairfax, ever since I met you I have admired you more than any girl... I have ever met since ... I met you.

G w e n d o l e n : Yes, I am quite well aware of the fact. (O.Wilde)

J a c k : You don't know how happy you've made me.

G w e n d o l e n : My own Ernest. (O.Wilde)

L a d y B r a c k n e l l : I have always been of opinion that a man who desires to get married should know either everything or noth-

ing. Which do you know?

J a c k: I know nothing, Lady Bracknell.

L a d y B r a c k n e l l : I am pleased to hear it. (O.Wilde)

L a d y B r a c k n e l l : What number in Belgrave Square?

J a c k : 149.

L a d y B r a c k n e l l : The unfashionable side. (O.Wilde)

L a d y B r a c k n e l l : Are your parents living? J a c k: I have lost both my parents. (O.Wilde)

L a d y B r a c k n e l l : Where did that charitable gentleman who had a first-class ticket for this sea-side resort find you?

J a c k: In a hand-bag. (O.Wilde)

L a d y B r a c k n e l l : Good morning, Mr. Worthing.

J a c k : Good morning! (O.Wilde)

N o r a : I'm expecting Mother — she's coming over for the day.

H a r r y : Good heavens! I didn't know that. ("Meet the Parkers")

H a r r y : Well, I shouldn't have been rude to her if she had stopped chattering when I asked her.