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Владимир Дмитриевич Аракин
N o r a : I wish you'd behave better in public places. ("Meet the Parkers")
7. Listen to the situations again and repeat the sentences pronounced with the narrowing of the pitch range in the intervals, trying to concentrate on the emotional attitude of the speaker. Narrow the range of your voice, say the stressed and unstressed syllables on a lower pitch level,
than you would normally do it, make the intervals between the stressed syllables smaller. Pronounce the nuclear tone with a narrower range.
8. Listen to a fellow-student reading the sentences with the narrowed range of pitch. Follow his performance concentrating your attention on
his emotional attitude. Tell him what his errors are.
9. Read the conversational situations above with a fellow-student, observing the narrowing of the pitch range and the proper emotional attitude.
10. One of the students will suggest a verbal context. Your reaction must be emotional but not violent. It may express such feelings as sadness,
regret, reproach, sympathy, etc. Imagine yourself in an appropriate situation and respond, narrowing the range of your voice and using the proper
intonation pattern. Continue the exercise until every student has participated.
11. This exercise is meant to develop your ability to render emotional attitudes in reading. Read the following fragments and conversational
situations using the proper intonation patterns. Widen or narrow the pitch range trying to express the attitudes suggested In brackets.
There was a pause. Her eyes, though questioning now, were persistently friendly. Brushing back untidy hair she answered: "Yes, I
know." Her failure to take his visit seriously was sending his temper up again.
"Don't you realize it's quite against the rules to have him here?"
comradeship. (AJ.Cronin)
"Doesn't it occur to you that I'm the mistress of the class? You may be able to order people about in more exalted spheres. But here it's
my word that counts."
He glared at her with raging dignity. "You're breaking the law! You can't keep him here. If you do, I'll have to report you."
(AJ.Cronin)
When George was playing the banjo, Montmorency would sit and howl steadily, right through the performance.
"What's he want to howl like that for when I'm playing?" George would exclaim indignantly. (Jerome K.Jerome)
"I've learned to play the banjo at last."
"Congratulations, my dear George!"
"The boy is exhibiting a bad attack of measles." "Poor little chap!"
"They've asked me to play the part of Desdemona." "Wonderful! A chance of a lifetime!"
"Get me hot water and cold water," he threw out to the nurse. "Quick! Quick!"
"But, Doctor," she faltered ...
"Quick!" he shouted. (
L a d y C h i l t e r n : How dare you class my husband with yourself? How dare you threaten him or me?
