Unit 11. Интонация восклицаний и междометий. Intonation of exclamations and interjections.

Model: ˋNonsense. ˎGood.

Восклицания и междометия, как правило, произносятся с нисходящим тоном: с низким нисходящим тоном, если говорящий хочет, чтобы они звучали весомо, эмфатически, и с высоким нисходящим тоном, если они произнесены менее весомо, более эмфатически и заинтересованнее. Например:

ˎSplendid. ˋSplendid.

Exercise I. Listen to the sentences and repeat them.

1. ̖ Pity. ̖ Splendid. ̖ Oh. ̖ Right. . ̖ Good. . ̖ Fine. . ̖ Silly boy.

2. 'Well . ̖ done. 'Not . ̖ him. "Nice . ̖ work. 'What . ̖ fun. 'Too . ̖ bad. 'Bad . ̖ luck.

3. 'Thanks . ̖ awfully. 'Thank you 'very . ̖ much. 'Welcome . ̖ back. 'Many 'happy re. ̖ turns. 'How do you . ̖ do. 'Pleased to . ̖ meet you.

4. 'How . ̖ sweet of you. 'How re. ̖ diculous. 'How . ̖ wonderful. 'How . ̖ nice.

5. `How `awkward. `What a `shame. `Well `done. The `very i`dea of it. `Nonsense. `Oh. `How `lovely. `There’s a ˌclever ˌboy. `That’s a ˌgood ˌgirl. How `very ˌnoble of you. `What `wonderful `news. ˌNot in the `least. How ˌabsolutely `marvelous.

Exercise II. Listen carefully to the following conversational situations. Concentrate your attention on the intonation of the replies.

He `says it was `your fault. - `How riˌdiculous! `Stuff and ˌnonsense!

I’ve `got the ˌjob. - `Well ˌdone! `Nice ˌwork! `Good for ˌyou!

Some `flowers ˌfor you. - `How ˌnice! `How ˌsweet of you! `What a `pleasant surˌprise!

He’s `won a `gold `medal. - `Fancy ˌthat! `How extraˌordinary!

`This is Miss `Smith. - `How do you ˌdo! `Pleased to ˌmeet you!

I’ll `make you a `present of it. - `Thanks ˌawfully. `Thank you `very ˌmuch.

`Here I `am at ˌlast. - `Welcome ˌback!

It’s my `birthday. - `Very `many `happy re`turns of the ˌday!

`Thank you `so much. - `Not at ˌall. `Thank ˌyou.

I’ve `lost my `ball. - ˌPity. ˌSilly ˌgirl.

He’ll b with you on ˌFriday. - ˌMarvelous! ˌSplendid! ˌGood!

He’s `just aˌrrived. - ˌOh! ˌRight! ˌGood. ˌFine!

He `didn’t say a `word. - How `very un`usual!

`What was the `show like? - `Very `good in`deed!

He’s `broken a ˌleg. - `How ˌawful! ˌPity!

Exercise III. Listen to the dialogues and reproduce them.

1. — I really must be going now.

— Pity! Can't you stay a little longer?

— Thanks awfully. But I'm late already.

— Oh, dear! What a shame!

— We'll meet on Friday.

— Fine. Welcome back!

2. — Hallo, Ann. Pleased to meet you! My best congratulations! They say you've passed your exams successfully.

— Thank you very much. I was lucky, but Lily has got a bad mark in history.

— Fancy that! Poor thing! I'll help her with the history.

— How sweet of you!

Exercise IV. Complete the dialogues using the following phrases.

1. 2.

— It's my birthday today. — Why is Helen so gloomy?

— Some flowers for you. — Don't you know? She failed in English yesterday.

— Meet my friend Nina. — Don't pity her. It serves her right.

— I can help her. I am good at English.

Exercise V. Read the dialogue and act it out.

I've Won a Prize!

Michael: Jennifer! Guess what! I've won a prize! , Jennifer: A prize? What sort of prize?

Miсhae1: A super prize. Dinner for two at Maxime's!

Jennifer: You are clever! What was the prize for? I mean, what did you do to win a dinner for two at Maxime's?

Michael: Well, you're not to laugh — I went in for a competition at the Adult Education Centre — a cooking contest.

Jennifer: You won a prize in a cooking contest! I've got to laugh. Michael, you can't even boil an egg!

Michael: I can boil an egg. I can scramble one, too. Most deliciously. Of course, I'm not a Cordon Bleu cook, like you.

Jennifer: Well, why haven't I ever won a cooking competition?

Michael: Probably because you never go in for competitions. I'm glad you didn't go in for this one. You might have won, and then you would have had to invite me to dinner at Maxime's!