Лекция: Dialogue 3

– And last, the farm cottage.

– Not the cottage. No, I can’t sell the farm cottage.

– I’ve got an offer.

– I promised my father…

– It’s a large offer.

– But I promised my father that I would not sell it…

– It’s a very large offer, Miss Clark.

– Even so! I can’t possibly sell it… Er… How large is the offer?

Dialogue 4

– It was such a wonderful party. Oh, am I the last? I must go.

– Wasn’t Arthur funny?

– Oh, Arthur, ha-ha… I laughed and laughed…

– Another cup?

– Er… Half a cup, yes…Just a little more, please. M-m-m… Thank you. And, perhaps, some of that lovely chocolate cake. Wonderful! Oh, yes, Arthur, ha-ha… I laughed and laughed, ha-ha… Well, yes, perhaps, just a little larger. M-m-m… It’s such a lovely chocolate cake. M-m-m…

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Intonation

Unemphatic speech

Emphatic speech

Statement

Final sense-group

Non-final sense group

Part of a simple sentence

Clause

adverbial phrases

elements of enumeration

parentheses