Lead-in

 

You will get a phonetic symbol from your teacher. The teacher will read you a short text. You have to stand up when you hear a word in which you recognize ‘your sound’.

Reading and Speaking

 

A. Read the text and together with other two students (Ss) write the words in three columns according to the way we pronounce them.

/i:/	1.	2.	3.
/e/
/eɪ/
/əʊ/

B. Now make possible word pairs.

Ex. grin - green

dress – head

day, break

goat, show

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Watch the interview with Joseph Sawaya, Canadian businessman living for 13 years Odorheiu-Secuiesc, RomaniaI and Christopher Worman, American Peacecorps volunteer (living for 2 year) in Odorheiu-Secuiesc, Romania) and answer the questions.

 

Excercises 

Please answer the following questions with eight sentences

 

1. a. Where was Mr. Sawaya when a funny thing happened to him?

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b. How does Chris know that he said something funny?

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2. a. What caused the funny situation in Mr. Sawaya’s case?

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b. What caused the funny situation in Chris’s case?

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Practice

Discuss with a partner: What is funny about the following sentences?

 

1. Are you going to wear high-hills at the party?

2. The bridegroom wore a whale on her face.

3. The ship was grazing in the field.

4. My shoes got vet.

5. I saw a man with a bird on his face.

6. Chocolate is made of coke.