Thought Experiments - Discussion
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/aug/01/philosophy
Pronunciation continued:
Pronunciation of words & connected speech, stress, intonation, tone.
Corrections:
Think
Go back to
Operas Works in a gallery (over translation)
Pronunciation: carved (ed ending) figurative (word stress)
Homework:
(1) Find a short extract from a video, podcast, interview or presentation. Listen to it several times and try to identify what words are stressed, what happens to the unstressed words and how the tone changes (rise, rise-fall, fall, fall-rise).
(2) Watch this sketch from The Victoria Wood Show a popular British comedy series from the 1980s. The sketch is a parody of a low budget daytime soap opera complete with bad acting and wobbly sets. What happens at 1:25? What is it about the actress's line reading that causes people to laugh? What does it tell you about tone?
Remember you can always post your comments below.
(3) Next Week is Halloween. Why not mark the occasion and practice your English by watching a scary movie? You'll find some suggestions from previous years here: http://scarybradshaw.blogspot.it/2013/10/scary-bradshaw-on-scary-movies.html?updated-min=2013-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2014-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=42
http://scarybradshaw.blogspot.it/2009/10/horror-horror.html?updated-min=2009-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2010-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=27
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