Practice this message for a doctor

Hello, my name is Gillian Timpson. Please tell Dr Phillips that daughter Nicola is ill. She's got little red spots, which itch terribly. And she's got a high temperature. If she drinks anything, she's sick. I think she needs a home visit. Our address is 56, Hill Road.

Practice this conversation between two doctors.

A: Have you been busy this evening?

B: Pretty busy. My first patient was Jim Beaton. He had twisted his knee. He slipped on a banana skin in the street. I think he just needs to rest his knee. He's very fit.

A: My first patient was Mrs Neale. She keeps being sick, and it's just because she eats too much.

B: A lot of patients don't really need treatment. They feel ill because they do silly things. We can give them pills to treat some illnesses, but they need to keep fit and eat sensibly.

3. Repeat these things, which come from: a hospital, a supermarket, a restaurant, a factory, a railway station.

The machine in the corner needs cleaning.

Could you put clean sheets on Mrs Reed's bed, please?

Get the six fifteen train from platform three.

We need some more tinned peaches, and baked beans.

I'd like coffee with cream, and then the bill, please.

[e] - [æ]

Practice.

Only ten per cent of Kensington Express readers take regular exercise. In a recent survey, readers answered questions about diet and exercise. Ten per cent felt that they were healthy or very healthy. But only ten per cent took regular exercise - twice a week or more. Twenty per cent said that they felt they got enough exercise. The rest admitted that they should take more exercise.

Ask and answer the questions on this questionnaire.

HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE

Do you:aget regular exercise?

beat fresh fruit every day?

ceat plenty of vegetables?

dgo to bed before ten?

eremember to brush your teeth at bedtime?

5YESes - Excellent!

4YESes -Very good!

3YESes - Not bad, but could be better!

2or less - Oh dear! Not very healthy!

Say [æ] - [e]

Practice this conversation about a car accident.

A - I'm a reporter from the Hendon Standard. Were you present when the accident happened?

B - Yes, I was standing at the end of Elm Avenue, by the park.

A - What happened?

B - There was a red van travelling west, and several cars and vans behind it.

A - Was the red van going fast?

B - No. The driver kept glancing at a map on his lap. Then a black taxi started to pass the red van.

A - Was that the cause of the accident?

B - It wasn't the taxi that caused the accident. It was the red van. The van driver suddenly turned and crashed into the taxi.

A - What happened then?

B - The taxi driver smashed into a lamppost. The taxi driver wasn't badly hurt, but he was very angry.

UNIT 27

[ʌ] - [æ]

Distinguish between [ʌ] - [æ]

Practice the difference.

bug mud puddle fun sung butter

bag mad paddle fan sang batter

hut truck much drunk cup uncle

hat track match drank cap ankle

For each one, write the word you hear.

1. I like my fish cooked in butter/batter.

2. He's worried about his uncle/ankle.

3. Put the rug/rag on the floor.

4. Here's cup/cap for you.

5. I've lost the truck/track.

6. Does my hut/hat look nice?

Say [ʌ]

Practice this conversation.

A - Uncle Cuthbert has just rung up.

B - Is he coming for lunch?

A - No, he's in trouble. There's been a flood.

B - But the flood was on Monday.

A - Now his truck is stuck in the mud.

B - He could come by bus.

A - No, the bus is struck behind the truck. Nothing can move.

Say [ʌ] - [æ]

Say these phrases.

a Russian stamp a lovely hat a sudden bang a dozen apples

a black cupboard a flat cover an African hut a damp rug

Say what is on this menu.

LUNCHTIME SNACKS

cup of tea

cup of coffee

ham sandwich

ham sandwich - with mustard

mixed salad

mixed salad - without onion

currant bun

jam sponge

apple pie and custard

bread and butter, with - plum jam

blackcurrant jam

honey

UNIT 28

[ɔ:]

1. The past tense of these verbs contains the sound [ɔ:].

bring buy catch fight teach think wear

Say these sentences.

1. The milkman brings four pints of milk every morning.

2. George buys a small Ford car every year.

3. Paul catches the ball.

4. My cat fights the dog next door.

5. Mr Morland teaches Law to forty-four students.

6. Gordon thinks Mr Morland's Law class is boring.

7. George wears a short-sleeved shirt.