Unit 2 Pure Vowels----Central Vowels
Section A Warming-up
Tongue Twisters
(1) Double bubble gum bubbles double.
(2) If I assist a sister-assistant, will the sister’s sister-assistant assist me? (3) The nurses in skirts washed thirty dirty shirts.
(4) A skunk sat on a stump. The skunk thought the stump stunk, and the stump
thought the skunk stunk.
(5) There are thirty birds in the third tree. Section B 3. Practice 1) Words Initial
oven other up updating unhappy uncle under ugly ultimate umbrella
Medial
duck lunch truck come month mother enough young blood flood Final 注：该发音不出现在单词词尾
2) Phrases
/ ?/
come by bus under the sun a tough nut ugly ducking summon up one’s courage such and such blood brother just for fun
nothing much an upright young judge
3) Sentences
(1)When I have enough money, I’ll take my mother to many countries. (2)What colour is your uncle’s new bus? (3)His son loves nothing but money. (4)My cousin cut his finger last month. (5)Don’t worry, Mr Hutt. It’s just for fun. (6)Well begun is half done. (7)He loves his own country.
(8)A couple runs quickly and jumps on the bus. (9)The cut gushed out with blood. (10)It was none other than his mother. 4.Further Practice
Pay special attention to the minimal pairs / ?/ /?/
Suck—sack truck—track sung—sang sunk—sank bun—ban Hung—hang shutter—shatter mutter—matter lush—lash much—match
3. Practice / ?:/ 1) Words Initial
Urge earth earn early earl Ergo urban earnest urgent irk Medial
Word bird Perfect birth Final
Prefer fur Occur spur
2) Phrase
The first year a nervous nurse
An early bird the third word
Murmur and chirp Thirsty girls Year after year burnt nurse were incur world serve search journey her sir stir refer work as a nurse the first comer thirty dirty shirts
3) Sentence
(1) The early bird catches the worm.
(2) Look at the map of the world and learn about the earth. (3) There are thirty thirsty birds in the third tree.
(4) Please turn to Page Thirteen and look at the first picture. (5) They have learned thirty thousand words this term. (6) The nurse’s skirt is very dirty. (7) First come, first served.
(8) Perfect service deserves an earnest and worthy return. (9) A bird in hand is worth two in the bush. (10) First things first. 3. Practice 1) Words Initial
about accept appear addition again ahead alarm afford Medial
machine festival moment holiday second welcome support famous Final
cinema dollar letter favour better cheaper labor higher affair official potato possibly danger visitor
2) Phrase
along the river never forget from cover to cover for a moment a famous actor call her driver the manager of the company a committee member the farmer’s daughter a nervous writer 3) Sentence
(1) The colour of her brother’s second picture is orange. (2) Oh, I forget the famous doctor’s name. (3) Her father bought her sister a new sweater.
(4) The American teacher gave my daughter a hundred Japanese stamps. (5) Your erase is over there, under the computer. (6) The lawyer’s mother will go to Canada near the future. (7) The wonder weather was over.
(8) I am afraid that the skirt is not suitable for my mother. (9) Let’s go for a walk along the river. (10) My younger brother is a teacher. Section C leisure Time Activity 1
Directions: Enjoy the following movie clip, and then try to act it out. Chicken Run Babs： He must have very good hearing.