Sound right. free present three very treat dream

17.1.1. Listen, look, say:

free present three very treat dream

friend principal through sorry try dry

arrest prisoner throw quarrel true drew

shrill problem thread merry trade drive

shrewd press with right for ever traffic dress

shrug prove with Rob for instance trolley drop

17.1.2. Listen, look, say:

1. Rack you brains.

2. Rora arrived on the stroke of three.

3. Try to reduce rule to practice.

4. There is neither rhyme nor reason in it.

5. Ruth is hungry for flattery.

6. Rod's eyes draw straws.

7. Rolf returned to his parents as right as rain.

8. Who won't be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.

9. Wben angry count a hundred.

10. Truth is stranger than fiction.

17.1.3. Listen, look, say. Pay attention to the difference between the sounds [1] as long and [r] as wrong.

A. Have you got a lot of relations?

В. Millions.

A. Isn't that rather a lot, Roland? B. Well, I have got several—as you'll probably realize when you get the bill for the lunch.

II

A. Valerie, it was very wrong of you to be away so long. Mother's very worried.

B. I'm sorry. I'm late. But Larry's car broke down.

A. I don't really like Larry. Why not marry someone older—like Roland?

B. I don't love Roland, and I do love Larry.

A. But Ronald's got a lot of money.

B. Ronald's a fool.

A. Really, Valerie, you are terrible!

B. Why don't you marry Ronald, Laura?

17.1.4. Listen look, say. Pay attention to the intonation.

17.1.5. Read the dialogues in pairs.

*17.1.6. Try to read the tongue-twister as fast as you can. Around the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran.