Lesson four

“A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.”

Chinese proverb

LESSON FOUR. Part one

Phonetics and Language

1.1. Techniques of reading

Task 1: Read the English letters.

K f J r L d B w a P c R s X m Q i o g F d E W y U v Z G Y j I q H s N e T y O u

Task 2: Spell the following words.

Don’t be afraid of difficulties. Go ahead! Dream. Explore. Discover. Enjoy.

Task 3: Read the words as in the examples given in bold (underlined syllables are stressed).

Here, se vere, sphere, zero, se rious, serial, period, stereo, hero;

That, cat, happen, crack, catch, latter, happy, black, badge, drank;

Help, pen, bench, edge, enter, letter, bedroom, gentle, settle, length;

Doctor, strong, daughter, knock, autumn, caught, fond, rock;

Must, cup, hungry, pulse, club, under, thunder, judge, Dutch;

Sit, pick, quickly, did, crypt, inch, symbol, gym, sy nonym.