Then Iisten and repeat. b You will hear five words from each minimal pair. For each word, write I for /b/ (sound I) or 2 for lvl (sound 2). E X A M P LE P a i r I: I,2 ,1 ,2 , I ' -al oairsentences c Listen to the minimal pair sentences. d Listen to six of the sentencesand write I for lbl (sound l) or 2 for lvl (sound 2). e Sentence stress Listen to the minimal pair sentences again and underline the two strongly stressedwords in each sentence (on page 136). f Tick the words a), b). | UNIT 38 v van 137 Obr al pair words a Listen and repeat the words. Then listen and repeat. b You will hear five words from each minimal pair. For each word write 1 for b sound 1 or 2 for v sound 2 . EXAMPLE Pair 1 1 2 1 2 1 al pair sentences c Listen to the minimal pair sentences. d Listen to six of the sentences and write 1 for b sound 1 or 2 for v sound 2 . e Sentence stress Listen to the minimal pair sentences again and underline the two strongly stressed words in each sentence on page 136 . f Tick the words a b or c that you hear in the sentences. 1 a lift 2 a half 3 a fast 4 a boat 5 a bolts 6 a safe b lived b halve b vast b vote b volts b save 3 alogue a First practise the target sound v in some of the words from the dialogue. Read the words aloud or visit the website to practise. view lived five of have love village valley very Vander lovely Victor living arrived Vivienne b Intonation in statements Intonation usually goes down at the end of a statement. Listen to the intonation in this dialogue. Then practise reading it aloud. Record your voice to compare your intonation and production of the target sound with the recording. - view VIVIENNE Has the Vander family lived here for very long. Victor VICTOR Five and a half years Vivienne. We arrived on the first of February. VIVIENNE What a lovely view you have VICTOR Yes. It s fabulous. VIVIENNE Look You can see the village down in the valley VICTOR Yes. We just love living here because of the view. 138 UNIT 38 v van 4 Stress and intonation C72 a Listen to this description and draw a down arrow on the last strong stress in each sentence. Check your answers and then practise reading the description aloud. Record your voice to compare your production o the target sound with the recording. This is a photograph of a fat farmer arriving at a village. The village is in a valley. The farmer s driving a van. It s the seventeenth of November. It s a fine day but it s very cold. Some of the leaves have fallen from the vine
