INTRODUCING ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION Ship or Sheep? An intermediate pronunciation course Ann Baker with cartoons by Leslie Marshall CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESSPUBLISHED BY THE PRESS SYNDICATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE ‘The Pit Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom CAmaRLOGE UNIVERSITY PRESS ‘The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK. 40 West 20th Sereet, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA, 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia Ruiz de Alarcén 13, 28014 Madrid, Spain Dock House, The Waterfnt, Cape Town 8001, South Aca hhepi//woww.cambridge.org (© Cambridge University Press 1977, 1981 This book i in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and tothe provsians of relevane collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take plce without ‘he weiten permision of Cambridge Univenicy Press, First published 1977 Second edition 1981 ‘Twenty-sixth printing 2002 Pringed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge A catalogue record for this book is euilable from the British Library ISBN 0 521 28354 X Ship ot Sheep? Students Book ISBN 0 $21 26358 1 Ship or Sheep? Set of 3 cassettes ISBN 0 521 28580 1 Introducing English Pronunciation Teachers Book Contents Tothestudent iv ‘To the teacher v Section A Vocabulary T ti Gheep) 3 2 1Ghip) 6 3 e(pen) 9 4 @(man) 12 5 a(cap) 16 6 a: (heart) 19 7 Review 23 8 (clock) 24 9 x (eall) 27 10 6 (book) 31 11 u: (boot) 34 12. 3: (girl) 37 13 e{acamera) 42 14 Review 46 15 er(ail) 47 16 ar(fine) $0 17 ar{boy) $3 18 Review 56 19 av (house) 57 20 eu (phone) 61 a1 Review 65 22 ra(beer) 66 23 0 (chair) 69 Tests 165 Section B Vocabulary 72 24 p(pen) 74 25 bfoaby) 78 26 t (cin) 82 27 d (door) 86 28 k (Key) 90 29 g (girl) 94 30 s(sun) 97 31 2 (200) = 100 32 {Ghoe) 103, 33. 3 television) 106 34 Uf (cherry) 108 3s dg(am) 12 36 f (fan) 116 37 van) 120 38 w (window) — 124 39 j (yellow) 127 go, h(hat) 130 4¢ 8 (thin) 133 42 O(thefeather) 138 43 m(mouth) — 143 44 (nose) 145 45 0 (ing) 148 46 (letter) Partt 133 47 ‘(ball Part2 158 48 r(cain) Partr 160 49 r (girl) Parez 163 Review units: answers to recorded tests. 168To the student This book has been written to help you recognise and pronounce English sounds. To make it interesting and fan to learn, there are lots of different types of exercise. When you do them by yourself or in class, you will realise that you are not only learning how to produce sounds: you are also practising the skills needed to communicate in rea life. ‘The sounds are separated into two different sections but you do not have to work your way through the book from left to right. You can choose the units which practise sounds you find especially difficult, or study vowels and consonants together. All exercises with this symbol [38] are recorded on cassette. The key symbol we tells you that the complete sentences for the tests are given at the back of the book. Answers to the recorded listening exercises in the Review units are also given. To the teacher This book is designed to train students to recognise and produce English sounds. The basic premise behind it is that pronunciation material should be meaningful and easily understood. The material has been developed for use in the classroom as well as for students working alone. Cassettes accompany the book and a Teacher's Book (forthcoming) will provide extra guidance and help for teachers. Each of the forty-nine units in this book practises a different sound and provides a variety of activities for this purpose. Stress and intonation, as well as sounds, are important for successful communication in English and aspects of these are also introduced and practised. Students may wish to work their way through the book using lessons from Sections A (vowels) and B (consonants) simultaneously. Or they may prefer to choose units which are helpful for their own particular problems. ‘The symbol [35] indicates exercises which have been recorded on the cassettes. The key symbol gf} following the tests indicates that the text is given at the back of the book. Answers to the recorded listening exercises in the Review Units are also given.