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And the batter became bitter.
Then she bought some better butter.
Better butter, oh, dear!
Betty had a talking bird,
His name was little Joe;
Whenever Betty said, “Good bye”
The bird said, “Hi, hello”.

Task 12.Practise saying reading these sentences aloud, paying
attention to the pronunciation of [b]:
1.Bessie the buxom barmaid bringing a bottle of best
brown beer from the bar at the back of the “Bull and Bush”.
2.Barbara is a beautiful blonde with bright blue eyes.
Barbara is bathing blissfully in a bubble bath. Barbara's baby
brother Bobby is bouncing a big beach ball.

Task 13. Practise saying the words and the phrases correctly:
/ p-b /
1. A large pack – a large back; a poppy – a bobby, a big
pig, people praying – assess praying
2.A bold spy put a big bomb in a pork pie. The pork pie
blew up a politician with a big bang in a public bar.

Phonemes [t], [d] - in their pronouncing the front and the
central parts of the tongue are
comparatively flat, the tip of the
tongue is pressed against the teeth
ridge, forming a complete
obstruction. Then the tension is
released and the air compressed in
the mouth cavity breaks the
obstruction with plosion. In
pronouncing [t], the vocal cords do not vibrate. It is aspirated,
especially before stressed vowels. In pronouncing [d] the vocal

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