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3. The rich Turkish sugar merchant purchased a shining
Porshe for his Chinese chauffeur to polish.
4. Sasha, the Russian chess champion, chased Sharon, the
Scottish chambermaid, round the kitchen, so Sharon
showed Sasha the door.
[ʒ ]

Task 46. Practise saying the words and the sentences correctly:
Measure, pleasure, leisure, vision, decision, invasion, rouge
1. His pleasure and joy knew no measure.
2. After mush persuasion she took a decision.
3. A mirage is an illusion.

Task 47. Practise the following dialogue. Learn it by heart.
A dialogue
A: But how can you measure pleasure?
B: You can measure anything.
A: But pleasure is immeasurable.
B: It’s not immeasurable.
A: And if it were measurable, it would be half so pleasurable.

Phonemes [s], [z] - in their
pronouncing the tip of the tongue is
raised to the alveolar ridge. A rounded
narrowing is formed between the tip of
the tongue and the alveolar ridge. The
air passes along the center of the
tongue and between its raised sides.
The air passes through the narrowing
with friction. In pronouncing [s] the
vocal cords vibrate, but in pronouncing [z] they vibrate. [z] is
partially devoiced at the end of the words.

[s]
Task 48. Practise saying the words and the sentences correctly:

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