Chapter Five Time: One Period 集中双元音 Centring Diphthongs: /  / /  / /  /

Warming-up exercise /i /: did pig givewill a big ship bit by bit /e/: bed leg sayswell seven beds the next lesson /u/: full could took sugar good books woolen socks /  /: about annoy alive agree bread and butter at the counter

/  /

/  / is usually read in the following letters or letter groups : ear, ere, ea, eer here nearfear queer ideabeer beard realcheered nearly hearingtheatre

Pair work a queer idea cheerful tears from ear to ear a real hero fearful sneers near the theatre

Sentences  We fear we can’t hear him clearly as he has such a big beard.  He is serious and fierce, but sincere.  My dear brother will come home near the end of the year.

/  /

/  / is usually read in the following letters or letter groups: are, air, ear hair where there tear stare chair pears shared rarely various careless fair

Pair work a scared hare share the pear a fair in the square a careless mayor repair the chair a bear on the chair

Sentences  He stared at the mayor who was sitting on a mare.  There’s scarcely a chair there that stands wear and tear.  He takes special care of his hair.

/  /

/  / is usually read in the following letters or letter groups : ure, oor, our during curedfury curiouspure lure surelyEurope

Pair work a poor doer a pure jewel the furious jury fewer and fewer poorer and poorer the curious tourist

Sentences  The doctor from Europe said that the patient would surely be cured.  There is a duel going on between the furious jewelers.  I’m sure that’s pure gold.

Dialogues  A: Where are you, my dear?  B: I’m here, dear.  A: Come near, dear. I can only hear you, but I can’t see you.  B: Well, I’m here, sitting in a chair drinking beer. It’s nice beer, dear. Why don’t you come here and have a glass of beer?  A: Oh, dear. Beer, beer, beer, I hate beer.

 A: Let’s go there, Cary.  B: No, I don’t want to go there.  A: Why not, Cary?  B: I’m afraid of the bears on the stairs.  A: They’re all plastic bears full of air.

 A: Do you like my jewel?  B: Yes, it’s a nice jewel.  A: Come closer and take another look.  B: Oh my! What a beautiful jewel! Is it another gift from John?  A: Yes. This is the fifth jewel he’s given me.  B: Are you going to ask him for more?  A: Sure. I won’t marry him if he doesn’t give me his biggest jewel.

Poem On a mare goes the mayor, To the fair at the square, Prepared to buy a little bear, That will sit on his fair chair.

Behold the furious duel, Between the casual tourist, And the rural jeweler, For a curious and luxurious jewel.

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