1. Pronunciation 1 Listen and repeat.Listen and repeat fortunate advertising marketing products energy surroundings insurance attention magazine combination absolutely

2. Pronunciation 2 Listen and underline the words which theListen and underline the words speaker stresses. * Which words in Activity 2 should be stressed? Now read the passage aloud. Make sure you Stress the words you underlined. ** Have you made a correct prediction?

3. Pronunciation You can sell almost a feeling of energy and even passion. It grabs your anything with red. It’s a hot colour, which suggests attention, and can make people buy almost anything. You often see red on magazine covers. But if you use it too much, it looks cheap and may make people tired. And orange has a similar effect to red, it’s upbeat and happy, it suggests pleasant feelings and images. Most people react well to orange, and it’s especially popular in advertising and on packaging for baked food. Key:

4. Pronunciation Stressed words Remember that in English the stressed words are the ones we consider to be most important in a sentence. Between two stressed words, there may be one or several unstressed syllables, but as the stressed words tend to come at regular intervals, the unstressed syllables can sound compressed, and may be hard to understand.

5. Pronunciation Pair work: Stress Maze Look at the Maze on the next page: draw a line from the entrance arrow to the exit arrow through 3- syllable words with the first syllable stressed. The line can neither jump over any word nor be crossed and overlapped by itself. The person who draws the fastest and correctly wins.

6. Pronunciation hamburgerpolicebananastudentweather Saturdaytomorrowpassengerholidayshopping regularpossibleyesterdaytogetherunhappy resultspotatosometimeslanguageriver pronouncetonightpainfulcinemapractice startedpromiseanothergovernmentteachers rememberalreadyrepeatphotographhospital Entrance Exit

7. Pronunciation 3. Listen and notice the /t/, /d/, /k/ and /p/ soundsListen and notice in the underlined words. P23

8. Pronunciation Remember that when words finish with certain consonants, such as /t/, /d/, /k/ and /p/, they disappear completely or almost completely when the first consonant of the next word is /t/, /s/, /f/, /l/, /m/, /h/ and /D/.

9. Pronunciation * Check: can you pronounce the plosions correctly? Try by yourself before listening to the audio. 1.The girl in the re(d) coat was on a bla(ck) bike jus(t) now. 2.The bi(g) bus from the fa(c) tory is full of people. 3.Wha(t) time does he get up every morning? 4.This is an ol(d) pi(c)ture of a bi(g) car. 5.The ol(d) do(c)tor has a ca(t), too. 6.We’re going to work on a farm nex(t) Tuesday. 7.What would you like, ho(t) tea or bla(ck) coffee? 8.It’s a very col(d) day, but it’s a goo(d) day. 9.You can put i(t) down in the bi(g) garden. 10.I bought a chea(p) book, but it’s a goo(d) book.