Pronunciation | Mother Goose 09 _LEVEL 5_
Mother Goose 09:
“There Was an Old Woman”
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Today’s lesson is about “There Was an Old Woman.”
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Exercise 1 | Listening（Escutando）
Directions: Listen carefully to your teacher.
(Instruções: Escute o seu professor com atenção.)
Mother Goose
There was an old woman, and what do you think?
She lived upon nothing but victuals and drink:
Victuals and drink were the chief of her diet,
And yet this old woman could never keep quiet.
She went to the baker, to buy her some bread,
And when she came home, her old husband was dead;
She went to the clerk to toll the bell,
And when she came back her old husband was well.
Meaning and Pronunciation
- victual [vítl]（comida básica）
- chief [tʃíːf]（chefe）
- diet [dáiət]（dieta）
- baker [béikər]（padeiro）
- clerk [klɑ'ːk]（vendedor）
- toll [tóul]（taxa）
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Exercise 2 | Pronunciation Practice 1（Praticando Pronunciação 1）
Directions: Practice pronunciation with your teacher.
(Instruções: Pratique as pronúncias com o seu professor.)
Read the sentence slowly.
(Leia a frase lentamente.)
There
She
was
lived
Victuals
an
old
upon
and
woman,
nothing
drink
were
this
old
woman
to
the
baker,
And
yet
She
went
And
when
She
went
And
when
she
to
came
the
she
what
but
victuals
the
chief
could
do
and
of
you
think?
drink:
her
diet,
never
keep
quiet.
bread,
to
buy
her
some
home,
her
old
husband
clerk
came
and
to
toll
the
bell,
back
her
old
husband
was
was
dead;
well.
Read it on rhythm. Pronounce bold words as a single word.
(Leia com ritmo. Pronuncie as palavras em negrito como uma palavra só.)
There was an old woman, and what do you think?
She lived upon nothing but victuals and drink:
Victuals and drink were the chief of her diet,
And yet this old woman could never keep quiet.
She went to the baker, to buy her some bread,
And when she came home, her old husband was dead;
She went to the clerk to toll the bell,
And when she came back her old husband was well.
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Read it on rhythm once again. Pronounce bold words strongly, and gray words weakly.
(Leia com ritmo. Pronuncie as palavras em negrito com força, e as cinzas sem força.)
There was an old woman, and what do you think?
She lived upon nothing but victuals and drink:
Victuals and drink were the chief of her diet,
And yet this old woman could never keep quiet.
She went to the baker, to buy her some bread,
And when she came home, her old husband was dead;
She went to the clerk to toll the bell,
And when she came back her old husband was well.
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Exercise 3 | Pronunciation Practice 2（Praticando Pronunciação 2）
Directions: Take turns in pronouncing the sentences of A and B part.
(Instruções: Reveze pronunciando as frases A e B.)
Roles:
A part : bold sentences
B part : normal sentences
There was an old woman, and what do you think?
She lived upon nothing but victuals and drink:
Victuals and drink were the chief of her diet,
And yet this old woman could never keep quiet.
She went to the baker, to buy her some bread,
And when she came home, her old husband was dead;
She went to the clerk to toll the bell,
And when she came back her old husband was well.
Next, try to say it as rhythmically and as fast as possible. Go!
(Agora tente dizer tudo com ritmo e o mais rápido que conseguir. Começar!)
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Exercise 4 | Discussion（Debate）
Directions: Discuss the subject with your teacher.
(Instruções: Debata o assunto com o seu professor.)
Subject : What are funny or nonsense things in this Mother Goose?
There was an old woman, and what do you think?
She lived upon nothing but victuals and drink:
Victuals and drink were the chief of her diet,
And yet this old woman could never keep quiet.
She went to the baker, to buy her some bread,
And when she came home, her old husband was dead;
She went to the clerk to toll the bell,
And when she came back her old husband was well.
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