Pronunciation| Mother Goose 05 _LEVEL 5_
Mother Goose 05:
“In Marble Walls”
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Today’s lesson is about “In Marble Walls.”
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Exercise 1 | Listening（Listening）
Directions: Listen carefully to your teacher.
(Directions: Listen carefully to your teacher.)
Mother Goose
In marble walls as white as milk,
Lined with skin as soft as silk;
Within a fountain crystal clear,
A golden apple doth appear.
No doors there are to this stronghold
Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.
Meaning and Pronunciation
- marble [mɑ'ːrbl]（marble）
- doth [dəθ]（old form of “does”(does)）
- line [láin]（line）
- stronghold [strɔ'ŋ-hóuld]（stronghold）
- fountain [fáuntən]（fountain）
- thieves [θíːvs]（the plural form of “thief”（thief））
- crystal [krístl]（crystal）
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Pronunciation| Mother Goose 05 _LEVEL 5_
Exercise 2 | Pronunciation Practice 1（Pronunciation Practice １）
Directions: Practice pronunciation with your teacher.
(Directions: Practice pronunciation with your teacher.)
Read each sentence slowly.
(Read each sentence slowly.)
In marble walls as white as milk,
Lined with skin as soft as silk;
Within a fountain crystal clear,
A golden apple doth appear.
No doors there are to this stronghold
Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.
Read it on rhythm. Pronounce bold words as a single word.
(Read it on rhythm. Pronounce bold words as a single word.)
In marble walls as white as milk,
Lined with skin as soft as silk;
Within a fountain crystal clear,
A golden apple doth appear.
No doors there are to this stronghold
Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.
Read it on rhythm once again. Pronounce bold words strongly, and gray words weakly.
(Read it on rhythm once again. Pronounce bold words strongly, and gray words weakly.)
In marble walls as white as milk,
Lined with skin as soft as silk;
Within a fountain crystal clear,
A golden apple doth appear.
No doors there are to this stronghold
Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.
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Pronunciation| Mother Goose 05 _LEVEL 5_
Exercise 3 | Pronunciation Practice 2（Pronunciation Practice ２）
Directions: Take turns in pronouncing the sentences of A and B part.
(Directions: Take turns in pronouncing the sentences of A and B part.)
Roles:
A part : bold sentences
B part : normal sentences
In marble walls as white as milk,
Lined with skin as soft as silk;
Within a fountain crystal clear,
A golden apple doth appear.
No doors there are to this stronghold
Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.
Next, try to say it as rhythmically and as fast as possible. Go!
(Next, try to say it as rhythmically and as fast as possible. Go!)
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Pronunciation| Mother Goose 05 _LEVEL 5_
Exercise 4 | Quiz（Quiz）
Directions: Try to come up with the answer of the quiz with your teacher.
(Directions: Try to come up with the answer of the quiz with your teacher.)
Quiz: What does this Mother Goose describe?
In marble walls as white as milk,
Lined with skin as soft as silk;
Within a fountain crystal clear,
A golden apple doth appear.
No doors there are to this stronghold
Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.
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