Teach Yourself Heath

Home Tutor Language Course Number 14: Heath This record is to help you speak fluent Heath For business purposes, for social reasons, or simply for pleasure The exercises have been devised by Earl Thompson And students are referred to our special booklet entitled In Other Words Available from most stockists Part 1: Beginners' Heath Lesson 1: Heath as it is spoken We stand now on the threshold of a period of growth and prosperity Unparalleled since the War Well that was pretty simple, wasn't it? Let's listen to it again, only this time, let's listen Closely to that vowel sound 'ow' in the word 'now' We stand now on the threshold of a period of growth and prosperity Unparalleled since the War Now Now The most common use of this 'ow' sound in Heath is in the word 'our' Let's see how it's used, and this time Will you all join in with the speaker? Our revolution... ourselves... our party... our Offer... our plans... our society... our determination . Our clear mandate... always been ours... Notice how that 's' is sounded when it comes at the end of a phrase Always been ours... Let's try that now in an exercise Specially designed for the 'ow' sounds Our special strength is our stamina... our Special strength lies in our sense of history... Notice how in Heath, the word 'history' becomes 'hist'ry' Hist'ry Try it Hist'ry This 'ow' sound that we are learning Crops up in many very similar words For example: down Tear down Housing Housing Profoundly Profoundly And background Background Let's hear this in a phrase To stamp out lawless pickety Try it To stamp out lawless pickety Good Before we move on, let's listen to a phrase involving Or in Heath, 'involving', all three of our 'ow' sounds Our, now, about For our future is now about to... Once more, and don't forget to join in with the speaker For our future is now about to... Good Well now, for the next part of our course We're going to look at conversational Heath Remember: in Heath, there are no quick and easy answers There are no quick and easy answers Once again There are no quick and easy answers There are no people knocking at the front door There are no cakes in my cupboard Let's try this in conversation There are no grapefruits at this time of year in our house Those who claim that there are, show that they Do not understand the real nature of the problem Remember that key sound 'our' Not just another argy-bargy Try it Not just another argy-bargy Again Not just another argy-bargy Good Of course, not all Heath is as fluent as this We hear a good day a good deal these days And sometimes the sentence construction is deliberately muddling Our revolution has been paralleled by a global evolution Much of it predictable, and all of it Many would say, in time, inevitable Don't worry if you don't understand Everything at first, this is only normal Let's just hear that rather complicated little bit again Our revolution has been paralleled by a global evolution Much of it predictable, and all of it Many would say, in time, inevitable Fine To close this first lesson in Heath We're going to try some simple exercises Are you ready to try? No, it can't be done Well, that's what we're going to reply To each of the following questions Can it be done? No, it can't be done Can it be done, Nigel? No, it can't be done Can Sally buy fish from the sweetshop? No, it can't be done Got the idea? Good Let's try some more, only this time, we're going to Try the Heath positives, as well as the Heath negatives Alright? Yes, we're going to have a try Shall we all speak like this? Yes, this is how it should be Shall we do it this way now, Jane? No, we never did it this way before Shall I go and see the doctor? No, leave it alone, it might just go away Good Well, that's the end of this first lesson in contemporary Heath Before the next lesson, we want you to make up a sentence In Heath, using the following words and phrases Our imperial heritage... a strong Britain... Fed to the teeth with this humbug... argy-bargy... Do you think you can do that? Yes, we're going to have a try