Speaking clearly. Improving voice and articulation: Фонетический практикум. Фомиченко Л.Г. - 35 стр.

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      Exercise 22. Da — de — de — de — de — de — da.
      Buy her a pretty new dress / honey and strawberry jam / when
are you going away?/ what have you done with the ink?/ working as
hard as they can / coming back home in a bus / take it away to be
cleaned / that can be seen at a glance / wearing a funny old hat / giving
him a cigarette / why have they left you alone?/ where have you
hidden the key?/ go to another hotel / nearly as far as the bridge /
      Exercise 23. De — da — de — da — de — da — de — da.
       I think he wants to go there too / you ought to know the way by
now / he did his best to save the child / the snow has fallen thick and
fast / I know you didn’t mean to hurt / that’s not the way to fold a
coat / I told him not to go away / he has to go to work at eight / I
always like a cup of tea / it’s time the children went to bed / they used
to go to bed at six / a glass of beer is what I need / he left the room
without a word / he used to play it very well / I saw her standing all
alone / I can’t forget the things he said / they said they had to leave
at once / you’ll have to do it all again /
      Exercise 24. De— da— de— de— da— de— de— da— de— de— da.
       He says that he wants us to take it away / you know that we
ought to discuss it today / a woman has fallen and broken her leg / I
never say «No» to a hot cup of tea / then turn to the right at the end
of the street / I shouldn’t have thought he could get here in time / he
tied up the parcel and took it away / the gramophone record has
broken in two / it won’t be the first time I’ve gone without lunch /
excuse my disturbing you when you are so tired / the tram-stop is
just a bit farther along / you couldn’t have come at a more inconve-
nient time / it’s not what I wanted to ask you about / the paper and
ink have been put on your desk / I see he’s forgotten to leave his
address / we haven’t got time to arrange for it now / an apple a day
keeps the doctor away / the book you’ve just lent me is better than
many I’ve read / I like to sit down with a good cigarette and a book /

                    UNSTRESSED PRONOUNS
     Personal pronouns (we, you, him, it, etc.) and prop-words (one, ones,
some, etc.) are normally without stress, even when they are at the end of
a phrase. The next six exercises offer reading practice on this topic.