Speaking clearly. Improving voice and articulation: Фонетический практикум. Фомиченко Л.Г. - 84 стр.

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       In this material, one diagonal line suggests relatively short pauses.
Three diagonals suggest relatively medium pauses. Six diagonals —
relatively long pauses. Be flexible. Experiment.
        a) What is the most important thing in the world? / / / / / /
Love.
       b) I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is
prepared for the ordeal of meeting me / / / is another matter. [Win-
ston Churchill]
       c) Money doesn’t go to jail / Money doesn’t talk / / / / / / It
swears.
       d) Sunday School / A place where they tell children about god
for fifty-one weeks and then introduce them to / / / Santa Claus.
       e) Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in
mankind. Therefore, never send to know for whom the bell tolls / /
/ / / / It tolls / for thee.

       Look over these selections for location and length of pauses. Be
venturesome. If you’ve found a spot that you’re convinced needs a long
pause, try it that way. Then do it again with a medium or short pause to
determine if it makes any difference. Finally, mark according to your
best judgment and then read.
       a) I don’t worry about crime in the streets. It’s the sidewalks I
stay off of.
       b) Why do celebrities always gri pe about their lack of privacy?
That’s like a fighter coming out of the ring and saying, «There’s
somebody in there trying to hit me.»
       c) No matter how far we run or how much we deprive our-
selves of ice cream, in the long run we’re all dead.
       d) The biblical punishment for adultery was to be stoned in the
marketplace. Nowadays, about half the population thinks that sounds
like fun.
       e) The great box was in the same place. The lid was laid on it,
not fastened down. I knew I must reach the body for the key, so I
raised the lid, and then I saw something which filled my soul with
horror. There lay the Count, but looking as if his youth had been half
renewed, for the white hair was changed to iron-gray. The mouth
was redder than ever.On the li ps were gouts of blood, which trickled
from the corners of the mouth and ran over the chin and neck. Even
the deep, burning eyes were set in bloated flesh. It seemed as if the
whole awful creature was simply gorged with blood. I felt all over the