Скачать или смотреть Dictation and Prosody Practice 4 - "The Blue Man"

This is the fourth practice video for my series on prosody - specifically focusing on sentence stress and pausing. It will help you with english listening practice. Remember to go back to the introduction video if this is your first time with this series!

0:00 Introduction
0:50 Preview - what to do, about your listening passage
1:34 Step 1 instructions
2:04 Step 1 Robot recording
3:59 Dictation rewatch and check
4:47 Step 2 instructions
5:31 Step 2 Robot recording
7:24 annotation check
7:55 Step 3 Instructions
8:33 Step 3 Robot recording
10:23 Reported speech information for prosody (I probably should have talked about this before step 3 - sorry!)
11:10 More information on shadow reading and recording
12:16 next steps and outro

Introduction video for this series:    • How to Sound More Natural in English by Us...  
Practice 1 -    • Dictation and Prosody Practice 1 "Waiting ...  
Practice 2 -    • Dictation and Prosody Practice 2 "Don't We...  
Practice 3 -    • Dictation and Prosody Practice 3 - "Max th...  
Practice 4 - this video
Practice 5 -    • Dictation and Prosody Practice 5 - "A Long...  

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The (Blue) (Man)

“(Come)!” / (Jenny) (says). / “I want to (show) you (something).” / I (follow) her (outside) / and we (walk) to the (corner). / “(Look) at that (man),” / (Jenny) (says), / (pointing) to a (man) / (standing) on the (corner). / The (man) / is (holding) a (blue) (umbrella) / and is (not) (moving). / He’s (wearing) a (blue) (suit) / and (blue) (shoes). / Even his (face) / and (hair) / are (painted) (blue). / “Is that a (real) (man)?” / I (ask). / “(Yes),” / (Jenny) (says). / “(Why) is he (painted) (blue)?” / I (ask). / “And (why) isn’t he (moving)?” / “Because he’s (acting),” / (Jenny) (says). / “He’s (doing) (that) / so we’ll (give) him (money). / It’s a (show).” / (Jenny) and I / (watch) the (man). / (We) (think) / that after a (few) (minutes), / the (man) will (move). / (We) (watch) for (15) (minutes), / but the (man) does (not) (move) / (at) (all). / “Doesn’t his (arm) get (tired)?” / I (ask). / “(Maybe),” / (Jenny) (answers). / “Do you (think) / he’s going to (stand) (there) / (all) (day)?” / I (ask). / “I (think) (so),” / (Jenny) (answers). / “Let’s (give) him some (money),” / I (say). / (Jenny) and I (walk) / toward the (man). / I (put) (one) (dollar) / into the (blue) (hat) / by the (man’s) (feet). / The (man) (smiles). / I (smile) (back). / “(He) (moved),” / I (say) to (Jenny) / as we (walk) (away).