| Harry
| Noˌra!|| ˌˌNoˡra!||
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| Nora
| ͵Yes,| ‛what is it ˎnow, ˏHarry?||
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| Harry
| ̎'Oh, t̖here you ˏare.|| ˋLook here, ˏNora.|| I’m &tired of &lying &here on my &back with 'nothing to ˎdo.|| &I &hate &doing ˋnothing.||
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| Nora
| ‘Don’t be ͵silly, ֹHarry.|| ‾You’ve ‚got a ̀temperature.|| And 'staying in ˎbed| is the ↗only ↗sensible ↗thing to ˎdo.|| Now 'just be ͵quiet| and 'stop pre'venting me from ↗doing ↗my ˋhousework.||
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| Harry
| ̷No,| ˎseriously, ˏNora,| I "can’t ˎbear it,| 'lying 'flat on my ˎback!||
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| Nora
| ̷Well, ˎthen| ↗try ͵lying on your ˋstomach| for a ˋchange.||
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| Harry
| ˌStop being ˎfunny.|| I’m 'going to ·get ˎup.|| ˎThere,| ˋlook,| I’m 'standing ˎup.|| I’m 'quite all ˎright.|| 'What’s the 'use of ʹstaying in ˎbed?||
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| Nora
| I 'think ‚you are ‚being ↑very ˎsilly.|| You’ll ˆonly ‚make your ‚temperature go ‚up a̗gain.
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| Harry
| It’s 'no ‚use ˎtalking, ˏNora,| ↗being ↗ill 'doesn’t ˋsuite me.||
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| Nora
| ˋNo,| ˉand 'trying to ˋnurse you| ↗doesn’t ↗suite ˎme.||
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| Harry
| Now, ↷don’t be ↷bitter a̗bout it.|| You ˈknow I’m ˈgrateful ˏto you| for ˈlooking ˏafter me.|| But you ↗mustn’t ↗try to ↗keep me in,bed 'like a "naughty ˎboy.||
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| Nora
| ˎWell,| 'you beˋgan it| by beˋhaving 'like a 'naughty ˎboy.||
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| Harry
| I’m 'all aˎgainst this| 'staying in ˎbed| for 'no ˎreason.||
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| Nora
| ˎHarry,| 'being ˏill| ˎis a ˎreason…|| Now 'don’t ˎstand by that ˏwindow| and ˈcatch aˎnother ˏcold.|| ˈLet me ˎsee…| ˈhalf ˈpast eˎleven…||
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| Harry
| ˈWhy do you ˑkeep ˈlooking at the ˎclock?||
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| Nora
| I’m exˈpecting ˋmother.|| She is coming ˋover| for the ˋday.||
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| Harry
| ˈGood ˎheavens!|| I ‚didn’t ‚know ̬that.||
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| Nora
| `Yes,| I ˈthink she has ˈsomething she wants to ˋtalk to you a,bout.||
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| Harry
| 'Oh, ˎheavens,| ˏhas she?|| ˎOh…|| You ˎknow, ‚Nora,| I ˎdo,feel a bit ˏill.|| Perˈhaps I ̬had ˙better get ˙back to ˙bed.||
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| Nora
| ˈOh,| ˈwhat a ˎpity!|| I ↷thought per↷haps you ↷might stay ↷up to ˋsee her.||
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| Harry
| ,That’s the,very ̬reason| I’m ˌgetting ˙back into ˎbed.||
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| Nora
| ͵What did you ˙say?||
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| Harry
| ̀Oh… ˏer…| ˋno͵thing.||
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18. Read the following passage, translate it and lay stress-tone marks according to the rules. Use the High Fall, the Fall-Rise and the High Rise where possible. Practice reading it about 10 times as fast as you can.
Sleep
Scientists continually offer new interpretations and make new discoveries about the condition known as “sleep”. People are paid to sleep with various machines attached to them. These monitor changes in eye movement, heartbeat and body temperature, among other things. This information is fed into a computer and, after a few calculations, the scientist can establish the depth and quality of sleep. It is still unclear how successful these experiments are in establishing exactly what goes on between losing consciousness and awakening. However, one’s behavior the following day is dependent upon how satisfactory the previous night’s sleep was.
19. Listen to the dialogue, put stress-tone marks on the second part of it. What nuclear tones are used in this dialogue most of all? How do they sound? Practice reading and then learn the dialogue by heart.
