Pronunciation | Mother Goose 10 Mother Goose 10: “There Once Were Two Cats” Hi! How are you today? Todayʼ’s lesson is about “T h e re O n c e W e re T w o C a ts .” Letʼ’s make learning English fun! Exercise 1 | Listening（Escutando） D ire ctio n s : Listen carefully to your teacher. (In stru çõ e s : Escute o seu professor com atenção.) M o th e r G o o s e There once were two cats of Kilkenny, Each thought there was one cat too many, So they fought and they fit, And they scratched and they bit, Till, excepting their nails And the tips of their tails, Instead of two cats, there werenʼ’t any. M e a n in g a n d P ro n u n c ia tio n -‐‑‒ Kilkenny（Kilkenny, uma cidade na Irlanda) -‐‑‒ bit [bít]（passado de “bite” (morder) -‐‑‒ fought [fɔ'ːt]（passado de “fight” (lutar) -‐‑‒ excepting [ikséptiŋ]（excetuando） -‐‑‒ fit = fight (old-‐‑‒fashioned English and not used -‐‑‒ nail [néil]（unha） anymore now) (Inglês antigo, já não usado) -‐‑‒ tip [típ]（ponta) -‐‑‒ scratch [skrǽtʃ]（zero） -‐‑‒ tail [téil]（rabo） 1 Copyright © since 2013 Engoo All Rights Reserved. Pronunciation | Mother Goose 10 Exercise 2 | Pronunciation Practice 1（Praticando Pronunciação 1） D ire ctio n s : Practice pronunciation with your teacher. (In stru çõ e s : Pratique as pronúncias com o seu professor.) Read the sentence slowly. (Leia a frase lentamente.) There once were two cats of Kilkenny, Each thought there was one cat too many, So they fought and they fit, And they scratched and they bit, Till, excepting their nails And the tips of their tails, Instead of two cats, there werenʼ’t any. Read it on rhythm. Pronounce bold words as a single word. (Leia com ritmo. Pronuncie as palavras em negrito como uma palavra só.) There once were two cats of Kilkenny, Each thought there was one cat too many, So they fo u g h t a n d they fit, And they sc ra tc h e d a n d they bit, Till, excepting their nails And the tips of their tails, In ste a d o f two cats, there werenʼ’t any. 2 Copyright © since 2013 Engoo All Rights Reserved. Pronunciation | Mother Goose 10 Read it on rhythm once again. Pronounce bold words strongly, and gray words weakly. (Leia com ritmo. Pronuncie as palavras em negrito com força, e as cinzas sem força.) There o n c e were tw o c a ts of K ilk e n n y , E a c h th o u g h t there was o n e c a t too many, So they fo u g h t and they fit, And they sc ra tc h e d and they b it, Till, e x c e p tin g their n a ils And the tip s of their ta ils , Instead of tw o c a ts, there werenʼ’t any. 3 Copyright © since 2013 Engoo All Rights Reserved. Pronunciation | Mother Goose 10 Exercise 3 | Pronunciation Practice 2（Praticando Pronunciação 2） D ire ctio n s : Take turns in pronouncing the sentences of A and B part. (In stru çõ e s : Reveze pronunciando as frases A e B.) Roles: A p a rt : b o ld s e n te n ce s B part : normal sentences T h e re o n c e w e re tw o c a ts o f K ilk e n n y , Each thought there was one cat too many, S o th e y fo u g h t a n d th e y fit, And they scratched and they bit, T ill, e x c e p tin g th e ir n a ils And the tips of their tails, In ste a d o f tw o c a ts, th e re w e re n ʼ’t a n y . Next, try to say it as rhythmically and as fast as possible. Go! (Agora tente dizer tudo com ritmo e o mais rápido que conseguir. Começar!) 4 Copyright © since 2013 Engoo All Rights Reserved. Pronunciation | Mother Goose 10 Exercise 4 | Discussion（Debate） D ire ctio n s : Discuss the subject with your teacher. (In stru çõ e s : Debata o assunto com o seu professor.) S u b je c t : If so m e o n e sa y s “y o u a n d h im a re lik e c a ts o f K ilk e n n y ,” w h a t d o e s th a t m e a n ? T ry to th in k o f it o u t o f th is M o th e r G o o se . There once were two cats of Kilkenny, Each thought there was one cat too many, So they fought and they fit, And they scratched and they bit, Till, excepting their nails And the tips of their tails, Instead of two cats, there werenʼ’t any. 5 Copyright © since 2013 Engoo All Rights Reserved.