Teacher to head-master at school

It was ˆ reasonably suc ˇ cessful but so there ˈwere one or two ˙things ˈwent _\ wrong. I ˌthink there ˈare ˙one or two ˙things we ˌmight ˈbear in ˙mind for ˈnext ‘time. For ‘instance, the _\ boys. I ˈthink, per˙haps, ˈnext ˙time we have a ˈtrip ˇ anywhere we’d ˈbetter have a ‘man ˌmember of ˌstaff as ‘well as a ˌwoman. Aˈnother ˙thing we ^↘might ‘think about next ‚time ˈis, ˌwell, I ˈwondered if the ˈform _\ teacher ˈmight ˈgive them ˈmore spe^↘cific ins“tructions beˌfore they ˌgo ˌanywhere. There ˈare ˙certain ‘rules about the ˇ Zoo,│about ˈfeeding the ‘animals and _\ so ‚on,│ and I ˈfound it ˙quite ˆ difficult to ˙restrain ˆ all of them from ˌfeeding the ˆ monkeys and ˈfeeding the other _\ animals│ˈeven though there were ˌbig ˆ notices ‚everywhere ˈsaying that they ˈmust ˈnot be ‘fed.

Mother to daughter at home

ˆ Catherine, I’m “never ˌgoing on a"nother school ‘trip as ˈlong as I _\\ live. ˈSecond ˙form _\ children, ˈsecond ˙form ˆ kids. They should be ˆ in a ˌZoo,│ ˌnot _\\ visiting it. For ‘one ˌthing I ‚couldn’t “stop the little ˇ dears ˌfeeding the _\ animals│– "huge ‘notices wheˈrever you _\ looked│“ˈDo ˙not ˈfeed the _\ animals”. And ˈwhat did _\ they do? "Stuffing ˙sandwiches through the “bars on every oc‘casion,│and ˆ I ˙couldn’t ^↘run ˙up and ˙down the ˇ building “telling them ˌall to _\ stop.

Mr. Higgins to Head of the committee in an office

– Good ‘morning, Mr. ‚Higgins! I’ve ˈcalled on you to dis‘cuss some ‚things conˈcerning the ˈcoming ˙compe‘tition. ˈTell me a˙bout your ˈprepa‘ration ˌfor it.

– We ^↘train three ˙times a ‘week. And the ^↘boys im˙prove each ‘time.

– "Give me ˈmore ‘details aˌbout it.

– ˌAndrew ‘Brown is ˌmaking ˌgood ‚progress. ¯He may ˌreach the ‘top one ‚day.

– ‘Well, ˈthings are ˈnot as ‚bad ¦ as ^↘I i‘magined. Be‘sides, you’ve ˌgot some ˈgood ‘boys. But ˈtell them to ‘work _\ harder. Have ˈmore ‘training ˌsessions. ˈShow “skills in this ˌfield.

– I’ll ˈdo my ‚best, ˙sir.

Mr. Higgins to his colleague in an office

– ¯Hal‚lo, old ˙chap. ¯How are ‘things?

– ˌNot very ‚well. That ‘Peterson is going to take ^↘part in the ˙compe‘tition.

– ‘Don’t be up ‚set. ¯Your ‘boys are in good ‚form. ¯You’ve ‘got a ˌgood ˌchance of ‚winning.

– ˈHow can they ˙do ‘that?

– ¯Tell them to _\ work ˌharder. ¯Have ˈmore ‘training ˌsessions. ¯Show your ˆ skills in this ˌfield.

– ˈThanks for your sup‘port, ˌTom.

b) subject-matter of the conversation varied, social status of and relations between the speakers unchanged;