1st year Weather and weekend

Whether the weather be fine
Or whether the weather be not,
Whether the weather be cold
Or whether the weather be hot,
We'll weather the weather
Whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not. 

http://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/nature-travel/why-do-we-have-seasons   

Listen to these poems, choose one and learn it by heart imitating the speaker's intonation:

Summer Sun by R.L.Stevenson or here and the poem.
The Wind by R.L.Stevenson or another link to mp3 and the text.
Daffodils by  W.Wordsworth and the text with another recording.
The Rainy Day by H.W. Longfellow or this version. (NEC p. 124)
Snowflakes by H.W. Longfellow. (NEC p. 124)

                                         

Linking:

• linking /w/
• linking /j/
• linking /j/ and /w/ together
• linking /r/ 
• Consonant-vowel linking (practice it)
• Find out when intrusive /r/ is used.
• What allophones does /l/ have? Find out.
• When is /h/ not phonounced?

NEC p.115 ex.1
Recording of the dialogues p. 116 ex.3.
Dialogue (free time).
NEC p. 156 ex. 32.