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Emma Lazarus'poem is engraved on a bronze plaque at the base of the Statue of liberty. Read it carefully, together with its translation.

“ Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

« Donnez-moi vos foules exténuées et miséreuses,

Vos masses entassées qui aspirent à vivre libres,

Le misérable rebus de vos rivages surpeuplés,

Envoyez-les moi, ces sans-logis, ballotés par la tempete,

Je lève ma torche près de la porte d’or ! »

1. Learn the extract of the poem and practise reciting it. Then present it to the class on January 28^th.

2. Listen to the recording paying attention to the rhythm and the following elements.

v There is a short pause at each punctuation mark: does the intonation rise (↗) or fall (↘)?

v Be careful with the pronunciation of huddled /’h dled/ and wretched /’ret id/

v Listen attentively to the long vowels in: Poor – yearning – breathe – free – refuse – teeming – shore – these – door