Reading aloud - the Cold Equations

Practice these individual words

alone

does it rhyme with "phone"?

indicate 

Which syllable is stressed 1, 2, or 3?

gauge

Does it rhyme with sausage or rampage?

murmur 

is the "ur" sound the same in both syllables?

launched 

Does it sound the same as lunched?

Stardust

Does "duster" rhyme with "rooster"?  

crept up

Which word should be stressed more, 1 or 2? Why?

supply closet

Is it OK to say "soup + ply"?

is the 's' in closet voiced like a 'z' or not?

radiated 

do the "a"s in radiate rhyme with "play"?

He was not alone.

There was nothing to indicate the fact but the white hand of the tiny gauge on the board before him. The control room was empty but for himself; there was no sound other than the murmur of the drives — but the white hand had moved. It had been on zero when the little ship was launched from the Stardust; now, an hour later, it had crept up. There was something in the supply closet across the room, it was saying, some kind of a body that radiated heat.

It could be but one kind of a body — a living, human body.

Practice reading the text aloud. 

// means "pause"

bold means stress

blue means additional stress, and say it slowly.

He was not alone. // // //

There was nothing to indicate the fact but the white hand of the tiny gauge on the board before him. //  The control room was empty but for himself; ?//  there was no sound other than the murmur of the drives — //  //  but the white hand had moved. //  //  It had been on zero when the little ship was launched from the Stardust; //  now, an hour later, // it had crept up. //  There was something in the supply closet across the room, it was saying, //  some kind of a body that radiated heat. //  //   //

It could be but one kind of a body — // // a living, // human body.