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Top Course Unit 166

Presentations: The Top Course Unit 166

Listen to the recordings to practice this study group.
Repeat each line after the speaker.
Practice one group at a time.
Start with Part A Phonetics then Part A English. Then go on to Part B.

Unit 166 Part A Phonetics

 1    ɪ f   aɪ   h æ v   ə n ʌ f   t aɪ m   aɪ   w ɔ tʃ   t iː  v iː   
    e v r ɪ  ‿ j ‿ iː v n ɪ ŋ
2    ɪ f   aɪ   h æ v   ə n ʌ f   t aɪ m   aɪ l   w ɔ tʃ   t iː  v iː   l eɪ t ə r  ɔ n   
    t ə 'n aɪ t
3    ɪ f   aɪ   h æ d   ə n ʌ f   t aɪ m   aɪ   w ʊ d   w ɔ tʃ   t iː  v iː   n aʊ ‿ w ‿ ə  
    l eɪ t ə r  ɔ n   
4    ɪ f   aɪ d   h æ d   ə n ʌ f   t aɪ m   aɪ   w ʊ d   h æ v   w ɔ tʃ (t)  t iː  v iː   
    j e s t ə d eɪ
5    ɔ n   dʒ ʊ 'l aɪ   f ɔː 't iː n θ   t ʊ  θ aʊ z ə n (d)  ə n – n aɪ n   r ɔɪ t ə z   
    r ɪ p ɔː t ɪ d
6    ə  w e l  n əʊ n  t ə 'r ɔ n t əʊ  m ʌ z l ɪ m  s e z  h i ‿ j ‿ æ k t ɪ d  ə z  ə  
    ɡ ʌ v ə n m ə n t   s p aɪ
7    t ə  'ɪ n f ɪ l t r eɪ t  ə  ɡ æ ŋ  ə 'k j uː z d  ə v  p l ɔ t ɪ ŋ  t e r ə r  
    ə 't æ k s  ɪ n  k æ n ə d ə
8    d ɪ s 'k r aɪ b ɪ ŋ   ð ə   ɡ r ʊ p   e z   f r uː t k eɪ k s
9    h ʊ   k ʊ d   h æ v   k ɔː z d   ɡ r eɪ (t)   d æ m ɪ dʒ
10    l ɔɪ ə z   f ə  ð ə   ɡ r ʊ p  k ʌ m 'p l eɪ n   ð ɪə   k l aɪ ə n t s   w ə   
    t r iː t ɪ d   h ɑː ʃ l ɪ
11    ə n  s ə dʒ e s (t)  ð ə  p ə 'l iː s  m aɪ t  ə v  t r aɪ d  t ə  ɪ m 'p r ɔ p ə l ɪ  
    ə n 't r æ p  ð e m

 

Unit 166 Part A English

 

1    If I have enough time, I watch TV every evening.
2    If I have enough time, I'll watch TV later on tonight.
3    If I had enough time, I would watch TV now or later on.
4    If I'd had enough time, I would have watched TV yesterday.
5    On July 14, 2009 Reuters reported,
6    A well-known Toronto Muslim says he acted as a government spy...
7    to infiltrate a gang accused of plotting terror attacks in Canada...
8    describing the group as 'fruitcakes' ...
9    who could have caused great damage.
10    Lawyers for the group complain their clients were treated harshly...
11    and suggest the police might have tried to improperly entrap them.

 

Unit 166 Part B Phonetics

    1    'k ɔ n s ɪ k w ə n t l ɪ   b aɪ  ð ə   t aɪ m   aɪ   s iː   j uː   d eɪ v d   w ɪ l   
        (h) ə v   ɔː l r e d ɪ   ɡ r æ dʒ ʊ eɪ t ɪ d
    2    h iː l   (h) ə v   b ɪ n   l ɪ v ɪ ŋ   ð eə   f ə   t uː   m ʌ n θ s   b aɪ   ð ə   
        t aɪ m   ð ə   k ʌ m p ə n ɪ   t r æ n s f ə z
    3    w e n   p r ə f e s ə   l iː   r ɪ t aɪə z   n e k s (t)   m ʌ n θ   ʃ iː l   
        (h) ə v   b ɪ n   t iː tʃ ɪ ŋ   f ə   θ ɜː t ɪ   f aɪ v   j ɪə z    
    4    ɑː f t ə   ʃ ɪ   ɡ r æ dʒ uː eɪ t s   ʃ iː l   ɡ e t   ə   dʒ ɔ b
    5    ɑː f t ə   h iː d   ɡ r æ dʒ uː eɪ t ɪ d   h ɪ   ɡ ɔ t   ə   dʒ ɔ b
    6    w e n   aɪ ‿ j ‿ ə 'r aɪ v d   h ɪ  w ə z   t ɔː k ɪ ŋ   t ə  dʒ uː l ɪ ə
    7    b aɪ   ð ə   t aɪ m   aɪ   ɡ ɔ (t)   θ eə   h ɪ   (h) ə d   ɔː l r e d ɪ   l e f t
    8    aɪ   h æ v n t   s iː n   (h) ɪ m   s ɪ n s   (h) ɪ   l e f t   θ ɪ s    m ɔː n ɪ ŋ
    9    aɪ v   n əʊ n   m ɑː k   e v ə   s ɪ n s   aɪ   w ə z   ə   tʃ aɪ l d
    10    aɪ l   n e v ə   s p iː (k)   t ə   h ɪ m   ə 'ɡ e n   ə z   l ɔ ŋ  ə z   aɪ   l ɪ v
    11    w e n e v ə r ‿ aɪ   s iː ‿ j ‿ æ l ɪ k s   aɪ   s eɪ   h e l əʊ
    12    ð ə   f ɜː s t – t aɪ m   aɪ   v ɪ z ɪ t ɪ d   m ɪ l æ n   aɪ   w e n t – t ə  
        (ə) n   ɔ p r ə
    13    ð ə   n e k s t – t aɪ m   aɪ   ɡ əʊ   t ə   s eɪ n (t)   p iː t ə z b ɜː ɡ      
        aɪ m   ɡ əʊ ɪ ŋ   t ə   s iː   ə   b æ 'l eɪ
   
 

Unit 166 Part B English

    1    Consequently, by the time I see you, David will have already graduated.
    2    He'll have been living there for two months by the time the company transfers.
    3    When Professor Lee retires next month, she'll have been teaching for 35 years.
    4    After she graduates she'll get a job.
    5    After he'd graduated, he got a job.
    6    When I arrived, he was talking to Julia.
    7    By the time I got there, he had already left.
    8    I haven't seen him since he left this morning.
    9    I've known Marc ever since I was a child.    
    10    I'll never speak to him again as long as I live.
    11    Whenever I see Alex, I say hello.
    12    The first time I visited Milan, I went to an opera.
    13    The next time I go to Saint Petersburg, I' m going to see a ballet.

 

 

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