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Top Course Unit 173

Presentations: The Top Course Unit 173

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 173 Part A Phonetics

 

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

 

Unit 173 Part A English

1    Blackmail is the crime of threatening to reveal ...
2    substantially true information about a person ...
3    to the public, a family member, or associates ...
4    unless a demand made upon the victim is met.
5    He had accused the Minister of the Interior ...
6    and police chiefs of taking bribes from drug traffickers.
7    I wish my husband were going to be here for our anniversary.
8    I wish he could take some time off from his busy job.
9    Working hard or hardly working?
10    I wish it weren't too late to apologize now.
 

Unit 173 Part B Phonetics

11    ɪ f   j ʊ ‿ w ‿ iː (t)   f r uː t   ɔ n   ə n   'e m t i    's t ʌ m ə k
12    ɪ t   w ɪ l   p l eɪ ‿ j ‿ ə   m eɪ dʒ ə    r əʊ l   t ə   d iː 't ɔ k s ɪ f aɪ   j ɔː   
    s ɪ s t ə m
13    s ʌ 'p l aɪ ɪ ŋ   j uː   w ɪ θ   ə   ɡ r eɪ (t)   d iː l   ə v   'e n ə ɡ iː   f ə   
    w eɪ t   l ɔ s
14    ə n d   ʌ ð ə   l aɪ f   æ k 't ɪ v ə t iː z
15    aɪ   w ɪ ʃ   ð æ t   iː m eɪ l   h æ d   k ʌ m   s uː n ə
16    aɪ   w ɪ ʃ   m eə r i   k ʊ d   h æ v   s iː n   ɪ t   b ɪ 'f ɔː   ʃ i   h æ d   
    l e f t
17    w ɪə  ɡ əʊ ɪ ŋ  t ə   b iː   l eɪ t   aɪ   w ɪ ʃ   j ʊ   w ʊ d   h ʌ r i
18    ɪ f  l ʌ v ɪ ŋ  h ə  w ʊ d  b iː  ə  s ɪ n  aɪ  w ɪ ʃ  t ə  s ɪ n  f ə  ð ə  r e s t  
    ə v  m aɪ  l aɪ f
19    b e t ə   t ə   ʌ n d ə s t æ n d  ə   l ɪ t l   ð e n   t ə   m ɪ s ʌ n d ə s t æ n d  
    ə  l ɔ t
20    ɪ f   j ʊ   l e n d   s ʌ m w ʌ n   t e n   j uː r əʊ z   ə n – n e v ə   s iː  ð æ t   
    p ɜː s n  
    ə 'ɡ e n
21    ɪ t   w ə z   p r ʌ b ə b l i   w ɜː θ   l uː z ɪ ŋ  b əʊ θ  ə v   ð e m
 

Unit 173 Part B English

11    If you eat fruit on an empty stomach,
12    it will play a major role to detoxify your system,
13    supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss ...
14    and other life activities.
15    I wish that email had come sooner.
16    I wish Mary could have seen it before she had left.
17    We're going to be late. I wish you would hurry.
18    If loving her would be a sin, I wish to sin for the rest of my life.
19    Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.
20    If you lend someone ten Euros, and never see that person again,
21    it was probably worth losing both of them.

 

 

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