Top Course Unit 175
Presentations: The Top Course Unit 175
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 175 Part A Phonetics |
1 ð ə 'k ʌ r ə n t r ɪ 's e ʃ n ə n ð ə 'p r ɔ s p e k t ə v ə n ʌ θ ə s t r aɪ k 2 k ʊ d k ə m 'b aɪ n t ə m eɪ k ɪ t ə m ɪ z ə r ə b l j ɪə f ə b ɪ z n ə s 3 b ɪ z n ə s ə s h æ v ð eə h əʊ p s p ɪ n d ɔ n ð i ‿ j ‿ iː k ə 'n ɔ m ɪ k r ɪ 'k ʌ v ə r i 4 ɪ t s ɪ ɡ n ə f aɪ z ð æ (t) ð ə 'k ʌ r ə n (t) k r aɪ s ɪ s 5 f æ s ɪ ŋ ð ə w ɜː l d z l iː d ɪ ŋ f aɪ 'n æ n tʃ l ɪ n s t ɪ 't j uː ʃ n s ɪ z f ɑː f r ə m əʊ v ə 6 m iː n w aɪ l ɪ n ə f ɜː θ ə s aɪ n ə v ð ə t aɪ m z 7 s ɪ t ɪ ɡ r uː p ə n ʌ θ ə j uː ‿ w ‿ e s b æ ŋ k ɪ ŋ dʒ aɪ ə n t 8 h æ z r ɪ 'p ɔː t ɪ d ə θ ʌ m p ɪ ŋ eɪ t b ɪ l j ə n d ʌ l ə l ɔ s 9 m ʌ n i t e n d s t ə b ɜː n ə h əʊ l ɪ n m aɪ p ʌ k ɪ t 10 ə f uː l ə n d h ɪ z m ʌ n i ɑː s uː n p ɑː t ɪ d |
Unit 175 Part A English |
1 The current recession and the prospect of another strike ... |
Unit 175 Part B Phonetics |
11 ð ə d ɪ s 't r ʌ k ʃ n h æ z 'l ɑː dʒ l i b iː n ɪ n 'f l ɪ k t ɪ d ɔ n |
Unit 175 Part B English |
11 The destruction has largely been inflicted on the infrastructure: 12 police stations, military outposts, government buildings. 13 So far the most extensive damage has been to a border town ... 14 where nothing but nothing was spared. 15 A wealthy couple have paid one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ... 16 for what a South Korean laboratory claims ... 17 is the world's first commercially cloned dog. 18 Lancelot Encore is reportedly an exact duplicate 19 of the family pet that died last year. 20 Who could imagine such a thing? 21 Look on the sunny side of life. |