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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 ...
2    could combine to make it a miserable year for business.
3    Businesses have their hopes pinned on the economic recovery.
4    It signifies that the current crisis ...
5    facing the world's leading financial institutions is far from over.
6    Meanwhile, in a further sign of the times,
7    Citigroup, another US banking giant,
8    has reported a thumping eight billion dollar loss.
9    Money tends to burn a hole in my pocket.
10    A fool and his money are soon parted.

 

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

 

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.

 

 

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