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Top Course Unit 184

Presentations: The Top Course Unit 184

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 Slow reading then Part A Normal speed. Then go on to Part B.

Unit 184 Part A

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

    1    He stays wherever he wants, whenever he wants to.
    2    Incidentally, I know the restaurant where he often eats.
    3    What they said was appealing.
    4    I wrote down exactly what she wanted.
    5    It was as if I hadn't listened to what he said.
    6    I really don't know where she gets her ideas from.
    7    We couldn't make out what she was talking about.
    8    Does she always insist when they don't give in?
    9    I don't know who attends classes there.
    10    Who's at the door?
    11    I wonder whose house that is.
    12    What she said surprised me.
    13    What they should do is obvious to me.
    14    I don't know what I should do.
 

Unit 184 Part B

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

    1    I don't know what to do.
    2    Pam can't decide whether she should go or stay at home.
    3    She can't decide whether to go or stay home.
    4    Please tell me how I can get to the bus station.
    5    She told us precisely where to find it.
    6    That is to say, I think she's an excellent actress.
    7    That she doesn't understand spoken English is obvious.
    8    It's obvious that she doesn't understand spoken English.
    9    Everyone knows that the world is round.
    10    However, there's a website dedicated to the flat earth.
    11    She said, "My brother is a businessman."
    12    "My brother," she said, "is a businessman."
    13    "My sister's a student. She attends Harvard," he said.
    14    "My sister's a student," he said. "She attends Harvard."
    15    She asked, "When will you be here?"

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