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Advanced Course Unit 151
Presentations: The Advanced Course Unit 151
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 151 Part A Phonetics
1 w ɪ h ə v ə n æ n t iː k t eɪ b l 2 ð ə t ɔ p ə v ɪ t h ə z dʒ eɪ d ɪ n l eɪ 3 w ɪ h ə v ə n æ n t iː k t eɪ b l ð ə t ɔ p ə v w ɪ tʃ (h) ə z dʒ eɪ d ɪ n l eɪ 4 t ɔ m w ə z l eɪ t 5 ð æ t s ə 'p r aɪ z d m ɪ 6 t ɔ m w ə z l eɪ t w ɪ tʃ s ə 'p r aɪ z d m ɪ 7 ð ɪ ‿ j ‿ e l ə v eɪ t ə r ɪ z aʊ t ə v ɔː d ə 8 ð ɪ s ɪ z t ʊ b æ d 9 ð ə l ɪ f t ɪ z aʊ t ə v ɔː d ə w ɪ tʃ ɪ z t ʊ b æ d 10 ð ə ɡ ɜː l h ʊ ‿ w ‿ ɪ z s ɪ t ɪ ŋ n e k s t – t ə m i ‿ j ‿ ɪ z m ə r iː ə 11 ð ə ɡ ɜː l s ɪ t ɪ ŋ n e k s t – t ə m i ‿ j ‿ ɪ z m ə r iː ə
Unit 151 Part A English
1 We have an antique table. 2 The top of it has jade inlay. 3 We have an antique table, the top of which has jade inlay. 4 Tom was late. 5 That surprised me. 6 Tom was late, which surprised me. 7 The elevator is out of order. 8 This is too bad. 9 The lift is out of order, which is too bad. 10 The girl who is sitting next to me is Maria. 11 The girl sitting next to me is Maria.
Unit 151 Part B Phonetics
12 ð ə m æ n h ʊ ‿ w ‿ ɪ z t ɔː k ɪ ŋ t ə dʒ ɔ n ɪ z f r ə m k ɔ 'r iː ə 13 ð ə m æ n t ɔː k ɪ ŋ t ə dʒ ɔ n ɪ z f r ə m k ɔ 'r iː ə 14 ð i ‿ j ‿ aɪ 'd ɪə z w ɪ tʃ ɑː p r ə 'z e n t ɪ d ɪ n ð æ (t) b ʊ k ə ɡ ʊ d 15 ð i ‿ j ‿ aɪ 'd ɪə z p r ə 'z e n t ɪ d ɪ n ð æ (t) b ʊ k ə ɡ ʊ d 16 æ n ɪ z ð ə w ʊ m ə n h ʊ ‿ w ‿ ɪ z r ɪ 's p ɔ n s ə b l f ə ð i ‿ j ‿ e r ə 17 æ n ɪ z ð ə w ʊ m ə n r ɪ 's p ɔ n s ə b l f ə ð i ‿ j ‿ e r ə 18 ð ə b ʊ k s ð æ t ə r ɔ n ð ə ʃ e l f ɑː m aɪ n 19 ð ə b ʊ k s ɔ n ð æ (t) ʃ e l f ɑː m aɪ n 20 ɪ ŋ ɡ l ɪ ʃ h ə z ə n æ l f ə b e (t) ð æ (t) k ə n ' s ɪ s (t) ə v t w e n t i s ɪ k s l e t ə z 21 ɪ ŋ ɡ l ɪ ʃ h ə z ə n æ l f ə b e (t) k ə n ' s ɪ s t ɪ ŋ ə v t w e n t i s ɪ k s l e t ə z
Unit 151 Part B English
12 The man who is talking to John is from Korea. 13 The man talking to John is from Korea. 14 The ideas which are presented in that book are good. 15 The ideas presented in that book are good. 16 Ann is the woman who is responsible for the error. 17 Ann is the woman responsible for the error. 18 The books that are on that shelf are mine. 19 The books on that shelf are mine. 20 English has an alphabet that consists of 26 letters. 21 English has an alphabet consisting of 26 letters.