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Advanced Course Unit 152
Presentations: The Advanced Course Unit 152
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 152 Part A Phonetics
1 e n ɪ w ʌ n h ʊ w ɔ n t s t ə k ʌ m w ɪ θ ə s ɪ z w e l k ʌ m 2 e n ɪ w ʌ n w ɔ n t ɪ ŋ t ə k ʌ m w ɪ θ ə s ɪ z w e l k ʌ m 3 dʒ ɔː dʒ w ɔː ʃ ɪ ŋ t n h ʊ w ə z ð ə f ɜː s t j uː ‿ w ‿ e s p r e z ə d e n t 4 w ə z w e l θ i 5 dʒ ɔː dʒ w ɔː ʃ ɪ ŋ t n ð ə f ɜː s t j uː ‿ w ‿ e s p r e z ə d e n t w ə z w e l θ i 6 'p æ r i s ð ə 'k æ p ɪ t l ə v f r ɑː n t s ɪ z ə n i k 's aɪ t ɪ ŋ s ɪ t i 7 aɪ r e d ə b ʊ k b aɪ m ɑː k t w eɪ n ə 'f eɪ m ə s ə 'm eə r ɪ k ə n 'ɔː θ ə 8 f r uː (t) ð æ t ɪ z f r e ʃ t eɪ s t s b e t ə ð ə n ɔ l (d) s ɔ f t f r uː t 9 f r e ʃ f r uː t - t eɪ s t s b e t ə ð ə n ɔ l (d) s ɔ f t f r uː t
Unit 152 Part A English
1 Anyone who wants to come with us is welcome. 2 Anyone wanting to come with us is welcome. 3 George Washington, who was the first US president, 4 was wealthy. 5 George Washington, the first US president, was wealthy. 6 Paris, the capital of France, is an exciting city. 7 I read a book by Mark Twain, a famous American author. 8 Fruit that is fresh tastes better than old, soft fruit. 9 Fresh fruit tastes better than old, soft fruit.
Unit 152 Part B Phonetics
10 ð ə t r æ v l eɪ dʒ n (t) ɡ eɪ v m iː 11 ə t e n p ə s e n t 'd ɪ s k aʊ n t 12 j uː d ə v ɪ n dʒ ɔɪ d ɪ t 13 j uː ʃ ʊ d ə v f əʊ n d m iː 14 j uː k ʊ d ə v s eɪ v d j ɔː s e l f 15 ə l ɔ t ə v t r ʌ b l 16 aɪ w ɪ ʃ j uː (d) d uː s ʌ m θ ɪ ŋ j uː s f l 17 ɪ n s t e d ə v w ɔ tʃ ɪ ŋ t iː v iː 18 h æ v j uː s iː n m aɪ p ɜː s e n ɪ w eə 19 n əʊ j uː m ʌ s t ə v l e f t ɪ t ə t h əʊ m 20 w iː l 'm æ n ɪ dʒ s ʌ m h aʊ
Unit 152 Part B English
10 The travel agent gave me... 11 a ten per cent discount. 12 You'd have enjoyed it. 13 You should have phoned me. 14 You could have saved yourself... 15 a lot of trouble. 16 I wish you'd do something useful... 17 instead of watching TV. 18 Have you seen my purse anywhere? 19 No, you must have left it at home. 20 We'll manage somehow.