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Advanced Course Unit 127
Presentations: The Advanced Course Unit 127
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 127 Part A Phonetics
1 n e v ə ð ə 'l e s f r e n d s ɑː r ‿ ɪ m 'p ɔː t ə n t 2 d ɪ 's p aɪ t ɔː l ə (v) θ ɪ s ɡ r eɪ s – s t ɪ l – l aɪ k s (h) ə k l ɑː s ɪ z 3 s e r ə w ɜː k s ɔ n ð ə 'p r əʊ ɡ r æ m 4 w aɪ l h ə h ʌ z b ə n (d) w ɔ tʃ ɪ z ð ə tʃ ɪ l d r ə n 5 m aɪ f r e n d l ɪ v z ɪ n 'm ɔ s k əʊ 6 m aɪ f r e n d z l ɪ v ɪ n ʃ æ ŋ 'h aɪ 7 m aɪ b r ʌ ð ə r ə n s ɪ s t ə l ɪ v ɪ n s əʊ l 8 m aɪ b r ʌ ð ə s ɪ s t ə r ə n k ʌ z n l ɪ v ɪ n t ɔ k ɪ əʊ 9 e v r ɪ m æ n w ʊ m ə n ə n tʃ aɪ l d n iː d z l ʌ v 10 iː tʃ b ʊ k ə n 'm æ ɡ ə z iː n 11 ɪ z l ɪ s t ɪ d ɪ n ð ə k ɑː d k æ t ə l ɔ ɡ
Unit 127 Part A English
1 Nevertheless, friends are important. 2 Despite all of this, Grace still likes her classes. 3 Sarah works on the programme ... 4 while her husband watches the children. 5 My friend lives in Moscow. 6 My friends live in Shanghai. 7 My brother and sister live in Seoul. 8 My brother, sister, and cousin live in Tokyo. 9 Every man, woman, and child needs love. 10 Each book and magazine ... 11 is listed in the card catalog.
Unit 127 Part B Phonetics
12 ð æ t b ʊ k ɔ n p ɔ l ɪ t ɪ k l 'p ɑː t iː z ɪ z 'ɪ n t r ə s t i ŋ 13 m aɪ d ɔ ɡ ə z w e l ə z m aɪ k æ t s l aɪ k s k æ (t) f uː d 14 ð ə b ʊ k ð æ t aɪ ɡ ɔ t m aɪ p eə r ə n t s w ə z v e r ɪ 'ɪ n t r ə s t i ŋ 15 ð ə aɪ 'd ɪə z ɪ n ð æ t b ʊ k ɑː r 'ɪ n t r ə s t i ŋ 16 m aɪ d ɔ ɡ z ə z w e l ə z m aɪ k æ t l aɪ k k æ (t) f uː d 17 ð ə b ʊ k z aɪ b ɔː t ə (t) ð ə 'b ʊ k s t ɔː w ə r ɪ k s 'p e n s ɪ v 18 k ɔ n s ɪ k w ə n t l ɪ ɡ r əʊ ɪ ŋ f l aʊə z ɪ z h ə h ɔ b ɪ 19 ð æ t s ɪ ɡ 'z æ k t l ɪ w aɪ 's ʌ m ə v ð ə b ʊ k ɪ z ɡ ʊ d 20 s ə m ə v ð ə f ɪ l m z ɑː ɡ ʊ d ə z w e l 21 ɪ n ð ə s eɪ m w eɪ ə l ɔ t ə v ð ɪ ‿ j ‿ iː k w ɪ p m ə n t ɪ z n j uː
Unit 127 Part B English
12 That book on political parties is interesting. 13 My dog, as well as my cats, likes cat food. 14 The book that I got my parents was very interesting. 15 The ideas in that book are interesting. 16 My dogs, as well as my cat, like cat food. 17 The books I bought at the bookstore were expensive. 18 Consequently, growing flowers is her hobby. 19 That's exactly why some of the book is good. 20 Some of the films are good as well. 21 In the same way, a lot of the equipment is new.