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Advanced Course Unit 131
Presentations: The Advanced Course Unit 131
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 131 Part A Phonetics
1 ð eə r ɑː t w e n t ɪ s t j uː d ə n t s ɪ n m aɪ k l ɑː s 2 ð eə z ə f l aɪ ‿ j ‿ ɪ n ð ə r uː m 3 ð eə r ɑː s e v n 'k ɔ n t ɪ n ə n t s 4 ð eə r ɪ z ə b ʊ k ɔ n ð ə ʃ e l f 5 ð eə r ɑː s ə m b ʊ k s ɔ n ð ə ʃ e l v z 6 ð eə r ɪ z s ə m h æ m ɪ n ð ə f r ɪ dʒ 7 ð ɪ j uː 'n aɪ t ə (d) s t eɪ (t) s ɪ z b ɪ ɡ 8 ð ə 'f ɪ l ɪ p iː n z k ɔ n s ɪ s (t) s ə v m ɔː ð ə n s ə v n θ aʊ z n d aɪ l ə n (d) s 9 ð ɪ j uː 'n aɪ t ə (d) n aɪ ʃ n s h æ z ɪ t s 'h e d k w ɔː t ə z ɪ n - n j uː j ɔː k 10 h æ r ə d s ɪ z ə f aɪ m ə s d ɪ 'p ɑː t m ə n (t) s t ɔː r ‿ ɪ n l ʌ n d ə n 11 ð ə n j uː z ɪ z 'ɪ n t r ə s t ɪ ŋ
Unit 131 Part A English
1 There are twenty students in my class. 2 There's a fly in the room. 3 There are seven continents. 4 There is a book on the shelf. 5 There are some books on the shelves. 6 There's some ham in the fridge. 7 The United States is big. 8 The Philippines consists of more than 7,000 islands. 9 The United Nations has its headquarters in New York. 10 Harrods is a famous department store in London. 11 The news is interesting.
Unit 131 Part B Phonetics
12 m æ θ 'm æ t ɪ k s ɪ z iː z i f ə h ɜː 13 f ɪ s ɪ k s ɪ z iː z i f ə h ɜː r ə z w e l 14 d aɪə 'b iː t iː z ɪ z ə n 'ɪ l n e s 15 eɪ t aʊə z ə v s l iː p ɪ z ə n ʌ f 16 t e n d ɔː l ə z ɪ z t uː m ʌ tʃ t ə p eɪ 17 f aɪ v θ aʊ z ə n (d) m aɪ l z ɪ z t uː f ɑː t ə t r æ v l 18 t uː ə (n) t uː ɪ z f ɔː 19 t uː ə (n) t uː iː k w ə l s f ɔː 20 t w e n t ɪ t uː p l ʌ s t w e n t ɪ t uː iː k w ə l s f ɔː t ɪ f ɔː 21 f aɪ v t aɪ m z f aɪ v ɪ z t w e n t ɪ f aɪ v
Unit 131 Part B English
12 Mathematics is easy for her. 13 Physics is easy for her as well. 14 Diabetes is an illness. 15 Eight hours of sleep is enough. 16 Ten dollars is too much to pay. 17 Five thousand miles is too far to travel. 18 Two and two is four. 19 Two and two equals four. 20 Twenty-two plus twenty-two equals forty-four. 21 Five times five is twenty-five.