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Advanced Course Unit 144
Presentations: The Advanced Course Unit 144
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 144 Part A Phonetics
1 ə p ɔ l ɪ 't ɪ ʃ n ə n h ɪ z ə 's ɪ s t ə n t w ə r ɔ n s ə 'f ɑː r i ‿ j ‿ ɪ n 'æ f ɪ k ə 2 ə l aɪ ə n dʒ ʌ m p t aʊ t ɪ n f r ʌ n t ə v ð e m ə n s t ɑː t ɪ (d) s n ɑː l ɪ ŋ 3 ð ə ə 's ɪ s t ə n t s e d w ɔ (t) ʃ ʊ d w ɪ d uː 4 ð ə p ɔ l ɪ 't ɪ ʃ n r ə p l aɪ d aɪ m ɡ əʊ ŋ t ə r ʌ n f ə m ai l aɪ f 5 ð ə ə 's ɪ s t ə n t k r aɪ d w ɪː l n e v ə b ɪ ‿ j ‿ eɪ b l t ə aʊ t 'r ʌ n ə l aɪ ə n 6 ð ə p ɔ l ɪ 't ɪ ʃ n s t ɑː t ɪ (d) s p r ɪ n t ɪ ŋ ə n s e d 7 aɪ d əʊ n t h æ f t ə aʊ t 'r ʌ n ð ə l aɪ ə n m aɪ f r e n d 8 aɪ ‿ j ‿ əʊ n l i h æ f t ə aʊ t 'r ʌ n j uː 9 b e t ə t ə b ɪ ‿ j ‿ ə 'l əʊ n ð æ n ɪ n b æ d k ʌ m p e n i 10 ð əʊ z h uː l ɪ v ɪ n ɡ l ɑː s h aʊ z ɪ z ʃ ʊ d n ɔ t θ r əʊ s t əʊ n z 11 w e n ð e k æ t s ə 'w eɪ ð ə m aɪ s w ɪ l p l eɪ
Unit 144 Part A English
1 A politician and his assistant were on safari in Africa. 2 A lion jumped out in front of them and started snarling. 3 The assistant said, "What should we do?" 4 The politician replied, "I'm going to run for my life." 5 The assistant cried, "We'll never be able to outrun a lion!" 6 The politician started sprinting and said, 7 "I don't have to outrun the lion my friend, 8 I only have to outrun you." 9 Better to be alone than in bad company. 10 Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. 11 When the cat's away, the mice will play.
Unit 144 Part B Phonetics
12 aɪ t əʊ l (d) ð ə m ə k æ n ɪ k 13 t ə tʃ e k ð ə b r eɪ k s 14 ð e n aɪ ‿ j ‿ ɑː s k t h ɪ m 15 t ə l ʊ k ə (t) ð ə b æ t ə r ɪ 16 h iː ‿ j ‿ ə d 'v aɪ z d m iː t ə s e l ð ə k ɑː 17 b ɪ f ɔː r ɪ t f e l t ə p iː s ɪ z 18 aɪ p r ɔ m ɪ s t m aɪ m ʌ ð ə 19 aɪ (d) b iː h əʊ m f ə h ɜː b ɜː θ d eɪ 20 b ə t m aɪ f l aɪ t s b ɪ n k æ n s l d 21 aɪ ‿ j ‿ ɑː s k (t) ð ə m h aʊ ð eɪ f e l t 22 ə b aʊ (t) ð eə r ɪ 'l eɪ ʃ n ʃ ɪ p
Unit 144 Part B English
12 I told the mechanic... 13 to check the brakes. 14 Then I asked him... 15 to look at the battery. 16 He advised me to sell the car... 17 before it fell to pieces. 18 I promised my mother... 19 I'd be home for her birthday... 20 but my flight's been cancelled. 21 I asked them how they felt... 22 about their relationship.