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Advanced Course Unit 125
Presentations: The Advanced Course Unit 125
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 125 Part A Phonetics
1 d eɪ v d 'ɡ r æ dʒ ʊ eɪ t s ɪ n dʒ uː n 2 n e v ə ð ə l e s aɪ w əʊ n t s iː j ʊ t ɪ l dʒ uː l aɪ 3 'k ɔ n s ɪ k w ə n t l ɪ b aɪ ð ə t aɪ m aɪ s iː j uː 4 d eɪ v d w ɪ l (h) ə v ɔː l r e d ɪ ɡ r æ dʒ ʊ eɪ t ɪ d 5 ɪ n m ɑː tʃ m aɪ k l w ɪ l b iː l ɪ v i ŋ ɪ n 'ʃ æ ŋ h aɪ 6 h iː l (h) ə v b ɪ n l ɪ v ɪ ŋ ð eə f ə t uː m ʌ n θ s 7 b aɪ ð ə t aɪ m ð ə k ʌ m p ə n ɪ t r æ n s f ə z 8 w e n p r ə f e s ə dʒ əʊ n z r ɪ t aɪə z n e k s (t) m ʌ n θ 9 h iː l (h) ə v t ɔː t f ə f ɔː t ɪ f aɪ v j ɪə z 10 w e n p r ə f e s ə l iː r ɪ t aɪə z n e k s (t) m ʌ n θ 11 ʃ iː l (h) ə v b ɪ n t iː tʃ ɪ ŋ f ə θ ɜː t ɪ f aɪ v j ɪə z
Unit 125 Part A English
1 David graduates in June. 2 Nevertheless, I won't see you till July. 3 Consequently, by the time I see you, 4 David will have already graduated. 5 In March, Michael will be living in Shanghai. 6 He'll have been living there for two months ... 7 by the time the company transfers. 8 When Professor Jones retires next month, 9 he'll have taught for 45 years. 10 When Professor Lee retires next month, 11 she'll have been teaching for 35 years.
Unit 125 Part B Phonetics
12 ð ə b eɪ b ɪ w əʊ k ʌ p w e n ð ə f əʊ n r æ ŋ 13 ɑː f t ə ʃ ɪ ɡ r æ dʒ uː eɪ t s ʃ iː l ɡ e t ə dʒ ɔ b 14 ɑː f t ə h iː d ɡ r æ dʒ uː eɪ t ɪ d h ɪ ɡ ɔ t ə dʒ ɔ b 15 w e n aɪ ‿ j ‿ ə 'r aɪ v d h ɪ w ə z t ɔː k ɪ ŋ t ə dʒ uː l ɪ ə 16 b aɪ ð ə t aɪ m aɪ ɡ ɔ (t) θ eə h ɪ (h) ə d ɔː l r e d ɪ l e f t 17 ə z s uː n ə z aɪ s iː (h) ɪ m t ə m ɔ r əʊ aɪ l ɑː s k (h) ɪ m 18 ə s aɪ w ə z w ɔː k ɪ ŋ h əʊ m ɪ t b ə ɡ æ n t ə r eɪ n 19 aɪ h æ v n t s iː n (h) ɪ m s ɪ n s (h) ɪ l e f t θ ɪ s m ɔː n ɪ ŋ 20 aɪ v n əʊ n m ɑː k e v ə s ɪ n s aɪ w ə z ə tʃ aɪ l d 21 w iː s t aɪ (d) θ eə r ‿ ʌ n t ɪ l w iː f ɪ n ɪ ʃ t aʊə w ɜː k
Unit 125 Part B English
12 The baby woke up when the phone rang. 13 After she graduates she'll get a job. 14 After he'd graduated, he got a job. 15 When I arrived, he was talking to Julia. 16 By the time I got there, he had already left. 17 As soon as I see him tomorrow, I'll ask him. 18 As I was walking home, it began to rain. 19 I haven't seen him since he left this morning. 20 I've known Marc ever since I was a child. 21 We stayed there until we finished our work.