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Advanced Course Unit 148
Presentations: The Advanced Course Unit 148
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 148 Part A Phonetics
1 ɪ n m aɪ k l ɑː s ð eə r ɑː t w e n t i 's t j uː d ə n t s 2 m əʊ s t ə (v) h uː m ɑː f r ə m eɪ ʒ ə 3 h ɪ ɡ eɪ v 's e v r ə l 'r iː z ə n z 4 əʊ n l i ‿ j ‿ ə f j uː ‿ w ‿ ə (v) ð ə m w ə 'v æ l ɪ d 5 h ɪ ɡ eɪ v 's e v r ə l 'r iː z ə n z əʊ n l i ‿ j ‿ ə f j uː ‿ w ‿ ə (v) w ɪ tʃ w ə 'v æ l ɪ d 6 ð ə t iː tʃ ə z d ɪ s k ʌ s (t) dʒ ɪ m 7 w ʌ n ə v h ɪ s p r ʌ b l ə m s w ə z p ʊə s t ʌ d i h æ b ɪ t s 8 ð eɪ d ɪ s k ʌ s (t) dʒ ɪ m w ʌ n ə v h uː z p r ʌ b l ə m s w ə z l æ k ə v s l iː p 9 dʒ æ k ə v ɔː l t r eɪ d z m æ s t ə r ə v n ʌ n 10 w ʌ n m æ n z l ɔː s ɪ z ə 'n ʌ ð ə m æ n z ɡ eɪ n
Unit 148 Part A English
1 In my class there are 20 students, 2 most of whom are from Asia. 3 He gave several reasons. 4 Only a few of them were valid. 5 He gave several reasons, only a few of which were valid. 6 The teachers discussed Jim. 7 One of his problems was poor study habits. 8 They discussed Jim, one of whose problems was lack of sleep. 9 Jack of all trades, master of none. 10 One man's loss is another man's gain.
Unit 148 Part B Phonetics
11 ɪ z ɪ (t) t r uː ð eə ɡ əʊ ɪ ŋ t ə f r iː z 12 ð ə p r aɪ s ə v p e t r ə l 13 aɪ h əʊ p s əʊ 14 b ə t aɪ d əʊ n (t) θ ɪ ŋ k s əʊ 15 l e t s m uː v ɔ n 16 t ʊ ‿ w ‿ aʊə n e k s (t) p ɔɪ n t f ə d ɪ s k ʌ ʃ n 17 aʊə 'd e d l aɪ n 18 ɪ z ð ə d eɪ ‿ j ‿ ɑː f t ə t ə m ɔ r əʊ r aɪ t 19 aɪ m ə f r eɪ d s əʊ 20 aɪ w ɪ ʃ j uː d s t ɔ (p) b iː ɪ ŋ s əʊ n e ɡ ə t ɪ v
Unit 148 Part B English
11 Is it true they're going to freeze... 12 the price of petrol? 13 I hope so... 14 but I don't think so. 15 Let's move on... 16 to our next point for discussion. 17 Our deadline... 18 is the day after tomorrow, right? 19 I'm afraid so. 20 I wish you'd stop being so negative.