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Advanced Course Unit 146
Presentations: The Advanced Course Unit 146
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 146 Part A Phonetics
1 ð ə t iː tʃ ə d ɪ 'm ɑː n d s ð æ t w ɪ b ɪ ‿ j ‿ ɔ n t aɪ m 2 aɪ ‿ j ‿ ɪ n s ɪ s t ɪ (d) ð æ t h ɪ p eɪ m ɪ ð ə m ʌ n i 3 aɪ r e k ə m e n d ɪ (d) ð æ (t) ʃ ɪ n ɔ t ɡ əʊ t ə ð ə k ɔ n s ə r t 4 ɪ t s ɪ m 'p ɔː t ə n (t) ð æ (t) ð eɪ b ɪ t əʊ l (d) ð ə t r uː θ 5 aɪ s ə 'dʒ e s t ɪ (d) ð æ (t) ʃ ɪ s iː ‿ j ‿ ə d ɔ k t ə 6 ʃ ɪ s ə 'dʒ e s t ɪ (d) ð æ t h ɪ ʃ ʊ (d) s iː ‿ j ‿ ə l ɔɪ ə 7 ð ə t r æ v ə l ə s w ə r ə d 'v aɪ z (d) ð æ (t) ð i ‿ ɪ n 'ʃ ɔː r ə n t s w ə z ə f r ɔː d 8 ð eɪ ‿ j ‿ ɪ 'm iː d i ə t l i ‿ j ‿ ɑː s k (t) ð æ (t) ð eɪ b iː r iː ɪ m 'b ɜː s t 9 ð ə k ʌ m p ə n i d ɪ m ɑː n d s ð æ t ɔː l 'r ɪ s iː t s b i ‿ j ‿ ɔ n ə d 10 'n ʌ n ð ə l e s ð ə l ɔɪ ə z r e k ə m e n d ɪ (d) ð æ (t) ð ə k eɪ s b iː k ləʊ z d 11 ɪ t s v aɪ t l ð æ (t) w ɪ f iː l ɡ ʊ d ə 'b aʊ t aʊə s e l v s
Unit 146 Part A English
1 The teacher demands that we be on time. 2 I insisted that he pay me the money. 3 I recommended that she not go to the concert. 4 It's important that they be told the truth. 5 I suggested that she see a doctor. 6 She suggested that he should see a lawyer. 7 The travelers were advised that the insurance was a fraud. 8 They immediately asked that they be reimbursed. 9 The company demands that all receipts be honored. 10 Nonetheless, the lawyers recommend that the case be closed. 11 It's vital that we feel good about ourselves.
Unit 146 Part B Phonetics
12 ɪ t w ə z w ʌ n ə v ð əʊ z t aɪ m z 13 w e n e v r ɪ θ ɪ ŋ s iː m (d) t ə ɡ əʊ r ɔ ŋ 14 ð eə r ɑː r əʊ n l ɪ t uː ‿ w ‿ ɔː θ r iː p iː p l h ɪə 15 h uː z n eɪ m z aɪ n əʊ 16 j uː l h æ v ə ɡ r eɪ (t) p ɑː t ɪ 17 ɪ f j uː p l æ n ɪ (t) k eə f ə l ɪ 18 ɪ t s aʊ n d z t uː ɡ ʊ (d) t ə b iː t r uː 19 w ɪ tʃ b ʊ (k̃ d ɪ d ʒ j uː b aɪ ‿ j ‿ ɪ n ð iː ‿ j ‿ e n d 20 ð ə w ʌ n j uː r e k ə 'm e n d ɪ d
Unit 146 Part B English
12 It was one of those times... 13 when everything seemed to go wrong. 14 There are only two or three people here... 15 whose names I know. 16 You'll have a great party... 17 if you plan it carefully. 18 It sounds too good to be true. 19 Which book did you buy in the end? 20 The one you recommended.