Middle Course Unit 85

Presentations: The Middle Course Unit 85

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 85 Part A Phonetics

1    ɪ t   w ə z   w ʌ n   ə v   ð əʊ z   t aɪ m z
2    w e n   e v r ɪ θ ɪ ŋ   s iː m (d)   t ə   ɡ əʊ   r ɔ ŋ
3    ð iː ‿ j ‿  'eə l aɪ n   l ɔ s t   aʊə   'l ʌ ɡ ɪ dʒ
4    ð e n   w iː   m ɪ s (t)   ð ə   f e r ɪ
5    m əʊ s t   ə v   ð ə   h əʊ t e l s   ə n d   r e s t r ɔ n t s
6    w ə   k l əʊ z d   f ə   ð ə   w ɪ n t ə
7    ð ə   w ʌ n z   ð ə t   w ə r   əʊ p ə n
8    w ə   s əʊ ‿ w ‿ ɪ k  's p e n s ɪ v
9    ð ə t   w iː ‿ j ‿ ɔː l m əʊ s t   r æ n   aʊ t   ə v   m ʌ n ɪ
10    ɪ t   w ə z   t uː   k əʊ l (d)   t ə   ɡ əʊ   s w ɪ m ɪ ŋ
11    f r æ n   w ə z   f iː l ɪ ŋ   'h əʊ m s ɪ k
12    ɪ n   ð iː ‿ j ‿ e n d
13    w iː   k eɪ m   h əʊ m   ə   w iː k   ɜː l ɪ
 

Unit 85 Part A English

1    It was one of those times...
2    when everything seemed to go wrong.
3    The airline lost our luggage.
4    Then we missed the ferry.
5    Most of the hotels and restaurants...
6    were closed for the winter.
7    The ones that were open...
8    were so expensive...
9    that we almost ran out of money.
10    It was too cold to go swimming.
11    Fran was feeling homesick.
12    In the end...
13    we came home a week early.

 

Unit 85 Part B Phonetics

1    ð eə r   ɑː r   əʊ n l ɪ   t uː ‿ w ‿ ɔː   θ r iː   p iː p l   h ɪə
2    h uː z   n eɪ m z   aɪ   n əʊ
3    h uː z   ð æ (t)   t ɔː l   ɡ ʊ d l ʊ k ɪ ŋ   ɡ aɪ
4    w ɪ tʃ   w ʌ n
5    ð ə   w ʌ n   w ɪ ð   ð ə   f æ b j ʊ l ə s   t æ n
6    ð æ t s   b r æ d   's ʌ m b ə d ɪ ‿ j ‿ ɔː r   ʌ ð ə
7    aɪ   d əʊ n t   r ɪə l ɪ   n əʊ   h ɪ m
8    æ n d   h uː z   ð ə   p r ɪ t ɪ   ɡ ɜː l
9    ɪ n   ð ə   s e k s ɪ   r e (d)   d r e s
10    ð æ t s   n æ n s ɪ   m aɪ   n eɪ b ə
11    ʃ iː z   ɔː f l ɪ   n aɪ s
12    aɪ l   ɪ n t r ə d j uː s   j uː   t ə   h ɜː
13    ɪ f   j uː   l aɪ k
14    f ɜː s (t)   t e l   m iː ‿ j ‿ e v r ɪ θ ɪ ŋ
15    j uː   n əʊ ‿ w ‿ ə b aʊ t   h ɜː

 

Unit 85 Part B English


1    There are only two or three people here...
2    whose names I know.
3    Who's that tall, good-looking guy?
4    Which one?
5    The one with the fabulous tan.
6    That's Brad Somebody-or-Other.
7    I don't really know him.
8    And who's the pretty girl...
9    in the sexy red dress?
10    That's Nancy, my neighbour.
11    She's awfully nice.
12    I'll introduce you to her...
13    if you like.
14    First, tell me everything...
15    you know about her.

 

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