Middle Course Unit 98

Presentations: The Middle Course Unit 98

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 98 Part A Phonetics

1    w ɔ t   n aɪ s   w e ð ə   w iː v   b ɪ n   h æ v ɪ ŋ
2    aɪ   j uː s (t)   t ə   l ʌ v   ð ə   h iː t
3    b ə t   n aʊ ‿ w ‿ aɪ   k ɑː n t   s t æ n d   ɪ t
4    p ɔː l z   ɡ e t ɪ ŋ   m æ r ɪ d
5    h aʊ ‿ w ‿ ɪ k s aɪ t ɪ ŋ      h uː   t uː
6    aɪ v   b ɪ n   s t ʌ d ɪ ɪ ŋ   s əʊ   h ɑː d
7    aɪ ‿ j ‿ iː v n   d r iː m   ɪ n   ɪ ŋ ɡ l ɪ ʃ
8    ð ɪ s   p r ɪ n t ə r   ɪ z   s əʊ   s ɪ m p l
9    iː v n   ə   tʃ aɪ l (d)   k ʊ d   j uː z   ɪ t
10    ə t   l iː s t   ə   d ʌ z n   e ɡ z
11    ə b aʊ t   h ɑː f   ə   l iː t ə r   ə v   m ɪ l k
12    t uː ‿ w ‿ ɔː   θ r iː   s p uː n f ʊ l z
13    ə v   ɡ ʊ (d)   b r æ n d ɪ
 

Unit 98 Part A English

1    What nice weather we've been having.
2    I used to love the heat,
3    but now I can't stand it.
4    Paul's getting married!
5    How exciting! Who to?
6    I've been studying so hard,
7    I even dream in English.
8    This printer is so simple...
9    even a child could use it.
10    At least a dozen eggs.
11    About half a litre of milk.
12    Two or three spoonfuls...
13    of good brandy.

 

Unit 98 Part B Phonetics

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

 

Unit 98 Part B English


1    The company is growing.
2    Business is improving.
3    How's that new project going?
4    We're having some problems...
5    but we're making progress.
6    We expect to finish...
7    by the end of November.
8    The test was too long.
9    The questions were too difficult.
10    There were too many people...
11    and there was too much noise.
12    The phone's ringing.
13    Can you answer it?

 

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