Middle Course Unit 101

Presentations: The Middle Course Unit 101

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 101 Part A Phonetics

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

Unit 101 Part A English

1    What's the next item...
2    on the programme?
3    It's no good asking me.
4    I know nothing about it.
5    What's the matter?
6    I'm just feeling sorry for myself.
7    How come?
8    I had to walk to work...
9    because my car was being repaired.
10    Is that all?
11    Well, I'm not used to being without it.
12    Worse things happen, don't they?
13    You know,
14    I was just about to say the same thing.

 

Unit 101 Part B Phonetics

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

 

Unit 101 Part B English


1    I used to prefer...
2    working on my own.
3    I wasn't used to sharing...
4    ideas and information.
5    Now I enjoy...
6    being part of a team.
7    I'm very fond...
8    of the people I work with.
9    Everyone's so nice and friendly.
10    I'm sorry about last night.
11    I'm sorry I woke you up.
12    Vast sums of money...
13    are being spent...
14    on finding an AIDS vaccine.

 

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