Middle Course Unit 115

Presentations: The Middle Course Unit 115

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 115 Part A Phonetics

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

Unit 115 Part A English

1    All our products are made...
2    from recycled plastic.
3    The retail price...
4    for this item...
5    is £79.99    (seventy-nine ninety-nine)
6    Never underestimate...
7    the power of a woman.
8    The food was overcooked.
9    The flight was overbooked.
10    The police had to use tear gas...
11    to get the crowd moving.
12    In the country of the blind...
13    the one-eyed man is king.

 

Unit 115 Part B Phonetics

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

 

Unit 115 Part B English


1    For twenty-four hours...
2    you're asked to protest...
3    by not buying anything,
4    to spend time with family and friends,
5    rather than spend money.
6    How would you define it...
7    in political terms?
8    It's an attack...
9    on consumerist culture.
10    What about online shopping?
11    Whether online or on the street...
12    it's all the same.
13    Enough is as good as a feast.

 

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