Unit 141 Part A Phonetics

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

Unit 141 Part A English

1    Yoku lives in Tokyo with her husband and two children.
2    Where does that incredible politician stay?
3    He stays wherever he wants, whenever he wants to.
4    Incidentally, I know the restaurant where he often eats.
5    That's interesting, could you tell me more?
6    What they said was appealing.
7    I heard everything that they said.
8    I wrote down exactly what she wanted.
9    We listened attentively to the presentation.
10    Although I didn't understand a word he said.
11    It was as if I hadn't listened to what he said.

12    aɪ   r ɪə l i   d əʊ n (t)   n əʊ   w eə   ʃ ɪ   ɡ e t s   h ə r   aɪ d ɪə z   f r ə m
13    w ɪ   k ʊ d n (t)   m eɪ k   aʊ t   w ɔ (t)   ʃ ɪ   w ə z   t ɔː k ɪ ŋ   ə 'b aʊ t
14    d ə z   ʃ ɪ ‿ ^j ‿ ɔː l w ə z   ɪ n s ɪ s t   w e n   ð eɪ   d əʊ n (t)   ɡ ɪ v   ɪ n
15    h uː ‿ ^w ‿ ə 't e n d s    k l ɑː s ə z   ð eə
16    aɪ   d əʊ n t   n əʊ   'h uː ‿ ^w ‿ ə 't e n d s    k l ɑː s ə z   ð eə
17    w ɔ t   'h æ p ə n d
18    p l iː z   t e l    m ɪ   'w ɔ t   h æ p ə n d
19    h uː z   ə (t)   ð ə   d ɔː
20    aɪ   w ʌ n d ə   h uː z   h aʊ s   ð æ t   ɪ z

12    I really don't know where she gets her ideas from.
13    We couldn't make out what she was talking about.
14    Does she always insist when they don't give in?
15    Who attends classes there?
16    I don't know who attends classes there.
17    What happened?
18    Please tell me what happened.
19    Who's at the door?
20    I wonder whose house that is.