Advanced Course Unit 143

Presentations: The Advanced Course Unit 143

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 143 Part A Phonetics

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

Unit 143 Part A English

 

1    She's an excellent actress.
2    That is to say, I think she's an excellent actress.
3    I also think that he's a pretty good actor, too.
4    Some people don't understand spoken English.
5    That she doesn't understand spoken English is obvious.
6    It's obvious that she doesn't understand spoken English.
7    The world is round.
8    Everyone knows that the world is round.
9    That the world is round is a fact.
10    It's a fact that the world is round.
11    However, there's a website dedicated to the flat earth.

 

Unit 143 Part B Phonetics

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

Unit 143 Part B English

 12    She said, "My brother is a businessman."
13    "My brother," she said, "is a businessman."
14    "My sister's a student. She attends Harvard," he said.
15    "My sister's a student," he said. "She attends Harvard."
16    She asked, "When will you be here?"
17    "When will you be here?" she asked.
18    She said, "Watch out!"
19    "A man is known by the company he keeps ," said Anna.
20    "A man is known," said Anna, "by the company he keeps."

 

 

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