Advanced Course Unit 156

Presentations: The Advanced Course Unit 156

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 156 Part A Phonetics

 

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

 

Unit 156 Part A English

 

1    Mary is rich, while John is poor.
2    While John is poor, Mary is rich.
3    Mary is rich, whereas John is poor.
4    Whereas Mary is rich, John is poor.
5    While I was studying, the phone rang.
6    A Buddhist monk vowed to offer his blood to feed other living things,
7    but after mosquitoes had bitten him so much the itching got to him ...
8    and he began swatting them with abandon.
9    "What happened to your vow?" asked a bystander.
10    The monk sighed, "Some of them are coming back for seconds."

 

Unit 156 Part B Phonetics

 

11    j uː   k ə n   ə 'tʃ iː v   m ɔː
12    θ r uː   k aɪ n d n ə s
13    ð ə n   b aɪ   b iː ɪ ŋ   ə 'ɡ r e s ɪ v
14    aɪ   h æ d   ə   r aʊ   w ɪ ð   m aɪ   b ɔ s
15    ə b aʊ t   h ɪ z   'æ t ɪ t j uː (d)   t ə   w ɜː k
16    e v r ɪ θ ɪ ŋ   ð ə t   h æ p ə n z
17    d ɪ p e n d z   ɔ n   h ɪ m
18    h iː   t r aɪ z   t ə   d uː
19    t uː   m e n ɪ   θ ɪ ŋ z   ə t   w ʌ n s
20    h iː ‿ j ‿ ɔː (t)   t ə   l ɜː n   t ə   'd e l ɪ ɡ eɪ t 

 

Unit 156 Part B English

 

11    You can achieve more...
12    through kindness...
13    than by being aggressive.
14    I had a row with my boss...
15    about his attitude to work.
16    Everything that happens...
17    depends on him.
18    He tries to do...
19    too many things at once.
20    He ought to learn to delegate.

 

 

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