Top Course Unit 171

Presentations: The Top Course Unit 171

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 171 Part A Phonetics

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

 

Unit 171 Part A English

1    I didn't continue my education, so I have little choice now.
2    If I'd decided to go on to university, I wouldn't be sorry now.
3    I was not a good student, hence I dreaded the idea of college.
4    If my parents were a little more insistent,
5    I would have given the situation more thought.
6    Were I you, I wouldn't do that.
7    Had I known, I would have told you.
8    Should anyone call, please take a message.
9    The majority of morticians work in small, family-run funeral homes.
10    A coward dies a thousand times before his death.
 

Unit 171 Part B Phonetics

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

Unit 171 Part B English

11    I would have gone with you, but I had to study.
12    I never would have succeeded without your help.
13    She ran; otherwise, she would have missed her bus.
14    It looks like rain.
15    It looks as if it's going to rain.
16    It looks as though it is going to rain.
17    He is not a child./ She talked to him as if he were a child.
18    She did not take a shower with her clothes on.
19    When she came in from the rainstorm,
20    she looked as if she had taken a shower with her clothes on.
21    Knowledge is the best charity.

 

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