Presentations: The Top Course Unit 172
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 172 Part A Phonetics |
| 1 h i w ə z ʃ ɔ k t h i l ʊ k t ə z ɪ f h i h æ d s iː n ə ɡ əʊ s t 2 h i h æ z m e t h ə h i æ k t ɪ d ə z ɪ f h i h æ d n e v ə m e t h ə 3 ʃ i w ɪ l b iː h ɪə ʃ i s p əʊ k ə z ɪ f ʃ i w ʊ d n t b iː h ɪə 4 p əʊ ɪ t r i ɪ z ə f ɔː m ə v 'l ɪ t ə r ə r i ɑː t ɪ n w ɪ tʃ l æ ŋ ɡ w ɪ dʒ ɪ z j uː z d 5 f ə r ɪ t s e s 'θ e t ɪ k ə n ə 'v ɔ k ə t ɪ v k w ɔ l ɪ t iː z ɪ n ə 'd ɪ ʃ n t ʊ 6 ɔ r ɪ n l uː ‿ w ‿ ə v ɪ t s ə 'p æ r ə n t m iː n ɪ ŋ 7 p əʊ ɪ t r i m aɪ b iː r ɪ t n ɪ n d ə 'p e n d ə n t l i æ z d ɪ s k r iː t p əʊ ɪ m s 8 ɔ m aɪ ə 'k ɜː r ɪ n k ə n 'dʒ ʌ ŋ k ʃ n w ɪ θ ʌ ð ə r ɑː t s 9 ə z ɪ n p əʊ ɪ t ɪ k d r ɑː m ə h ɪ m z ɔː l ɪ r ɪ k s 10 b ɪ k ɔ z ə v ð ə əʊ v ə w e l m ɪ ŋ s ə k s e s ə v θ r iː m e n ɪ n ə b əʊ t 11 dʒ ə r əʊ m p ʊ b l ɪ ʃ t ə s iː k w ɪ l ə 'b aʊ t ə s aɪ k l ɪ ŋ t ʊə r ɪ n dʒ ɜː m ə n i |
Unit 172 Part A English |
| 1 He was shocked / He looked as if he had seen a ghost. 2 He has met her./ He acted as though he had never met her. 3 She will be here./ She spoke as if she wouldn't be here. 4 Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used ... 5 for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, 6 or in lieu of, its apparent meaning. 7 Poetry may be written independently, as discrete poems, 8 or may occur in conjunction with other arts, 9 as in poetic drama, hymns or lyrics. 10 Because of the overwhelming success of Three Men in a Boat, 11 Jerome published a sequel, about a cycling tour in Germany. |
Unit 172 Part B Phonetics |
| 1 ð eə r ɪ z s ə m h æ m ɪ n ð ə f r ɪ dʒ 2 ð ɪ j uː 'n aɪ t ə (d) s t eɪ (t) s ɪ z b ɪ ɡ 3 ð ə 'f ɪ l ɪ p iː n z k ɔ n s ɪ s (t) s ə v m ɔː ð ə n s ə v n θ aʊ z n d aɪ l ə n (d) s 4 h æ r ə d s ɪ z ə f æ m ə s d ɪ 'p ɑː t m ə n (t) s t ɔː r ‿ ɪ n l ʌ n d ə n 5 ð ə n j uː z ɪ z 'ɪ n t r ə s t ɪ ŋ 6 f ɪ s ɪ k s ɪ z iː z i f ə h ɜː r ə z w e l 7 eɪ t aʊə z ə v s l iː p ɪ z ə n ʌ f 8 t uː ə (n) t uː ɪ z f ɔː 9 t w e n t ɪ t uː p l ʌ s t w e n t ɪ t uː iː k w ə l s f ɔː t ɪ f ɔː 10 ð əʊ z p iː p l ə f r ə m 'k æ n ə d ə 11 ð ə p ə l iː s h ə v b iː n k ɔː l d 12 ɪ ŋ ɡ l ɪ ʃ ɪ z s p əʊ k ə n ɪ n m e n ɪ k ʌ n t r ɪː s 13 ð i ‿ j ‿ ɪ ŋ ɡ l ɪ ʃ d r ɪ ŋ k t iː 14 ð ə p ʊə h ə v m e n i p r ɔ b l ə m z |
Unit 172 Part B English |
| 1 There's some ham in the fridge. 2 The United States is big. 3 The Philippines consists of more than 7,000 islands. 4 Harrods is a famous department store in London. 5 The news is interesting. 6 Physics is easy for her as well. 7 Eight hours of sleep is enough. 8 Two and two is four. 9 Twenty-two plus twenty-two equals forty-four. 10 Those people are from Canada. 11 The police have been called. 12 English is spoken in many countries. 13 The English drink tea. 14 The poor have many problems. |