B2 Course Unit 34

Presentations: B2 Course Unit 34

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 34 Part A Phonetics

  1. ɪ t s   n əʊ   ɡ ʊ d   ɑː s k ɪ ŋ   m iː 
  2. aɪ   n əʊ   n ʌ θ ɪ ŋ   ə b aʊ t   ɪ t 
  3. w ɔ t s   ð ə   m æ t ə 
  4. aɪ m   dʒ ʌ s t   f iː l ɪ ŋ   s ɔ r ɪ   f ə   m aɪ s e l f 
  5. h aʊ   k ʌ m 
  6. aɪ   h æ (d)   t ə   w ɔː (k)   t ə   w ɜː k 
  7. b ɪ k ɔ z   m aɪ   k ɑː   w ə z   b iː ɪ ŋ   r ɪ p eə d 
  8. ɪ z   ð æ t   ɔː l 
  9. w e l   aɪ m   n ɔ t   j uː s (t)   t ə   b iː ɪ ŋ   w ɪ ð aʊ t   ɪ t 
  10. w ɜː s   θ ɪ ŋ z   h æ p ə n   d əʊ n (t)   ð eɪ 
  11. j uː   n əʊ 
  12. aɪ   w ə z   dʒ ʌ s t   ə b aʊ (t)   t ə   s eɪ   ð ə   s eɪ m   θ ɪ ŋ 
  13. aɪ   j uː s (t)   t ə   p r ɪ f ɜː 
  14. w ɜː k ɪ ŋ   ɔ n   m aɪ ‿ ʲ ‿ əʊ n 
  15. aɪ   w ɔ z n t   j uː s (t)   t ə   ʃ eə r ɪ ŋ  
  16. aɪ d ɪə z   ə n d   ɪ n f ə m eɪ ʃ n 
  17. n aʊ ‿ ʷ ‿ aɪ ‿ ʲ ‿ ɪ n dʒ ɔɪ 
  18. b iː ɪ ŋ   p ɑː t   ə v   ə   t iː m 
  19. aɪ m   v e r ɪ   f ɔ n d 
  20. ə v   ð ə   p iː p l   aɪ   w ɜː k   w ɪ ð 
  21. ev r ɪ w ʌ n z̆   s əʊ   n aɪ s  ə n d   f r e n d l ɪ 
  22. aɪ m   s ɔ r ɪ ‿ ʲ ‿ ə b aʊ t   l ɑː s t   n aɪ t 
  23. aɪ m   s ɔ r ɪ ‿ ʲ ‿ aɪ   w əʊ k   j uː ‿ ʷ ‿ ʌ p 
  24. v ɑː s t   s ʌ m z   ə v   m ʌ n ɪ 
  25. ɑː   b iː ɪ ŋ   s p e n t 
  26. ɔ n   f aɪ n d ɪ ŋ   ə n   eɪ d s   ˈv æ k s iː n 
  27. h aʊ   k ʌ m   aʊə r   ɔː d ə 
  28. s t ɪ l   h æ z n (t)   b ɪ n   s e n t 
  29. ɔː l   aɪ   k ə n   s eɪ ‿ ʲ ‿ ɪ z   aɪ m   s ɔ r ɪ 
  30. ð ə   d ɪ ˈl eɪ   w ə z   k ɔː z (d)   b aɪ ‿ ʲ ‿ ə   s t r aɪ k 
  31. ð æ t s   n ɔ t   aʊə   f ɔː l t    ɪ z   ɪ t

Unit 34 Part A English

  1. It's no good asking me.
  2. I know nothing about it.
  3. What's the matter?
  4. I'm just feeling sorry for myself.
  5. How come?
  6. I had to walk to work...
  7. because my car was being repaired.
  8. Is that all?
  9. Well, I'm not used to being without it.
  10. Worse things happen, don't they?
  11. You know,
  12. I was just about to say the same thing.
  13. I used to prefer...
  14. working on my own.
  15. I wasn't used to sharing...
  16. ideas and information.
  17. Now I enjoy...
  18. being part of a team.
  19. I'm very fond...
  20. of the people I work with.
  21. Everyone's so nice and friendly.
  22. I'm sorry about last night.
  23. I'm sorry I woke you up.
  24. Vast sums of money...
  25. are being spent...
  26. on finding an AIDS vaccine.
  27. How come our order...
  28. still hasn't been sent?
  29. All I can say is I'm sorry.
  30. The delay was caused by a strike.
  31. That's not our fault, is it?

Unit 34 Part B Phonetics

  1. w ɪ ð   ɔː l   d j uː   r ɪ  ˈs p e k t 
  2. w iː   ˈk æ n ɔ (t)   k ə n t ɪ n j uː 
  3. t ə   s ə p l aɪ   ɡ ʊ d z 
  4. ə n l e s   p eɪ m ə n t s   ɑː   k e p t   ʌ (p)   t ə   d eɪ t 
  5. ð ɪ s   ɪ z   aʊ t  ˈr eɪ dʒ ə s 
  6. aɪ   w ʊ d   h ə v   θ ɔː t 
  7. ð ə t   ə n   əʊ l (d)   k ʌ s t ə m ə   l aɪ k   m iː 
  8. d ɪ z ɜː v (d)   t ə   b iː   t r iː t ɪ (d)   b e t ə 
  9. k æ n   aɪ   s iː   j uː   f ə r   ə   f j uː   m ɪ n ɪ t s 
  10. n əʊ ‿ ʷ ‿ aɪ v   ɡ ɔ t - t ə   ɡ əʊ   n aʊ 
  11. aɪ v   ɡ ɔ t   ə n   ə p ɔɪ n t m ə n t 
  12. aɪ   ʃ ʊ (d)   b iː   f r iː 
  13. ə t   h ɑː f   p ɑː s t   w ʌ n 
  14. ʃ æ l   w iː   m iː (t)   ð e n 
  15. w iː v   ɡ ɔ t   ə   d eɪ t   w ɪ ð   s uː z n 
  16. w ɪə   ɡ əʊ ɪ ŋ   ɪ n t ə   t aʊ n 
  17. t ə   s iː   ð iː ‿ ʲ ‿ e k s ɪ b ɪ ʃ n 
  18. w ʊ d ʒ   j uː   l aɪ (k)   t ə   dʒ ɔ ɪ n   ʌ s 
  19. ʃ æ l   aɪ ‿ ʲ ‿ əʊ p ə n   ð ə   w ɪ n d əʊ 
  20. ʃ æ l   aɪ   k l əʊ z   ð ə   d ɔː z 
  21. aɪ   k ɑː  n t   ʌ n d ə s t æ n (d)   ð ə m 
  22. ð eɪ   s p iː (k)   t uː   f ɑː s t 
  23. w ɔ t   ɔ n   ɜː θ   ɪ z   ð æ t 
  24. ɪ t s   ə   p eɪ n t ɪ ŋ   ə v   m aɪ ‿ ʲ ‿ ɑː n t   æ ɡ ə θ ə 
  25. h uː ˈe v ə   d ɪ d   ɪ t 
  26. d ɪ d n t   n əʊ   m ʌ tʃ   
  27. ə b aʊ t   ə ˈn æ t ə m ɪ
  28. ɪ t   w ə z   d ʌ n 
  29. b aɪ ‿ ʲ ‿ ə   f eɪ m ə s   f r e n tʃ   p eɪ n t ə 
  30. ʃ iː   l e f t   ɪ t   t ə   m iː   w e n   ʃ iː   d aɪ d 
  31. s əʊ   n aʊ ‿ ʷ ‿ ɪ (t)   b ɪ l ɔ ŋ z   t ə   m iː 
  32. d uː   j uː ‿ ʷ ‿ ɪ n t e n (d)   t ə   k iː p   ɪ t 
  33. w iː l   s iː 
  34. f ə   ð ə   m əʊ m ə n t 
  35. aɪ   dʒ ʌ s t   w ɔ n t - t ʊ ‿ ʷ ‿ ɪ n dʒ ɔɪ 
  36. əʊ n ɪ ŋ   ə   ɡ r eɪ t   w ɜː k   ə v   ɑː t 
  37. aɪ   ɡ ɔ t   r ɪ d   ə v   ɔː l   ð ə   dʒ ʌ ŋ k 
  38. ɪ n   aʊə   ˈɡ æ r ɑː dʒ 
  39. aɪ   h æ d   s ʌ m w ʌ n   k ʌ m 
  40. ə n (d)   t eɪ k   ɪ t   ə w eɪ 
  41. n aʊ   ð eə z   iː v n   r uː m   f ə   ð ə   k ɑː

Unit 34 Part B English

  1. With all due respect,
  2. we cannot continue...
  3. to supply goods...
  4. unless payments are kept up to date.
  5. This is outrageous!
  6. I would have thought...
  7. that an old customer like me...
  8. deserved to be treated better.
  9. Can I see you for a few minutes?
  10. No, I've got to go now.
  11. I've got an appointment
  12. I should be free...
  13. at half past one.
  14. Shall we meet then?
  15. We've got a date with Susan.
  16. We're going into town...
  17. to see the exhibition.
  18. Would you like to join us?
  19. Shall I open the window?
  20. Shall I close the door?
  21. I can't understand them.
  22. They speak too fast.
  23. What on earth is that?
  24. It's a painting of my Aunt Agatha.
  25. Whoever did it...
  26. didn't know much...
  27. about anatomy.
  28. It was done...
  29. by a famous French painter.
  30. She left it to me when she died.
  31. So now it belongs to me.
  32. Do you intend to keep it?
  33. We'll see.
  34. For the moment,
  35. I just want to enjoy...
  36. owning a great work of art.
  37. I got rid of all the junk...
  38. in our garage.
  39. I had someone come...
  40. and take it away.
  41. Now there's even room for the car.

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