Presentation: A2 Course Unit 18
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A2 Course Unit 18 |
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Part 1
- How long have you known Susan?
- I've known her for a while.
- Do you know her husband?
- No, I've never met him.
- I won't be able...
- to meet you this afternoon,
- but I should be able...
- to see you tomorrow morning.
- I've got to go to the bank today.
- I've got to get some cash.
- I've only got...
- two thousand in the bank.
- How long have you been married?
- We've been married...
- for fifteen years.
- We met in the Bahamas.
- We got married in Moscow.
- We've lived in Kenya...
- since last year.
- That's a nice cabin bag.
- Is it new?
- No, I've had it for a while.
- I've had it since Christmas.
- speak - spoke - spoken
- write - wrote - written
- ‘Saturday’ is written...
- with a capital S.
- Have we got time for a walk...
- before lunch?
- Yes, it's only half past eleven.
- see - saw - seen
- be - was - been
- I haven't seen you for ages.
- How long has it been?
- h aʊ l ɔ ŋ h ə v j ʊ n əʊ n s uː z n
- aɪ v n əʊ n h ə f ə r ‿ ə w aɪ l
- d ə j ʊ n əʊ h ə h ʌ z b ə n d
- n əʊ ‿ aɪ v n e v ə m e t h ɪ m
- aɪ w əʊ n (t) b i ‿ ʲ ‿ eɪ b l
- t ə m iː t ʃ ‿ j ʊ ð ɪ s ɑː f t ə ˈn uː n
- b ə t aɪ ʃ ʊ (d) b i ‿ ʲ ‿ eɪ b l
- t ə s iː j ʊ t ə m ɔ r əʊ m ɔː n ɪ ŋ
- aɪ v ɡ ɔ t – t ə ɡ əʊ t ə ð ə b æ ŋ (k) t ə d eɪ
- aɪ v ɡ ɔ t – t ə ɡ e t s ə m k æ ʃ
- aɪ v əʊ n l i ɡ ɔ t -
- t ʊ θ aʊ z n d ɪ n ð ə b æ ŋ k
- h aʊ l ɔ ŋ h ə v j ʊ b iː n m æ r i d
- w i v b iː n m æ r i d
- f ə f ɪ f ˈt iː n j ɪə z
- w i m e t ɪ n ð ə b ə ˈh ɔː m ə z
- w i ɡ ɔ (t) m æ r i d ɪ n m ɔ s k əʊ
- w ɪ v l ɪ v d ɪ n ˈk e n j ə
- s ɪ n s l ɑː s t ʃ ‿ j ɪə
- ð æ t s ə n aɪ s k æ b ɪ n b æ ɡ
- ɪ z ɪ t n j uː
- n əu ‿ aɪ v h æ d ɪ t f ə r ‿ ə w aɪ l
- aɪ v h æ d ɪ t s ɪ n s k r ɪ s m ə s
- s p iː k s p əʊ k s p əʊ k ə n
- r aɪ t r əʊ t r ɪ t n
- s æ t ə d eɪ ‿ ɪ z r ɪ t n
- w ɪ ð ə k æ p ɪ t l e s
- h ə v w i ɡ ɔ t – t aɪ m f ə r ‿ ə w ɔː k
- b ɪ f ɔː l ʌ n tʃ
- j e s ɪ t s əʊ n l i h ɑː f p ɑː s t ɪ l e v n
- s iː s ɔː s iː n
- b iː w ɔ z b iː n
- aɪ h æ v n t s iː n j ʊ f ə r ‿ eɪ dʒ ɪ z
- h aʊ l ɔ ŋ h ə z ɪ (t) b iː n
Part 2
- a couple of weeks
- a couple of months
- a couple of years
- We can't afford...
- to miss this opportunity.
- I didn't know you spoke Russian.
- I was having lunch...
- the other day...
- in a restaurant near my office.
- The couple at the next table...
- were eating their meal in silence.
- After a while, the young man said,
- ‘What are you thinking about, darling?’
- The girl stopped eating...
- and looked at him tenderly.
- ‘I was thinking, my dear,
- that silence must be a sign of love.’
- An attempted robbery...
- at a local grocer's shop...
- failed last night.
- One of the robbers...
- was wearing a blond wig...
- and a long white dress.
- The other was wearing...
- a fancy dress costume.
- When the cashier saw them,
- she screamed so much...
- that they ran away,
- leaving the money on the floor...
- in a blue plastic shopping bag.
- ə k ʌ p l ə v w iː k s
- ə k ʌ p l ə v m ʌ n (θ) s
- ə k ʌ p l ə v j ɪə z
- w i k ɑː n t ə f ɔː d
- t ə m ɪ s ð ɪ s ɔ p ə ˈt j uː n ə t i
- aɪ d ɪ d n t n əʊ j ʊ s p əʊ k r ʌ ʃ n
- aɪ w ə z h æ v ɪ ŋ l ʌ n tʃ
- ð i ‿ ʲ ‿ ʌ ð ə d eɪ
- ɪ n ə r e s t r ɔ n t n ɪ ə m aɪ ‿ ʲ ‿ ɔ f ɪ s
- ð ə k ʌ p l ə (t) ð ə n e k s t – t eɪ b l
- w ə r ‿ iː t ɪ ŋ ð eə m iː l ɪ n s aɪ l ə n s
- ɑː f t ə r ‿ ə w aɪ l ð ə j ʌ ŋ m æ n s e d
- w ɔ t ə j ʊ θ ɪ ŋ k ɪ ŋ ə b aʊ (t) d ɑː l ɪ ŋ
- ð ə ɡ ɜː l s t ɔ p t iː t ɪ ŋ
- ə n (d) l ʊ k t ə t h ɪ m t e n d ə l i
- aɪ w ə z θ ɪ ŋ k ɪ ŋ m aɪ d ɪə
- ð ə t s aɪ l ə n s m ə s (t) b i ‿ ʲ ‿ ə s aɪ n ə v l ʌ v
- ə n ə t e m p t ɪ d r ɔ b ə r i ‿
- ə t ə l əʊ k l ɡ r əʊ s ə z̽ ʃ ɔ p
- f eɪ l d l ɑː s t n aɪ t
- w ʌ n ə v ð ə r ɔ b ə z
- w ə z w eə r ɪ ŋ ə b l ɔ n d w ɪ ɡ
- ə n (d) ə l ɔ ŋ w aɪ (t) d r e s
- ð i ‿ ʲ ‿ ʌ ð ə w ə z w eə r ɪ ŋ
- ə f æ n s i d r e s k ɔ s t j uː m
- w e n ð ə k æ ʃ ɪə s ɔː ð ə m
- ʃ i s k r iː m d s əʊ m ʌ tʃ
- ð ə (t) ð eɪ r æ n ə w eɪ
- l iː v ɪ ŋ ð ə m ʌ n i ‿ ʲ ‿ ɔ n ð ə f l ɔː (r)
- ɪ n ə b l uː p l æ s t ɪ k ʃ ɔ p ɪ ŋ b æ ɡ