Presentation: B2 Course Unit 31
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B2 Course Unit 31 |
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Part 1
- I've booked a fortnight's holiday...
- in Kenya.
- It was a real bargain.
- The travel agent gave me...
- a ten per cent discount.
- We can leave anytime we like.
- Well, you go - I'm not coming.
- I mean...
- we'll need to get vaccinations...
- against yellow fever.
- And you know...
- how I hate injections.
- Besides,
- you could at least have asked me first.
- I'm sorry...
- you couldn't come to the party.
- You'd have enjoyed it.
- I sat next to a charming woman.
- I was sure I'd met her...
- somewhere before.
- a well-known actress
- a well-paid job
- a recently renovated building
- You should have phoned me.
- I'd have been only too pleased...
- to give you a lift.
- You could have saved yourself...
- a lot of trouble.
- When I came out of the building...
- there was a man...
- selling lottery tickets.
- aɪ v b ʊ k t ə ˈf ɔː t n aɪ t s h ɔ l ɪ d eɪ
- ɪ n k e n j ə
- ɪ t w ə z ə r ɪə l ˈb ɑː ɡ ɪ n
- ð ə t r æ v l eɪ dʒ n (t) ɡ eɪ v m iː
- ə t e n p ə s e n t ˈd ɪ s k aʊ n t
- w iː k ə n l iː v e n ɪ t aɪ m w iː l aɪ k
- w e l j uː ɡ əʊ aɪ m n ɔ (t) k ʌ m ɪ ŋ
- aɪ m iː n
- w iː l n iː (d) t ə ɡ e t v æ k s ɪ ˈn eɪ ʃ n z
- ə ɡ e n s t j e l əʊ f iː v ə
- ə n d j uː n əʊ
- h aʊ ‿ ʷ ‿ aɪ h eɪ t ɪ n ˈdʒ e k ʃ n z
- b ɪ s aɪ d s
- j uː k ʊ d ə t l iː s t h ə v ɑː s k t m iː f ɜː s t
- aɪ m s ɔ r ɪ
- j uː k ʊ d n (t) k ʌ m t ə ð ə p ɑː t ɪ
- j uː d ə v ɪ n dʒ ɔɪ d ɪ t
- aɪ s æ t n e k s (t) t uː ‿ ʷ ‿ ə tʃ ɑː m ɪ ŋ w ʊ m ə n
- aɪ w ə z̆ ʃ ʊə r aɪ d m e t h ɜː
- s ʌ m w eə b ɪ f ɔː
- ə w e l n əʊ n ˈæ k t r ə s
- ə w e l p eɪ (d) dʒ ɔ b
- ə r iː s n t l ɪ ˈr e n ə v eɪ t ɪ (d) b ɪ l d ɪ ŋ
- j uː ʃ ʊ d ə v f əʊ n d m iː
- aɪ d ə v b ɪ n əʊ n l ɪ t uː p l iː z d
- t ə ɡ ɪ v j uː ‿ ʷ ‿ ə l ɪ f t
- j uː k ʊ d ə v s eɪ v d j ɔː s e l f
- ə l ɔ t ə v t r ʌ b l
- w e n aɪ k eɪ m aʊ t ə v ð ə b ɪ l d ɪ ŋ
- ð eə w ə z ə m æ n
- s e l ɪ ŋ l ɔ t ə r ɪ t ɪ k ɪ t s
Part 2
- I bought the last one left...
- and I won!
- Surely you don't expect me...
- to believe that.
- I wish you'd do something useful...
- instead of watching TV.
- Have you seen my purse anywhere?
- No, you must have left it at home.
- Don't worry.
- We'll manage somehow.
- I wouldn't bet on it.
- Pam and I had lunch
- at that new restaurant.
- The Italian one.
- The one on the corner.
- What's it like?
- It's good, and it's not expensive.
- What did you have?
- We had spaghetti.
- It was delicious!
- Could you pass the salt and pepper?
- Could you pass the oil and vinegar?
- Could we have our bill, please?
- There's some beer in the fridge...
- but there isn't any wine.
- I'm sorry to bother you...
- but I need your advice.
- My boss is forever complaining...
- about something.
- Arguing with her is pointless.
- She'll do anything...
- to get her own way.
- I had a talk with her...
- about an increase in salary.
- All she said was 'no way'.
- I can't go on like this.
- Treat other people...
- as you'd like to be treated.
- They shouldn't have had...
- to sell their house.
- aɪ b ɔː (t) ð ə l ɑː s t w ʌ n l e f t
- ə n d aɪ w ʌ n
- ʃ ʊə l ɪ j uː d əʊ n t ɪ k s p e k t m iː
- t ə b ɪ l iː v ð æ t
- aɪ w ɪ ʃ j uː (d) d uː s ʌ m θ ɪ ŋ j uː s f l
- ɪ n s t e d ə v w ɔ tʃ ɪ ŋ t iː v iː
- h æ v j uː s iː n m aɪ p ɜː s e n ɪ w eə
- n əʊ j uː m ʌ s t ə v l e f t ɪ t ə t h əʊ m
- d əʊ n t w ʌ r ɪ
- w iː l ˈm æ n ɪ dʒ s ʌ m h aʊ
- aɪ w ʊ d n (t) b e t ɔ n ɪ t
- p æ m ə n d aɪ h æ d l ʌ n tʃ
- ə (t) ð æ t n j uː r e s t r ɔ n t
- ð iː ‿ ʲ ‿ ɪ t æ l j ə n w ʌ n
- ð ə w ʌ n ɔ n ð ə k ɔː n ə
- w ɔ t s ɪ t l aɪ k
- ɪ t s ɡ ʊ d ə n d ɪ t s n ɔ t ɪ k ˈs p e n s ɪ v
- w ɔ (t) d ɪ d ʒ j uː h æ v
- w iː h æ d s p ə ɡ e t ɪ
- ɪ t w ə z d ɪ ˈl ɪ ʃ ə s
- k ʊ d ʒ j uː p ɑː s ð ə s ɔː l t ə n (d) p e p ə
- k ʊ d ʒ j uː p ɑː s ð iː ‿ ʲ ‿ ɔɪ l ə n d ˈv ɪ n ə ɡ ə
- k ʊ d w iː h æ v aʊə b ɪ l p l iː z
- ð eə z̽ s ə m b ɪə r ɪ n ð ə f r ɪ dʒ
- b ə (t) ð eə r ɪ z n t e n ɪ w aɪ n
- aɪ m s ɔ r ɪ t ə b ɔ ð ə j uː
- b ə t aɪ n iː d ʒ j ɔː r ə d v aɪ s
- m aɪ b ɔ s ɪ z f ə r e v ə k ə m p l eɪ n ɪ ŋ
- ə b aʊ t s ʌ m θ ɪ ŋ
- ɑː ɡ j ʊ ɪ ŋ w ɪ ð h ɜː r ɪ z p ɔɪ n t l ə s
- ʃ iː l d uː ‿ ʷ ‿ e n ɪ θ ɪ ŋ
- t ə ɡ e t h ɜː r əʊ n w eɪ
- aɪ h æ d ə t ɔː k w ɪ ð h ɜː
- ə b aʊ t ə n ˈɪ n k r iː s ɪ n ˈs æ l ə r ɪ
- ɔː l ʃ iː s e d w ə z n əʊ w eɪ
- aɪ k ɑː n (t) ɡ əʊ ‿ ʷ ‿ ɔ n l aɪ k ð ɪ s
- t r iː t ʌ ð ə p iː p l
- æ z j uː d l aɪ (k) t ə b iː t r iː t ɪ d
- ð eɪ ʃ ʊ d n t ə v h æ d
- t ə s e l ð eə h aʊ s