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Basic Course Unit 55
Presentations: The Basic Course Unit 55
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 55 Part A Phonetics |
| 1 aɪ w ə z h æ v ɪ ŋ l ʌ n tʃ 2 ð i ‿ j ‿ ʌ ð ə d eɪ 3 ɪ n ə r e s t r ɔ n t n ɪ ə m aɪ ‿ j ‿ ɔ f ɪ s 4 ð ə k ʌ p l ə (t) ð ə n e k s t – t eɪ b l 5 w ə r ‿ iː t ɪ ŋ ð eə m iː l ɪ n s aɪ l ə n s 6 ɑː f t ə r ‿ ə w aɪ l ð ə j ʌ ŋ m æ n s e d 7 w ɔ t ə j ʊ θ ɪ ŋ k ɪ ŋ ə b aʊ (t) d ɑː l ɪ ŋ 8 ð ə ɡ ɜː l s t ɔ p t iː t ɪ ŋ 9 ə n (d) l ʊ k t ə t h ɪ m t e n d ə l i 10 aɪ w ə z θ ɪ ŋ k ɪ ŋ m aɪ d ɪə 11 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 |
Unit 55 Part A English |
| 1 I was having lunch... 2 the other day... 3 in a restaurant near my office. 4 The couple at the next table... 5 were eating their meal in silence. 6 After a while, the young man said, 7 'What are you thinking about, darling?' 8 The girl stopped eating... 9 and looked at him tenderly. 10 'I was thinking, my dear, 11 that silence must be a sign of love.' |
Unit 55 Part B Phonetics |
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1 ə n ə t e m p t ɪ d r ɔ b ə r i ‿ |
Unit 55 Part B English |
1 An attempted robbery... 2 at a local grocer's shop... 3 failed last night. 4 One of the robbers... 5 was wearing a blond wig... 6 and a long white dress. 7 The other was wearing... 8 a fancy dress costume. 9 When the cashier saw them, 10 she screamed so much... 11 that they ran away, 12 leaving the money on the floor... 13 in a blue plastic shopping bag. |