Presentation: B1 Course Unit 21
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B1 Course Unit 21 |
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Part 2
Grammar
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Grammar Presentation
Part 1
- Hi, Mike!
- How's the new job?
- Do you get along well with your colleagues?
- Guess what -
- I'm coming to Newcastle...
- on the 20th.
- What about meeting for lunch...
- on the 23rd?
- I'll be free around one.
- How does that sound?
- I'm looking forward to seeing you...
- and catching up...
- on all the gossip.
- All the best,
- Dan
- What's the latest news on the strike?
- It's been called off.
- If all goes well,
- we'll be home before dark.
- There were over two hundred guests...
- at the reception.
- The host proposed a toast.
- Be careful of pickpockets...
- as you leave the cathedral.
- Thanks for the tip.
- We're going to take off in five minutes.
- Please switch off your cell phones.
- I've got a surprise for you.
- Guess what it is.
- Don't say another word.
- Tell me when we get home.
- What about going out for a meal?
- That sounds great.
- It's difficult to remember...
- all these rules.
- Learning a foreign language...
- takes time and patience.
- h aɪ m aɪ k
- h aʊ z ð ə n j uː dʒ ɔ b
- d uː j uː ɡ e t ə l ɔ ŋ w e l w ɪ ð j ɔː ˈk ɔ l iː ɡ z
- ɡ e s w ɔ t
- aɪ m k ʌ m ɪ ŋ t ə ˈn j uː k ɑː s l
- ɔ n ð ə t w e n t ɪə θ
- w ɔ t ə b aʊ t m iː t ɪ ŋ f ə l ʌ n tʃ
- ɔ n ð ə t w e n t ɪ θ ɜː d
- aɪ l b iː f r iː ‿ ʲ ‿ ə r aʊ n d w ʌ n
- h aʊ d ə z ð æ t s aʊ n d
- aɪ m l ʊ k ɪ ŋ f ɔː w ə (d) t ə s iː ɪ ŋ j uː
- ə n (d) k æ tʃ ɪ ŋ ʌ p
- ɔ n ɔː l ð ə ɡ ɔ s ɪ p
- ɔː l ð ə b e s t
- d æ n
- w ɔ t s ð ə l eɪ t ɪ s t n j uː z ɔ n ð ə s t r aɪ k
- ɪ t s b ɪ n k ɔː l d ɔ f
- ɪ f ɔː l ɡ əʊ z w e l
- w iː l b iː h əʊ m b ɪ f ɔː d ɑː k
- ð eə w ə r əʊ v ə t uː h ʌ n d r ə (d) ɡ e s t s
- ə (t) ð ə r ɪ s e p ʃ n
- ð ə h əʊ s (t) p r ə p əʊ z d ə t əʊ s t
- b iː k eə f l ə v ˈp ɪ k p ɔ k ɪ t s
- æ z j uː l iː v ð ə k ə θ iː d r ə l
- θ æ ŋ k s f ə ð ə t ɪ p
- w ɪə ɡ əʊ ɪ ŋ t ə t eɪ k ɔ f ɪ n f aɪ v m ɪ n ɪ t s
- p l iː z̽ s w ɪ tʃ ɔ f j ɔː s e l f əʊ n z
- aɪ v ɡ ɔ t ə s ə p r aɪ z f ə j uː
- ɡ e s w ɔ t ɪ t ɪ z
- d əʊ n t s eɪ ‿ ʲ ‿ ə n ʌ ð ə w ɜː d
- t e l m iː w e n w iː ɡ e t h əʊ m
- w ɔ t ə b aʊ (t) ɡ əʊ ɪ ŋ aʊ t f ə r ə m iː l
- ð æ t s aʊ n d z ɡ r eɪ t
- ɪ t s d ɪ f ɪ k l (t) t ə r ɪ m e m b ə
- ɔː l ð iː z r uː l z
- l ɜː n ɪ ŋ ə ˈf ɔ r ɪ n ˈl æ ŋ ɡ w ɪ dʒ
- t eɪ k s t aɪ m ə n (d) p eɪ ʃ n s
Part 2
- I'd like to take...
- a five-minute break.
- The people upstairs
- are driving me crazy.
- This is my friend Rebecca.
- Rebecca's a journalist.
- She's Australian, from Melbourne.
- She works for Time magazine.
- Nice to meet you.
- You're listening to WJFS.
- It's exactly seven o'clock...
- on a beautiful Monday morning.
- Good morning.
- Good afternoon.
- Good evening.
- It's getting late.
- I'm getting tired.
- Good night.
- According to our market research,
- the target group...
- is young parents.
- What kind of campaign...
- are you planning?
- TV and radio commercials...
- newspaper and magazine advertising.
- When's the deadline?
- Everything will have to be ready...
- by the end of August.
- All the information you need...
- is in these folders.
- How are things?
- Pretty terrible, actually.
- My car won't start.
- My clients won't pay.
- I won't be able...
- to take any time off...
- until Christmas.
- aɪ d l aɪ (k) t ə t eɪ k
- ə f aɪ v m ɪ n ɪ (t) b r eɪ k
- ð ə p iː p l ʌ p s t eə z
- ɑː d r aɪ v ɪ ŋ m iː k r eɪ z ɪ
- ð ɪ s ɪ z m aɪ f r e n d r ɪ b e k ə
- r ɪ b e k ə z e dʒ ɜː n ə l ɪ s t
- ʃ iː z ɔ s t r eɪ l j ə n f r ə m m e l b ə n
- ʃ iː w ɜː k s f ə t aɪ m m æ ɡ ə z iː n
- n aɪ s t ə m iː t ʃ j uː
- j ɔː l ɪ s ŋ ɪ ŋ t ə d ʌ b l j uː dʒ eɪ ‿ ʲ ‿ e f e s
- ɪ t s ɪ ɡ z æ k t l ɪ s e v n ə k l ɔ k
- ɔ n ə b j uː t ɪ f l m ʌ n d eɪ m ɔː n ɪ ŋ
- ɡ ʊ d m ɔː n ɪ ŋ
- ɡ ʊ d ɑː f t ə n uː n
- ɡ ʊ d iː v n ɪ ŋ
- ɪ t s ɡ e t ɪ ŋ l eɪ t
- aɪ m ɡ e t ɪ ŋ t aɪə d
- ɡ ʊ d n aɪ t
- ə k ɔː d ɪ ŋ t ʊ ‿ ʷ ‿ aʊə m ɑː k ɪ t r ɪ ˈs ɜː tʃ
- ð ə t ɑː ɡ ɪ (t) ɡ r uː p
- ɪ z j ʌ ŋ p eə r ə n t s
- w ɔ (t) k aɪ n d ə v k æ m ˈp eɪ n
- ɑː j uː p l æ n ɪ ŋ
- t iː v iː ‿ ʲ ‿ ə n d r eɪ d ɪ əʊ k ə ˈm ɜː ʃ l z
- ˈn j uː s p eɪ p ə r ə n d m æ ɡ ə ˈz iː n ˈæ d v ə t aɪ z ɪ ŋ
- w e n z ð ə d e d l aɪ n
- e v r ɪ θ ɪ ŋ w ɪ l h æ f t ə b iː r e d ɪ
- b aɪ ð iː ‿ ʲ ‿ e n d ə v ɔː ɡ ə s t
- ɔː l ð iː ‿ ʲ ‿ ɪ n f ə m eɪ ʃ n j uː n iː d
- ɪ z ɪ n ð iː z f əʊ l d ə z
- h aʊ ‿ ʷ ‿ ɑː θ ɪ ŋ z
- p r ɪ t ɪ t e r ɪ b l æ k tʃ ʊ ə l ɪ
- m aɪ k ɑː w əʊ n t s t ɑː t
- m aɪ k l aɪə n t s w əʊ n (t) p eɪ
- aɪ w əʊ n (t) b iː ‿ ʲ ‿ eɪ b l
- t ə t eɪ k e n ɪ t aɪ m ɔ f
- ə n t ɪ l k r ɪ s m ə s