A2 Course Unit 14

Presentations: A2 Course Unit 14

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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 14 Part A Phonetics

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

Unit 14 Part A English

  1.  Can I see you...
  2.  for a few minutes?
  3.  No, I'm busy now.
  4.  I've got an appointment.
  5.  But I should be free...
  6.  at half past two.
  7.  Shall we meet then?
  8.  I've got to go now.
  9.  I've got to be at the airport...
  10.  at half past one...
  11.  to meet my friend David.
  12.  It's hot in here.
  13.  Shall I open the window?
  14.  It's time to start the meeting.
  15.  Shall I close the door?
  16.  I read the book last year.
  17.  I saw the film last month.
  18.  I bought the DVD last week.
  19.  Shall we watch it tonight?
  20.  When can we meet?
  21.  Let's see...
  22.  Have you got a calendar?
  23.  Have you got your diary?
  24.  Let's make it Friday...
  25.  at quarter past nine.
  26.  That's fine.
  27.  See you then.
  28.  next week, next month, next year
  29.  I've got a date with Susan.
  30.  We're meeting at the station.
  31.  We're going into town...
  32.  to see the exhibition.
  33.  Would you like to join us?

Unit 14 Part B Phonetics

 
  1. aɪ d  l aɪ (k)   t ə   m eɪ k   ə n   ə p ɔɪ n t m ə n t ‿
  2. t ə   s iː   d ɔ k t ə   b e l
  3. k ə n   j ʊ   k ʌ m   ɔ n   m ʌ n d eɪ   ð e   n aɪ n θ
  4. ə (t)   k w ɔː t ə   t ə   t e n
  5. w ɔ t   ə   j ʊ   d uː ɪ ŋ   f ə   k r ɪ s m ə s
  6. aɪ m   s p e n d ɪ ŋ   ð ə   ˈh ɔ l ɪ d eɪ z
  7. ə t   h əʊ m   w ɪ ð   m aɪ   ˈf æ m ɪ l i
  8. w eə z   m ɪ ˈs ʌ k iː
  9. ʃ i   ˈʃ ʊ (d)   b i ‿ ə (t)   ð i ‿ ɔ f ɪ s
  10. w aɪ   d əʊ n t ʃ ‿ j u   k ɔː l   h ə   ð eə
  11. aɪ   k ɑː n t   ʌ n d ə s t æ n d   h ɪ m
  12. h i   s p iː k s   t uː   f ɑː s t
  13. dz æ k s   ɡ əʊ ɪ ŋ   t ə   ɡ əʊ ‿ ʷ ‿ ɔ n   ə   d aɪə t
  14. h i   w ɔ n t s   t ə   l uː z̽   s ə m   w eɪ t
  15. dʒ ɪ l z   ɡ əʊ ɪ ŋ   t ə   ɡ ɪ v   ʌ p   s m əʊ k ɪ ŋ
  16. ʃ i   s m əʊ k s   t uː   p æ k ɪ t s   ə   d eɪ
  17. aɪ m   ɡ əʊ ɪ ŋ   t ə   l ɜː n   tʃ aɪ n iː z
  18. d (ə)   j ʊ   θ ɪ ŋ k   j ʊ   k ə n   d uː ‿ ʷ ‿ ɪ t
  19. aɪ m   ɡ əʊ ɪ ŋ   t ə   t r aɪ
  20. f ɔː t i   w ɜː d z   ə   m ɪ n ɪ t
  21. f ɪ f t i   m aɪ l z   ə n   aʊə
  22. t w e n t i   f ɔː r ‿ aʊə z   ə  d eɪ
  23. s e v n   d eɪ z   ə   w iː k
  24. w e n   ə   j ʊ   ɡ əʊ ɪ ŋ
  25. t ʊ ‿ ɑː n s ə   ð əʊ z   l e t ə z
  26. w e n   ə   j ʊ   ɡ əʊ ɪ ŋ   t ə   f ɪ n ɪ ʃ
  27. r aɪ t ɪ ŋ   ð æ t   r ɪ p ɔː t
  28. w i v   ɡ ɔ t – t ə   s t ɔ p ‿
  29. w eɪ s t ɪ ŋ   s əʊ   m ʌ tʃ   t aɪ m
  30. n e v ə   p ʊ t   ɔ f   t ɪ l   t ə m ɔ r əʊ
  31. w ɔ t ʃ ‿ j u   k ə n   d uː   t ə d eɪ
  32.  
 

Unit 14 Part B English

  1.  I'd like to make an appointment...
  2.  to see Dr Bell.
  3.  Can you come on Monday the 9th,
  4.  at quarter to ten?
  5.  What are you doing for Christmas?
  6.  I'm spending the holidays...
  7.  at home with my family.
  8.  Where's Misaki?
  9.  She should be at the office.
  10.  Why don't you call her there?
  11.  I can't understand him.
  12.  He speaks too fast.
  13.  Jack's going to go on a diet.
  14.  He wants to lose some weight.
  15.  Jill's going to give up smoking.
  16.  She smokes two packets a day.
  17.  I'm going to learn Chinese.
  18.  Do you think you can do it?
  19.  I'm going to try.
  20.  forty words a minute
  21.  fifty miles an hour
  22.  twenty-four hours a day
  23.  seven days a week
  24.  When are you going...
  25.  to answer those letters?
  26.  When are you going to finish...
  27.  writing that report?
  28.  We've got to stop...
  29.  wasting so much time.
  30.  Never put off till tomorrow...
  31.  what you can do today.

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