A1 Course Unit 8
Presentations: A1 Course Unit 8
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 8 Part A Phonetics
ə j ʊ ɡ ʊ d ə t s p ɔː t s
m aɪ t e n ɪ s ɪ z p r ɪ t i ɡ ʊ d
ə n (d) aɪ m ə n ˈe k s ə l ə n t s w ɪ m ə
w ɔ t ə b aʊ (t) m j uː z ɪ k
w e l aɪ k ə n p l eɪ ð ə ɡ ɪ t ɑː
b ə t aɪ k ɑː n t r iː d m j uː z ɪ k
k ə n j ʊ s ɪ ŋ
n ɔ t v e r i w e l
w ɔ t f ɔ r ə n l æ ŋ ɡ w ɪ dʒ ɪ z
d (ə) j ʊ s p iː k
f r e n tʃ r ʌ ʃ n s p æ n ɪ ʃ
dʒ æ p ə n iː z ə n (d) ˈæ r ə b ɪ k
w ɔ (t) d ə z̽ ‿ s uː z n d uː
ʃ iː z ə m j uː z ɪ k – k r ɪ t ɪ k
w ɔ t ə n ˈɪ n t r ə s t ɪ ŋ dʒ ɔ b
w ɔ (t) d ə z r ɔ b ə (t) d uː
h i z ə p aɪ l ə t f ə b r ɪ t ɪ ʃ ˈeə w eɪ z
d ə z (h) i l aɪ k (h) ɪ z dʒ ɔ b
j e s (h) i d ʌ z
aɪ w ɔː (k) t ə w ɜː k
j ʊ w ɔː (k) t ə w ɜː k
ʃ i w ɔː k s t ə w ɜː k
m ʌ n d eɪ t j uː z d eɪ
w e n z d eɪ θ ɜː z d eɪ
f r aɪ d eɪ s æ t ə d eɪ s ʌ n d i
m ɑː k əʊ n i s t ʌ d i d f ɪ z ɪ k s
ə t ə t e k n ɪ k l s k uː l
ɪ n eɪ t iː n – n aɪ n t i f ɔː
h i d ɪ s k ʌ v ə d
h aʊ t ə t r æ n s ˈm ɪ t r eɪ d i əʊ w eɪ v z
t uː j ɪə z l eɪ t ə
h i m uː v (d) t ʊ ‿ ɪ ŋ ɡ l ə n (d)
t ə k ə n t ɪ n j uː h ɪ z r i s ɜː tʃ
Unit 8 Part A English
Are you good at sports?
My tennis is pretty good...
and I'm an excellent swimmer.
What about music?
Well, I can play the guitar...
but I can't read music.
Can you sing?
Not very well.
What foreign languages...
do you speak?
French, Russian, Spanish,
Japanese and Arabic.
What does Susan do?
She's a music critic.
What an interesting job!
What does Robert do?
He's a pilot for British Airways.
Does he like his job?
Yes, he does.
I walk to work.
You walk to work.
She walks to work.
Monday, Tuesday
Wednesday, Thursday
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Marconi studied physics...
at a technical school.
In 1894,
he discovered...
how to transmit radio waves.
Two years later,
he moved to England...
to continue his research.
Unit 8 Part B Phonetics
ð e n ɪ n – n aɪ n t iː n əʊ w ʌ n
h i t r æ n s m ɪ t ɪ d r eɪ d i əʊ s ɪ ɡ n ə l z
ə k r ɔ s ð i ‿ ə t l æ n t ɪ k əʊ ʃ n
w e n s æ l i l ɪ v d ɪ n b ɔ s t ə n
ʃ i s t ʌ d i d ə t h ɑː v ə d
h ə k ɔː s l ɑː s t ɪ d
f ə f ɔː j ɪə z
ð e n ʃ i s t ɑː t ɪ d w ɜː k ɪ ŋ
f ə r ‿ ə b ɪ (ɡ) k ʌ m p ə n i ‿
ɪ n k æ l ɪ f ɔː n j ə
h ə r ‿ ʌ ŋ k l z ə ˈf ɪ z ɪ s ɪ s t
h ə r ‿ ɑː n t s ə b aɪ ˈɔ l ə dʒ ɪ s t
h ə s ɪ s t ə z ə ˈb ɔ t ə n ɪ s t
h ə b r ʌ ð ə z ə dʒ i ˈɔ l ə dʒ ɪ s t
aɪ ‿ ʲ ‿ ɔː l w eɪ z w ɔ n t ɪ d ‿
t ə b iː ‿ ə n e n dʒ ɪ ˈn ɪə
d ɪ d ʒ ‿ j ʊ s t ʌ d i ‿ e n dʒ ə ˈn ɪə r ɪ ŋ
j e s b ə t aɪ d ɪ d n (t) ɡ r æ dʒ ʊ eɪ t
h i t r aɪ z h i t r aɪ d
h i d ɪ d n (t) t r aɪ
ʃ i r ɪ p l aɪ z ʃ i r ɪ p l aɪ d
ʃ i d ɪ d n (t) r ɪ p l aɪ
aɪ l ɪ v d ə b r ɔː d
f ə m e n i j ɪə z
d ɪ d ʒ ‿ j ʊ m ɪ s j ə f æ m ɪ l i
j e s aɪ r iː ə l i m ɪ s (t) ð ə m
Unit 8 Part B English
Then, in 1901...
he transmitted radio signals...
across the Atlantic Ocean.
When Sally lived in Boston,
she studied at Harvard.
Her course lasted...
for four years.
Then she started working...
for a big company...
in California.
Her uncle's a physicist.
Her aunt's a biologist.
Her sister's a botanist.
Her brother's a geologist.
I always wanted...
to be an engineer.
Did you study engineering?
Yes, but I didn't graduate.
he tries - he tried
He didn't try.
she replies - she replied
She didn't reply.
I lived abroad...
for many years.
Did you miss your family?
Yes, I really missed them.
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