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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
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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
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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
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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
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