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Top Course Unit 164
Presentations: The Top Course Unit 164
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 164 Part A Phonetics
1 aɪ l t eɪ k m aɪ ʌ m 'b r e l ə s əʊ ð æ t aɪ w əʊ n (t) ɡ e t w e t 2 'j e s t ə d eɪ aɪ l e f t ɪ t ə t h əʊ m ə n d ɪ t r eɪ n d s əʊ h ɑː d aɪ k ʊ d n t ɡ e t h əʊ m 3 h iː w ə z n aɪ s b ə t h i k ʊ d n t r ɪ z ɪ s t ə d ɪ s 'p æ r ɪ dʒ ɪ ŋ r ɪ m ɑː k ə 'b aʊ t m aɪ heə k ʌ t 4 aɪ θ ɪ ŋ k aɪ l – l ʊ (k) b æ k ɔ n ð æ (t) d eɪ ə n s eɪ t ə m aɪ s e l f 5 ð æ t aɪ ə 'd ɔ p t ɪ (d) ð æ t s t aɪ l s əʊ aɪ w ʊ d n t s iː m ə n ɔ n k ə n 'f ɔ: m ɪ s t 6 ð ə k ʌ m p ə n ɪ b l eɪ m z ð ə ɡ l əʊ b l e k ə n ɔ m ɪ k d aʊ n t ɜː n 7 ə n d ʌ θ ə f æ k t ə z s ʌ tʃ ə z ð ə d ə 't ɪə r ɪ ə r eɪ t ɪ ŋ s t r e ŋ θ ə v ð ə j e n 8 aɪ w e n t s w ɪ m ɪ ŋ d ə s p aɪ (t) ð ə k əʊ l d w e θ ə 9 aɪ w e n t s w ɪ m ɪ ŋ ɪ n s p aɪ t ə v ð ə k əʊ l d w e θ ə 10 aɪ w e n t s w ɪ m ɪ ŋ d ə s p aɪ (t) ð ə f æ k (t) ð æ (t) ð ə w e θ ə w ə z k əʊ l d 11 ə n aʊ n s ə v p r ə 'v e n tʃ n ɪ z b e t ə ð ə n ə p aʊ n d ə v k j ʊə
Unit 164 Part A English
1 I'll take my umbrella so that I won't get wet. 2 Yesterday I left it at home and it rained so hard I couldn't get home. 3 He was nice but he couldn't resist a disparaging remark about my haircut. 4 I think I'll look back on that day and say to myself ... 5 that I adopted that style so I wouldn't seem a non-conformist. 6 The company blames the global economic downturn ... 7 and other factors such as the deteriorating strength of the yen. 8 I went swimming despite the cold weather. 9 I went swimming in spite of the cold weather. 10 I went swimming despite the fact that the weather was cold. 11 An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.
Unit 164 Part B Phonetics
1 l aɪ k w aɪ z ɔ m ə d z n ɜː v ɪ s ə 'b aʊ (t) ð i ‿ j ‿ ɪ ɡ 'z æ m 2 s uː z b iː ɪ ŋ v e r ɪ k w aɪ ə t – t ə d eɪ 3 dʒ e n ə r ə s f ʌ n ɪ f eə k aɪ n d ə n (d) 'l ɔ dʒ ɪ k l 4 k r ʊə l ɪ 'l ɔ dʒ ɪ k l ɪ m p ɔ 'l aɪ t ɪ r ɪ 's p ɔ n s ə b l ə n d l aɪ z ɪ 5 ɪ n ʌ θ ə w ɜː d z aɪ l b iː s t ʌ d ɪ ɪ ŋ w e n j uː k ʌ m 6 aɪ m ɡ əʊ ɪ ŋ t ə b iː ʃ ɔ p ɪ ŋ ə (t) ð ə m ɔː l 7 d əʊ n (t) ɡ e t ɪ m p eɪ ʃ n t ʃ iː l b iː k ʌ m ɪ ŋ s uː n 8 w iː ‿ j ‿ ə 'p r iː ʃ ɪ aɪ t ɪ d j ɔː h e l p ɪ n ð ə m æ t ə 9 aɪ m n ɔ t k ə m p 'l iː t l ɪ ʃ ʊə b ə t aɪ b ə l iː v ɪ n d ə t r oɪ t 10 w ɪ l ʃ ɪ b iː l ɪ v ɪ ŋ θ eə 11 w eə w ɪ l ʃ ɪ b iː l ɪ v ɪ ŋ
Unit 164 Part B English
1 Likewise, Ahmed's nervous about the exam. 2 Sue's being very quiet today. 3 generous, funny, fair, kind and logical 4 cruel, illogical, impolite, irresponsible and lazy 5 In other words, I'll be studying when you come. 6 I'm going to be shopping at the mall. 7 Don't get impatient. She'll be coming soon. 8 We appreciated your help in the matter. 9 I'm not completely sure, but I believe in Detroit. 10 Will she be living there? 11 Where will she be living?