Presentation: B2 Course Unit 35
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B2 Course Unit 35 |
Grammar Presentation
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Part 1
- We were given...
- a list of campsites...
- by the local tourist bureau.
- He was never told...
- the whole story, was he?
- No one will ever know...
- the truth, will they?
- However you look at it,
- politics is a dirty game.
- We can leave...
- whenever you're ready.
- Nevertheless we ought to go soon.
- That's fine with me.
- Whichever road we take...
- we're going to hit traffic.
- The spring was cold and wet.
- The summer was long, hot and humid.
- At certain times of the year...
- Mars can be seen...
- with the naked eye.
- I always say...
- why lose sleep...
- over things that may never happen?
- When are you going to answer those letters?
- When are you going to finish that report?
- Never put off till tomorrow...
- what you can do today.
- forty words a minute
- fifty miles an hour
- twenty-four hours a day
- seven days a week
- w iː w ə ɡ ɪ v n
- ə l ɪ s t ə v ˈk æ m p s aɪ t s
- b aɪ ð ə l əʊ k l t ʊə r ɪ s (t) bj ʊə r əʊ
- h iː w ə z n e v ə t əʊ l d
- ð ə h əʊ l s t ɔː r ɪ w ɔ z h iː
- n əʊ w ʌ n w ɪ l e v ə n əʊ
- ð ə t r uː θ w ɪ l ð eɪ
- h aʊ ˈe v ə j uː l ʊ k ə t ɪ t
- p ɔ l ɪ t ɪ k s ɪ z ə d ɜː t ɪ ɡ eɪ m
- w iː k ə n l iː v
- w e n ˈe v ə j ɔː r e d ɪ
- n e v ə ð ə ˈl e s w iː ‿ ʲ ‿ ɔː (t) t ə ɡ əʊ s uː n
- ð æ t s f aɪ n w ɪ ð m iː
- w ɪ tʃ ˈe v ə r əʊ d w iː t eɪ k
- w ɪə ɡ əʊ ɪ ŋ t ə h ɪ (t) t r æ f ɪ k
- ð ə s p r ɪ ŋ w ə z k əʊ l d ə n d w e t
- ð ə s ʌ m ə w ə z l ɔ ŋ h ɔ t ə n d h j uː m ɪ d
- æ t s ɜː t n t aɪ m z ə v ð ə j ɪə
- m ɑː z k ə n b iː s iː n
- w ɪ ð - ð ə n eɪ k ɪ d aɪ
- aɪ ‿ ʲ ‿ ɔː l w eɪ z̽ s eɪ
- w aɪ l uː z̽ s l iː p
- əʊ v ə θ ɪ ŋ z ð ə t m eɪ n e v ə h æ p ə n
- w e n ɑː j uː ɡ əʊ ɪ ŋ t uː ‿ ʷ ‿ ɑː n s ə ð əʊ z l e t ə z
- w e n ɑː j uː ɡ əʊ ɪ ŋ t ə f ɪ n ɪ ʃ ð æ t r ɪ p ɔː t
- n e v ə p ʊ t ɔ f t ɪ l t ə m ɔ r əʊ
- w ɔ t ʃ j uː k ə n d uː t ə d eɪ
- f ɔː t ɪ w ɜː d z ə m ɪ n ɪ t
- f ɪ f t ɪ m aɪ l z ə n aʊə
- t w e n t ɪ f ɔː r aʊə z ə d eɪ
- s e v n d eɪ z ə w iː k
Part 2
- a European country
- a university professor
- an honest person
- an hour ago
- Could you tell me...
- where I'm supposed to sit?
- Ask the flight attendant to help you.
- Passengers are allowed...
- only one item of hand luggage.
- Please put your coats...
- in the overhead lockers.
- Make sure your seatbelt is fastened...
- and that your mobile phone...
- is switched off.
- Where is the nearest...
- emergency exit?
- It's further down on the left.
- We're going out for a walk...
- along the seafront.
- Would you care to join us?
- Ten kilometres...
- is too far to walk in this heat.
- I'm not following you.
- I didn't catch what you said.
- I'm afraid they're not prepared...
- to accept your explanation.
- I'm not sure what that means.
- I'd rather not discuss it,
- if you don't mind.
- Don't let things get you down.
- We didn't get to see...
- the Sistine Chapel.
- We got there too late.
- Without a valid passport...
- you won't be allowed...
- to leave the country.
- Frankly, I couldn't care less.
- This service is suspended...
- until further notice.
- What are we supposed to do now?
- ə j ʊə r ə p ɪə n k ʌ n t r ɪ
- ə j uː n ɪ v ɜː s ɪ t ɪ p r ə f e s ə
- ə n ɔ n ɪ s (t) p ɜː s n
- ə n aʊə r ə ɡ əʊ
- k ʊ d ʒ j uː t e l m iː
- w eə r aɪ m s ə p əʊ s t - t ə s ɪ t
- ɑː s (k) ð ə f l aɪ t ə t e n d ə n t - t ə h e l p j uː
- p æ s ə n dʒ ə z ɑː r ə l aʊ d
- əʊ n l ɪ w ʌ n aɪ t ə m ə v h æ n d l ʌ ɡ ɪ dʒ
- p l iː z p ʊ t ʃ j ɔː k əʊ t s
- ɪ n ð iː ‿ ʲ ‿ əʊ v ə h e d l ɔ k ə z
- m eɪ k ʃ ʊə j ɔː s iː t b e l t ɪ z f ɑː s n d
- ə n (d) ð ə t ʃ j ɔː m əʊ b aɪ l f əʊ n
- ɪ z̽ s w ɪ tʃ t ɔ f
- w eə r ɪ z ð ə n ɪə r ə s t
- ɪ ˈm ɜː dʒ ə n s ɪ ‿ ʲ ‿ e k s ɪ t
- ɪ t s f ɜː ð ə d aʊ n ɔ n ð ə l e f t
- w ɪə ɡ əʊ ɪ ŋ aʊ t f ə r ə w ɔː k
- ə l ɔ ŋ ð ə ˈs iː f r ʌ n t
- w ʊ d ʒ j uː k eə t ə dʒ ɔɪ n ə s
- t e n k ɪ ˈl ɔ m ə t ə z
- ɪ z t uː f ɑː t ə w ɔː k ɪ n ð ɪ s h iː t
- aɪ m n ɔ t ˈf ɔ l əʊ ɪ ŋ j uː
- aɪ d ɪ d n (t) k æ tʃ w ɔ t ʃ j uː s e d
- aɪ m ə f r eɪ (d) ð eə n ɔ (t) p r ɪ p eə d
- t ʊ ‿ ʷ ‿ ə k s e p t j ɔː r e k s p l ə n eɪ ʃ n
- aɪ m n ɔ t ʃ ʊə w ɔ (t) ð æ t m iː n z
- aɪ d r ɑː ð ə n ɔ (t) d ɪ s ˈk ʌ s ɪ t
- ɪ f j uː d əʊ n t m aɪ n d
- d əʊ n t l e (t) θ ɪ ŋ z ɡ e t ʃ j uː d aʊ n
- w iː d ɪ d n (t) ɡ e t - t ə s iː
- ð ə ˈs ɪ s t iː n tʃ æ p l
- w iː ɡ ɔ (t) ð eə t uː l eɪ t
- w ɪ ð aʊ t ə v æ l ɪ (d) p ɑː s p ɔː t
- j uː w əʊ n (t) b iː ‿ ʲ ‿ ə l aʊ d
- t ə l iː v ð ə k ʌ n t r ɪ
- f r æ ŋ k l ɪ ‿ ʲ ‿ aɪ k ʊ d n (t) k eə l e s
- ð ɪ s s ɜː v ɪ s ɪ z̽ s ə s p e n d ɪ d
- ə n t ɪ l f ɜː ð ə n əʊ t ɪ s
- w ɔ t ə w iː s ə p əʊ s t - t ə d uː n aʊ