Speakout Pronunciation Extra Advanced Unit 4 [PDF]

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PRONUNCIATION EXTRA ADVANCED UNIT 4

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4.1 CHUNKING and SENTENCE STRESS Listen to a movie trailer. Mark the pauses with a line |. Listen again and underline the main stresses. Which words are not stressed? What do they have in common? In a town where nothing ever happens the arrival of a mysterious stranger is a big event.

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Read the Pronunciation tip then listen and say the trailer in Exercise 1A with the speaker. PRONUNCIATION TIP Movie trailers are oen recorded with exaggerated pauses and emphatic stress in order to create tension and drama. This exaggeration makes it easier for us to hear how the language is divided into chunks and how stresses are used to highlight content words.

2 A Prepare to read the trailers below in

the style of a movie trailer voiceover. Mark the pauses and the main stresses. In a world where dreams come true Rachel Rose has a dream so big it’ll blow your mind! He was in the wrong place at the wrong time now there’s only one way out but can he find it? They live in a world of fear where freedom is dead and violence is the law.

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you need each time. 1 eyes ice 2 niece knees 3 sour shower 4 zinc sink

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4.4 Listen and find examples of the three sounds in the phrase below. How many times does each sound appear in the phrase? An amazing story of social injustices. Listen again and say the phrase with the speaker.

5 sew show 6 sign shine 7 bus buzz

8 sip zip 9 sock shock 10 rice rise

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4.6 Listen and circle the words you hear in Exercise 5A. Write the correct symbol, /s/, /z/ or /ʃ/, alongside. 1 eyes /z/

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4.7 Listen to the tongue twister and then repeat it three times as quickly as you can. /ʃ/  /s//z/ /s/ /ʃ/ /z/ /s//ʃ/ She sells seashells on the seashore.

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4.2 Listen and say the trailers with the speakers.

4.3 SIMILAR SOUNDS: /s/ /z/ /ʃ/ Listen and repeat the three similar sounds. 1 /s/ /s/ 2 /z/ /z/ 3 /ʃ/ /ʃ/

Listen and say the phrases with the speakers.

5 A Read out the pairs of words. Notice which of the three sounds

4.8 CONSONANT CLUSTERS Listen to the sentences and the underlined letters and answer the questions. 1 In which word or set of two words a) are all the underlined consonants pronounced? b) is one of the underlined consonants dropped? 2 Which sounds are dropped? i ii iii iv v vi

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4.5 Look at the phrases below. How many of the three different sounds are there in each phrase? Which sounds are they? Listen and check. 1 citizens’ rights two sounds – /z/ and /s/ 2 personal information            3 social issues            4 justice system            5 civil liberties            6 immigration controls            7 human rights violations            8 guns and ammunition            9 a prison sentence            10 facts and figures           

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The experience almost ruined their friendship. Her grandmother never completely recovered from the shock. He confronted her with the sad truth of the situation. Instead of giving up, it inspired her to try even harder. I’d probably say it was the most important decision of my life. It always starts off well, but usually ends up a disaster!

Read the Pronunciation tip. Then listen again and say the sentences with the speakers. Pay special attention to the consonant clusters. PRONUNCIATION TIP Consonant clusters with two or more consonant sounds can occur within a word or across word boundaries within the same chunk.

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