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Transcription exercise
There was a section of Andalusians next to us
/ðeə wəz ə ˈsekʃәn əv ændəˈluːsiənz nekst tu ʌs
in the line now. I do not know quite how they got to
ɪn ðə lɑɪn naʊ. aɪ du nɒt nəʊ kwaɪt haʊ ðeɪ gɒt tə
this front. The current explanation was that they
ðɪs frʌnt. ðə ˈkʌrənt ekspləˈneɪʃәn wəz ðət ðeɪ
had run away from Málaga so fast that they had
həd rʌn əˈweɪ frəm ˈmæləgə səʊ fɑːst ðət ðeɪ həd
forgotten to stop at Valencia; but this, of course,
fəˈgɒtәn tə stɒp ət vələnʃiə; bət ðɪs, əv kɔːs,
came from the Catalans, who professed to look down
keɪm frəm ðə ˈkætəlænz, huː prəˈfest tə lʊk daʊn
on the Andalusians as a race of semi-savages.
ɒn ðə ændəˈluːsiənz əz ə reɪs əv semiˈsævɪdʒɪz.
Certainly the Andalusians were very
ˈɜːtәnli ði ændəˈluːsiənz wə ˈveri
ignorant. Few if any of them could read, and they
ˈɪgnərənt. fjuː ɪf ˈeni əv ðəm kʊd riːd ənd ðeɪ
seemed not even to know the one thing that
siːmd nɒt ˈiːvәn tə nəʊ ðə wʌn ðɪŋ ðət
everybody knows in Spain, which political
ˈevribɒdi nəʊz ɪn spein, wɪtʃ pəˈlɪtɪkәl
party they belonged to.
ˈpɑːti ðeɪ bɪˈlɒŋd tuː/
Vocal tract
The vocal tract is
the cavity in human beings and in animals where sound that is produced at the
sound source (larynx
in mammals; syrinx
in birds) is filtered.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Minimal pairs exercise
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lit
- light |
read
- red |
sing
- sang |
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bed
- bad |
saw
- sought |
boot
- boat |
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soot
- suit |
but
- boot |
why
- way |
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know
- now |
wreath
- wreathe |
leak
- lick |
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look
- luck |
sock
- suck |
vest
- vast |
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cod
- card |
dug
- dog |
thirst
- first |
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fair
- fear |
pay
- bay |
read
- lead |
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need
- mead |
zoo
- sue |
near
- ne'er |
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catch
- cash |
azure
- assure |
jet
- chet |
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leige
- lease |
whistle
- thistle |
beige
- bays |
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fur
- fear |
care
- chur |
noon
- nun |