Lingua e traduzione inglese II/T 2011-2012
WORD STRESS EXERCISE (1)
Indicate where the primary stress falls in the following words:
1. technique 2. engineer
3. capitalism 4. develop
5. inadequate 6. comfortable
7. percentage 8. centimetre
9. interesting 10. variety
11. engine 12. report
13. category 14. vinegar
15. effort 16. cartoon
17. police 18. Catholic
19. adjective 20. component
21. cigarette 22. machine
23. Ian (McEwan) 24. accompany
25. afternoon 26. Milan
27. lunatic 28. July
29. essay 30. character
31. absurd 32. allegory
33. Halloween 34. calendar
35. hemisphere / atmosphere 36. concerned
37. fifteen 38. Marilyn Monroe
39. advertise 40. Macbeth
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WORD STRESS EXERCISE (2)
Indicate where the primary stress falls in the following words
1. unique 2. (electrical) appliance
3. recipe 4. Canberra
5. cuisine 6. canal
7. guitar 8. (drug, telly, e-mail) addict
9. applicant 10. (to) ridicule
11. territory 12. Catholicism
13. princess 14. insurance
15. hamburger 16. Canterbury
17. umpire 18. inspire
19. brochure 20. U.F.O.
21. reservoir 22. Aladdin
23. Japan 24. referee
25. subsequent 26. (to) comment
27. (to) proceed 28. proceeds (ricavato)
29. nostalgia 30. soliloquy
31. violin 32. hotel
33. infamous 34. addressee
35. kilometre 36. reliable
37. Desdemona 38. sleep in (phrasal verb)
39. e-mail 40. play-station
Lingua e traduzione inglese II/T 2011-2012
Long vowel or short vowel? Check to find out which of these words contain /u/ and which contain /u:/. There are two trick questions - that is, two words which do not contain either /u/ or /u:/.
1. moon 2. foot 3. rude 4. fool 5. book 6. would 7. mood 8. good 9. look 10. choose 11. school 12. soon 13. tool 14. boom 15. pull 16. lose 17. flood 18. room 19. youtube 20. food 21. hood 22. grew 23. boot 24. root 25. noon 26. Waterloo 27. took 28. put
29. looney tunes 30. few
31. understood 32. bush 33. wood 34. should 35. shoot 36. blood 37. pool 38. shoe 39. pursue 40. new 41. full 42. broom
43. (Wayne) Rooney 44. route
45. suit 46. fruit juice 47. loose
48. truly beautiful (ignore James Blunt’s pronunciation of beautiful!) 49. (Penelope) Cruz
50. (Tom) Cruise
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PRONUNCIATION AND MEANING
Find the pronunciation (and meaning) of the following words in the dictionary
1. height 2. parents
3. dubbing, Scottish 4. Hugh (Jackman, Grant, Laurie)
5. raspberry 6. canoe
7. thermometer 8. shire
9. sleigh 10. beard
11. (to / a) purchase 12. threat
13. (Peter) Gabriel 14. remembered, tortured, registered
15. lead (piombo) 16. amateur
17. mountain / fountain 18. cupboard
19. iron 20. Prague
21. oven 22. christening
23. aisle / isle 24. source / sauce
25. Citroen 26. tortoise
27. paw, jaw, claw 28. gorgeous
29. sceptre (scettro) 30. evil
31. choir 32. Warsaw
33. tomb 34. drought
35. honourable 36. (to / a) comb
37. alibi 38. catarrh
39. warrior 40. rough
41. thorough (esaustivo) 42. whole / hole
43. draughty 44. Beatrix (Potter)
45. Van Gogh 46. guinea pig
47. J.K. Rowling, David Bowie 48. peasant
49. whistled 50. Camilla (Parker-Bowles)
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Key to phonetic transcription 1
1. survival skills 2. further data 3. municipal library
4. your thirtieth anniversary 5. Chinese calendar
6. faulty keyboard 7. brotherly affection 8. useful criticism 9. philosopher’s stone 10. Canadian literature 11. Tuesday afternoon 12. utter rubbish 13. ancient coins 14. approximate figures 15. vegetable soup 16. forward pass 17. fairy godmother 18. Easter celebrations 19. February exams 20. fewer opportunities 21. new encyclopedia 22. familiar faces 23. complete stranger 24. from bad to worse 25. bright sunshine 26. honorary aunt 27. George Clooney 28. helicopter propeller 29. pleasant experience 30. treasure hunt
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Key to phonetic transcription 2
1. Alpine pastures 2. machine translation 3. laboratory technician 4. verse thirty-one 5. liquor store 6. horse races 7. young squad 8. extraordinary luck 9. fair hair
10. local usage
11. walking encyclopaedia 12. shopping precinct 13. international affairs 14. altar boy
15. eightieth birthday 16. totally inaccurate 17. haunting fear
18. formidable opponents 19. ocean liner
20. antique furniture 21. July and August 22. bottled water 23. breakfast cereal 24. Treasure Island 25. undergraduate thesis 26. central London 27. daily routine 28. vicious circle 29. after hours 30. beautiful lullaby
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Key to phonetic transcription 3
1. celebrated surgeon 2. jigsaw puzzle
3. deserved punishment 4. various categories 5. Peruvian culture 6. sudden U-turn 7. stronger than me 8. unusual phases 9. holiday resort 10. pardonable attitude 11. Russell Crowe 12. terror campaign 13. disputable hypothesis 14. eager beaver
15. bare (bear) necessities 16. guided missile
17. blood injury 18. April the thirteenth 19. search engine 20. pure bliss 21. car insurance 22. nature reserve 23. annoying earache 24. soccer tournament 25. useless suggestion 26. corrupt regime 27. desperate remedies 28. large orphanage 29. rather original 30. Richard Gere
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Key to phonetic transcription 4
1 exceptional qualities 2 schoolboy hero 3 hyperactive children 4 bizarre decision 5 fish fingers 6 talented daughter 7 room temperature 8 Hugh Laurie 9 awful father 10 opera singer 11 noisy neighbours 12 commons of London 13 irrational behaviour 14 Canterbury cathedral 15 temporary diversion 16 James Stewart 17 Australian cousin 18 Asian community 19 Sean Connery 20 united Europe
21 detestable phonetics 22 trade fair
23 unwelcome guest 24 Jewish tradition 25 worst of all
26 terrible heartache 27 rare beauty
28 pair of scissors 29 Portuguese resorts 30 Christmas Eve
More transcription practice at:
http://www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/phonetics.htm
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Key to extra transcription practice 1
1. future career 2. permanent position 3. implausible alternative 4. young scholar
5. Florentine architecture 6. gesture of impatience 7. suspicious package 8. cultural values 9. unorthodox theory 10. domestic agenda 11. unscrupulous policy 12. Laurel and Hardy 13. medicinal purposes 14. recreational activities 15. colourful cushion 16. over the rainbow 17. treasure trove 18. wishful thinking 19. frivolous remark 20. cogent objection 21. fish and chips
22. outrageously dressed
23. Leicester City (= an English football team) 24. rigorous trainer
25. hardboiled eggs 26. tinned spaghetti 27. dual citizenship 28. World War II 29. endangered species 30. Paul Newman
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Key to phonetic transcription 5
1. huge bulldozer 2. short-sighted
3. groundbreaking initiative 4. police truncheon
5. peanut butter 6. yeast extract 7. inflight magazine 8. really exhausted 9. launch an enquiry 10. financial consultant 11. left luggage
12. outside broadcast 13. strapped for cash 14. Presbyterian church 15. Niagara Falls
16. through the grapevine 17. lenient examiner 18. multipurpose tool 19. signature tune 20. throwaway remark 21. weeping willow 22. within earshot 23. hard shoulder 24. estuary English 25. draft translation 26. electricity bill
27. architectural features 28. university prospectus
29. equal opportunities employer 30. fluency and accuracy
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Key to extra transcription practice 2
1. dangerous malware 2. thirty-four euros 3. beast of burden 4. last breath
5. further communication 6. unkind remark
7. light bulb 8. period at Yale 9. ancient tomb 10. slice of pie 11. useless law
12. exclusive coverage 13. Wuthering Heights 14. the naked eye 15. feared invasion
16. Lennon and McCartney 17. Universal Studios 18. fabulous jewels 19. touch rugby 20. sour raspberries 21. horrendous ogre 22. Saint Peter’s Square 23. flash drive
24. girls’ choir
25. battle of Waterloo 26. new canoe
27. enjoy the opera 28. Easy Virtue 29. aching knees 30. particular relevance
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Key to phonetic transcription 6
1. hostile climate 2. freezing January 3. Chariots of Fire 4. Ewan McGregor 5. World Service 6. nothing to declare 7. emotional baggage 8. inappropriate conduct 9. Salisbury cathedral 10. mobile library 11. exciting race
12. inconvenient appointment 13. soothing massage
14. current acount 15. Nottingham Forest 16. attached file
17. Heathrow terminal 4 18. Christmas crackers 19. sugar-free biscuits 20. bank charges 21. smooth operator 22. the umpteenth time 23. solitary existence 24. short circuit 25. shrewd judgement 26. Julius Caesar 27. Elizabethan theatre 28. notorious gangster 29. water shortage 30. courtroom interpreter
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Key to extra transcription practice 3
1. powers of persuasion 2. rocking chair
3. unearned income 4. European parliament 5. weird pseudonym 6. studio audience 7. the fourth of July 8. birth certificate 9. miracle cure
10. professional cricket 11. certain circumstances 12. innate qualities 13. safari park 14. nowhere to hide 15. nuclear energy 16. quite fortunate 17. affordable prices 18. experienced crew 19. equal distribution 20. thorough survey 21. ignorance is bliss 22. wholehearted support 23. joint account
24. windscreen wiper 25. George Bush 26. honourable man 27. jazz musician 28. affirmative answer 29. unique occasion 30. broken thermometer
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Key to phonetic transcription 7
1. use the apostrophe 2. valuable prizes 3. intolerable arrogance 4. burst tyre (American: tire) 5. Stairway to Heaven 6. awful flooding 7. contagious disease 8. miserable conclusion 9. towns of Leicestershire 10. double fault
11. dual citizenship 12. bicycle hire 13. ground floor
14. reliable collaborator 15. the usual nonsense 16. next episode 17. superb yacht 18. Jennifer Lopez 19. endangered species 20. major discovery 21. deadly virus
22. sleeping policemen 23. ferocious warrior 24. teething problems 25. Satanic Verses 26. lucky charm 27. sailing enthusiast 28. Easter bunny 29. season’s greetings 30. crown jewels
