Wadjasay? American English Pronunciation Practice Follow on Telegram: https://t.me/NativeEnglishLessons

Syncope (loss of unstressed vowels after a stressed syllable.)
Example “chocolate” [CHAWK-uh-luht] becomes [CHAW-kluht]
1- I like to eat chocolate. [CHAW-kluht]
2- She visits her mother every weekend. [EV-ree]
3- He bought a new camera. [KAM-ruh]
4- We go for a walk in the evening. [EEV-niŋ]
6- Are you interested in ancient history? [HIS-tree]
7- We have a vegetable garden. [VEJ-tuh-buhl]
8- Those two ideas are not comparable. [KOM-pruh-buhl]
9- She works in a laboratory. [LAB-ruh-tor-ee]
10- What an interesting person he is. [IN-truhs-tiŋ]
11- I got the flu last week. I felt so miserable. [MIZ-ruh-buhl]
12- Generally I only drink coffee in the morning. [JEN-ruh-lee]
13- I have a headache. I’m going to take an aspirin.
14- Mexican Spanish is different from Argentinian Spanish.
15- What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?
16- Let’s go to a restaurant for dinner.
17- Is coffee your beverage of choice?
18- I’d like to introduce you to my family.
19- That seems like a reasonable solution to our problem.
20- Ireland is nicknamed the “Emerald” Isle.




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One of the science podcasts I listen to regularly is Astronomy Cast hosted by Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay. In today’s lesson, you’ll hear a short excerpt from Episode 705: Water Worlds - Looking for Life Beyond Earth. First you’ll hear a clip from their podcast, and then I’ll break their speech into shorter fragments so you can listen and repeat. You’ll hear that Fraser Cain in particular speaks quite rapidly. It would be hard to repeat at his speed!

1- Wherever we find liquid water on Earth, we find life.

2- So it makes sense to search for water across the universe, and hopefully, we can find evidence of life.

3- But what about worlds which are completely covered in water?

4- Oceans, hundreds of kilometers deep. Can there be too much water?

5- So this idea of water worlds, I mean, we learned everything we needed to know from that Kevin Costner movie, right?

6- No, no, one of the things that I was thinking about preparing for this show

7- is just how magnificently wrong in pretty much every way that movie appears to have been,
8- except from a climate change perspective.

9- And really, if you want one thing to be wrong, you want it to be the climate change part that's wrong.

10- Yeah, but climate change causes sea levels to rise by a couple of hundred feet in the worst case scenario.

Let's listen to the original podcast excerpt again.

11- Right, no, that's true. It won't eat the entire planet. There will still be soil.

12-  The coastlines will be roughly where they were, especially in places that are very mountainous.

13- So it won't be hard where you're trying to find evidence of islands.

14- No, no. But this idea of water worlds, we know they exist here in the solar system, and so we assume that they're out there.

15- So give us sort of like an idea, what is the quintessential water world here in the solar system?

You've listened to the original speakers, you've listened to me, and you've had a chance to listen and repeat. Now listen to the original one more time. Remember: you can't listen too much when you're studying a new language!
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The phone rings and it's a stranger trying to sell you something. This is part one of a multi-podcast series based on a real script. Have fun!

Hi, this is Barry calling from Scam-O-Rama Car Services. I’m calling regarding your 2016 Chevrolet Survivor. How is your 2016 Chevy Survivor running? Do you know the approximate current mileage? Great! I’m calling because the original factory warranty that was on your vehicle has expired. We're running a promotion today for reinstating your original factory coverage. We're going to add 12 months of service at no additional cost. You can take your vehicle to the DownTown HotShot dealership. Are you familiar with them? Do you know where they're located? For the next 12 months you'll take your vehicle there for all your service needs, all your oil changes, tire rotations, and they will also provide you with roadside assistance. 


1- Hi, this is Barry calling from Scam-O-Rama Car Services. 
2- I’m calling regarding your 2016 Chevrolet Survivor. 
3- How is your 2016 Chevy Survivor running? 
4- Do you know the approximate current mileage? Great! 
5- I’m calling because the original factory warranty that was on your vehicle has expired. 
6- We're running a promotion today for reinstating your original factory coverage. 
7- We're going to add 12 months of service at no additional cost. 
8- You can take your vehicle to the DownTown HotShot dealership. 9- Are you familiar with them?  Do you know where they're located? 
10- For the next 12 months you'll take your vehicle there for all your service needs, all your oil changes, tire rotations, and they will also provide you with roadside assistance. 
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This is the first in a series of lessons about connected speech. One of the ways in which we link syllables and words together is with "glides" -- for example a Y sound is added between "be" and "able" so it sounds like "bee yable".  Listen to the sentences and you'll get the idea of these glides.
Y glides:
/iy/
1) I would like to be able to speak fluent English.
2) Will you be able to come?
3) She likes to create small sculptures. 
4) Let’s create something new.
5) My dog loves being in the house.
6) Mary is seeing her French cousin for the first time.


/ey/
5) Please say it again.
6) Lay it down over there.
7) He’s paying for the new table.
8) We’ll be staying at a hotel. 
9) Don’t stay up too late.
10) She’s praying for her father.


/ai/
11) She’s in her room crying.
12) I can hear him sighing.
13) My son is trying out for the basketball team.
14) She is very naive.
15) I will bring my own soup. 
16) He will be flying here from Naples.
17) The cat is eyeing my dinner. It’s fish.


/ɔy/
18) He has a new toy airplane.
19) The cat was toying with the mouse.
20) His name is Roy Adams.
21) He has a boyish face.
22) My sister is annoying me.
==========================
W glides:
23) His car is a bluish color.
24) Where are you going?
25) However, she does speak Hungarian.
26) You should do it now.
27) I wish that dog would go away.
28) Now is the time for us to leave.


/uw/ 
29) I’ll sign my name in blue ink.
30) Are you in the kitchen?
31) His name is Stuart.


/ow/ 
32) There’s no art in that room.
33) The word “Noel” is often heard in Christmas songs.
34) No one is listening to us.


/aw/ 
35) How is it going?
36) We need some more flour.
37) How’re you doing?
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Here are some sentences with six-syllable words.
1- In the 1960s people experimented with hallucinogenic drugs. 
2- Covid 19 has resulted in the hospitalization of too many people.
3- Please do NOT eat mushrooms which are not identifiable as safe and harmless.
4- Alien organisms might not be easily categorizable.
5- After lengthy reconsideration of your proposal, my answer is still NO.
6- I was the beneficiary of my late uncle’s largesse. He was a generous man.
7- I would like to study extraterrestrial biodiversity. 
8- She is planning to write a lengthy autobiography. 
9- Please show us your identification. 
10- Is it possible to be a humanitarian revolutionary?
11- Deep sea creatures often exhibit bioluminescence. 
12- Sometimes people overgeneralize when they telecommunicate.
13- I am studying the electromagnetic spectrum.
14- Lack of precipitation is leading to the desertification of the American southwest.
15- She was easily identifiable by her short purple hair and long pointy nose.
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Crazy English. We pronounce "ough" in too many ways...

I thought microbiology was a tough course, but my professor was a thorough teacher. I studied hard throughout, and in the end I learned what he taught even though it was a challenge.
1- I thought microbiology was a tough course…
2…but my professor was a thorough teacher. 
3- I studied hard throughout…
4…and in the end I learned what he taught…
5…even though it was a challenge.
You did it! Good job.


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