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SOUND WORK

4)) 17 Listen to the schwa sound (/o/) in these words.

a'dapted    con'verted    'customised    'second

com'puter    con'siderably    'February

Tip

The schwa sound (/o/) is very frequent in English. Notice that non-stressed syllables often have h/.

4) 17 Listen to the words again and practise sayingthem.

□    4) 18 Listen and underline all the schwa sounds that can you hear.

Then check your answers.

1    We’ve converted the station into a hotel.

2    TheyVe adapted the equipment.

3    They’ve customised the Computer programs.

4    They’ve had second thoughts about the project.

5    Things have improyed considerably sińce (anuary.

4) 18 Now listen again. Practise saying each sentence afteryou hear it.

4) 19 Listen to the pronunciation of/7os//7ove and hasn’t/haven’t in the following sentences.

1    She’s restructured the company.

/Ji:z/

2    They’ve just relocated.

/óeiv/

3    He hasift retrained.

/hi'hasznt/

4    We haven’t relaunched it yet.

/wi'h<evnt/

5    Where’s he gone?

/' weozi/

6    What’vetheydone?

/'wDtovóci/

Q 4) 20 Listen to the recording and complete the sentences. Use contracted forms.

1    .....................changed enormously.

2    .....................redesigned the Office.

3    .....................moved in the right direction.

4    .....................been retrained to use the    new equipment.

5    .....................decentralised the decision-making proces¹..

4) 20 Listen again and practise the sentences. P.iy attontlon to the contractions.

Q 4)) 21 Listen to these extracts from meetings, and decide what each speaker is doing. Each extract is spoken twice on the recording.

•    Write one letter, (a-g), next to the number of the speaker.

•    You will have to use each letter twice.

Speaker 1.....................

Speaker 2.....................

Speaker 3.....................

Speaker A.....................

Speaker 5..................... _a)    starting the meeting

Speaker 6..................... b)    setting objectives

_{Speaker 7}    c)    asking for reactions

d) dealing with interruptions

Speaker 8..................... _e)    ^egpjng t₀ the point

Speaker 9..................... f)    speeding up or slowing down

Speaker 10..................... s)    summarising

Speaker 11.....................

Speaker 12.....................

Speaker 13.....................

Speaker 14.....................

EJ 4)) 22 Listen to how Speaker B asks for the piece of information that is underlined to be repeated. Notice how the voice keeps rising from the beginning of the question to the end.

1    A: Thev complained that the work Schedule was too tight.

B: l’m afraid I didn't quite catch that. What did you say they complained about?

2    A: The interyiews will be carried out at our headauarters.

B: Sorry, where will the interviews be carried out, did you say?

3    A: The job sounded so interesting that 340 people applied for it.

B: Sorry, I didn’t get that. How many people did you say applied for the job?

Q Now ask Speaker A to repeat the underlined information in each of these conversations. Use the three examples in Exercise B as models.

1    A: Out of the five short-listed candidates, Pierre Meyer seems to be the most suitable.

B: ...................................................................

2    A: He’s worked in Bułgaria for three years.

B: ...................................................................

3    A: He graduated from Imperial College London.

B: ...................................................................

4    A: He’s training Staff from the ministry of finance.

B: ..................................................................

5    A: The proiect he*s working on linishes at the end of August.

B: ...................................................................

4)) 23 Now listen to the samplo answers and practise Speaker B’s responses.