Listening - Corporate Gifts
Functional Language for suggesting, accepting and (politely) rejecting ideas.
Masterclass p. 78, p. 145
Vocabulary
He hasn't got any idea (uncountable = understanding) = He doesn't know anything
He hasn't got any ideas (countable = suggestion) + He doesn't have any suggestions/proposals.
modest
ostentatious
golf clubs
bagpipes
conflict of interest
Pronunciation
rhotic
1. Of or relating to the pronunciation of the sound (r).
2. Of or relating to dialects or accents in which the written letter r is pronounced, especially when following a vowel and preceding a consonant or a syntactic pause.
edge/hedge
angry/hungry
advice (noun)/advise (verb)
Today we talked a lot about pronunciation especially the difference between voiced and unvoiced consonants e.g. /z/ versus /s/ and vowel sounds. Compare and contrast the charts below which show the vowel sounds in standard British, American and New Zealand English and the vowels in Italian. Note the difference in position on the chart which shows where the sounds are made.
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