English for Tourism 2

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II – Match the picture with the places in Vietnam below. There is more one choice
a- Nam Cat Tien b- Dalat c- Daklak d- Hoi An
e- HoChiMinh City f- Hue g- Ha Long h- Nha trang
i- Sapa j- Phu Quoc
B- PRONUNCIATION
The schwa
/ә/ and /i/: unstressed vowel sound.
1- Listen to the poem. Circle the words which rhyme
Mr. Porter loves his pasta
No one else can eat it faster
Mr. Porter’s sister Rita,
Buys the pasta by the metre
Mr. Porter’s older daughter
Boils it all in tubs of water
2- In each sentence or phrase there are two vowels
which are not /ә/ . Listen and circle them
a- from Canada to China
b- The parrot was asleep
c- The cinema was open
d- The photographer’s assistant
e- A question and an answer
f- A woman and her husband
g- A pasta salad
3- Underline the schwa in these words. Listen and check
(Extracted from exercise 7- English pronunciation in use, English phonetic and phonology-Peter Roach)
Advice cousin machine tonight
recognize problem Similar adventure
The /
ðә ( before consonant)
‏/כd ∫٨t ðә / door shut the
ði ( before vowels)
wait for the end /weit fә ði end
and /ænd/
әn( sometime n after t,d,s,z, ∫)
come and see/ k٨m әn si:/
fish and chips /fi∫ n t∫ips/
but /b٨t/
bәt : it’s good but expensive
/it’s gud bәt iks pensiv/
That /ðæt/ has weak form/ðәt/
when used in a relative clause
At /æt/ in final position
What’s he shooting at?
/әt/ I’ll see you at lunch
For /f ‏/:כ in final position
What’s that for?
/fә/ before consonant
/fәr/ before vowel
Strong form in final position “
to “ of, can, from,to,as, shall”
(Extracted from unit 6- Know how 2)
C- LISTENING
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