STEP 1 Read and record the following text. Do not get help from the recording or phonetic transcriptions

GENERAL ADVICE The recording is your basic reference: use it all the time. Help yourself with the transcription. Ideally, you should read each step looking at the transcription rather than the text. The transcription is what you have to pronounce. You MUST NOT leave any sound out, so you have to be very careful to pronounce EVERY SOUND you see and hear.Linking words is essential: words ending in a consonant followed by words beginning with a vowel: He gets up at eleven He get su pa televen

Rythm is very important: stress only the words in YELLOWConsonat clusters: several consecutive consonants, as in THE STUDENT STARTED | stjudnt sttd |Be specially careful with: Vowels in general and LONG vowels in particular. DypthongsThe following consonant sounds in particular : v z j

STEP 1Record the following text. Do not get help from the sound files or the phonetic transcriptions. Record it ONLY once and with no previous preparation.The fittest person I know is my cousin, Darren. Hes twenty-six and hes training to be an army officer. Darrens tall and well-built and he looks fantastic in his uniform. Hes also very strong, and he has amazing stamina. For his training, he has to do really difficult exercises. For example, he has to run up mountains carrying about forty kilos of equipment on his back. Thats almost like carrying a person! He has to eat a really high-calorie diet, but hes always loved his food so thats not too difficult for him. He says hes enjoying the training, but its hard to believe because he used to be so lazy. When he was a student, he never got up before midday, and he never did any housework. Now, he gets up at 5.30 in the morning, and he has to iron his uniform every day!

STEP 2

Read the following line. Follow the transcription and play the recording. Do it as many times as necessary till you think you are doing it as well as you possibly can. Do not go on to the next step till you are over with the present one. Pronounce ALL the sounds you hear and pronounce them FLUENTLY and with RHYTHM.

The fittest person I know is my cousin, Darren. ftst psn a n iz ma kzn | drn

STEP 3

Repeat step 2 with this new line:.Hes twenty-six and hes training to be an army officer. hiz twenti sks nd hiztren tu bi n :mi fs

STEP 4

Now read the previous lines. Listen again, read the transcription and repeat to get a fluent pronunciation.

The fittest person I know is my cousin, Darren. Hes twenty-six and hes training to be an army officer. ftst psn a n iz ma kzn | drn hiz twenti sks nd hiztren tu bi n :mi fs

STEP 5

And so on. Darrens tall and well-built and he looks fantastic in his uniform.drnz tl nd wel blt nd hi lks fntstk n z junfm

STEP 6

The fittest person I know is my cousin, Darren. Hes twenty-six and hes training to be an army officer. Darrens tall and well-built and he looks fantastic in his uniform. ftst psn a n iz ma kzn | drn hiz twenti sks nd hiz tren tu bi n :mi fsdrnz tl nd wel blt nd hi lks fntstk n z junfm

STEP 7

Hes also very strong, and he has amazing stamina. hiz ls veri str nd hi hz mez stmn

For his training, he has to do really difficult exercises. fr z tren |hi hz t du: rli dfklt ekssazz

STEP 8

The fittest person I know is my cousin, Darren. Hes twenty-six and hes training to be an army officer. Darrens tall and well-built and he looks fantastic in his uniform. Hes also very strong, and he has amazing stamina. For his training, he has to do really difficult exercises.. . ftst psn a n iz ma kzn | dn | hiz twenti sks nd hiz tren tu bi n :mi fs | dnz tl nd wel blt nd hi lks fntstk n z junfm | hiz ls veri str | nd hi hz mez stmn | fr z tren | hi hz t du: rli dfklt ekssazz

STEP 9

For example, he has to run up mountains carrying about forty kilos of equipment on his back. fr zmpl | hi hz tu rn p mantnz kr bat fti kilz v kwpmnt n z bk

Thats almost like carrying a person!

ts lmst lak kr psn

STEP 10

The fittest person I know is my cousin, Darren. Hes twenty-six and hes training to be an army officer. Darrens tall and well-built and he looks fantastic in his uniform. Hes also very strong, and he has amazing stamina. For his training, he has to do really difficult exercises. For example, he has to run up mountains carrying about forty kilos of equipment on his back. Thats almost like carrying a person! ftst psn a n iz ma kzn | dn | hiz twenti sks nd hiz tren tu bi n :mi fs | dnz tl nd wel blt nd hi lks fntstk n z junfm | hiz ls veri str | nd hi hz mez stmn | fr z tren | hi hz t du: rli dfklt ekssazz fr zmpl | hi hz tu rn p mantnz kr bat fti kilz v kwpmnt n z bkts lmst lak kr psn

STEP 11

He has to eat a really high-calorie diet, hi hz t it rli ha klri dat

but hes always loved his food so thats not too difficult for him. bt hiz lwez lvd z fud s ts nt tu dfklt fr hm

STEP 12

The fittest person I know is my cousin, Darren. Hes twenty-six and hes training to be an army officer. Darrens tall and well-built and he looks fantastic in his uniform. Hes also very strong, and he has amazing stamina. For his training, he has to do really difficult exercises. For example, he has to run up mountains carrying about forty kilos of equipment on his back. Thats almost like carrying a person! He has to eat a really high-calorie diet but hes always loved his food so thats not too difficult for him ftst psn a n iz ma kzn | dn | hiz twenti sks nd hiz tren tu bi n :mi fs | dnz tl nd wel blt nd hi lks fntstk n z junfm | hiz ls veri str | nd hi hz mez stmn | fr z tren | hi hz t du: rli dfklt ekssazz fr zmpl | hi hz tu rn p mantnz kr bat fti kilz v kwpmnt n z bk ts lmst lak kr psnhi hz t it rli ha klri dat bt hiz lwez lvd z fud s ts nt tu dfklt fr hm

STEP 13

He says hes enjoying the training,

hi sez hiz ndo tren

but its hard to believe because he used to be so lazy. bt ts hd tu bliv bkz hi juzd tu bi s lezi

STEP 14

The fittest person I know is my cousin, Darren. Hes twenty-six and hes training to be an army officer. Darrens tall and well-built and he looks fantastic in his uniform. Hes also very strong, and he has amazing stamina. For his training, he has to do really difficult exercises. For example, he has to run up mountains carrying about forty kilos of equipment on his back. Thats almost like carrying a person! He has to eat a really high-calorie diet but hes always loved his food so thats not too difficult for him. He says hes enjoying the training but its hard to believe because he used to be so lazy. ftst psn a n iz ma kzn | dn | hiz twenti sks nd hiz tren tu bi n :mi fs | dnz tl nd wel blt nd hi lks fntstk n z junfm | hiz ls veri str | nd hi hz mez stmn | fr z tren | hi hz t du: rli dfklt ekssazz fr zmpl | hi hz tu rn p mantnz kr bat fti kilz v kwpmnt n z bk ts lmst lak kr psnhi hz t it rli ha klri dat bt hiz lwez lvd z fud s ts nt tu dfklt fr hm| hi sez hiz ndo tren, bt ts hd tu bliv bkz hi juzd tu bi s lezi

STEP 15

When he was a student, he never got up before midday, and he never did any housework

wen hi wz stjudnt | hi nev t p bf mdde nd hi nev dd eni haswk

Now, he gets up at 5.30 in the morning, and he has to iron his uniform every day!

na | hi ets p t fav ti n mn | nd hi hz t an z junfm evri de

STEP 16

The fittest person I know is my cousin, Darren. Hes twenty-six and hes training to be an army officer. Darrens tall and well-built and he looks fantastic in his uniform. Hes also very strong, and he has amazing stamina. For his training, he has to do really difficult exercises. For example, he has to run up mountains carrying about forty kilos of equipment on his back. Thats almost like carrying a person! He has to eat a really high-calorie diet but hes always loved his food so thats not too difficult for him. He says hes enjoying the training but its hard to believe because he used to be so lazy. When he was a student, he never got up before midday, and he never did any housework. Now, he gets up at 5.30 in the morning, and he has to iron his uniform every day! ftst psn a n iz ma kzn | dn | hiz twenti sks nd hiz tren tu bi n :mi fs | dnz tl nd wel blt nd hi lks fntstk n z junfm | hiz ls veri str | nd hi hz mez stmn | fr z tren | hi hz t du: rli dfklt ekssazz fr zmpl | hi hz tu rn p mantnz kr bat fti kilz v kwpmnt n z bk ts lmst lak kr psn hi hz t it rli ha klri dat bt hiz lwez lvd z fud s ts nt tu dfklt fr hm| hi sez hiz ndo tren, bt ts hd tu bliv bkz hi juzd tu bi s lezi wen hi wz stjudnt | hi nev t p bf mdde nd hi nev dd eni haswk na | hi ets p t fav ti n mn | nd hi hz t an z junfm evri de

FINAL STEPRead and record the text.Do not get any more help from the sound files or the phonetic transcriptions. Record it and compare it withthe first recording.The fittest person I know is my cousin, Darren. Hes twenty-six and hes training to be an army officer. Darrens tall and well-built and he looks fantastic in his uniform. Hes also very strong, and he has amazing stamina. For his training, he has to do really difficult exercises. For example, he has to run up mountains carrying about forty kilos of equipment on his back. Thats almost like carrying a person! He has to eat a really high-calorie diet, but hes always loved his food so thats not too difficult for him. He says hes enjoying the training, but its hard to believe because he used to be so lazy. When he was a student, he never got up before midday, and he never did any housework. Now, he gets up at 5.30 in the morning, and he has to iron his uniform every day!