SPEAK - Intermediate Level

Topic 01: Introducing a Friend

🧍‍♀️ Anna & 🧍‍♂️ Peter

🧍‍♀️ Anna: Hey, Peter! How's it going?
/ˈheɪ ˈpiː.tɚ | haʊz ɪt ˈɡoʊ.ɪŋ/

🧍‍♂️ Peter: Hi, Anna! Good. How are you?
/haɪ ˈæn.ə | ɡʊd | haʊ ɑːr juː/

🧍‍♀️ Anna: Great! This is my friend, Felice Lachlan. Felice, this is Peter.
/ɡreɪt | ðɪs ɪz maɪ frɛnd fəˈliːs ˈlæk.lən | fəˈliːs | ðɪs ɪz ˈpiː.tɚ/

🧍‍♀️ Felice: Nice to meet you, Peter.
/naɪs tə ˈmiːt juː ˈpiː.tɚ/

🧍‍♂️ Peter: Nice to meet you too, Felice. That’s a pretty name. How do you spell that?
/naɪs tə ˈmiːt juː tuː fəˈliːs | ðæts ə ˈprɪ.ti neɪm | haʊ duː juː spel ðæt/

🧍‍♀️ Felice: F-E-L-I-C-E. It means "happy" in Latin.
/ˈɛf - ˈiː - ˈɛl - ˈaɪ - ˈsiː - ˈiː | ɪt miːnz ˈhæp.i ɪn ˈlæt.ɪn/

🧍‍♂️ Peter: Oh, are you Latin?
/oʊ | ɑːr juː ˈlæt.ɪn/

🧍‍♀️ Felice: No, but I am happy.
/noʊ | bʌt aɪ æm ˈhæp.i/

🧍‍♂️ Peter: Are you from around here?
/ɑːr juː frʌm əˈraʊnd hɪr/

🧍‍♀️ Felice: No, Australia. I'm just here on holiday.
/noʊ ɔːˈstreɪ.li.ə | aɪm dʒʌst hɪr ɑːn ˈhɑː.lə.deɪ/

🧍‍♀️ Anna: Well, we'd better get going.
/wel | wiːd ˈbɛt.ɚ ɡet ˈɡoʊ.ɪŋ/

🧍‍♂️ Peter: Yeah, me too. Gotta hit the books, as they say.
/jeə | miː tuː | ˈɡɑː.tə hɪt ðə bʊks | æz ðeɪ seɪ/

🧍‍♀️ Felice: It was great meeting you, Peter.
/ɪt wəz ɡreɪt ˈmiː.tɪŋ juː ˈpiː.tɚ/

🧍‍♂️ Peter: You too, Felice.
/juː tuː fəˈliːs/

🧍‍♀️ Anna: Catch ya later!
/kætʃ jə ˈleɪ.tɚ/

🧍‍♂️ Peter: Good day, mateys!
/ɡʊd deɪ ˈmeɪ.tiz/

🧍‍♀️ Felice: Peace!
/piːs/

Recording 1.1- Slow speech - Topic 1 - Introducing a friend.mp3.mp3

Recording 1.2 - Native speech - Topic 1 - Introducing a friend.mp3.mp3

Topic 02: Where Do You Live

🧍‍♀️ Jennifer & 🧍‍♂️ Yoshi

🧍‍♀️ Jennifer: Are you the new employee?
/ɑːr juː ðə njuː ɪmˈplɔɪ.iː/

🧍‍♂️ Yoshi: Yes, I'm Yoshi.
/jɛs | aɪm ˈjoʊ.ʃi/

🧍‍♀️ Jennifer: My name is Jennifer, but you can call me Jennie. Where are you from?
/maɪ neɪm ɪz ˈdʒen.ɪ.fɚ | bʌt juː kæn kɔːl mi ˈdʒɛ.ni | weər ɑːr juː frʌm/

🧍‍♂️ Yoshi: I'm from Japan. Are you American?
/aɪm frʌm dʒəˈpæn | ɑːr juː əˈmer.ɪ.kən/

🧍‍♀️ Jennifer: No, I'm British. Where are you staying?
/noʊ | aɪm ˈbrɪ.tɪʃ | weər ɑːr juː ˈsteɪ.ɪŋ/

🧍‍♂️ Yoshi: I'm staying in a hotel, but I'm looking for an apartment. Where do you live?
/aɪm ˈsteɪ.ɪŋ ɪn ə hoʊˈtel | bʌt aɪm ˈlʊ.kɪŋ fɔːr ən əˈpɑːrt.mənt | weər duː juː lɪv/

🧍‍♀️ Jennifer: I live by the park. It's a very nice, safe, and quiet place.
/aɪ lɪv baɪ ðə pɑːrk | ɪts ə ˈvɛr.i naɪs seɪf ənd ˈkwaɪ.ət pleɪs/

🧍‍♂️ Yoshi: That's great. My room is quite noisy.
/ðæts ɡreɪt | maɪ ruːm ɪz kwaɪt ˈnɔɪ.zi/

🧍‍♀️ Jennifer: Well, I prefer quiet places.
/wel | aɪ prɪˈfɜːr ˈkwaɪ.ət ˈpleɪ.sɪz/

🧍‍♂️ Yoshi: Same here. Are there any apartments available by the park?
/seɪm hɪr | ɑːr ðer ˈɛ.ni əˈpɑːrt.mənts əˈveɪ.lə.bəl baɪ ðə pɑːrk/

🧍‍♀️ Jennifer: I'll check. Do you have a business card?
/aɪl tʃek | duː juː hæv ə ˈbɪz.nəs kɑːrd/

🧍‍♂️ Yoshi: Sorry, not yet, but you can contact me via yoshi1@gmail.com or at this number, 215-034-6890.

🧍‍♂️ Yoshi: My phone number doesn't have 7. I always try to avoid 7.
/maɪ foʊn ˈnʌm.bɚ ˈdʌz.ənt hæv ˈsɛv.ən | aɪ ˈɔːl.weɪz traɪ tə əˈvɔɪd ˈsɛv.ən/

🧍‍♀️ Jennifer: Oh. Why?
/oʊ | waɪ/

🧍‍♂️ Yoshi: Because 7 "ate" 9.
/bɪˈkəz ˈsɛv.ən eɪt naɪn/

(They both laugh)

Recording 1.3 - Slow speech - Topic 2 - Where do you live.mp3.mp3

Recording 1.4 - Native speech - Topic 2 - Where do you live.mp3.mp3

Topic 03: What Is Your Job?

🧍‍♀️ Ellie & 🧍‍♂️ Will

🧍‍♂️ Will: You look beat. What's wrong?
/juː lʊk biːt | wʌts rɔːŋ/

🧍‍♀️ Ellie: My foot hurts. I was dancing and I fell over.
/maɪ fʊt hɝːts | aɪ wəz ˈdæn.sɪŋ ənd aɪ fel ˈoʊ.vɚ/

🧍‍♂️ Will: Can I check? I'm sort of an expert.
/kæn aɪ tʃek | aɪm sɔːrt əv ən ˈek.spɝːt/

🧍‍♀️ Ellie: Wow, really? Are you a doctor?
/waʊ ˈrɪ.li | ɑːr juː ə ˈdɑːk.tɚ/

🧍‍♂️ Will: Yes, I'm a foot doctor.
/jɛs | aɪm ə fʊt ˈdɑːk.tɚ/

🧍‍♀️ Ellie: Great. It's very kind of you.
/ɡreɪt | ɪts ˈvɛr.i kaɪnd əv juː/

🧍‍♂️ Will: Hmm... Your foot is OK, but your pants are torn.
/hm | jʊr fʊt ɪz oʊˈkeɪ | bʌt jʊr pænts ɑːr tɔːrn/

🧍‍♀️ Ellie: Oh no! This is my favorite pair. Wait, are you sewing them?
/oʊ noʊ | ðɪs ɪz maɪ ˈfeɪ.vər.ɪt per | weɪt | ɑːr juː ˈsoʊ.ɪŋ ðəm/

🧍‍♂️ Will: Yes, I also work as a tailor.
/jɛs | aɪ ˈɔːl.soʊ wɜːrk æz ə ˈteɪ.lɚ/

🧍‍♀️ Ellie: I'm wondering what exactly your job is.
/aɪm ˈwʌn.dɚ.ɪŋ wʌt ɪɡˈzæk(t).li jʊr dʒɑːb ɪz/

🧍‍♂️ Will: Well... I'm a superman.
/wɛl | aɪm ə ˈsuː.pɚ.mæn/

Recording 1.5 - Slow speech - Topic 3 - What is your job.mp3.mp3

Recording 1.6 - Native speech - Topic 3 - What is your job.mp3.mp3

Topic 04 : Family Portrait

🧑 : Jack 👩 : Lisa

👩Lisa: Oh, is this your family?
/ˈəʊ ˈɪz ðɪs jɔːr ˈfæm.əl.i/

🧑Jack: Yes, it is. These are my grandparents at their old house in Thailand.
/jes ɪt ɪz | ˈðiːz ɑːr maɪ ˈɡræn.peə.rənts æt ðɛər əʊld haʊs ɪn ˈtaɪ.lænd/

👩Lisa: Do they live there?
/duː ðeɪ lɪv ðeə(r)/

🧑Jack: No, they were just visiting. They moved to the US when my dad and aunt were babies.
/nəʊ ðeɪ wɜː dʒʌst ˈvɪz.ɪ.tɪŋ | ðeɪ muːvd tuː ði ˌjuːˈes wɛn maɪ dæd ənd ɑːnt wɜː ˈbeɪ.biːz/

👩Lisa: Wow. I didn’t know that.
/waʊ | aɪ ˈdɪd.ənt nəʊ ðæt/

🧑Jack: Yeah. My grandfather was a doctor in Thailand, but when they moved here, he had to work as a cleaner.
/jæ | maɪ ˈɡræn.fɑː.ðə wəz ə ˈdɒk.tə ɪn ˈtaɪ.lænd | bət wɛn ðeɪ muːvd hɪə(r), hiː hæd tuː wɜːk əz ə ˈkliː.nə/

👩Lisa: Your dad's a doctor, right?
/jɔː dædz ə ˈdɒk.tə raɪt/

🧑Jack: He is. He wanted to follow in his dad's footsteps. And those are my parents.
/hi ɪz | hi ˈwɒn.tɪd tuː ˈfɒl.əʊ ɪn hɪz dædz ˈfʊt.stɛps | ənd ðəʊz ɑː maɪ ˈpeə.rənts/

👩Lisa: That’s really inspiring.
/ðæts ˈrɪə.li ɪnˈspaɪə.rɪŋ/

🧑Jack: Yes, my sister and I wanna be doctors, too. I guess it’s in our blood.
/jes | maɪ ˈsɪs.tə ənd aɪ ˈwɒ.nə bi ˈdɒk.təz tuː | aɪ ɡes ɪts ɪn aʊə blʌd/

👩Lisa: Hey, are you in this picture? Is this you?
/heɪ | ɑː juː ɪn ðɪs ˈpɪk.tʃə | ɪz ðɪs juː/

🧑Jack: No, that’s my cousin. I’m over here.
/nəʊ | ðæts maɪ ˈkʌz.ən | aɪm ˈəʊ.və hɪə(r)/

👩Lisa: That’s your mom!
/ðæts jɔː mʌm/

🧑Jack: Yep, pregnant with me!
/jɛp | ˈpreɡ.nənt wɪð miː/

Recording 2.1 - Slow Speech - Topic 1 - Jack_s Family Portrait.mp3

Recording 2.2 - Native speech - Topic 1 - Jack_s family.mp3

🎓 Topic 05: A High School Reunion

👩 Angela
📣: Rose? Is that you? Oh, you look fantastic!
/ˈrəʊz ɪz ðæt juː ˈəʊ jʊ lʊk fænˈtæs.tɪk/

👩 Rose
📣: Angie! It's so good to see you! How long has it been, 15 years?
/ɪts səʊ ɡʊd tuː siː juː haʊ lɒŋ hæz ɪt bɪn ˈfɪf.tiːn jɪəz/

👩 Angela
📣: I feel like we were in calculus class just yesterday!
/aɪ fiːl laɪk wiː wɜːr ɪn ˈkæl.kjʊ.ləs klɑːs dʒʌst ˈjes.tə.deɪ/

👨 Edward
📣: Hi honey. Hi Angela, how are you?
/haɪ ˈhʌn.i haɪ ˈæn.dʒə.lə haʊ ɑː juː/

👩 Angela
📣: Edward, how are you doing? Time flies. I'm so happy to see that you two got married! You were always such a good couple.
/ˈed.wəd haʊ ɑː juː ˈduː.ɪŋ taɪm flaɪz aɪm səʊ ˈhæp.i tuː siː ðæt juː tuː ɡɒt ˈmær.id juː wɜː ˈɔːl.weɪz sʌtʃ ə ɡʊd ˈkʌp.əl/

👨 Edward
📣: Thank you.
/θæŋk juː/

👩 Angela
📣: Where is your daughter? She looks so cute in the pictures online.
/weər ɪz jɔː ˈdɔː.tər ʃiː lʊks səʊ kjuːt ɪn ðə ˈpɪk.tʃəz ˈɒn.laɪn/

👩 Rose
📣: She’s at home tonight. Do you know if Nick is coming to the reunion? I remember you two were not just classmates but a couple in high school.
/ʃiːz æt həʊm təˈnaɪt duː juː nəʊ ɪf nɪk ɪz ˈkʌm.ɪŋ tuː ðə riːˈjuː.njən aɪ rɪˈmem.bər juː tuː wɜː nɒt dʒʌst ˈklɑːs.meɪts bət ə ˈkʌp.əl ɪn ˈhaɪ skuːl/

👩 Angela
📣: Well… we didn’t go to the gym.
/wel wiː ˈdɪd.ənt ɡəʊ tuː ðə dʒɪm/

👨 Edward
📣: Uh-huh?
/ʌˈhʌ/

👩 Angela
📣: Our relationship didn’t work out.
/aʊə rɪˈleɪ.ʃən.ʃɪp ˈdɪd.ənt wɜːk aʊt/

Recording 2.3 - Slow Speech -Topic 2 - A High School Reunion.mp3

Recording 2.4 - Native Speech - Topic 2 - A High School Reunion.mp3

🏖️ Topic 06: Just in Time for the Company Trip

👨 Howie
📣: Hey Tom, have you met Jenny? She just started two weeks ago.
/heɪ tɒm hæv juː met ˈdʒen.i ʃiː dʒʌst ˈstɑː.tɪd tuː wiːks əˈɡəʊ/

👨 Tom
📣: Nice to meet you, Jenny. I work in sales. What department are you in?
/naɪs tuː miːt juː aɪ wɜːk ɪn seɪlz wɒt dɪˈpɑːt.mənt ɑː juː ɪn/

👩 Jenny
📣: Hello Tom, I’m in R&D.
/həˈləʊ tɒm aɪm ɪn ɑː ənd diː/

👨 Tom
📣: Are you going to join the company trip next week, Jenny?
/ɑː juː ˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ tuː dʒɔɪn ðə ˈkʌm.pə.ni trɪp nekst wiːk/

👩 Jenny
📣: I’m not sure. Are newcomers allowed to come?
/aɪm nɒt ʃɔːr ɑː ˈnjuː.kʌ.məz əˈlaʊd tuː kʌm/

👨 Howie
📣: Of course. We want everyone there for the team building.
/əv kɔːs wiː wɒnt ˈev.ri.wʌn ðeə fə ðə tiːm ˈbɪl.dɪŋ/

👩 Jenny
📣: Well, I’m always up for a beach trip.
/wel aɪm ˈɔːl.weɪz ʌp fə ə biːtʃ trɪp/

👨 Tom
📣: It’s going to be great. I think everybody is eager for a little relaxation.
/ɪts ˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ tuː biː ɡreɪt aɪ θɪŋk ˈev.ri.bɒ.di ɪz ˈiː.ɡər fə ə ˈlɪt.əl ˌriː.lækˈseɪ.ʃən/

👩 Jenny
📣: Could I bring my husband with me?
/kʊd aɪ brɪŋ maɪ ˈhʌz.bənd wɪð miː/

👨 Howie
📣: What? You said you haven’t got a boyfriend?
/wɒt juː sed juː ˈhæv.ənt ɡɒt ə ˈbɔɪ.frɛnd/

👩 Jenny
📣: Yes, it’s so true!
/jes ɪts səʊ truː/

Recording 2.5 - Slow Speech -Topic 3 - Just In Time For the Company Trip.mp3

Recording 2.6 - Native Speech - Topic 3 - Just In Time For the Company Trip.mp3