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The sound system of English

IPA texts for transcription


LCSL
IPA text for transcription 1
ˈ hæri ˈpɒtə wəz ən ʌnju:ʒəl bɔɪ j ɪn ˈmenɪ weɪz.
fə wʌn θɪŋ, hi ˈheɪtɪd ðə ˈsʌmə ˈhɒlɪdeɪz mɔ:
ðən eni j ʌðə taɪm əv jɪə. fə r əˈnʌðə, hi ˈrɪəli
ˈwɒntɪd tə du: hɪz ˈhəʊmwɔ:k, bət wəz fɔ:s tə
du: w ɪt ɪn ˈsi:krɪt, ɪn ðə ded əv naɪt.

Harry Potter was an unusual boy in many ways.


For one thing, he hated the summer holidays
more than any other time of year. For another,
he really wanted to do his homework, but was
forced to do it in secret, in the dead of night.
IPA text for transcription 2
 aɪ keɪm tə ðɪs ˈkʌntri faɪv jɪəz əˈgəʊ, ə ˈdesprət
jʌŋ ˈti:neɪdʒə r əˈləʊn, ɪn sɜ:tʃ əv help ən ˈseɪfti.
ðə lɑ:s θɪŋ ðət aɪ j ɪkˈspektɪd wəz ðət aɪ wʊd end
ʌp ɒn ðə stri:ts əv wʌn əv ðə ˈrɪtʃɪst ˈkʌntri:z ɪn ðə
wɜ:ld, ˈhʌŋgri, kəʊld ən taɪəd.

 I came to this country five years ago, a desperate


young teenager alone, in search of help and
safety. The last thing that I expected was that I
would end up on the streets of one of the richest
countries in the world, hungry, cold and tired.
IPA text for transcription 3
 wʌn deɪ, wen maɪ ˈfɑ:ðə keɪm həʊm frəm wɜ:k,
hi: pʊt hɪz ˈbri:fkeɪs əˈweɪ biˈhaɪnd ðə dɔ: r ən
strɪp tə hɪz vest ən pæns ɪn ðə frʌn rʊm. hi:
spred ðə taʊəl ɒn tə ðə flɔ: r ən kɪkt hɪmself
ɪntə ði: j eə. "aɪ məs præktɪs", hi sed.

 One day, when my father came home from


work, he put his briefcase away behind the door
and stripped to his vest and pants in the front
room. He spread the towel onto the floor and
kicked himself into the air. “I must practise”, he
said.
IPA text for transcription 4
 ðə ˈsekən taɪm ɪt wəz ˈdɪfrənt. ðə smel əv hə heə,
ðə teɪst əv hə maʊθ, ðə ˈfiːlɪŋ əv hə skɪn siːm tə
hæv gɒt ɪnˈsaɪd hɪm, ɪntə ðiː j eə ɔːl əˈraʊnd
him. ʃiː həd bɪˈkʌm ə ˈfɪzɪkəl nə
ˈsesɪti, ˈsʌmθɪŋ ðəthi nɒt ˈəʊnli
ˈwɒntɪd bə ðət hi felt hi hæd ə raɪt tu

 The second time it was different. The smell of her hair,


The taste of her mouth, the feeling of her skin seemed to have
got inside him, or into the air all around him. She had become
a physical necessity, something that he not only wanted but
that he felt he had a right to.
IPA text for transcription 5
wʌn deɪ ðeɪ wʊd dɪˈsaɪd tə ʃuːt hɪm. ju kʊd nɒ tel
wen ɪt wʊd ˈhæpən, bət ə fjuː ˈsekənz bɪˈfɔːhænd
ɪt ʃʊd bi 'pɒsəbl tə ges. ɪt wəz ˈɔːlweɪz frəm bɪˈhaɪnd,
ˈwɔːkɪŋ daʊn ə ˈkɒrɪdɔː. ten ˈsekənz wʊd biː j ɪˈnʌf.
ɪn ðæ taɪm ðə wɜːld ɪnˈsaɪd hɪm kʊd tɜːn ˈəʊvə.

One day they would decide to shoot him. You could not
tell when it would happen, but a few seconds
beforehand it should be possible to guess. It was
always from behind, walking down a corridor. Ten
seconds would be enough. In that time the world inside
him could turn over.
IPA text for transcription 6
səʊ ði: əʊld mæn ən ðə jʌŋ ʃʊk hænz, ən ðə jʌŋ mæn wɔ:kt
əweɪ wɪð tɪəz ˈstri:mɪŋ frəm hɪz aɪz. ten ˈmɪnɪts ˈleɪtə hi
həd pɑ:st aʊtˈsaɪd ðə ˈsɪtɪ ˈlɪmɪts ən stɒp tʊ lʊk bæk fə ðə
lɑ:s taɪm. əʊvə ðə geɪts ðə vɪkˈtɔ:rjən ˈletez si:md
ˈstreɪndʒli j əˈtræktɪv./

So the old man and the young shook hands, and the young
man walked away with tears streaming from his eyes. Ten
minutes later he had passed outside the city limits and
stopped to look back for the last time. Over the gates the
Victorian letters seemed strangely attractive.
IPA text for transcription 7
 ælɪs wəz bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ tə ˈɡet ˈveri ˈtaɪəd əv ˈsɪtɪŋ baɪ hə ˈsɪstər
ɒn ðə ˈrɪvərˌbæŋk | ənd əv ˈhævɪŋ ˈnʌθɪŋ tə duː | wʌns ɔː
twaɪs ʃi həd piːpt ˈɪntə ðə bʊk hə ˈsɪstə wəz ˈriːdɪŋ | bət ɪt
həd nəʊ ˈpɪktʃəz ɔː ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃn̩ z ɪn ɪt | ənd ˈwɒt s ðə ˈjuːs
əv ə bʊk | ˈθɔːt ˈælɪs | wɪðˈaʊt ˈpɪktʃəz ɔː kɒnvəˈseɪʃn̩ z.

 Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister


on the river bank and of having nothing to do. Once or twice
she had peeped into the book her sister was reading but it
had no pictures or conversations in it and ‘What’s the use of
a book’ thought Alice ‘without pictures or conversations.’
IPA text for transcription 8
 ɔn ˈɔːdrəni deɪz ʃi wəz ˈəʊnli ə
ˈlaʊd tə pleɪ wɪθ tʃɪldrən ev hɜː r əʊn ræŋk, səʊ ʃi hə
d ˈɔːlweɪz tə pleɪ əˈləʊn, bət hə ˈbɜːθdeɪ wəz ən ik
ˈsepʃən ən ðə kɪŋ həd ˈgɪvən ˈɔːdəz ðət ʃi wəz tu w
ɪnvaɪt ˈeni əv hɜ jʌŋ frenz hu:m ʃi laɪkt tu kʌm ənd ə
ˈmjuːz ðəmselvz wɪð hɜː.

 On ordinary days she was only allowed to play with


children of her own rank, so she had always to play
alone, but her birthday was an exception and the
king had given orders that she was to invite any of
the young friends whom she liked to come and
amuse themselves with her.
IPA text for transcription 9
 wi: 'kænɒt ˈʌndəstænd wɒt ə læŋgwɪdg ɪz ən'tɪl wi nəʊ ɪts
'hɪstri. mɔː ðən fə məʊs sʌbdgɪks, 'hɪstri j ɪz ðə kiː tə
'læŋgwɪdg, bɪ'kɒz ɪts və'kæbjələri, ɪts 'græmə, r ɪts 'spelɪŋ, ən
səʊ w ɒn, ər ə 'lɪvɪŋ 'rekɔːd əv ɪts pɑːst. səʊ, ɪn ðə laɪt əv
'hɪstri, haʊ kən wi bɪ'gɪn tu w ɪk'spleɪn haʊ w 'ɪŋglɪʃ bɪ'keɪm
wɒt ɪt ɪz ɪn ðə 'twenti fɜːs 'sentri?

 We cannot understand what a language is until we know its


history. More than for most subjects, history is the key to
language because its vocabulary, its grammar, its spelling,
and so on, are a living record of its past. So, in the light of
history, how can we begin to explain how English became
what it is in the twenty first century?
IPA text for transcription 10
/ðə ˈmɪnɪstər əv helθ ˈspi:kɪŋ ɪn ə ˌtiːˈviː ˈɪntəvjuː ˈjestədi
sed ðət hi: wəz ˈkɒnfɪdənt ðə wə ðə rɪˈsɔːsɪz əˈveɪləbl̩ tu
ˈvæksɪneɪt ʌp tə hɑːf ə ˈmɪlɪən ˈpiːpl̩ ə ˈdeɪ ɪf ˈnesəsəri ˈhi:
j ˈædɪd ˈdɒktəz ənd ˈnɜːsɪz ˈwɜ:kɪŋ fə ˈləʊkl̩ ɔːˈθɒrəti:z kəd
bi səˈpɔːtɪd baɪ j ə ˈnetwɜːk əv ˈkemɪsts əˈkrɒs ðə ˈkʌntri./

The minister of health speaking in a TV interview yesterday


said that he was confident there were the resources
available to vaccinate up to half a million people a day. If
necessary, he added, doctors and nurses working for local
authorities could be supported by a network of chemists
across the country.

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