’riyɾɪŋ ’sɛntǝnsɪz [ϴriy]
The following sentences have been transcribed for you. They all belong to a text entitled Telling Time: Sundials. First, read the two paragraphs carefully to understand what they talk about. Then, on your notebook, write down the written version of each paragraph.
/’tɛǝlɪŋ taym // ’sʌndaylz /
/’ɛǝrlɪ mɛn dɪd nat hæv klaks / ðey towld taym bay ðʌ sʌn / ænd ðʌ ’ʃædowz ʌv triyz // æt fʌrst / ðey yuwzd stɪks pleyst ɪn ðʌ grawnd / ɪns’tɛd ʌv triyz // ðey meyd marks ʌn ðʌ grawnd / ænd ðʌ ’ʃædowz frɔm ðʌ stɪks towld ðʌ taym ʌv dey /
/’leyɾǝr / mɛn biy’gæn tuw yuwz ’sʌndaylz // sʌm ’sʌndaylz wʌr ’baksɪz wɪϴ ʌ stɪk / tuw kæst ʌ ’ʃædow // mɛn wʌr ’eybǝl tuw ’kɛǝrɪ ðʌ ’sʌndayl baks wɪϴ ðɛm // ðʌ mark fɔr nuwm wʌz ’vɛrɪ ɪm’pɔrtǝnt // ðʌ ’sʌndaylz ’ɔlweys hæd tuw feys ðʌ seym wey / ɔr ðʌ taym wʌz rɔŋ // ’sʌndaylz wʌr gʊd ’ownlɪ ʌn ’sʌnɪ deyz // ðey wʌr ðʌ fʌrst kaynd ʌv klak/
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