lunes, 15 de noviembre de 2010

Minimal Pairs: The risks of mispronunciation

Listen to this man who mispronounces words and realize how important it is to pronounce with accuracy so that English speakers can understand you.
Now, practise saying the following words:

sheep/ship   /
tin/ten     / 
bet/bat   /  
bet/bait   /  
bat/bad  / 
cat/cut  / 
cat/cart  /  
8cart/cut   /
9cut/curt   / 
10look/loop   /  
cart/caught  /   
caught/cot  
caught/coat  /
14caught/curt  /
coat/cot  /

The houses of parliament

Parliament is located in Westminster, in the centre of London. All major forms of public transport, many of which are wheelchair accessible, serve it.

Rail and Underground

Visitors travelling on the London Underground can use the District, Circle or Jubilee lines to get to Westminster station, which is fully wheelchair accessible. Victoria, Charing Cross and Waterloo mainline stations are about 20 minutes away by foot and have connecting buses.

Buses

Buses stop near Parliament Square in Victoria Street (opposite the Houses of Parliament) and further up towards Trafalgar Square, in Whitehall. All buses in London are now wheelchair accessible.

Walking

If you're travelling by foot, Westminster and Waterloo bridges are wheelchair accessible, as are the Golden Jubilee pedestrian bridges (the old Hungerford Bridge), which connect the South Bank with Victoria Embankment.

Bicycles

Members of the public cannot bring bicycles into the parliamentary estate. There are public bicycle racks a short distance away outside 7 Millbank.


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