L4 – HOMEWORK – Transcription from a written text


Transcribe the following words + phrases or short sentences, and be critical to your own
transcription, particularly to the shape of the symbols. Don’t forget to indicate primary as well
as secondary stress. Use phonemic transcription (= in slant brackets /…/).


1.             refugee

2.             journalese

3.             comfortable

4.             amazing

5.             poisonous

6.             otherwise

7.             advantage

8.             advantageous

9.             photography

10.         cigarette

11.         Japan

12.         Japanese

13.         the young woman

14.         Jane was wearing a skirt.

15.         She agreed.

16.         back to the flat

17.         He was arrested for the theft.

18.         the next question

19.         The conversation continued.

20.         a list of shops

21.         They are padded from head to toe.

22.         I can tell you.

23.         extraordinary

24.         suggest

25.         reluctant

26.         opponent

27.         the eighteenth century

28.         the name of her mother

29.         glamorous

30.         Thanks for the money.