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IPA Transcription Example & Practice Part 3

 


1.after all what can we ever gain in forever looking

ˈɑːftə ˈɔːl ˈwɒt ˈkən ˈwiː ˈevə ˈgeɪn ˈɪn fəˈrevə ˈlʊkɪŋ

 

back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not

ˈbæk ˈənd /ˈbleɪmɪŋ/ aʊəˈselvz ˈɪf ˈaʊə ˈlaɪvz ˈhəv ˈnɒt

 

turned out quite as we might have wished
/tɜːnd aʊt kwaɪt æz wi maɪt həv wɪʃt/

The hard reality is surely that for the likes of you and me
/ðə hɑːd riːˈælɪtɪ ɪz ˈʃʊəlɪ ðæt fə ðə laɪks əv jʊ ənd miː/

there is little choice other than to leave our fate ultimately in the hands of those /ðeə ɪz ˈlɪtl ʧɔɪs ˈʌðə ðæn tə liːv ˈaʊə feɪt ˈʌltɪmɪtlɪ ɪn ðə hændz əv ðəʊz

great gentlemen at the hub of this world who employ our services
greɪt ˈʤentl ət ðə hʌb əv ðɪs wɜːld huː ɪmˈplɔɪ ˈaʊə ˈsɜːvɪsɪz/

what is the point in worrying oneself too much about what one /wɒt ɪz ðə pɔɪnt ɪn ˈwʌrɪɪŋ wʌnˈself tuː mʌʧ əˈbaʊt wɒt wʌn

could or could not have done to control the course one's life took
kʊd ə kʊd nɒt həv dʌn tə kənˈtrəʊl ðə kɔːs wʌnz laɪf tʊk/

Surely it is enough that the likes of you and me at least try to make

/ˈʃʊəlɪ ɪt ɪz ɪˈnʌf ðæt ðə laɪks əv jʊ ənd miː ət liːst traɪ tə meɪk

a small contrbution count for something true and worthy
ə smɔːl (contrbution) (count) fə ˈsʌmθɪŋ truː ənd ˈwɜːðɪ/

 

2.but i knew i was not forgotten and my face

/bʌt aɪ njuː aɪ wəz nɒt fəˈgɒtn ənd maɪ feɪs

 

never acquired the haunted accusing look which.

ˈnevə əˈkwaɪəd ðə ˈhɔːntɪd əˈkjuːzɪŋ lʊk wɪʧ

 

stamped the face of the other scholars and most of the teachers too

stæmpt ðə feɪs əv ðiː ˈʌðə ˈskɒləz ənd məʊst əv ðə ˈtiːʧəz tuː/





there were pictures of myfriends in my memory /ðeə wɜː ˈpɪkʧəz əv (myfriends) ɪn maɪ ˈmemərɪ

 

that never stoopped shining on my days.
ðæt ˈnevə stuːpt ˈʃaɪnɪŋ ɒn maɪ ˈdeɪz/

 

3.

bad billed canvas descent freeze hair groan muscle stationary met cinema learn sitting see sea hot
/bæd bɪld ˈkænvəs dɪˈsent friːz heə grəʊn ˈmʌsl ˈsteɪʃnərɪ met ˈsɪnəmə lɜːn ˈsɪtɪŋ siː siː hɒt/

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