1 Unit Lessons for life Opener 1

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What makes us who we are?
Unit 1 Lessons for life
Audioscript 
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1 
I need peace and quiet to concentrate.
2 
They all came back from their canoeing trip safe and
sound. No one was injured, but most of them had a
few aches and pains.
3 
Try not to give a long talk. By and large, it’s better to
keep it short and sweet.
4 
People come from far and wide to see Stonehenge.
There are busloads of tourists coming to and fro all day.
5 
You think my job is all fun and games, but actually
now and then we do some serious work too!
Pronunciation notes
You may wish to analyse word linking in more detail 
with your students. Explain that linking naturally occurs 
because it makes the phrase easier to say. Use phonemic 
script on the board to point out how the final consonant 
sound of a word appears to join the vowel sound at 
the start of the next word, and how /d/ is lost before a 
consonant sound:
peace and quiet becomes /pi
ː/ /sən/ /ˈkwaɪət/
Point out how intrusive /r/, /j/ and /w/ are used when the 
first word ends in a vowel sound:
now and then becomes /na
ʊ/ /wən/ /ðɛn/
far and wide becomes /f
ɑː/ /rən/ /waɪd/
Extra activity
Ask students to write some personalized sentences using 
the word pairs. When they have written the sentences, ask 
them to work with a new partner and take turns to read 
out their sentences.
You could also ask students to think of or research other 
similar non-reversible word pairs and to write personalized 
sentences using them. For example: back and forth, down 
and out, give and take, high and dry, hot and bothered, in 
and out, rise and fall.