WARM-UP VIDEO FOR DISAPPEARING SOUNDS

Instructions. In fast speech the /t/ and /d/ sounds at the end of the word often disappear. Which frequent words that end in /t/ and /d/ are missing from the gaps?

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Exercise. Complete each gap with suitable words and expressions you hear from the video.

Hi this is Frank Radice (1) ………….. I'm here with Hoby Darling, the head of SkullCandy. We're continuing the series on The Future of Content. Hoby tell me a bit (2)………….. SkullCandy, (3) ………….. you guys are up to (4) ………….. some of your new products. Absolutely, good question, so number one when we think (5) …………..SkullCandy (6) ………….. 's always how do we bring innovative audio (7) …………..'s fun, young (8) ………….. irreverent to our 20 year old consumer (9) …………..from an innovation perspective probably the biggest thing we have going on right now is around these headphones (10) ………….. I have right now, which are our Crusher platform headphones. (11) ………….. really (12) ………….. we did, is we (13)………….. (14) ………….. (15)………….. we said hey 20 year old (16) ………….. is (17) ………….. when you think (18)………….. how you've ever experienced music, when did you love (19) ………….. most? (20) ………….. pretty much (21) ………….. we always hear as you you can guess is, man (22) ………….. was when I sat in (23) ………….. front row of (24) ………….. concert, (25) ………….. first concert I remember (26) …………... (27) …………..so (28………….. we did with crusher is we (29) ………….. let's go (30) ………….. figure (31) ………….. how do we recreate (32) ………….. . So instead of just being a studio environment let's make (33) ………….. feel like you're in (34) ………….. front

Key: Look at the key and say aloud the script from the video to improve your English.

Hi this is Frank Radice (1) (and) I'm here with Hoby Darling, the head of SkullCandy. We're continuing the series on The Future of Content. Hoby tell me a bit (2) (about) SkullCandy, (3) (what) you guys are up to (4) (and) some of your new products. Absolutely, good question, so number one when we think (5) (about) SkullCandy (6) (it) 's always how do we bring innovative audio (7) (that) 's fun, young (8) (and) irreverent to our 20 year old consumer (9) (and) from an innovation perspective probably the biggest thing we have going on right now is around these headphones (10) (that) I have right now, which are our Crusher platform headphones. (11) (And) really (12) (what) we did, is we (13) (went) (14) (out) (15) (and) we said hey 20 year old (16) (what) is (17) (it) when you think (18) (about) how you've ever experienced music, when did you love (19) (it) most? (20) (And) pretty much (21) (what) we always hear as you you can guess is, man (22) (it) was when I sat in (23) (that) front row of (24) (that) concert, (25) (that) first concert I remember (26) (it) . (27) (And) so (28) (what) we did with crusher is we (29) (went) let's go (30) (and) figure (31) (out) how do we recreate (32) (that) . So instead of just being a studio environment let's make (33) (it) feel like you're in (34) (that) front

Sources: 

Channel: Red Touch Media. Hoby Darling on Skullcandy's Innovation Efforts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U2nLeAN73c&t=60s

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