WARM-UP VIDEO FOR DISAPPEARING SOUNDS

Instructions. Sounds /t/ and /d/ often get 'dropped' in fast speech. Listen to an interview with Billie Eilish and type phrases with words in which this happens

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

And so you spoke about something that I think is really important and-- and brave, (1) ………….. intend to speak about, but that you have Tourette's syndrome, and that it comes out at certain times. But I think that's amazing that you spoke about it because you (2) ………….. take away the, you know, scariness of it. It's something I've lived with my whole life. (3) ………….. knows. Like, everybody in my family, all my friends, all the people that are (4) ………….. me know I have it. And it's not anything different, you know? And I (5) ………….. never said anything because I didn't want to-- (6) ………….. to define who I was. I don't want it to be like, Billie, the artist with Tourette's, Billie Eilish is on Ellen. Yeah. I have ways of (7) ………….. making them go away. So if I'm on like-- if it's like an on camera interview or whatever-- That's (8) ………….. is. Yes, it is. [LAUGHTER] But, normally, if it's like a pretaped thing, they (9) ………….. questions. Right. And that's when I (10) ………….. . But then there was this one interview where they (11) ………….. me they weren't going to cut the questions out. So I'm-- I'm sitting there, answering the questions like, uh huh. (12) ………….. they-- they start asking me a question, and I'm like. (13) ………….. everyone's like, that's so funny. (14) ………….. made a whole-- Yeah. There was tons of compilations, like, this is so funny that Billie did this facial expression, when really it's (15) ………….. a bunch of tics. Right. Well, no. make you feel like there's something wrong with it. Because it's not. It's (16) ………….. part of who you are. I think I've also really (17) ………….. , like, a lot of my fans have it. Yeah. Like, which made me feel (18) ………….. more (19) ………….. with saying it. Yeah. Because I remember post-- and also I (20) ………….. there was a connection there. I (21) ………….. when I (22) ………….. , there were kids that were posting and being like, oh, my god. I've always (23) ………….. . Yeah. Like, now she has it and she's who I can look up to with it.

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

And so you spoke about something that I think is really important and-- and brave, (1) (that you didn't) intend to speak about, but that you have Tourette's syndrome, and that it comes out at certain times. But I think that's amazing that you spoke about it because you (2) (kind of) take away the, you know, scariness of it. It's something I've lived with my whole life. (3) (And everybody) knows. Like, everybody in my family, all my friends, all the people that are (4) (closest to) me know I have it. And it's not anything different, you know? And I (5) (just) never said anything because I didn't want to-- (6) (I didn't want that) to define who I was. I don't want it to be like, Billie, the artist with Tourette's, Billie Eilish is on Ellen. Yeah. I have ways of (7) (kind of) making them go away. So if I'm on like-- if it's like an on camera interview or whatever-- That's (8) (what this) is. Yes, it is. [LAUGHTER] But, normally, if it's like a pretaped thing, they (9) (cut out the) questions. Right. And that's when I (10) (let them out) . But then there was this one interview where they (11) (didn't tell) me they weren't going to cut the questions out. So I'm-- I'm sitting there, answering the questions like, uh huh. (12) (And then) they-- they start asking me a question, and I'm like. (13) (And then) everyone's like, that's so funny. (14) (And they) made a whole-- Yeah. There was tons of compilations, like, this is so funny that Billie did this facial expression, when really it's (15) (just) a bunch of tics. Right. Well, no. make you feel like there's something wrong with it. Because it's not. It's (16) (just) part of who you are. I think I've also really (17) (learned that) , like, a lot of my fans have it. Yeah. Like, which made me feel (18) (kind of) more (19) (at home) with saying it. Yeah. Because I remember post-- and also I (20) (felt like) there was a connection there. I (21) (felt like) when I (22) (said that) , there were kids that were posting and being like, oh, my god. I've always (23) (had this) . Yeah. Like, now she has it and she's who I can look up to with it.

Sources: 

Channel: TheEllenShow. Billie Eilish Gets Candid About Tourette Syndrome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4vRFodAqWo

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