WARM-UP VIDEO FOR DISAPPEARING SOUNDS

Instructions. In fast speech sounds /t/ and /d/ at the end of the word often disappear. This makes it especially difficult to hear short frequently used words, such as 'that'. In this quiz all gaps contain words that end in /t/ or /d/.

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

So, (1) ………….. ask you a question (2) ………….. brave new world of yours. When you've killed all the bad guys, and when it's all perfect and just and fair, when you have finally got it exactly the way you want it, what are you going to do with the people like you? The troublemakers. How are you going to protect your glorious revolution from the (3) ………….. ? We'll win. Oh, will you? Well, maybe, maybe you will win! But nobody wins for long. The wheel (4) ………….. turning. So, come on. Break the cycle. Why are you still talking? For us, too. And we're off! Fingers on buzzers! Are you feeling lucky? Are you ready to play the game? Who's going to be (5) ………….. ? Who's going to be (6) …………..? This is not a game! No, it's not a game, sweetheart, and I mean (7) ………….. sincerely. Why are you doing this? Yes, I'd quite like to (8) ………….. , too. You set this up. Why? Because it's not a game, Kate. This is a scale model of war. Every war ever fought, right there in front of you. Because it's always the same. When you fire (9) ………….. shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You (10) ………….. whose children are going to scream and burn! How many hearts will be broken! How many lives shattered! How much blood will spill until everybody does until what they were always going to have to do your mind. I will not change my mind. Then you will die stupid. Alternatively, you could step away from (11) ………….., you can walk right (12) ………….. door and you could stand your revolution down. No! I'm not stopping this, Doctor. I started it. I will not stop it. You think they'll (13) ………….. go, after what I've done? You're all the same, you screaming kids. You (14) ………….. ? Look at me, I'm unforgivable. Well, here's the unforeseeable. I forgive you. After all you've done, I forgive you. You don't understand. You will never understand.

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

So, (1) (let me) ask you a question (2) (about this) brave new world of yours. When you've killed all the bad guys, and when it's all perfect and just and fair, when you have finally got it exactly the way you want it, what are you going to do with the people like you? The troublemakers. How are you going to protect your glorious revolution from the (3) (next one) ? We'll win. Oh, will you? Well, maybe, maybe you will win! But nobody wins for long. The wheel (4) (just keeps) turning. So, come on. Break the cycle. Why are you still talking? For us, too. And we're off! Fingers on buzzers! Are you feeling lucky? Are you ready to play the game? Who's going to be (5) (quickest) ? Who's going to be (6) (luckiest) ? This is not a game! No, it's not a game, sweetheart, and I mean (7) (that most) sincerely. Why are you doing this? Yes, I'd quite like to (8) (know that) , too. You set this up. Why? Because it's not a game, Kate. This is a scale model of war. Every war ever fought, right there in front of you. Because it's always the same. When you fire (9) (that first) shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You (10) (don't know) whose children are going to scream and burn! How many hearts will be broken! How many lives shattered! How much blood will spill until everybody does until what they were always going to have to do your mind. I will not change my mind. Then you will die stupid. Alternatively, you could step away from (11) (that box) , you can walk right (12) (out of that) door and you could stand your revolution down. No! I'm not stopping this, Doctor. I started it. I will not stop it. You think they'll (13) (let me) go, after what I've done? You're all the same, you screaming kids. You (14) (know that) ? Look at me, I'm unforgivable. Well, here's the unforeseeable. I forgive you. After all you've done, I forgive you. You don't understand. You will never understand.

Sources: 

Channel: Doctor Who. The Doctor's Speech - The Zygon Inversion - Doctor Who – BBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJP9o4BEziI

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