Sunday, March 27, 2016
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Sunday, March 6, 2016
Saturday, March 5, 2016
Phrases for the Day
Art is man's attempt to improve on nature.
Laughter has no foreign accent.
Work well done is art.
To teach is to learn again.
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Corrections from Transcriptions
Phrases
they kind of
they have no choice
at all
other countries
700%
they're entire economy
extremely poor people
the death of imports
trying to find a balance
It's not as terrible as you might think
Words
definitely
because
countries
Venezuela
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Sunday, February 14, 2016
Warmup
Short Tongue Twisters
- A big bug bit a bold bald bear and the bold bald bear bled blood badly.
- Brisk brave brigadiers brandished broad bright blades, blunderbusses, and bludgeons -- Balancing them badly.
- Can you can a canned can into an uncanned can like a canner can can a canned can into an uncanned can?
- If you must cross a course cross cow across a crowded cow crossing, cross the cross coarse cow across the crowded cow crossing carefully.
- Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager managing an imaginary menagerie.
- The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick.
Tongue Twister Poems
I'm not the pheasant plucker, I'm the pheasant plucker's mate,
And I'm only plucking pheasants 'cause the pheasant plucker's late.
I'm not the pheasant plucker, I'm the pheasant plucker's son,
And I'm only plucking pheasants till the pheasant pluckers come.
And I'm only plucking pheasants 'cause the pheasant plucker's late.
I'm not the pheasant plucker, I'm the pheasant plucker's son,
And I'm only plucking pheasants till the pheasant pluckers come.
A tutor who tooted the flute
Tried to tutor two tooters to toot
Said the two to the tutor
"Is it tougher to toot
Or to tutor two tooters to toot?"
Tried to tutor two tooters to toot
Said the two to the tutor
"Is it tougher to toot
Or to tutor two tooters to toot?"
Silly Sally swiftly shooed seven silly sheep.
The seven silly sheep Silly Sally shooed
Shilly-shallied south.
These sheep shouldn't sleep in a shack;
Sheep should sleep in a shed.
The seven silly sheep Silly Sally shooed
Shilly-shallied south.
These sheep shouldn't sleep in a shack;
Sheep should sleep in a shed.
Three sweet switched Swiss witches
Watch three washed Swiss witch Swatch watch switches.
Which sweet switched Swiss witch watches
Which washed Swiss witch Swatch watch switch?
Watch three washed Swiss witch Swatch watch switches.
Which sweet switched Swiss witch watches
Which washed Swiss witch Swatch watch switch?
Theophilus Thadeus Thistledown,
The successful thistle-sifter,
While sifting a sieve-full of unsifted thistles,
Thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb.
Now, if Theophilus Thadeus Thistledown,
The successful thistle-sifter,
Thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb,
See that thou, while sifting a sieve-full of unsifted thistles,
Thrust not three thousand thistles through the thick of thy thumb.
The successful thistle-sifter,
While sifting a sieve-full of unsifted thistles,
Thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb.
Now, if Theophilus Thadeus Thistledown,
The successful thistle-sifter,
Thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb,
See that thou, while sifting a sieve-full of unsifted thistles,
Thrust not three thousand thistles through the thick of thy thumb.
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Vowel Practice
The sound [u:] as in RULE
rude – rule – rumor – ruin – brutal – truth – June – junior – Julia – Luke – Lucy – lunatic – luminous – parachute;
do – two – who – whom – whose – lose – move – prove – tomb – shoe; improve;
too – zoo – food – mood – cool – school – fool – foolish – pool – tool – boom – room – groom – moon – soon – choose – soothe;
boot– root – shoot – booth – tooth – boost – rooster – goose – loose – proof – roof;
group – soup – wound – coupon – route – routine – souvenir – boulevard – through;
flew – blew – crew – drew – Jew – jewel;
blue – glue – clue – true – cruel – fluent;
fruit – juice – juicy – cruise – bruise;
Sunday, January 17, 2016
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