Participant Script
Below are nineteen short passages. Please read them through a couple of times to yourself so that you are familiar with them. Then, please record yourself reading them out aloud. Please take a few moments between saying each passage. Try to read the passages as naturally as possible; do not try to “perform” the passages. Use your own natural talking speed; do not read the passages quickly or slowly. You can send your recording to Bryan.Parry.16@ucl.ac.uk.
- The garage is one kilometre away.
- You’re very rude. Don’t patronise me!
- I’ve been singing that tune all week.
- The Caribbean is incomparable! Have you been?
- Hong Kong and Pakistan are both in Asia.
- The tennis player hit the spectator with a racket.
- It’s ordinary to harass politicians, but it’s not right.
- We will research the increase in the native falcon population.
- The refund policy is only applicable if you still have the receipt.
- Cate Blanchett was President of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival Jury in 2018.
- I have great recall, but I can’t recall when I began to patronise this restaurant.
- I hope I rebound from my sickness in time to see them baptize my grandson.
- Her boyfriend left her and straight away she got with someone else on the rebound.
- I will dictate the words in English. You must translate them into either Spanish or French.
- New research shows that smoking one cigarette a day can increase the risk of birth defects.
- The translator cannot schedule me in for this week, but her schedule is more open next week.
- Digital currencies, like Bitcoin, are still a niche market and the regulatory framework is not fully developed.
- There was controversy in 1982 when the Soviet hockey player, Alexander Mogilny, wanted to defect to the United States.
- Hundreds of people are gathering to protest the visit of the President. One protester called the President a “dictator”. This protest is the biggest since 1972.
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