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. 

 

1. The garage is one kilometre away.

 

2. You’re very rude. Don’t patronise me!

 

3. I’ve been singing that tune all week.

 

4. The Caribbean is incomparable! Have you been?

 

5. Hong Kong and Pakistan are both in Asia.

 

6. The tennis player hit the spectator with a racket.

 

7. It’s ordinary to harass politicians, but it’s not right.

 

8. We will research the increase in the native falcon population.

 

9. The refund policy is only applicable if you still have the receipt.

 

10. Cate Blanchett was President of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival Jury in 2018.

 

11. I have great recall, but I can’t recall when I began to patronise this restaurant.

 

12. I hope I rebound from my sickness in time to see them baptize my grandson.

 

13. Her boyfriend left her and straight away she got with someone else on the rebound.

 

14. I will dictate the words in English. You must translate them into either Spanish or French.

 

15. New research shows that smoking one cigarette a day can increase the risk of birth defects.

 

16. The translator cannot schedule me in for this week, but her schedule is more open next week.

 

17. Digital currencies, like Bitcoin, are still a niche market and the regulatory framework is not fully developed.

 

18. There was controversy in 1982 when the Soviet hockey player, Alexander Mogilny, wanted to defect to the United States.

 

19. 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.