ACTIVITY SHEET EPISODE 8: CROCODILE TOURISM Our activity sheet this week contains activities, which look at the way words are linked in spoken English To make your spoken English sound natural you need to link words ending in a 'final consonant' sound to words with an 'initial vowel' sound You can listen to the audio for this activity on the Study English website Go to http://australianetwork.com/studyenglish/ open Episode and then the Activities section ACTIVITY Listen to the way the reporter links her words when describing the crocodile attack incident (Look for the Listen icon on the activities section on our website to play the audio) REPORTER: In October last year, German tourist Isabel Von Jordan was attacked and killed by this 4m crocodile She was one of nine Europeans on a guided tour in Kakadu National Park run by adventure company Gondwana The death is being investigated by the Northern Territory coroner The tour guide was sentenced to three years jail for committing a dangerous act causing death His sentence was suspended ACTIVITY Let’s practise linking these words: In October ® / n k to b / last year ® /las tj German tourist ® / /' m n t r st/ Isabel Von Jordan ® /' z b l v n ' was attacked and ® /w z dn/ 'tæk t n/ ‘ed’ ending here: /t/ Page of killed by ® one of ® /k ld ba / /w Europeans on n v/ a ® /jur 'pi n z guided tour ® /'ga d d t n / / ‘ed’ ending here: / d/ in Kakadu ® / n kæk 'du National Park ® /'næ run by adventure death is ® /d n l pak/ ® /r n ba j d 'v n z/ being investigated ® /'bi tour guide ® /t / /j/ inserted between vowels n 'v st ge t d/ ga d/ sentenced to ® /'s nt ns t / ‘ed’ ending here: /t/ three years jail ® / rij committing a ® /k 'm z t / dangerous act ® /'de n causing death ® /k z e l/ r sækt/ d / his sentence ® /h z s nt ns/ was suspended ® /w z s 'sp nd d/ ACTIVITY Listen to the Reporter again, and then practise reading the passage concentrating on the ends and the beginnings of the words In October last year, German tourist Isabel Von Jordan was attacked and killed by this 4m crocodile She was one of nine Europeans on a guided tour in Kakadu National Park run by adventure company Gondwana The death is being investigated by the Northern Territory coroner The tour guide was sentenced to three years jail for committing a dangerous act causing death His sentence was suspended Page of ACTIVITY Choose a word or phrase in the box to match the list of words on the left Mark the linking One has been done for you Make sure you link the last sound of the word and the first sound of the following word teacher and night match or two or false eyes expensive of flowers of students evening head ⇔ wednesday a bunch too a number tennis one blue true 10 day teacher head teacher Page of ACTIVITY ANSWERS /'h d 'ti head teacher / wednesday evening /'w nzde jivn / /j/ a bunch of flowers / b n v fla too expensive /tuw k 'sp ns v/ z/ /w/ a number of students / 'n mb tennis match /'t n s mæ / one or two /'w blue eyes /bluwa z/ n r v 'stjudnts/ 'tu/ /w/ true or false /'truw 'f ls/ /w/ 10 day and night /'de jæn 'na t/ /j/ Page of