{"id":562,"date":"2011-09-25T15:54:13","date_gmt":"2011-09-25T15:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/?page_id=562"},"modified":"2011-09-25T15:56:05","modified_gmt":"2011-09-25T15:56:05","slug":"module-5-hints-for-foreigners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/?page_id=562","title":{"rendered":"Module 5: Hints for foreigners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"c24745\">\n<p>Read the poem and complete the table: Which of the words in the poem are represented by the phonetic transcription on the left?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to the poem:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"c24746\"><embed width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/hintsforforeigners.asf\"><\/embed><\/div>\n<div id=\"c24747\">\n<p>I take it you already know<br \/>\nOf\u00a0<em>tough <\/em>and\u00a0<em>bough <\/em>and\u00a0<em>cough <\/em>and\u00a0<em>dough<\/em>?<br \/>\nOthers may stumble but not you<br \/>\nOn\u00a0<em>hiccough<\/em>,\u00a0<em>thorough<\/em>,\u00a0<em>lough <\/em>and\u00a0<em>through<\/em>.<br \/>\nWell done! And now you wish, perhaps,<br \/>\nTo learn of less familiar traps?<br \/>\nBeware of\u00a0<em>heard<\/em>, a dreadful word,<br \/>\nThat looks like\u00a0<em>beard <\/em>and sounds like\u00a0<em>bird<\/em>.<br \/>\nAnd\u00a0<em>dead<\/em>: it&#8217;s said like\u00a0<em>bed<\/em>, not\u00a0<em>bead <\/em>&#8211;<br \/>\nFor goodness sake don&#8217;t call it\u00a0<em>deed<\/em>.<br \/>\nWatch out for\u00a0<em>meat <\/em>and\u00a0<em>great <\/em>and\u00a0<em>threat<\/em><br \/>\n(They rhyme with\u00a0<em>suite <\/em>and\u00a0<em>straight <\/em>and\u00a0<em>debt<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>from\u00a0<em>Hints on Pronunciation for Foreigners<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>pronunciation<\/td>\n<td>spelling<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>hiccough (also: hiccup)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>lough (also: loch)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>\u00bb\u00a0<a title=\"Solution\" href=\"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/?page_id=565\">Solution<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read the poem and complete the table: Which of the words in the poem are represented by the phonetic transcription on the left? Listen to the poem: I take it you already know Of\u00a0tough and\u00a0bough and\u00a0cough and\u00a0dough? Others may stumble &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/?page_id=562\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":494,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/562"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=562"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":566,"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/562\/revisions\/566"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}