The key answer of exercise Pronunciation 1
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 11 - Reading for the textbook Cutting Edge Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave from Pearson Education
Question
How are the vowels in blue pronounced in the science / nature words below? Which syllable is stressed?
Answer
(stresses are underlined, vowels are in bold)
- asteroid: /ɪ/
- catastrophe: /i/
- dioxide: /aɪ/
- dinosaur: /ɔ:/
- eruption: /ɪ/
- fuel: /jʊə/
- nuclear: /ɪə/
- ocean: /ə/
- radioactive: /eɪ/
- scientific: /aɪ/
- solar: /əʊ/
- surface: /ɪ/
- temperature: /ə/
- volcanic: /æ/
- volcano: /eɪ/