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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

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How are the vowels in blue pronounced in the science / nature words below? Which syllable is stressed?

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(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: $\phi$ /ə/
volcanic: /æ/
volcano: /eɪ/

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