Cover of the textbook Navigate Intermediate B1+ - Workbook

The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 10.2 - Competitive sport for the textbook Navigate Intermediate B1+ - Workbook with authors Edward Alden and Mike Sayer from Oxford University Press

Question

Listen to the phrases and notice the weak /e/ sound in the pronunciation of a, an and the. Why is the pronounced differently in phrase 4?

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