Academic Listening and Speaking !

Masters English, Whyte

ALEXANDER: That's one of the ones that the White House and I think our principals are looking at - what is the appropriate measures, what should we do and what are we going to stop doing. From my perspective, when we look at that, it has to be both ways. Our country and their country has to come to an agreement to do the same. GJELTEN: So we stop listening to your leaders if you stop listening to our leaders. GREENE: Gotcha. Well, you know, how extraordinary was this interview? I mean, it's pretty rare for the head of the NSA to go on sort of a PR campaign and go on a national televised program, right? GJELTEN: Right, David. Clearly the NSA is feeling under the gun. I've heard from both insiders and outsiders that morale there is down because of all these criticisms they've gotten over their surveillance operations. The NSA leadership doesn't think they've done a good job of explaining what they do and why. They don't think the White House is sticking up for them, so they're doing it on their own. You know, they opened their doors to NPR recently, and this week there will be more interviews released on a national security website called Lawfare Blog, so it's a whole new era for the NSA. 1. Mid back vowels (call/cold and others)

a) Look for words in the text with vowels like these. Add them to the table. b) Find the correct symbol if you can. both sort stop how one

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 2. Choose a longer sentence and copy it out on a separate sheet. Mark primary (and secondary) stresses and practice saying it aloud. Say it at the same time as your partner.
12/02/14