Examples of English pronunciation which have learners pulling their hair out!Allow me to present you with a little present:
Perils of English pronunciation (with audio)
Labels: audio, comprehension, English, oral, pronunciation
"This is the most important report on the future published by this Government in its time in office.
Some will always make a case for doubt in an issue such as this, partly because its implications are so frightening. But what is not in doubt is that the scientific evidence of global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions is now overwhelming. It is not in doubt that if the science is right, the consequences for our planet are literally disastrous. And this disaster is not set to happen in some science fiction future, many years ahead, but in our lifetime.
What is more, unless we act now, not some time distant but now, these consequences, disastrous as they are, will be irreversible..."
Tony Blair at the launch of the Stern Review, 30/10/2006.
You can read the full text at 10 Downing Street but you are better off just watching the video.
A colleague was having trouble getting his embedded RealPlayer to work in Firefox. It turns out he was only using the <embed> tag. However, a combination of <object>and <embed> seems to be the best option. The code used in this page works in Firefox and IE6 for me. Here is the basic source code:
<object classid="CLSID:CFCDAA03-8BE4-11cf-B84B-0020AFBBCCFA"
width="100"
height="30">
<param name="src" value="FILEPATH" />
<param name="autostart" value="false" />
<param name="controls" value="ControlPanel" />
<embed type="audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin"
src="FILEPATH"
autostart="0"
width="100"
height="30"
controls="ControlPanel">
</embed>
</object>
Below, there should be a couple of embedded Real Player widgets which should play a recording of Aston Villa FC's Holte End in full voice (Only the best will do...)
End embedded Real Player
End embedded Real Player
Labels: audio, html, realplayer
You probably know about Flickr which allows people to share their photos but what about musical tastes?
Try Last.fm powered by Audioscrobbler. You can see what I've been playing at home recently and learn what my friends from the Heroes and Villains group are currently "throwing some shapes" to.
Labels: audio