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What's the furthest you have ever cycled? Perhaps you cycle to school or to work, or maybe at most a short cycling trip with friends? How would you feel about spending months on the road travelling solo from the UK to China, by bike?
For British cyclist Pete Jones, camping rough and cycling long distances through inhospitable terrain are second nature. Mr. Jones is currently undertaking a mammoth trip across the Eurasian continent from Britain to China.

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BBC Learn English: News about Britain ‒ Cycling

 

What's the furthest you have ever cycled? Perhaps you cycle to school or to work, or maybe at most a short cycling trip with friends? How would you feel about spending months on the road travelling solo from the UK to China, by bike?

For British cyclist Pete Jones, camping rough and cycling long distances through inhospitable terrain are second nature. Mr. Jones is currently undertaking a mammoth trip across the Eurasian continent from Britain to China.

Pete Jones is no stranger to China. But he says many people there are puzzled by his passion for cycling, asking why he would choose to cycle when he can afford a car.

 

 

VARIANT OF PRONUNCIATION

 

It is Received Pronunciation or BBC English - the national standard of pronunciation in the United Kingdom. Consonants and vowels are well-defined.

 

 

INTONATION

 

↗What's the furthest you have ever ↘cycled? ||

Perhaps you cycle to ↘school | or to ↘work, | or maybe at most a short ↘cycling trip with ↗friends? ||

How would you feel about spending ↘months on the road travelling solo | from the UK to ↘China, | by ↘bike? ||

For British cyclist Pete ↘Jones, | camping ↘rough and cycling long distances through inhospitable terr↗ain | are second ↘nature. ||

Mr. Jones is currently undertaking a ↘mammoth trip | across the Eurasian continent from ↘Britain to China. ||

Pete Jones is ↗no stranger to ↘China. ||

↗But he says many people there are ↘puzzled by his passion for cycling, | asking ↗why he would choose to cycle when he can afford a ↘car. ||

 

ASSIMILATION

 

What's the ([wɒ̱ts ðə] – partial regressive assimilation) furthest you have ever cycled ([saɪkld] – partial progressive assimilation)? Perhaps you cycle ([saɪkl] – lateral plosion) to school ([skuːl] – partial progressive assimilation) or to work, or maybe at most a short cycling trip ([trɪp] – partial progressive assimilation) with friends? How would you feel about spending ([spendɪƞ] – partial progressive assimilation) months on the ([ən ðə] – partial regressive assimilation) road travelling solo from the UK to China, by bike?

For British ([brɪtɪʃ] – partial regressive assimilation) cyclist ([saɪklɪst] – partial progressive assimilation) Pete Jones, camping rough and cycling long distances through inhospitable terrain are second nature. Mr. Jones is currently undertaking a mammoth trip ([trɪp] – partial progressive assimilation) across the Eurasian continent from ([kɔntɪnənt frɔm] – loss of plosion) Britain ([brɪtn] – 1)partial regressive assimilation; 2)nasal plosion) to China.

Pete Jones is no stranger ([streɪnʤə] – partial progressive assimilation) to China. But he says many people ([piːpl] – lateral plosion) there are puzzled ([pʌzld] – lateral plosion) by his passion ([pæʃn] – partial regressive assimilation) for cycling, asking why he would choose to cycle when he can afford a car.

 

 

REDUCTION

 

What's the ([ðə] – qualitative reduction) furthest you have ([həv] – qualitative reduction) ever cycled? Perhaps you cycle to ([tu] – quantitative reduction) school or to ([tu] – quantitative reduction) work, or maybe at ([ət] – qualitative reduction) most a short cycling trip with friends? How would you feel about spending months on ([ən] – qualitative reduction) the ([ðə] – qualitative reduction) road travelling solo from the ([ðɪ] – qualitative reduction) UK to ([tu] – quantitative reduction) China, by bike?

For British cyclist Pete Jones, camping rough and ([ənd] – qualitative reduction) cycling long distances through inhospitable terrain are second nature. Mr. Jones is currently undertaking a mammoth trip across the ([ðɪ] – qualitative reduction) Eurasian continent from Britain to ([tu] – quantitative reduction) China.

Pete Jones is no stranger to ([tu] – quantitative reduction) China. But he says many people there are puzzled by his passion for cycling, asking why he would choose to ([tu] – quantitative reduction) cycle when he can afford a car.

 

 

 

 

Nazarenko Sergey

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