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Transcription 7
Transcription 7
Step 1. Transcribe the following excerpt from the song “Rain on me” by Lady Gaga and Ariana
Grande.
lɪvɪŋ ɪn ə wɝld wɝ noʊ wʌnz ɪnəsənt
oʊ bʌt ət list wi traɪ
gɑtə lɪv maɪ truθ nɑt kip ɪt bɑtəld ɪn
soʊ aɪ doʊnt luz maɪ maɪnd
beɪbi
aɪ kæn fil ɪt ɑn maɪ skɪn
ɪts kʌmɪŋ daʊn ɑn mi
tɪɚdrpɑs ɑn maɪ feɪs
wɔtɚ laɪk mɪzəri
lɛt ɪt wɑʃ əweɪ maɪ sɪnz
ɪts kʌmɪŋ daʊn ɑn mi
lɛt ɪt wɑʃ əweɪ
Step 2. Give a copy of this text to a native speaker. Keep a copy for yourself. Read the song out
loud to a native speaker, so s/he underlines the words you said incorrectly. Ask him/her to tell you
what you said wrong.
At: fat, hat, got, out, complete, treat, pet, exploit, document, effect
We: need, feed, indeed, see, sea, nursery, deep, beneath, superior, degree
Bottled: instead, dead, had, mad, fade, said, word, bold, deed, dad