i i PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY Ho Chi Minh City University of Law ST OOS Faculty of Legal Languages Final test Time allotted: 60 minutes Materials are allowed Class: LE44A PART I: (6 pts) ‘Transeribe the following text into IPA symbols (show assimilations and elisions where these are possible) ‘Yet again he was late. She couldn’t put up with it much longer. She was always on ‘time; why couldn’t he do the same? Travelling from Elephant and Castle at that time of night is no joke; waiting at the station was even worse. Yet she'd have to tell him it wasn’t any good being left to wait for hours in the rain. “You're here at last, I’ve been hanging around getting more and more infuriated with thinking about your terrible time-keeping. How would you enjoy it?” “Yes sorry. I couldn't get away from the office. Actually, I would get here on time every week if it wasn’t for the great mess that’s always left for me to clear up. Then I have to settle the accounts and shut down the whole system. It takes forever.” “That’s no excus > supposed to have this time just for ourselves.”