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need a correction of my pronunciation (for native speakers only) https://vocaroo.com/i/s1o9BcJ7JQQR The Boy who cried 'Wolf' Once there was a shepherd boy, who had to look after a flock of sheep. One day, he felt bored and decided to play a trick on the villagers. He shouted, “Help! Wolf! Wolf!” The villagers heard his cries and rushed out of the village to help the shepherd boy. When they reached him, they asked, “Where is the wolf?” The shepherd boy laughed loudly, “Ha, Ha, Ha! I fooled you all. I was only playing a trick on you.” A few days later, the shepherd boy played the trick again. He cried, “Help! Help! Wolf! Wolf!” Again, the villagers rushed up the hill to help him and again they found that the boy had tricked them. They were very angry with him for being so naughty. Then, sometime later, a wolf really went into the field. The wolf attacked one sheep, and then another and another. The shepherd boy ran towards the village shouting, “Help! Help! Wolf! Help! Somebody!” The villagers heard his cries but they laughed because they thought it was just another trick. The boy ran to the nearest villager and said, “A wolf is attacking the sheep. I lied before, but this time it is true!” Finally, the villagers went to look. It was true. They could see the wolf running away and many dead sheep lying on the grass. We may not believe someone who often tells lies, even when he tells the truth.

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Hi Mary, I listened to your audio version without looking at the text to see if I could understand you without it. You have done VERY well! Almost everything is easy to understand. 

Your accent is medium-heavy, which means the tone (or the melody) of the sentence is often not English melody (it sounds more like Russian melody than an English melody)...but that does not really stop people understanding you. The pronunciation of most of your words is very clear. There are, however, some points in your audio where you don't put enough stress on a word...and it becomes a bit difficult to understand (accent + low stress). I have highlighted the most problematic of these (there aren't many :-) ).... WELL DONE!!



The villagers heard  (this sounds like: hj-erd and not hurd. Later you say 'heard' perfectly fine.) his cries and rushed out of the village

to them. They were very (this sounds like 'wary' and not 'very') angry with him for being so naughty. 

Finally, (low stress) the villagers went to look. It was true. They could see the wolf running away and many (the stress here is very low) dead sheep lying on the grass.


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