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Ashlie's sick of where she lives - nothing works and her flat is too pink! Stephen helps her to find her dream home, but makes a terrible mistake when it comes to moving house...

Meanwhile, Amandeep investigates some of the UK's most unusual housing, and sees how we might live 20 years from now.

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Ashlie's sick of where she lives - nothing works and her flat is too pink! Stephen helps her to find her dream home, but makes a terrible mistake when it comes to moving house... Meanwhile, Amandeep investigates some of the UK's most unusual housing, and sees how we might live 20 years from now.

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Property to rent in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Flats and Houses to rent - Gumtree

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Find the latest property to rent in Portsmouth, Hampshire on Gumtree. Search over 70 flats and houses to rent from owners, estate agents and developers in Portsmouth, Hampshire.

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English Conversation : Talking to real estate agent for flat on rent (WabsTalk)

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Vocabulary & Quiz

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Vocabulary: Renting accommodation | Learn English

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Learn English. 1 FREE English lesson added every single day. Grammar, vocabulary, listening & reading

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Tim
Hi. I'm Tim and this is my pronunciation workshop. Here, I'm going to show you how English is really spoken. Come on, let's go inside. You see this? This is my lunch - well, either that, or it's some cat food. Anyway, do you know what we call this container? It's a can, right? Now this has the same spelling as the modal 'can', and the same pronunciation, hasn't it? Or has it? Listen carefully when we ask some people in London how many languages they speak.

Voxpops
I can speak one language.
I can speak two languages.
I can speak two languages.
I can speak two languages, English and Hindi.

Tim
They all used the word 'can'. But they didn't pronounce it as /kæn/. Listen again. How do they pronounce it?

Voxpops
I can speak one language.
I can speak two languages.
I can speak two languages.
I can speak two languages, English and Hindi.

Tim
In fluent everyday English, when the modal auxiliary 'can' is unstressed, its pronunciation changes to /kən/. 'I /kæn/ speak four languages' becomes: 'I /kən/ speak four languages'. This is what's known as a weak form and it can occur in questions as well. Here are some more examples.

Examples
Can you help me bring in the shopping, please?
I can swim further than I can run.
You can succeed if you work hard.
How far can you throw a tennis ball?

Tim
Right, so you've heard the examples, and now it's your turn. Are you ready? Listen and repeat.

Examples
Can you help me bring in the shopping, please?
I can swim further than I can run.
You can succeed if you work hard.
How far can you throw a tennis ball?

Tim
Well done. Now remember, if you want to learn more about pronunciation, then please visit our website, bbclearningenglish.com. And that is about it from the pronunciation workshop for this week. I'll see you soon. Bye bye! Right, now, time for lunch I think! Ahh. Do you think I can open this can, without a can opener? Hey. Oh no - it is cat food. Never mind, we can eat cat food, can't we? You know what? That is not bad. Salmon? Rabbit? Mouse?

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BBC Learning English - Pronunciation / Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: Can

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How do fluent speakers of English pronounce the word 'can' in natural speech? Tim explains...

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BBC Learning English - Course: English My Way / Unit 1 / Session 5 / Activity 1

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Has anyone in your Learning Circle ever had to find an address? This time, Muna invites Samina to her house, but she gets lost and can't find her way. We look at some useful phrases for asking for and understanding directions.

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Do the preparation exercise before you listen. Then, look at the map and listen to the directions while you do the other exercises.

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learn and test yourself

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MyGrammarLab Elementary: Module 3, Prepositions of Movement