Pronunciation Challenge Where does your phone come from?

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Do you have a favorite mobile phone brand?

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Rather than digging in the ground for the elements needed for new handsets, it makes sense to extract them from old phones. But only about 10% of handsets are recycled now. So recycle your phone if you get a new one this year. Why? It is, you might say, elementary.

Key Vocabulary

1. dig

dig

[dɪg] (v.)

dip

[dɪp] (v.)

2. element

element

[ˈelɪmənt] (n.)

elementary

[ˌelɪˈmentri] (adj.)

3. handset

handset

[ˈhæn(d)ˌset] (n.)

headphones

[ˈhedˌfəʊnz] (n.)

4. extract

extract

[ɪkˈstrækt] (v.)

abstract

[æbˋstrækt] (adj.)

5. recycle

recycle

[ˌriːˈsaɪkl] (v.)

reuse

[ˌriːˈjuːz] (v.)