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I must remember to change to change my library book.
/aɪ ˈmᴧst rɪˏmembə | tə ˈʧeɪnʒ maɪ `laɪbri bʊk
Oh? What have you been reading?
ˏ ́əʊ. ˈwɒt əv ju bin `riːdɪŋ.
Only another C. P. Snow.
ˎəʊni ənᴧðə si pi ˏsnəʊ
D'you like him?
ˈdju `laɪk ˏɪm
Well I did enjoy the first half dozen of his I read.
'wel aɪ `dɪd ɪnʤɔɪ θə fɜːst hɑːf `dᴧzn əv hɪz aɪ ˏred
But then you began finding them a bit monotonous?
bət ðen ju bɪgӕn faɪndɪŋ ðm bɪt mə`nɒdənəs
No. Well not exactly.
ˈnː `ˏnəʊ. wə(l) `nɒt ɪg`ˏzӕkli
What, then?
`wɒt ðen
As a matter of fact, a friend told me how dull he thought they
ə(z ə) ˈmӕtə ˏfӕkt, |ə ˈfren təʊld mi haʊ dᴧl `hiː θɔːt ðeɪ
were, and somehow I couldn't even manage to finish the one I was in the
ˏwɜː |r ən |sᴧmhaʊ |aɪ ˈkʊdn iːvn mӕnɪʒ tə `fɪnɪʃ | ðə ˈwᴧn aɪ wəz ɪn ðə
middle of. It suddenly became so boring.
`mɪdl ɒv. ɪt `sᴧdnli| bɪkeɪm ˈsəʊ `bɔːrɪŋ
How strange!
ˌhaʊ `streɪnʒ