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Session 3

How do you say the words you see and hear in the news? In Pronunciation in the News, we take a word that's dominating the headlines and teach you how to say it like a native speaker.

በዚህ ክፍል ያሉ ክፍለ ጊዜያት

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Pronunciation in the News

Life expectancy

South Korean women will be the first in the world to have an average life expectancy above 90, according to a new study. How do we pronounce life expectancy? Watch the video and find out.

ቨዲዮውን ተመልክተው ክንውኑን ይፈፅሙ

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How do you say 'life expectancy'?

  • There is one syllable in life and four in expectancy: life ex-pec-tan-cy
  • The main stress is on life: LIFE expectancy.
  • The stress in expectancy is on the second syllable – exPECtancy
  • In phonemic script, life expectancy is written like this: /'laɪf ɪkˈspektənsi/

To do

Try our quiz to see how well you've learned today's language.

The 'life expectancy' quiz

3 Questions

Check what you know about the pronunciation of 'life expectancy'.

እንኳን ደስ ያለዎ ሙከራውን አጠናቀዋል
Excellent! Great job! መጥፎ እድል ነጥብ አስመዝግበዋል :
x / y

More pronunciation work

If you want to improve your pronunciation even more, try our series The Sounds of English or Tim's Pronunciation Workshop.

End of Session 3

Join us in Session 4 for the Teachers' Room, where Dan and Sian give tips to improve lessons.

Session Vocabulary

  • Pronouncing life expectancy

    • One syllable in life, four in expectancy: life ex-pec-tan-cy

    • Main stress on life: LIFE expectancy

    • Stress in expectancy on second syllable – exPECtancy

    • Phonemic transcription: /'laɪf ɪkˈspektənsi/
ሙሉ የቃላት ትርጉም ማጣቀሻውን ይመልከቱ

የዳውንሎድ ማዕከል

የቅርብ ትምህርቶች ይዘት