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Top Notch 1PronunciatorThe purpose of the Pronunciator is to remove doubts about the pronunciation of anyproper nouns that appear in the Summit Student’s Books but that are not heard onthe Class Audio Program; for example, names of people or places that appear ingrammar exercises or illustrative material. For each word, the Pronunciatorprovides both the audio of the pronunciation and the phonetic transcription.There are two ways to find a word in the Pronunciator:1. Select a level and type the word in the Search window. The word willappear in the Results window. Click on the word to hear the wordpronounced.2. Browse through the Pronunciator itself. Click on a word to hear that wordpronounced. The word also has the phonetic transcription next to it.The transcription, in the International Phonetic Alphabet [IPA], shows the commonpronunciation of the name in American English. When there is more than one possiblepronunciation of a name, only one is given as it will be commonly recognized andunderstood. Note: Pronunciation of non-English names is provided as they would be saidby a speaker of American English. For example, Mexico is shown as /"mEksIkoU/, NOT/"mEhIkoU/.AAfrica /"&frIk@/African /"&frIk@n/Ahmed /"Am@d/Alice /"&lIs/Alice Cabezon /!&lIs "k&b@!zAn/American /@"mErIk@n/Amy /"eImi/Amy Oshiro /!eImi oU"SIroU/Anna /"&n@/Anne /&n/Anthony Blunt /!&nT@ni "blVnt/Antofagasta /!AntoUf@"gAst@/Argentina /!ArÙ@n"tin@/Argentinean /!ArÙ@n"tIni@n/Arturo Paz /Ar!tUroU "pAs/Asia /"eIZ@/Asiana /!eIZi"&n@/Atami /A"tAmi/Australia /O"streIly@/Copyright 2007 by Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.1

BBangkok /"b&NkAk/Baobab /"baUb&b/Bedford /"bEdf2d/Beekman /"bikm@n/Beethoven /"beI!toUv@n/Beijing /!beI"ÙIN/Belize City /b@!liz "sItI/Belleville /"bElvIl/Belo Horizonte /!bElo !hOr@"zAnti/Ben /bEn/Benson /"bEns@n/Berlitz /"b2lIts/Beth /bET/Bill /bIl/Blanche /bl&nÍ/Bossa Nova /!bAs@ "noUv@/Boston /"bOst@n/Brad McFee /!br&d m@k"fi/Brasil /br@"zIl/Brasilia /br@"zIly@/Brazilian /br@"zIly@n/British /"brItIS/CCairo /"kaIroU/Cameron /"k&mr@n/Canada /"k&n@d@/Canadian /k@"neIdi@n/Cancun /k&n"kun/Caracas /k@"rAk@s/Caribbean /!k&r@"bi@n/Carl /kArl/Carol /"k&r@l/Carys /"kErIs/Casablanca /!k&s@"bl&Nk@/Cashio /"k&Si!oU/Catherine Zeta-Jones /!k&TrIn !zit@ "ÙoUnz/Cheju /"ÍeIÙu/Chicago /SI"kAgoU/Chile /"ÍIli/China /"ÍaIn@/Chinese /!ÍaI"niz/Copyright 2007 by Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.2

Chisoto Nakamura /ÍI!soUtoU !nAk@"mUr@/Christopher Reeve /!krIst@f2 "riv/Cine Metro /!sIneI "mEtroU/Claire /klEr/Clark /klArk/Cliff /klIf/Colombian /k@"lVmbi@n/Connie /"kAni/Costa Rica /!koUst@ "rik@/Costas /"kAst@s/Cozumel /!koUz@"mEl/Cuba /"kyub@/Cuban /"kyub@n/Cutumba /ku"tUmb@/Cuzco /"kuskoU/DDan /d&n/Dar es Salaam /!dAr Es s@"lAm/Dave Bourne /!deIv "bOrn/David Amado /!deIvId @"mAdoU/David Cilly /!deIvId "sIli/Davis /"deIvIs/Debussy /!dEbyU"si/Delio /"dili!oU/Diana Dill /daI!&n@ "dIl/Diandra /di"&ndr@/Diane /daI"&n/Diego /di"eIgoU/Dodd /dAd/Douglas /"dVgl@s/Dylan Michael /!dIl@n "maIk@l/EEcuadorian /!Ekw@"dOri@n/Ed /Ed/Egypt /"iÙIpt/Ellen /"El@n/Elliot /"Eli@t/Emilio /@"milyoU/English /"INglIS/Eric /"ErIk/Erol /"Er@l/Europe /"yUr@p/Copyright 2007 by Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.3

Evan /"Ev@n/FFran /fr&n/France /fr&ns/Francisco /fr&n"sIskoU/Frank /fr&Nk/Franklin /"fr&NklIn/French /frEnÍ/GGan /gAn/Garnet City /!gArnIt "sItI/Gary /"g&ri/Georges Hayek /!ZOrZ "haIEk/Grand Cayman /!gr&nd "keIm@n/Grant /gr&nt/Guatemala /!gwAt@"mAl@/HHamlet /"h&mlIt/Han /hAn/Hank /h&Nk/Harper /"hArp2/Harry /"h&ri/Hawaii /h@"waI-i/Helen /"hEl@n/Helena Da Silva /h@!leIn@ d@ "sIlv@/Henry /"hEnri/Herbert /"h2b2t/Hiroko /hI"roUkoU/Holland /"hAl@nd/Hong Kong /!hAN "kAN/Honolulu /!hAn@"lulu/Honshu /"hAnSu/Hyperion /haI"pIri@n/IIreland /"aI2l@nd/Irish /"aIrIS/Istanbul /"Ist&n!bUl/Italian /I"t&ly@n/Italy /"Itl-i/Copyright 2007 by Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.4

JJack /Ù&k/Jake /ÙeIk/Jane /ÙeIn/Janet Hammond /!Ù&nIt "h&m@nd/Japan /Ù@"p&n/Japanese /!Ù&p@"niz/Jason /"ÙeIs@n/Jerome /Ù@"roUm/Jim /ÙIm/Joel /"ÙoUl/John /ÙAn/Jones /ÙoUnz/Josh Groban /!ÙAS "groUb@n/Judy /"Ùudi/KKate /keIt/Katherine /"k&TrIn/Kay /keI/Kaye /keI/Kazu Sato /!kAzu "sAtoU/Ken /kEn/Kenya /"kEny@/Kevin /"kEv@n/Kim /kIm/Kirk /k2k/Kodama /koU"dAm@/Korea /k@"ri@/Korean /k@"ri@n/Kwon-su /"kwAn su/Kyoko Hirano /ki!oUkoU hI"rAnoU/Kyoto /ki"oUtoU/Kyung-wha Chung /!kyVN !wA "ÍVN/LLarry /"l&ri/Laura Costas /!lOr@ "kAst@s/Lebanese /!lEb@"niz/Lee /li/Lima /"lim@/Lin /lIn/Linda /"lInd@/Copyright 2007 by Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.5

Lisa /"lis@/London /"lVnd@n/Los Angeles /lOs "&nÙ@lIs/Lyndon /"lInd@n/MMadrid /m@"drId/Maggie /"m&gi/Maibara /"maIbAr@/Maori /"maUri/Mara /"m&r@/Margarita /!mArg@"rit@/Margo /"mArgoU/Marian /"m&ri@n/Marie /m@"ri/Mark /mArk/Marmo /"mArmoU/Martine /mAr"tin/Mary /"mEri/Max Reed /!m&ks "rid/Maxwell /"m&kswEl/Melbourne /"mElb2n/Meryl Streep /!mEr@l "strip/Mexico City /!mEksIkoU "sItI/Miami /maI"&mi/Michael Frayn /!maIk@l "freIn/Mieko /mi"EkoU/Milos /"miloUs/Mishka /"mISk@/Montreal /!mAntri"Ol/Moonbucks /"munbVks/Motoko /"moUtoU!koU/Mozart /"moUtsArt/NNagoya /n@"gOI@/Nancy /"n&nsi/Nassau /"n&sO/New York /nu "yOrk/New Zealand /nu "zil@nd/Nick /nIk/Nina /"nin@/North America /!nOrT @"mErIk@/Noyz Boyz /"nOIz %bOIz/Copyright 2007 by Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.6

OO’Hare /oU"hEr/Odawara /!oUd@"wAr@/Oliva /oU"liv@/Osaka /oU"sAk@/PPam /p&m/Paraguay /"p&r@!gwaI/Paris /"p&rIs/Park Su /!pArk "su/Pat /p&t/Patty /"p&tI/Paul Melin /!pOl "mElIn/Paula /"pOl@/Peruvian /p@"ruvi@n/Pete /pit/Peter /"pit2/Philadelphia /!fIl@"dElfi@/Piermont /"pIrmAnt/Pilar Montenegro /pi!lAr !mAntI"nEgroU/Porto Alegre /!pOrtu @"lEgri/Portuguese /!pOrÍ@"giz/Powel /"paU@l/Prego /"preIgoU/Prescott /"prEskAt/Pusan /pu"sAn/RRadu Lupu /!rAdu "lupu/Randy /"r&ndi/Ray /reI/Reed /rid/Reeds /ridz/Rico /"rikoU/Rika /"rik@/Rio de Janeiro /!rioU deI Z@"nEroU/Rita /"rit@/Robert /"rAb2t/Roberta /r@"b2t@/Roberts /"rAb2ts/Rome /roUm/Copyright 2007 by Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.7

Ron /rAn/Ronald Gebert /!rAn@ld "gib2t/Rue Noire /!ru "nwAr/Russian /"rVS@n/SSafi /"s&fi/Saint Louis /seInt "luIs/Sally /"s&li/Sam /s&m/San Francisco /!s&n fr@n"sIskoU/Sandra /"s&ndr@/Sandy /"s&ndi/Sanford /"s&nf2d/Santos /"s&nt@s/São Luis /!saU lu"is/São Paulo /saU "paUloU/Sasha /"sAS@/Saudi Arabia /!sOdi @"reIbi@/Savoy /s@"vOI/Scotland /"skAtl@nd/Seattle /si"&tl/Seoul /soUl/Serengeti /!sEr@n"gEti/Sergio Mendes /!s2ÙioU "mEndEz/Smith /smIT/Sokcho /"sAkÍoU/Songea /sON"geI@/South America /!saUT @"mErIk@/Spain /speIn/Spanish /"sp&nIS/St. Mark’s Square /!seInt !mArks "skwEr/Stern /st2n/Sue /su/Susan Wolf /!suz@n "wUlf/Susie /"suzi/Sydney /"sIdni/TTaft /t&ft/Taipei /!taI"peI/Tanzania /!t&nz@"ni@/Teresa /t@"ris@/Copyright 2007 by Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.8

Thailand /"taIl&nd/Tim /tIm/Tina Truffle /!tin@ "trVf@l/Titanic /taI"t&nIk/Tokyo /"toUki!oU/Tom /tAm/Toni Morrison /!toUni "mOr@s@n/Tony /"toUni/Toronto /t@"rAntoU/Toshinaga /!toUSi"nAg@/Turkey /"t2ki/Turkish /"t2kIS/VVal /v&l/Vancouver /v&n"kuv2/Venezuela /!vEn@"zweIl@/Venice /"vEnIs/Vic /vIk/Vicky Bower /!vIki "baU2/Victor /"vIkt2/Vincent Frutilla /!vIns@nt fru"tIl@/WWales /weIlz/Walt Disney /!wOlt "dIzni/Washington /"wASINt@n/Winston /"wInst@n/YYao Ming /!yaU "mIN/Copyright 2007 by Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.9

Top Notch 1 Pronunciator The purpose of the Pronunciator is to remove doubts about the pronunciation of any proper nouns that appear in the Summit Student’s Books but that are not heard on the Class Audio Program; for example, names of people or places that appear in grammar exercises or illustrative material. For each word, the Pronunciator provides both the audio of the pronunciation and .