One minute, first time of day only
Warm-up
Read aloud at a calm pace. Each line targets a sound Polish speakers commonly trip on.
Sound drills — read each line twice
- TH (voiceless /θ/) — tongue between teeth, breath out:
"The thesis of this third theory is the threat of thinking thin."
- TH (voiced /ð/) — same tongue position, with voice:
"These three brothers gather rather than bother the others."
- W vs V — Polish "w" = English "v"; flip it for English "w":
"We were very wary of the vivid warnings about the war."
- Vowel length (short i vs long ee):
"The chief briefed the brief, leaving the leak unleaked."
Vocabulary drill — each word twice, slowly
dis-CLO-sure · de-TERR-ence · re-SIL-ience · cas-CAY-ding · vul-ner-a-BIL-i-ty · NAR-ra-tive · THRES-hold · pre-VEN-tive
Warm sentence — one calm flow
"Today I would like to discuss two related topics — the strategic use of public intelligence, and the United Nations approach to resilience-building. "