Top Notch 2

Pronunciator
The purpose of the Pronunciator is to remove doubts about the pronunciation of any
proper nouns that appear in the Summit Students 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 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 will
appear in the Results window. Click on the word to hear the word
pronounced.
2. Browse through the Pronunciator itself. Click on a word to hear that word
pronounced. The word also has the phonetic transcription next to it.
The transcription, in the International Phonetic Alphabet [IPA], shows the common
pronunciation of the name in American English. When there is more than one
possible pronunciation of a name, only one is given as it will be commonly
recognized and understood. Note: Pronunciation of non-English names is provided
as they would be said by a speaker of American English. For example, Mexico is
shown as /"mEksIkoU/, NOT /"mEhIkoU/.

A
Accademia /!&k@"deImi@/
Aconcagua /!Ak@n"kAgw@/
Adam /"&d@m/
Africa /"&frIk@/
Akira Kurosawa /@!kIr@ !kUr@"sAwA/
Alfred Molina /!&lfrId m@"lin@/
Alison /"&l@s@n/
Amsterdam /"&mst2!d&m/
Ang Lee /!AN "li/
Ansel Adams /!&ns@l "&d@mz/
Antonio Banderas /&n!toUnioU bAn"dEr@s/
Argentina /!Ar@n"tin@/
Arnolfini /!Arn@l"fini/
Arthur /"ArT2/
Ashley Judd /!&Sli "Vd/
Asia /"eIZ@/
Athens /"&T@nz/
Atlantic /@t"l&ntIk/

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Auguste Ren Rodin /oU!gust r@!neI roU"d&n/

Australia /O"streIly@/
Austria /"Ostri@/
B
Beckham /"bEk@m/
Belmar /"bElmAr/
Benson /"bEns@n/
Berlin /b2"lIn/
Bill /bIl/
Billy Gray /!bIli "greI/
Bob /bAb/
Brazil /br@"zIl/
Broadway /"brOdweI/
Bruce /brus/
Buckingham /"bVkINh&m/
Buenos Aires /!bweIn@s "Eriz/
Burt and Susan Rey /!b2t @n !suz@n "reI/
C
Campanile /!k&mp@"nili/
Canada /"k&n@d@/
Carl Ryan /!kArl "raI@n/
Carol /"k&r@l/
Casablanca /!k&s@"bl&Nk@/
Central America /!sEntr@l @"mErIk@/
Cesar Pelli /!seIzAr "pEli/
Chicago /SI"kAgoU/
Chile /"Ili/
Chinese /!aI"niz/
Christopher /"krIst@f2/
Costa Rica /!koUst@ "rik@/
Cruz /kruz/
D
Dan /d&n/
Dana /"deIn@/
Daniel /"d&ny@l/
David /"deIvId/
David Linder /!deIvId "lInd2/
Dialo /di"AloU/
Diego Rivera /di!eIgoU rI"vEr@/
Diego Velzquez /di!eIgoU v@"lAskEs/

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Digitek /"dI@!tEk/

Donald Lattanzio /!dAn@ld l@"tAnzioU/

Donatella Versace /dAn@!tEl@ v2"sAi/
Drucker /"drVk2/
Dutch /dV/
E
Ecuador /"Ekw@!dOr/
Edenhall /"idn!hOl/
Edvard Munch /!EdvArd "mUNk/
Edward Norton /!Edw2d "nOrt n/
Egypt /"iIpt/
Eiffel /"aIf@l/
Emma /"Em@/
English /"INglIS/
Europe /"yUr@p/
F
Fan Kuan /!fAn "kwAn/
Federico Fellini /fEd@!rikoU f@"lini/
Fiat Siena /!fi&t si"En@/
Finis Terra /!fInIs "tEr@/
Florence /"flOr@ns/
Fran /fr&n/
France /fr&ns/
Frank Gehry /!fr&Nk "gEri/
Frankfurt /"fr&Nkf2t/
Frida Kahlo /!frid@ "kAloU/
G
Gachet /g&"SeI/
Gangdong-gu /!gAN!dON "gu/
Gary /"g&ri/
Geneva /@"niv@/
Geoffrey Rush /!Efri "rVS/
Georgia OKeeffe /!Or@ oU"kif/
Germany /"2m@ni/
Gillian Armstrong /!Ili@n "ArmstrON/
Gina /"in@/
Gladstone /"gl&dstoUn/
Gomez /"goUmEz/
Gort /gOrt/
Grants /gr&nts/

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Greece /gris/
Greek /grik/
Guatemala /!gwAt@"mAl@/
Guernica /"gErnIk@/
H
Hampton /"h&mpt@n/
Hank /h&Nk/
Hawaii /h@"waI-i/
Helen /"hEl@n/
Helena Bonham Carter /!hEl@n@ !bAn@m "kArt2/
Henri Matisse /An!ri m&"tis/
Hitchcock /"hIkAk/
Hmong /mVN/
Holland /"hAl@nd/
Hollywood /"hAli!wUd/
Hong Kong /!hAN "kAN/
Honolulu /!hAn@"lulu/
Hotel del Mundo /hoU!tEl dEl "mUndoU/
I
I.M. Pei /!aI !Em "peI/
Icarus /"Ik@r@s/
Imogen Cunningham /!Im@@n "kVnIN!h&m/
Incas /"INk@z/
India /"Indi@/
Ingmar Bergman /!INmAr "b2gm@n/
Iris /"aIrIs/
Istanbul /"Ist&n!bUl/
Italian /I"t&ly@n/
Italy /"Itl-i/
J
Jack /&k/
Jackson /"&ks@n/
Jan van Eyck /!yAn v&n "aIk/
Jane /eIn/
Janet /"&nIt/
Japan /@"p&n/
Jason /"eIs@n/
Jay /eI/
Jerome /@"roUm/
Joan Chen /!oUn "En/
Joan Mir /ZU!An mi"roU/

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Joe /oU/
John /An/
Johnny Depp /!Ani "dEp/
Joon /un/
Judy /"udi/
Julie Taymor /!uli "teImOr/
Jupiter /"upIt2/
K
Kanagawa /k@"nAg@w@/
Karin /"k&r@n/
Katsushika Hokusai /!kAtsU!Sik@ "hoUkU!saI/
Katya /"kAty@/
Kemp /kEmp/
Kevin /"kEvIn/
Klaatu /"kl&tu/
Koji Oinuma /!koUi oUi"num@/
Korea /k@"ri@/
Kota Kinabalu /!koUt@ !kIn@b@"lu/
Kuala Lumpur /!kwAl@ lUm"pUr/
Kumar /"kumAr/
Kurosawa /!kUr@"sAwA/
L
La Strada /lA "strAd@/
Laos /laUs/
Las Meninas /lAs m@"nIn@s/
Latin America /!l&t n @"mErIk@/
Lee /li/
Leonardo da Vinci /li@!nArdoU d@ "vIni/
Lexington /"lEksINt@n/
Lima /"lim@/
Lisa /"lis@/
London /"lVnd@n/
Los Angeles /lOs "&n@lIs/
Louvre /luv/
Loyola /lOI"oUl@/
Lucerne /lu"s2n/
Lucille /lu"sil/
Lucy Lee /!lusi "li/
Luke /luk/
M

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Madrid /m@"drId/
Maggie /"m&gi/
Malaysia /m@"leIZ@/
Marie /m@"ri/
Mark and Nancy Birdsall /!mArk @n !n&nsi "b2dzOl/
Mary /"mEri/
Mary Cassatt /!mEri k@"s&t/
Matt /m&t/
Maxwell /"m&kswEl/
May /meI/
Mediterranean /!mEd@t@"reIni@n/
Melanie Griffith /!mEl@ni "grIfIT/
Mexico /"mEksI!koU/
Michael Jordan /!maIk@l "Ordn/
Michael Rennie /!maIk@l "rEni/
Michelangelo /!maIk@"l&n@!loU/
Mieko /mi"EkoU/
Milton /"mIlt n/
Mona Lisa /!moUn@ "lis@/
Monet /moU"neI/
Montez /mAn"tEz/
Moore /mOr/
Moscow /"mAskaU/
Mott /mAt/
Mozart /"moUtsArt/
Myungil-dong /!myVN!Il "dON/
N
Nancy /"n&nsi/
Natasha /n@"tAS@/
Neil /nil/
New Zealand /nu "zil@nd/
Newton /"nut n/
Nick /nIk/
Nicole Miller /nI!koUl "mIl2/
O
Olga /"Olg@/
Olivia Williams /@!lIvi@ "wIly@mz/
Ortman /"Ortm@n/
Osaka /oU"sAk@/
Oscar /"Ask2/

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P
Palmer /"pAm2/
Paloma Picasso /p@!loUm@ pI"kAsoU/
Pam /p&m/
Panex /"p&nEks/
Paris /"p&rIs/
Parminder K. Nagra /pAr!mInd2 !keI "nAgr@/
Parthenon /"pArT@!nAn/
Paseo de la Castellana /pA!seI-oU deI lA !kAst@l"yAn@/
Pat /p&t/
Patricia Neal /p@!trIS@ "nil/
Paul Bettany /!pOl "bEt n-i/
Paul Preston /!pOl "prEst@n/
Pedro Almodvar /!peIdroU !&lm@"doUvAr/
Pell /pEl/
Peres /"pErIs/
Perk /p2k/
Peru /p@"ru/
Petronas /p@"troUn@s/
Picasso /pI"kAsoU/
Pike /paIk/
Pisa /"piz@/
Pleva /"plEv@/
Porto Alegre /!pOrtu @"lEgri/
Prado /"prAdoU/
Prague /prAg/
Pucon /pu"koUn/
Puebla /"pwEbl@/
R
Renault Clio /r@!nOlt "klioU/
Rico /"rikoU/
Rio de Janeiro /!rioU deI Z@"nEroU/
Robert Wise /!rAb2t "waIz/
Rome /roUm/
Roy Lichtenstein /!rOI "lIkt@n!staIn/
Russia /"rVS@/
S
Sally /"s&li/
Salma Hayek /!s&lm@ "haIEk/
Sam Jaffe /!s&m "&fi/
Santos /"s&ntoUs/

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So Paulo /saU "paUloU/

Sarah /"sEr@/
Sato /"sAtoU/
Saudi Arabia /!sOdi @"reIbi@/
Seabiscuit /"si!bIskIt/
Sebastio Salgado /sI!b&styaU s&l"gAdoU/
Seoul /soUl/
Shanghai /!S&N"haI/
Siberia /saI"bIri@/
Smith /smIT/
Song /sON/
Sonia /"soUny@/
Soo /su/
Soo-Jin Hong /!su !In "hON/
South Africa /!saUT "&frIk@/
Spain /speIn/
Spartica /"spArtIk@/
Stella Meyer /!stEl@ "maI2/
Sting /stIN/
Switzerland /"swIts2l@nd/
Sydney /"sIdni/
Sylvia /"sIlvi@/
T
Taipei /!taI"peI/
Taiwan /!taI"wAn/
Taj Mahal /!tA m@"hAl/
Tate /teIt/
Taylor /"teIl2/
Ted /tEd/
Terri /"tEri/
Thailand /"taIl&nd/
Tom /tAm/
Tracy /"treIsi/
Trish /trIS/
U
United Kingdom /yu!naItId "kINd@m/
V
Venezuela /!vEn@"zweIl@/
Venice /"vEnIs/
Veracruz /!vEr@"kruz/

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Victor /"vIkt2/
Victoria and Albert /vIk!tOri@ @n "&lb2t/
Vienna /vi"En@/
Vincent Van Gogh /!vIns@nt v&n "goU/
W
Washington /"wASINt@n/
Wolfgang Bauer /!wUlfg&N "baU2/
Y
Yong-in /"yON In/
Yootur /"yutUr/
Yu /yu/
Yu Hung /!yu "hUN/
Z
Zundert /"zUnd2t/

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