Please write sentences that I read. 1

"The first batch of US marines to be deployed in Australia have been deployed in the northern city of Darwin. The US is increasing its military footprint in the Asia-Pacific region in response to China's growing presence"

Good attempt! I just think you need to be careful of the l/r sounds (I understand this is apparently a bit odd for Japanese people) and also try to pronounce each syllable more clearly. For instance, it took me a couple of attempts to get 'Australia'. It's more Aus-trey-lee-ah. That sort of thing.

"The first batch of US marines to be deployed in Australia has arrived in the northern city of Darwin. The US is increasing(?) its military footprint in the Asia-Pacific region in response to China's growing presence."

'Marines' - the emphasis is on the second syllable
'Australia' - the A in the second syllable is pronounced like the 'ay' sound in 'say' and 'pay'.
'increasing' - this sounded like 'including' to me, but I guessed from the context that it should be 'increasing', am I right?
The 'ea' sound in 'increasing' is like the sound in 'me' and 'see'. The 's' is like the soft 's' in 'Australia'
'Asia' - the first A is like the 'ay' in 'say' and 'pay'.
'Pacific' - the emphasis is on the second syllable
'response' - the emphasis is on the second syllable

You can use this website to hear the pronunciation of English words (but some of the words are pronounced the British way and some the American way). http://www.howjsay.com

You need to work on the pronunciation of R, L and 'th' sounds.
To pronounce the 'th' sound in 'northern', just make a Z sound, but with the tip of your tongue between your top and bottom teeth. (To pronounce the soft 'th' in words like 'bath', do the same, but with S instead of Z.)

We can usually understand if English learners say S and Z instead of 'th', but mixing up R and L can make it hard for us to know what you're saying. This video might be helpful:


Good work, keep practising! :)