text_original: This was in the spring of '58. The two years pre  vious the country had been devastated by grasshop  pers, and no green thing had escaped.
text_transcription: THIS WAS THE SPRING OF FIFTY EIGHT THE TWO YEARS PREVIOUS THE COUNTRY HAD BEEN DEVASTATED BY GRASSHOPPERS AND NO GREEN THING HAD ESCAPED
phonemes: ðɪs wʌz ɪnðə spɹˈɪŋ ʌv fˈɪfti ˈeɪt. ðə tˈuː jˈɪɹz pɹˈiː vˈaɪɑːəs ðə kˈʌntɹi hɐdbɪn dˈɛvᵻstˌeɪɾᵻd baɪ ɡɹˈæshɑːp pɜːz, ænd nˈoʊ ɡɹˈiːn θˈɪŋ hæd ɛskˈeɪpt.