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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #30242 Short Language 3
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You will hear a recording. Type the missing words in each blank.
* Fill in the missing words into the blank fields
People  rarely  translate  another  person's    way  of  saying  things  with  any  degree  of  .  This  is  because  when  we  learn  the  meaning  of  words,  we  pickup  their  broad  meanings  but  we’ve  added  subtle    of  difference  which  we  get  from  our  personal  experiences.  If  you  grew  up  in  an  aggressive  household,  the  phrase  'I'm  angry  with  you’  had  different    than  for  a  person  from  a  family  where  people  talked  through  problems.  We’re  left  having  to  work  out  meaning  from  our  own  experience.  So  despite  the  fact  that,  say,  Bob  and  Gina  are  both  speaking  English,  Bob  is  really  speaking  'Bob-English'  and  Gina  is  turning  that  into  'Gina-English'  and  the    is  never  going  to  be  perfect.

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Correct answer: unique

Explanation: On the recording you hear "another person's unique way". It comes after "person's", so you need a word for a thing or style.

Meaning: "unique" means one of a kind or very different.

Wrong options:

  • unqiue: Two letters are in the wrong order. Write "unique". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
Correct answer: accuracy

Explanation: Listen again to "any degree of accuracy". The sentence needs a word for how correct something is.

Meaning: "accuracy" means how correct or exact something is.

Wrong options:

  • accurancy: It adds an extra "n". Check the letters: "accuracy". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
Correct answer: shades

Explanation: Here you hear "added subtle shades of". The next word means more than one small difference.

Meaning: "shades" means small differences or slight changes in meaning.

Wrong options:

  • shads: It leaves out the "e". Write "shades". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
Correct answer: associations

Explanation: The speaker says "had different associations than". You need more than one linked idea or feeling.

Meaning: "associations" means ideas or feelings connected to a word or phrase.

Wrong options:

  • assocations: It leaves out the "i". Write "associations". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • assumptions: This is a different word. The sentence needs linked ideas or feelings.
Correct answer: translation

Explanation: You hear "the translation is never going". You need a word for a thing, person or idea.

Meaning: "translation" means changing words from one language or style into another.

Wrong options:

  • transaltion: Two letters are in the wrong order. Check the letters: "translation". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.

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