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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #39025 Short Economic culture
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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
There    are    some    in    our    society    who    do    feel    anger    and  .    They    feel    left    behind    by    social    change    with    its    economic    culture,    we    can    get    into    what    exactly  this  evolves    a    bit    later,    but    the    of    this    I    think    is    anger    and    resent,    and    a    sense    that    some    have    that    they    may    have    once    been    certain    in    society,    but    that    they    are    now    losing    their  to    complete.  Position    and    they    don't    have    a    voice.    Not    only    that,    they    don't    have    a    voice,    but    they're    being    and    suffocated.    You    think    of    the    phrases    that    blow    out    in    our    public    beta,    them.    This    idea,    for    example,    that    political    has    gone    mad,    or    that    we    cannot    say    what    we    think    anymore,    or    that    minorities    are    getting    special    treats    and    that    old    Australians    or    traditional.    Australians    are    not.    Listen    to    that    and    hear    resentment    can    hear    the    anger.

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Correct answer: resent

Explanation: Listen for "anger and resent". After "anger and" you need a short feeling word.

Meaning: "resent" means to feel angry about something unfair.

Wrong options:

  • ressent: It adds an extra "s". The right spelling is "resent". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • recent: This is a time word, not a feeling here.
Correct answer: temper

Explanation: On the recording you hear "the temper of this". It follows "the", so it names a thing.

Meaning: "temper" means the mood or feeling of something.

Wrong options:

  • temperature: "temperature" has an extra "ature" at the end. The speaker says "temper".
Correct answer: position

Explanation: Listen again to "certain position in society". After "certain" you need a word for a place or role.

Meaning: "position" means a place or role someone has in society.

Wrong options:

  • postion: It leaves out the "i". Write "position". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • positioned: "positioned" has an extra "ed" at the end. The speaker says "position".
Correct answer: stifled

Explanation: Here you hear "being stifled and suffocated". The form is past, so it ends in ed.

Meaning: "stifled" means kept from speaking or acting freely.

Wrong options:

  • stifle: "stifle" is missing the ending. The speaker says "stifled", with "d" at the end.
Correct answer: correctness

Explanation: The speaker says "political correctness has gone". You need a word for a thing, person or idea.

Meaning: "correctness" means proper or accepted behaviour in politics here.

Wrong options:

  • corectness: It leaves out the "r". The right spelling is "correctness". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • correct: "correct" is missing the ending. The speaker says "correctness", with "ness" at the end.
Correct answer: privileges

Explanation: You hear "treats and privileges that". The sentence wants more than one, so do not forget the s at the end.

Meaning: "privileges" means special rights or benefits given to some people.

Wrong options:

  • priviledges: It adds an extra "d". Write "privileges". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • privilege: "privilege" has no "s" at the end. The speaker says "privileges", so write the "s".

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