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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #3999 Short Satellite
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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
Four  years  ago,  here  at  TED,  I  announced  Planet's  Mission  1:  to  launch  a  fleet  of  satellites  that  would  image  the  entire  Earth,  every  day,  and  to  democratize  access  to  it.  The    we  were  trying  to  solve  was  simple.  Satellite  imagery  you  find  online  is  old,    years  old,  yet  human  activity  was  happening  on  days  and  weeks  and  months,  and  you  can't  fix  what  you  can't  see.  We  wanted  to  give  people  the  tools  to  see  that  change  and  take  action.  The    Blue  Marble  image,  taken  by  the  Apollo  17  astronauts  in  1972  had  helped  humanity  become  aware  that  we're  on  a  fragile  planet.  And  we  wanted  to  take  it  to  the  next  level,  to  give  people  the  tools  to  take  ,  to  take  care  of  it.  Well,  after  many  Apollo  projects  of  our  own,  launching  the  largest  fleet  of  satellites  in    history,  we  have  reached  our  target.  Today,  Planet    the  entire  Earth,  every  single  day.  Mission  accomplished.

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Correct answer: problem

Explanation: Listen again to "The problem we were". After "The" you need a word for a thing.

Meaning: "problem" means a thing that needs fixing.

Wrong options:

  • problm: It leaves out the "e". The right spelling is "problem". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
Correct answer: typically

Explanation: Here you hear "old, typically years old". You need a word that tells how often, it ends in ly.

Meaning: "typically" means usually.

Wrong options:

  • typicaly: It leaves out the "l". Write "typically". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • typical: "typical" is missing the ending. The speaker says "typically", with "ly" at the end.
Correct answer: beautiful

Explanation: The speaker says "The beautiful Blue Marble". You need a describing word for the image.

Meaning: "beautiful" means very nice to look at.

Wrong options:

  • beautifully: "beautifully" has an extra "ly" at the end. The speaker says "beautiful".
Correct answer: action

Explanation: You hear "to take action, to". It comes after "take", so you need a word for a thing.

Meaning: "action" means doing something to make change.

Wrong options:

  • actions: "actions" has an extra "s" at the end. The speaker says "action", with no "s".
Correct answer: human

Explanation: Listen for "in human history". It comes before "history", so you need a word for people.

Meaning: "human" means about people.

Wrong options:

  • humane: "humane" has an extra "e" at the end. The speaker says "human".
Correct answer: images

Explanation: On the recording you hear "Planet images the entire". After "Planet" you need an action word, it ends in s.

Meaning: "images" means takes pictures of something.

Wrong options:

  • imagines: "imagines" is a close word, but it ends in "ines". The speaker says "images", which ends in "es".

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