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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #30138 Short Colours 3
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You will hear a recording. Below is a transcription of the recording. Some words in the transcription differ from what the speaker said. Please click on the words that are different.
* Click on the words that are different from what you hear
Result:

Correct Transcript:

The way we see colours is not only a matter for our eyes, it's connected to language too. A study has shown that Russians are quicker and more effective than English speakers at identifying the difference between light and dark blue because they have two words for this colour. English speakers are less able because they only have one. Until the middle of the last century the Japanese had just one word for blue and green. The need for a separate word for green only appeared when foreign materials entered the country. So, interestingly, items like apples, leaves and traffic lights are still defined as blue in Japan. And yet they're just as green as anywhere else in the world.
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Printed "related", the speaker says "connected"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "it's connected to". They start with different letters, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "faster", the speaker says "quicker"

Explanation: Listen again to "Russians are quicker". They start with different letters, so listen from the first sound.

Printed "beginning", the speaker says "middle"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "Until the middle of". The printed and spoken words begin differently and differ in length, so trust the sound.

Printed "arose", the speaker says "appeared"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "only appeared when". Both words start with the same letter, so wait for how the word ends.

Printed "vegetables", the speaker says "leaves"

Explanation: The speaker says "apples, leaves and", not "vegetables". They begin with different letters, and both end with the same two letters.

"colours" matches the audio

Explanation: "The way we see colours is" may look odd, but this word matches the audio exactly. Do not click it.

"apples" matches the audio

Explanation: "items like apples, vegetables" sits next to the change. The speaker says "apples" exactly, so do not click it.

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