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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #30141 Short Energy 2
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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:

So last time, we talked about the more conventional energy sources and the way they relate human activity to the environment. I included hydropower in that. It's renewable but it's been around for a while. It's a fairly big contributor already to what we're ... to how we're generating energy. So we've already discussed hydropower but today I'll go on and talk about these other renewables. And in each case I've put for electricity or fuel because, in principle, you can generate electricity from each of these sources but if you don't want to use it right away, you could convert it to some kind of a fuel.
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Printed "convenient", the speaker says "conventional"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "more conventional energy sources". On the page it reads "convenient", so listen to the whole word.

Printed "hydroelectricity", the speaker says "hydropower"

Explanation: The speaker says "I included hydropower in", not "hydroelectricity". Hydropower is much shorter, so listen for the shorter word.

Printed "pretty", the speaker says "fairly"

Explanation: Listen for "It's a fairly big". The page shows "pretty", so trust the sound, not the meaning.

Printed "tonight", the speaker says "today"

Explanation: You will hear "So we've already discussed hydropower but today". The printed word reads "tonight", so wait for the whole word.

Printed "produce", the speaker says "generate"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "you can generate electricity from". The page shows "produce", so listen from the first sound.

Printed "consume", the speaker says "use"

Explanation: Listen again to "if you don't want to use it". The transcript shows "consume", which is much longer than what you hear.

"renewable" matches the audio

Explanation: "It's renewable but it's been around" looks odd near hydropower. It may seem like a trick, but the speaker says it exactly, so do not click it.

"fuel" matches the audio

Explanation: "for electricity or fuel because, in principle" sits next to generate and may catch your eye. It is spoken as printed, so do not click it.

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