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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #32805 October Prediction Short Probability
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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
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Correct Transcript:

Oh, it's very spooky. First of all, probability by itself is spooky. Give me... let me show you how probability enters the system . You walk past a store window and you see an image of yourself in the store window, you straighten the part, not so bad you know, for a man of my age. The guy in the store window who's fooling around with mannequins he sees you and you see yourself. What does that mean? A stream of photons from sunlight leaves your face, heads for the store window - let’s consider one of them. It has a choice: it can go right through, so that the guy behind the window can see you, or it can be reflected from the store window. Some fractions of them are reflected, and some of them go through. What determines that? What determines the future of that photon? And countless such examples teach us that it's random, that it's a throw of the dice, and that’s where Einstein made his famous statement.
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Printed "sample", the speaker says "system"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "probability enters the system". Both words start with the same letter, so listen to the whole word not just the start.

Printed "beam", the speaker says "stream"

Explanation: Listen again to "a stream of photons". The two words start with different letters, so listen at the start of the word for the difference.

Printed "actions", the speaker says "fractions"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "some fractions of them". They start with different letters, so focus on the beginning of the word.

Printed "doubtless", the speaker says "countless"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "And countless such examples". The printed word starts with a different letter, and both words end with the same two letters.

Printed "roll", the speaker says "throw"

Explanation: The speaker says "that's a throw of the dice" not "roll". The words begin with different letters, so listen to the start of the word.

"mannequins" matches the audio

Explanation: "the guy in the store window who's fooling around with mannequins" may look odd or rare. The speaker says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.

"store" matches the audio

Explanation: "you walk past a store window" repeats several times, so it may seem like a trick. It matches the audio exactly, so do not click it.

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