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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #32814 Short Comedy
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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:

Everyone from Freud to Tina Fey has tried to understand why some things are funny. Now, new research concludes that one key to comedy is for a situation to violate a moral standard, but in a gentle way. Researchers presented volunteers with a number of different scenarios. For example, the Jimmy Dean sausage company needs a spokesman for its new line of pork products, so they hire Rabbi Shlomo Rosenfield. Or, so they hire a farmer. Participants were more likely to find the rabbi scenario wrong, but they were also more likely to think it was funny. The researchers found that participants would laugh at situations with moral violations if, for example, they felt that situation was hypothetical, harmless or involved people unconnected to the listener. The study appears in the journal Psychological Science. The finding deviates from previously published psychology studies which equate moral violation solely with disgust.
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Printed "ascendant", the speaker says "presented"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "Researchers presented volunteers". The printed word is "ascendant". They start with different letters, so listen to the start of the word.

Printed "cheerio", the speaker says "scenario"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "find the rabbi scenario". The printed word is "cheerio". Both words end the same, so listen to the start where they differ.

Printed "tracers", the speaker says "situations"

Explanation: The speaker says "laugh at situations with", not "tracers". The spoken word is much longer, so listen from the start.

"Rabbi" matches the audio

Explanation: "so they hire Rabbi Shlomo Rosenfield" has a rare name next to it. It may look odd, but the speaker says it exactly, so do not click it.

"Psychological" matches the audio

Explanation: "appears in the journal Psychological Science" looks long and formal. It may seem strange, but the speaker says it exactly, so do not click it.

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