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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #32824 Medium Meat Allergy
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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:

You've probably heard of peanut or shellfish allergies. But a meat allergy? Not as common. Even weirder is what might be causing it—tick bites, according to a study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. A few years back, folks started showing up in emergency rooms in the southeast U.S. with hives, swelling or worse—anaphylaxis—after eating red meat. For this study, researchers looked at three of those cases. And they found that tick bites, specifically those of the Lone Star tick, seem to be the cause. The bitten victim's immune system appears to become sensitized to a substance called alpha-gal. And whereas all the major food allergies are triggered by proteins, the culprit here—alpha-gal—is a carbohydrate. Alpha-gal is found in the meat and fat of hooved mammals, like cows, sheep or pigs.
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Printed "conservancy", the speaker says "probably"

Explanation: Listen for "You've probably heard". The printed word "conservancy" is on the page. Both words start with different letters, so listen to the whole word and trust your ears.

Printed "constantly", the speaker says "emergency"

Explanation: You will hear "showing up in emergency rooms". You see "constantly" on the page. The first letters differ, so wait for the whole word before you click.

Printed "picket", the speaker says "triggered"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "are triggered by proteins". The printed word "picket" is on the page. The words start with different letters and the printed word ends differently, so follow the audio.

"Lone" matches the audio

Explanation: "the Lone Star tick" has a name that may look unfamiliar or odd on the page. It is exactly what the speaker says, so do not click it.

"anaphylaxis" matches the audio

Explanation: "swelling or worse, anaphylaxis, after" may catch your eye because it is a long word. The speaker says this word exactly, so do not click it.

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