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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #32827 Medium Making Mistakes
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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:

Everyone makes mistakes, especially when it comes to entering numbers into a calculator or spreadsheet. It’s not such a big deal if you're tracking how much you spend on pizza. But if you're administering drugs in a hospital, such a slip can be deadly. Now a report in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface shows how devices can be programmed to catch at least some mistakes on the spot. Dosing a patient with 10 times too much medication is disturbingly common. One study suggests this error occurs in 1 percent of all hospital admissions. And though the person punching in the numbers is at fault, most drug-delivery devices don't help. In one machine, for example, mistakenly entering a number with two decimal points—like 1.2.3—might be read by the machine as 1.23, or as a 123. To prevent such wild guessing, scientists tested a system.
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Printed "sedater", the speaker says "calculator"

Explanation: Listen again to "entering numbers into a calculator". The first letters differ, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "landing", the speaker says "tracking"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "tracking how much you". The first letter is different, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "unregistering", the speaker says "administering"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "administering drugs in a". Both words begin with different letters, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "safe", the speaker says "mistakes"

Explanation: The speaker says "some mistakes on the spot", not "safe". The printed word is much shorter, so listen for a longer word.

Printed "recurring", the speaker says "punching"

Explanation: Listen for "person punching in the numbers". They do not share the same first letter, so wait for the whole word.

"Journal" matches the audio

Explanation: "Now a report in the Journal of the Royal" may look strange. It is exactly what the speaker says, do not click it.

"machine" matches the audio

Explanation: "In one machine, for example," sits next to the changed word and might seem tricky. The speaker says it exactly, so do not click it.

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