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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #32829 Short Sound Imitation
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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:

Neil Young? No, that's Jimmy Fallon imitating Neil Young. Doing impressions can be a valuable skill. In fact, a bird called the fork-tailed drongo makes a good living at it, in its home in Africa’s Kalahari Desert. The drongo can mimic the alarm calls of another bird. When that bird flees the imagined danger, the drongo swoops in to take any food left behind. An animal mimicking another animal is not rare. And targets can grow wise to the trick. The drongo’s real talent is that it can do the warning calls of multiple species. Like how Jimmy Fallon can also do Van Morrison. Researchers followed 64 wild drongos for nearly 850 hours. Drongos do sound accurate alarms in response to actual predators. But when they spot a tempting meal in another bird's possession.
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Printed "elevate", the speaker says "fork tailed"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "the fork-tailed drongo". You'll see "elevate" on the page. Listen for the first sound to tell them apart.

Printed "nappy", the speaker says "Kalahari"

Explanation: The speaker says "Africa's Kalahari Desert", not "nappy". The first letters differ, so hear the whole place name.

Printed "enacted", the speaker says "imagined"

Explanation: Listen for "the imagined danger". On the page you see "enacted". They end the same, so pay attention to the start of the word.

Printed "extinguishing", the speaker says "mimicking"

Explanation: You will hear "animal mimicking another animal". On the page it reads "extinguishing". The words begin differently but end the same, so listen from the start.

Printed "swallowed", the speaker says "followed"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "followed 64 wild drongos". You will see "swallowed" on the page. Hear the first sound to spot the difference.

"drongos" matches the audio

Explanation: "64 wild drongos" may look odd or new to you. It is exactly what the speaker says, so do not click it.

"Morrison" matches the audio

Explanation: "Van Morrison" is a name you might not expect here. The speaker says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.

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