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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #32830 Short Seasonal flu
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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:

Seasonal flu typically hits senior citizens harder than most other age groups. In fact, some 90 percent of flu-related deaths are estimated to occur in adults 65 and older. But with pandemic influenzas, like bird or swine flu, it's a different story. Take the 2009 H1N1 flu. In that outbreak, adults over 65 actually suffered the fewest infections of any age group. That anomaly suggests they might have some sort of built-in immunity. Now researchers say the seniors' secret may be in their spit. Researchers sampled saliva from 180 children, adult and elderly volunteers. Then they isolated proteins from the saliva, and tested how well the inhibitory proteins stuck to two strains of H9N2 bird flu. Turns out elderly men and women had significantl more such proteins that interfere with the flu virus.
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Printed "suggestibility", the speaker says "typically"

Explanation: The speaker says "Seasonal flu typically hits", not "suggestibility". They start with different letters, so follow the audio.

Printed "promenaded", the speaker says "flu related"

Explanation: Listen for "90 percent of flu-related deaths". The printed word does not make sense there, so trust the audio.

Printed "tens", the speaker says "suggests"

Explanation: You will hear "That anomaly suggests they". The spoken word is much longer than the printed one, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "homebodies", the speaker says "proteins"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "they isolated proteins from". The printed word makes no sense in the sentence, so follow the audio.

Printed "scientifically", the speaker says "significantl"

Explanation: Listen again to "had significantl more". Both words start with the same letter, so listen to the whole word.

"H1N1" matches the audio

Explanation: "Take the 2009 H1N1 flu." It is short and unusual. The speaker says it exactly, so do not click it.

"saliva" matches the audio

Explanation: "Researchers sampled saliva from 180 children." Saliva may look wrong. The speaker says it exactly, so do not click it.

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