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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #32845 Medium The tattoo
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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:

Thinking about getting a new tattoo? Maybe a nice 3-D double helix or an I-heart-Higgs Bosons. Well, you might wind up getting some mycobacteria with your body art. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has turned up about two dozen cases of this infection from contaminated tattoo ink. Last January, public health officials in western New York state launched an investigation after a tattoo recipient reported a persistent rash—itchy red bumps all over his new tat. A skin sample tested positive for Mycobacterium chelonae, a microbe common in tap water. A list of the tattoo artist's clients turned up another 19 cases of the rash, including 14 confirmed infections with the same bug. The tattoo parlor itself was clean, no bacteria in the water supply. But a bottle of premixed gray ink turned up positive.
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Printed "Rewritten", the speaker says "Prevention"

Explanation: Listen for "Control and Prevention". The printed word "Rewritten" is on the page, and it begins with a different letter.

Printed "possession", the speaker says "infection"

Explanation: You will hear "this infection from contaminated". The two words end the same way, so listen to the start to tell them apart.

Printed "smeariest", the speaker says "recipient"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "a tattoo recipient reported". You see "smeariest" on the page. It begins with a different letter.

Printed "sponge", the speaker says "confirmed"

Explanation: Listen again to "14 confirmed infections". It does not start with the same letter, so listen to the start.

"Higgs" matches the audio

Explanation: "I-heart-Higgs Bosons" is printed in the line. It looks odd, but the speaker says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.

"gray" matches the audio

Explanation: "premixed gray ink" appears near the end. The colour word may seem small or strange, but the speaker says it, so do not click it.

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