New Way to Slenderize

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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #32846 Medium New Way to Slenderize

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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:

If you're like me, somewhere in your closet, or maybe in a drawer, you probably have a pair of pants you hope to someday fit into. Again. But staying on a diet and finding time to exercise—it's no walk in the park. But wait! Before you swear off the spaghetti, scientists at the State University of New York in Stony Brook have stumbled onto a new way to slenderize. They found that mice that spend 15 minutes a day standing on a vibrating platform are leaner than mice who just stand still. Their results appear in the current online edition of the proceedings of the national Academy of Sciences. All the animals in the experiment were allowed to eat their fill. After 15 weeks, the shaken mice didn't actually weigh any less. But compared to the mice who hung out on a stationary platform, they had about 30 percent less fat around their middles. The SUNY scientists think that the jiggling kept fat cells from forming.

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Printed "family", the speaker says "probably"

Explanation: You will hear "you probably have". The printed word and the spoken word start with different letters, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "confraternity", the speaker says "University"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "State University of New York". The two words begin with different letters, and the printed word is much longer.

Printed "strikebreaking", the speaker says "vibrating"

Explanation: Listen again to "standing on a vibrating platform". The printed and spoken words do not start the same, so wait for the whole word.

Printed "leanness", the speaker says "proceedings"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "edition of the proceedings". The printed word does not fit the meaning here, so follow the sound, not the page.

Printed "optional", the speaker says "national"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "national Academy of Sciences". Both printed and spoken words end with the same letters, so listen to the start of the word.

Printed "pessimist", the speaker says "experiment"

Explanation: The speaker says "in the experiment were allowed". The printed and spoken words begin with different letters, and the printed word makes no sense here.

"closet" matches the audio

Explanation: "somewhere in your closet" looks like a small detail, and it might catch your eye. The speaker actually says it, so do not click it.

"stationary" matches the audio

Explanation: "a stationary platform" is next to the changed part and may seem odd. It matches the audio exactly, so do not click it.

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