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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #32849 Medium Meteor Showers
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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:

If you woke up this morning and the newspaper headline screamed Meteor Headed for Earth, you'd think: That's not good. And you'd probably be right. But sometimes a little cosmic bombardment can be just what the doctor ordered. In a study published online in the journal Nature Geoscience, researchers in Sweden say that 470 million years ago, meteor showers might have boosted our biodiversity. The scientists were studying rocks from China and Scandinavia. And they were looking for two things. First, they were counting the number of different clam-like species they could find. Second, they were searching for chemicals that were carried here by meteorites—extraterrestrial chromite, stuff like that. They found that a huge burst of diversification coincides exactly with a time when meteors a mile wide were raining down on the planet.
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Printed "gleamed", the speaker says "screamed"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "headline screamed Meteor". The printed and spoken words start with different letters, so listen to the start of the word.

Printed "meteorology", the speaker says "probably"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "you'd probably be right". The printed word begins with a different letter, so listen to the start of the word.

Printed "rites", the speaker says "sometimes"

Explanation: The speaker says "But sometimes a little", not "rites". The printed word and the spoken word begin with different letters, so listen for the whole word.

Printed "penitence", the speaker says "chemicals"

Explanation: Listen for "searching for chemicals". They start with different letters, so listen to the start of the word.

"Nature" matches the audio

Explanation: "in the journal Nature Geoscience" looks like a formal name, but the speaker says it exactly as printed. Do not click it.

"chromite" matches the audio

Explanation: "extraterrestrial chromite" is a technical word and may look odd, but the speaker pronounces it exactly as printed. Do not click it.

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