Foraging to Farming - Marvel EDU

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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #33245 Short Foraging to Farming

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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:

A team of archeologists working in Jordan has made a discovery that represents a new chapter in the story of our ancestors move from foraging to farming. The researchers unearthed an ancient granary. The round, mud hut dates back more than 11,000 years. A raised floor was key for keeping grain dry and out of reach of hungry rats. But what makes the find so special is that the granary was built a thousand years before people ate domesticated crops. The report appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The researchers found caches of wild barley and oats inside the structure. Such evidence of a dedicated food-storage edifice has never been recorded from the pre-pottery Neolithic age. The investigators say this selective cultivation and management of wild plants shows behaviors that led to agriculture.

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Printed "uricosurics", the speaker says "archeologists"

Explanation: You will hear "archeologists working in Jordan". The printed word starts with a different letter, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "worshipers", the speaker says "ancestors"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "our ancestors move from". Both words end the same way, so listen to the start and middle of the word.

Printed "steelworkers", the speaker says "researchers"

Explanation: Listen again to "The researchers unearthed an". The printed word does not start with the same letter, so wait for the whole word.

Printed "converged", the speaker says "unearthed"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "researchers unearthed an". The printed and spoken words end the same way, so listen to the first sounds.

Printed "outed", the speaker says "thousand"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "built a thousand years". The printed word is much shorter, so the heard word is clearly longer.

Printed "maples", the speaker says "investigators"

Explanation: The speaker says "The investigators say this". The printed word starts with a different letter, so listen to the whole word.

"granary" matches the audio

Explanation: "an ancient granary." looks like an odd choice, but the speaker says it exactly as printed. Do not click it.

"barley" matches the audio

Explanation: "caches of wild barley and oats" may seem rare, but the speaker says "barley" exactly as shown. Do not click it.

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