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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #33707 Short Microbial Cloud
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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:

You might blame your pets for shedding all over the house. But we humans do it too—and our stuff is alive. "We're constantly emitting microbes around us. And this is coming from shedding of our skin, from exhaling, our hair, we’re just full of these guys." Adam Altrichter, a microbial ecologist at the university of Oregon. "We've never been sterile organisms. We are definitely masses of microbes both in and on us." If you're picturing the Peanuts character Pig Pen, you may not be far off. Because biologists estimate we shed a million particles an hour—including, of course, a lot of bacteria. Altrichter and his colleagues wanted to measure that cloud of particles—the "Pig Pen" effect, if you will—so they asked 11 volunteers not to shower.
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Printed "partially", the speaker says "constantly"

Explanation: You will hear "We're constantly emitting microbes". They begin with different letters, so listen to the start of the word.

Printed "provisoes", the speaker says "microbes"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "emitting microbes around us". The first letters differ, so focus on the first sound of the word.

Printed "cannery", the speaker says "university"

Explanation: Listen again to "the university of Oregon". Listen from the beginning of that word to hear the correct one.

Printed "increment", the speaker says "estimate"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "biologists estimate we shed". Listen for a different first letter to catch the change.

Printed "daddies", the speaker says "colleagues"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "Altrichter and his colleagues wanted". Start listening at the beginning of the word, the first letter is different.

"shedding" matches the audio

Explanation: "shedding of our skin" is in the text. It may look tricky, but the speaker says it exactly, so do not click it.

"bacteria" matches the audio

Explanation: "including, of course, a lot of bacteria" appears in the sentence. It may seem like a trick, but the speaker really says it, so do not click it.

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