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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #33708 Medium Particle Beams
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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:

Physicists at the Brookhaven National laboratory have been able to send information ahead of particle beams racing at nearly the speed of light. And the message to the beams is: Get in line. This technique has been developed at other labs but never used before with particle beams traveling in discrete bunches. These bunches are important in recreating that singular moment, the Big Bang. In these experiments, there are two different sets of ions, electrically charged particles, zooming towards each other around a 2.4 mile track. They collide into one another to recreate conditions that provide info about the Big Bang. But the ions spread out as they move. And this means that there are fewer collisions. In a technique called stochastic cooling.
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Printed "dorsi", the speaker says "laboratory"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "Brookhaven National laboratory". The printed word starts with a different letter, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "lingerer", the speaker says "singular"

Explanation: Listen again to "that singular moment". The printed and spoken words mean different things, so trust your ears, not the sentence meaning.

Printed "bait", the speaker says "recreate"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "to recreate conditions". The printed word is much shorter than the spoken word, so listen for the longer word.

"Brookhaven" matches the audio

Explanation: "Physicists at the Brookhaven National dorsi" has a well known place name. The speaker says Brookhaven exactly, so do not click it.

"ions" matches the audio

Explanation: "two different sets of ions, electrically charged" shows a technical word nearby. It may look odd, but the speaker says ions, so do not click it.

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