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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #33710 Short Bird Buffet
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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've ever been to an all-you-can-eat buffet, you know how important it is to carefully weigh your options. You don't want to fill up on salad when so many calorie-laden delights await. It seems some birds also weigh their mealtime choices—literally. Foods that hide their edible bits on the inside present a challenge to hungry diners. How can you tell which fruits are ripe or which shells harbor the biggest nuts? We humans knock on melons or squeeze avocados. But how do other species select the highest quality snacks? To find out how the jays do it, researchers fiddled with their feed. First they doctored peanuts so that some contained three nuts while others had none. When they offered these pods to some jays, the birds turned their beaks up at the empty shells and instead chose those that were full.
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Printed "contorted", the speaker says "important"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "important it is to". The printed word "contorted" starts with a different letter, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "dimes", the speaker says "delights"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "calorie-laden delights await". Both words start with d, so you must hear the rest to tell them apart.

Printed "sheepherders", the speaker says "researchers"

Explanation: The speaker says "jays do it, researchers fiddled", not "sheepherders". The printed and spoken words end the same way, so listen to the start of the word.

Printed "buffered", the speaker says "doctored"

Explanation: Listen for "First they doctored peanuts". The printed word and the spoken word do not start the same, so listen from the first sound.

Printed "distillate", the speaker says "contained"

Explanation: You will hear "some contained three nuts". The printed word and spoken word end differently, and the spoken word is shorter, so follow the sound.

"melons" matches the audio

Explanation: "knock on melons or squeeze avocados" may look odd, but the speaker says it exactly as printed. Do not click it.

"pods" matches the audio

Explanation: "offered these pods to some jays" has a short common word that might distract you. The audio matches it exactly, so do not click it.

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