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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #33906 Short Sleep
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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:

Ahhh, sleep. There's nothing better than a nice, long, uninterrupted. Awwgh. I can't sleep when there’s. But d'ya ever notice: noise doesn't wake everyone. Now scientists have a better idea why. Because sound sleepers show a certain brain rhythm when they doze, findings published in the journal Current Biology. To study the brain waves of a good night's sleep, scientists invited volunteers to snooze in the lab. While the subjects caught some Zs, the researchers monitored their brain activity. They then subjected the sleepers to or [NOISE]. And they found that those who were able to slumber straight through all the showed more short bursts of faster brain waves. This activity, the scientists say, is the brain's way of blocking out the and the while you're trying to rest. The scientists don't yet know of any way to boost those sleep-saving brain waves. So until then, shut the door, make sure the late show's on a timer, and try to have sweet dreams.
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Printed "sanitises", the speaker says "scientists"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "scientists have a". Both words start with the same letter, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "beguilers", the speaker says "sleepers"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "sound sleepers show". They start with different letters, so listen to the start of the word.

Printed "cummerbund", the speaker says "monitored"

Explanation: The speaker says "monitored their brain" not "cummerbund". They start with different letters, so listen to the start of the word.

Printed "sexist", the speaker says "subjected"

Explanation: Listen for "subjected the sleepers to". Both words start with the same letter, so wait for the whole word.

Printed "precipitate", the speaker says "straight"

Explanation: You will hear "straight through all". The printed word is much longer, so listen to the start of the word.

Printed "blushing", the speaker says "blocking"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "blocking out the and". Both words start the same and end the same, so listen to the middle of the word.

"Current" matches the audio

Explanation: "findings published in the journal Current Biology". The name looks formal and strange, but the speaker says it exactly, so do not click it.

"snooze" matches the audio

Explanation: "invited volunteers to snooze in the lab". Snooze sounds informal but the speaker says it exactly, so do not click it.

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