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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #33909 Short Public transportation

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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:

City planners and citizens alike frequently push for better public transportation. They argue that it can lessen traffic and reduce emissions from cars. Now there's a new reason to be gung-ho about public transit—it helps make people skinnier. That's according to a study published in the August issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Researchers surveyed communities in Charlotte, North Carolina. One survey was done before the city had finished building a new light rail system, and the second was done from 12 to 18 months after the rail's completion. They asked about the residents' level of physical activity, body mass and use of public transportation before and after the light rail. The users were also 81 percent less likely to become obese over the time scale surveyed. The researchers say that an environment based on mass transit influences health, because rail users are get exercise walking to and from stops.

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Printed "directions", the speaker says "emissions"

Explanation: Listen for "reduce emissions from cars". They begin with different letters, but end the same, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "decade", the speaker says "surveyed"

Explanation: You will hear "Researchers surveyed communities". The printed word "decade" is on the page. They start and end differently, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "trigonometrical", the speaker says "physical"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "level of physical activity". The printed word is much longer and makes no sense before "activity".

Printed "quotation", the speaker says "transportation"

Explanation: Listen again to "public transportation before". They start with different letters, and both end the same, so listen for the full word.

Printed "whiles", the speaker says "exercise"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "get exercise walking to". They begin with different letters and end differently, so listen for the full word.

"transportation" matches the audio

Explanation: "use of public transportation before" may seem like a nearby trick. The speaker says it exactly as written, so do not click it.

"obese" matches the audio

Explanation: "become obese over the time scale" looks odd on the page. It is spoken exactly the same, so do not click it.

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