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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #33912 Short Vane Killer
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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:

It's been called the "vine that ate the south." Kudzu grows so fast it can completely cover a cabin in the woods in a couple of days. The invasive plant takes over another 150,000 acres every year. Which costs another $6 million to control. But plant pathologists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Research Service have gotten promising results with a fungus that itself rapidly spreads in kudzu. The fungus is called myrothesium verrucaria. Most important, Myrothecium did little or no damage to the species that commonly live in habitats infested with kudzu, such as pine, oak, cedar, pecan, hickory, blackberry and, of course, sassafras. So what’s the catch? The fungus produces chemicals called tricothecenes, which can damage the health of humans and animals. But the researchers discovered that if they grew the fungus in a fermenter or on a liquid diet, the production of the toxins fell precipitously.
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Printed "padlocking", the speaker says "promising"

Explanation: Listen again to "gotten promising results". Both words start with the same letter, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "cheirotherium", the speaker says "myrothesium"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "called myrothesium verrucaria". The printed word begins with a different letter, so listen from the first part.

Printed "democracy", the speaker says "commonly"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "that commonly live". The two words start with different letters, so the printed word looks different at the start.

Printed "multivitamins", the speaker says "researchers"

Explanation: The speaker says "researchers discovered that", not "multivitamins". The printed word starts with a different letter, so follow the audio.

Printed "hamster", the speaker says "fermenter"

Explanation: Listen for "in a fermenter or". They end with the same letters, but the first letters differ.

"tricothecenes" matches the audio

Explanation: "chemicals called tricothecenes" may look unusual, but the speaker says it exactly as printed. Do not click it.

"sassafras" matches the audio

Explanation: "of course, sassafras" is a plant name that seems rare, yet the speaker says it the same way. Do not click it.

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